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 Analyze licenses, find outdated packages, visualize dependency trees, estimate bundle sizes, and audit security vulnerabilities — all from your AI assistant.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Check which dependencies are outdated.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.

Related MCP server: @lpm-registry/mcp-server

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