osv-ui — CVE Audit Skill#

Use this skill whenever the user asks to:

• Audit, scan, or check dependencies for vulnerabilities or CVEs
• Find security issues in their npm, Python, Go, or Rust project
• Get a visual security report or dashboard
• Fix or upgrade vulnerable packages
• Replace or complement npm audit, pip-audit, Snyk, or Dependabot

When to activate#

Activate when the user mentions any of:

• "audit", "scan", "CVE", "vulnerability", "security", "dependabot", "snyk"
• "check my packages", "upgrade guide", "fix vulnerabilities"
• "npm audit", "pip-audit", "cargo audit", "govulncheck"
• "is my project secure?", "any known issues in my deps?"

Workflow#

1 — Scan#

bash

# Single service
npx osv-ui --no-open --json ./osv-report.json

# Multiple services
npx osv-ui ./frontend ./api ./worker --no-open --json ./osv-report.json

# Auto-discover
npx osv-ui --discover --no-open --json ./osv-report.json

2 — Present summary#

Parse osv-report.json and show:

text

📊 [project]: [N] packages · 🔴 Critical: N · 🟠 High: N · 🟡 Moderate: N · 🔵 Low: N · Risk: N/100
Top CVEs: [list top 5 by severity with fix version]

3 — Always offer the visual dashboard#

"Want to review in a visual dashboard before I apply any fixes?"

bash

npx osv-ui [same paths]
# Opens http://localhost:2003

4 — Show fix commands, get confirmation#

Show what will change. NEVER apply without explicit user "yes".

bash

npm install axios@0.30.3      # fixes 4 CVEs
npm install lodash@4.17.23    # fixes 3 CVEs

5 — Apply and verify#

bash

# Apply fixes
npm install [package@version]

# Re-scan to confirm
npx osv-ui --no-open --json ./osv-report-after.json

Notes#

• Never apply fixes silently — always confirm first
• Prefer dashboard for 10+ CVEs
• Alpha/beta/canary versions are never suggested as fix targets
• Add --offline if OSV.dev is unreachable

Quick reference#

bash

npx osv-ui                          # scan current dir
npx osv-ui ./frontend ./api         # multi-service
npx osv-ui --discover               # auto-detect
npx osv-ui --json=report.json --no-open  # export JSON
npx osv-ui --html=report.html --no-open  # export HTML