Security Auditor

A Claude Code skill for running structured security audits with actionable remediation plans.

Installation

As a Claude Code Skill

# Clone to your Claude skills directory
git clone https://github.com/wrsmith108/claude-skill-security-auditor.git ~/.claude/skills/security-auditor

Standalone Usage

npx tsx scripts/index.ts [options]

Trigger Phrases

This skill activates when you mention:

• "npm audit"
• "security vulnerability"
• "dependency vulnerability"
• "CVE"
• "security check"
• "audit dependencies"
• "check vulnerabilities"

Capabilities

• Execute npm audit --json and parse structured output
• Classify vulnerabilities by severity (critical, high, medium, low)
• Extract CVE identifiers, affected versions, and fix versions
• Distinguish direct vs transitive dependencies
• Generate markdown reports with remediation commands
• Support risk acceptance via security-exceptions.json
• Provide CI-friendly exit codes

Usage

Basic Audit

npx tsx scripts/index.ts

JSON Output

npx tsx scripts/index.ts --json

Fail on High+ Severity (for CI)

npx tsx scripts/index.ts --fail-on high

Fail on Critical Only

npx tsx scripts/index.ts --fail-on critical

Audit a Specific Project

npx tsx scripts/index.ts --cwd /path/to/project

Risk Acceptance

Create a security-exceptions.json file in your project root to accept known risks:

{
  "exceptions": [
    {
      "id": "GHSA-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx",
      "reason": "Not exploitable in our usage context",
      "expires": "2025-06-01",
      "approvedBy": "security-team"
    }
  ]
}

Accepted vulnerabilities are tracked separately in the report.

Output Format

The skill generates a markdown report with:

• Summary table by severity
• Detailed breakdown of high+ severity issues
• Transitive dependency analysis
• Copy-paste remediation commands
• List of accepted risks (if any)

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	No vulnerabilities above threshold
1	Vulnerabilities found above threshold (with --fail-on)
2	Error running audit

CI Integration

- name: Security Audit
  run: npx tsx scripts/index.ts --fail-on high

Requirements

• Node.js and npm installed
• Valid package.json in target directory
• Optional: package-lock.json for accurate audit

Changelog

1.0.1 (2026-02-10)

• Fixed: Replaced hardcoded ~/.claude/skills/ paths with relative paths for portability across different install locations

License

MIT

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