Dependency Evaluator

Quality score: 85/100 · Category: Security · Sub-category: security-misc

Evaluates whether a programming language dependency should be used by analyzing maintenance activity, security posture, community health, documentation quality, dependency footprint, production adoption, license compatibility, API stability, and funding sustainability. Use when users ask "should I use X or Y?", "are there better options for [feature]?", "what's a good library for [task]?", "how do we feel about [dependency]?", or when considering adding a new dependency, evaluating an existing dependency, or comparing/evaluating package alternatives.

What this skill does

Dependency Evaluator is a well-rated Claude Code skill (quality score 85/100) in the security-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/dependency-evaluator/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when users ask "should I use X or Y?", "are there better options for [feature]?", "what's a good library for [task]?", "how do we feel about [dependency]?", or when considering adding a new dependency, evaluating an existing dependency, or comparing/evaluating package alternatives.

Who uses this skill

The Dependency Evaluator skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/dependency-evaluator
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/dependency-evaluator/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/dependency-evaluator/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/dependency-evaluator/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/dependency-evaluator/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\dependency-evaluator\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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