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name: dependency-updater description: | Automatically updates all project dependencies to their latest versions. Supports npm, pip, cargo, go modules, and more.

Use when: update deps, upgrade packages, latest versions, outdated

Dependency Updater v1.8.0

Keep your dependencies up-to-date with a single command.

Features

• Multi-language dependency detection
• Smart version resolution
• Automatic lockfile updates
• Rollback on failure

Architecture

dependency-updater/
├── SKILL.md
└── scripts/
    └── dependency_updater.sh   # Core updater implementation

Usage

/dependency-updater
/dependency-updater --npm-only
/dependency-updater --check-security

Quick Start

To update dependencies, simply run:

# Detect and update dependencies
./scripts/dependency_updater.sh update

# Run security check
./scripts/dependency_updater.sh security-check

That's it! The script handles everything automatically.

Core Functions

update_dependencies()

Main function for dependency updates:

update_dependencies

security_check()

Run security audit on dependencies:

security_check

detect_project_type()

Detect the project type (npm, pip, cargo, go):

detect_project_type

Supported Project Types

Type	Config File	Package Manager
npm	package.json	npm/yarn/pnpm
pip	requirements.txt	pip
cargo	Cargo.toml	cargo
go	go.mod	go modules

Configuration

Create .dependency-updater.yml to customize behavior:

ignore:
  - lodash  # Known issues
  - moment  # Deprecated
major_updates: false
run_tests: true

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Automated dependency management for modern development teams