mcp-dep-tools

MCP server providing dependency and package management tools for AI agents. Analyze licenses, find outdated packages, visualize dependency trees, estimate bundle sizes, and audit security vulnerabilities — all from your AI assistant.

Tools

dep_check_licenses

Analyze licenses of all dependencies in a project. Lists each dependency's license type, flags copyleft (GPL) and unknown licenses, and checks for compatibility issues.

dep_find_outdated

Check which dependencies are outdated. Compares installed or specified versions against the latest on npm, categorizes updates as major/minor/patch, and shows how many days since the latest version was published.

dep_analyze_tree

Build and display the dependency tree. Shows direct dependencies and their transitive sub-dependencies, calculates maximum depth, detects circular dependencies, and counts total transitive packages.

dep_analyze_size

Estimate total bundle size from package.json without installing node_modules. Queries the Bundlephobia API for each production dependency to get minified and gzipped sizes.

dep_security_audit

Check dependencies for known security vulnerabilities. Runs npm audit when a lockfile is present, otherwise queries the npm registry advisory API directly. Reports severity levels, affected version ranges, and fix recommendations.

Setup

npm install
npm run build

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dep-tools": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/mcp-dep-tools/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

All tools accept a single parameter

• project_dir (string, required): Absolute path to the project directory containing a package.json.

License

MIT