depsdotdev
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Use the deps.dev API, also called Open Source Insights, to fetch package metadata, versions, dependency graphs, advisories, project mappings, and hash lookups. Use this skill when the user mentions deps.dev, Open Source Insights, package or version lookups, dependency intelligence, resolved dependency graphs, purl lookups, advisory queries, or integrating the deps.dev API into code.
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Use this skill to map package coordinates (system/name/version) to high-signal dependency intelligence from Open Source Insights.
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Prefer stable API base: https://api.deps.dev/v3
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Use v3alpha only when you need purl and batch endpoints
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Use canonical values returned in responses (packageKey, versionKey, projectKey) for follow-up calls
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Call GetPackage if version is missing.
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Call GetVersion for license/advisory/provenance metadata.
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Add GetRequirements and GetDependencies when user asks "declared" vs "resolved" dependency questions.
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If input is a hash or purl, use Query or v3alpha purl endpoints.
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deps.dev API
Use this skill to map package coordinates (system/name/version) to high-signal dependency intelligence from Open Source Insights.
Start Here
- Prefer stable API base:
https://api.deps.dev/v3 - Use
v3alphaonly when you need purl and batch endpoints - Percent-encode all path/query values before sending requests
- Use canonical values returned in responses (
packageKey,versionKey,projectKey) for follow-up calls
Fast Routing
| If you need to... | Use | Read |
| List versions for a package | GetPackage | references/endpoint-map.md |
| Inspect one version (licenses, advisories, links) | GetVersion | references/endpoint-map.md |
| Get declared constraints | GetRequirements | references/endpoint-map.md |
| Get resolved dependency graph | GetDependencies | references/endpoint-map.md |
| Map project repo to package versions | GetProjectPackageVersions | references/endpoint-map.md |
| Query by file hash or exact version key | Query | references/endpoint-map.md |
| Avoid encoding mistakes | URL/purl rules | references/request-shapes-and-encoding.md |
| Handle limits and error cases | batch/query limits | references/limits-errors-and-reliability.md |
| Use purl/batch/dependents | v3alpha features | references/v3alpha-extras.md |
Minimal Workflow
- Normalize user input into
{system, name, version?}. - Call
GetPackageif version is missing; preferisDefaultor newest published version. - Call
GetVersionfor license/advisory/provenance metadata. - Add
GetRequirementsandGetDependencieswhen user asks "declared" vs "resolved" dependency questions. - If input is a hash or purl, use
Queryorv3alphapurl endpoints.
Examples
- Curl patterns and jq snippets:
examples/curl-cheatsheet.md
External Docs
- API overview and versions: https://docs.deps.dev/api/
- Stable REST schema: https://docs.deps.dev/api/v3/
- Experimental REST schema: https://docs.deps.dev/api/v3alpha/
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