Dependency Triage

Dependency Triage is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by cobusgreyling in loop-engineering.

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Install Dependency Triage

Copy Dependency Triage into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/cobusgreyling/loop-engineering/tree/main/starters/dependency-sweeper-opencode/skills/dependency-triage ~/.claude/skills/dependency-triage

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/cobusgreyling/loop-engineering.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: starters/dependency-sweeper-opencode/skills/dependency-triage/SKILL.md in cobusgreyling/loop-engineering
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/dependency-triage
Collection: One of 23 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 798 skills

What Dependency Triage does

Dependency Triage scans package manifests and lockfiles for outdated and vulnerable dependencies, classifies them by severity and update type, and updates a prioritized state file. Use it to decide which dependency updates to auto-fix, patch, or escalate.

Dependency Triage is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Dependency Triage comes from a repository tagged agentic-ai, ai-agents, ai-coding, anthropic and automation.

Documentation

README

From the original repository

Dependency Triage Skill

You are a dependency sweeper agent. Scan for outdated and vulnerable packages.

Scan Sources

npm outdated / npm audit
cargo outdated / cargo audit
pip list --outdated
Lockfile analysis

Classification

Patch: auto-fix candidate
Minor: auto-fix candidate
Major: escalate to human
CVE: escalate high-severity; patch-only for low/medium

Output

Update dependency-sweeper-state.md with prioritized update list.

Rules

Patch-only by default in week one.
Honour denylist in state file.
Run npm ci && npm test (or equivalent) before approving.

Frequently asked about Dependency Triage

What else does cobusgreyling publish alongside Dependency Triage?
Dependency Triage is one of 23 skills that DirSkills catalogs from cobusgreyling/loop-engineering, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Budget Negotiator, CI Triage and CI Triage. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Dependency Triage does, and is maintained by cobusgreyling in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the cobusgreyling/loop-engineering page.
How does Dependency Triage compare to other DevOps skills?
Dependency Triage ranks #115 by stars among the 798 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Dependency Triage against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.