auditing-npm-dependencies
Audit a Node.js project's installed npm dependency tree for known CVEs by wrapping the npm audit JSON output and emitting findings in the canonical penetration-tester schema. Detects direct AND transitive vulnerabilities, normalizes npm's severity scale (info/low/moderate/ high/critical) to the shared Severity enum, and parses both v1 and v2 audit output formats so the skill works against npm 6 and npm 7+ lockfiles. Use when: pre-merge gate on a Node project, post-incident sweep after a transitive package compromise (e.g. event-stream, ua-parser, node-ipc, color.js), SOC2 vendor-management e
npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill auditing-npm-dependencies --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Auditing npm Dependencies ## Overview Modern Node.js applications pull in hundreds of transitive packages through a single `npm install`. The ratio of direct-to-transitive dependencies on a typical app is around 1:50 — install 30 packages, end up with 1,500. Every one of those packages can ship a CVE, get maintainer-takeover-attacked, or contain a typosquatted near-name package that someone slip
What does the auditing-npm-dependencies skill do?
Audit a Node.js project's installed npm dependency tree for known CVEs by wrapping the npm audit JSON output and emitting findings in the canonical penetration-tester schema. Detects direct AND transitive vulnerabilities, normalizes npm's severity scale (info/low/moderate/ high/critical) to the shared Severity enum, and parses both v1 and v2 audit output formats so the skill works against npm 6 and npm 7+ lockfiles. Use when: pre-merge gate on a Node project, post-incident sweep after a transitive package compromise (e.g. event-stream, ua-parser, node-ipc, color.js), SOC2 vendor-management e
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill auditing-npm-dependencies --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills, a repository with 2,596 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.