Add version-sentinel: dependency-version guardrail (agent + prompts + skill) 🤖🤖🤖 - #2477
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…lugin) Contributes the version-sentinel guardrail from https://github.com/KSEGIT/Version-Sentinel (MIT): - agents/version-reviewer.agent.md: read-only release-audit reviewer - skills/version-sentinel/: registry-verification workflow skill - plugins/version-sentinel/: curated plugin bundling both README index tables and marketplace.json regenerated via npm run build.
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Pull request overview
Adds Version Sentinel dependency-version verification guidance and release auditing to the repository.
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- Adds a dependency audit agent and verification skill.
- Bundles both resources as a curated plugin.
- Updates generated agent, skill, plugin, and marketplace catalogs.
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agents/version-reviewer.agent.md |
Adds the release-audit agent. |
skills/version-sentinel/SKILL.md |
Documents the verification workflow. |
plugins/version-sentinel/README.md |
Describes plugin usage and prerequisites. |
plugins/version-sentinel/.github/plugin/plugin.json |
Defines plugin metadata and resources. |
docs/README.agents.md |
Adds the agent catalog entry. |
docs/README.skills.md |
Adds the skill catalog entry. |
docs/README.plugins.md |
Adds the plugin catalog entry. |
.github/plugin/marketplace.json |
Adds marketplace metadata. |
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| Verify dependency versions against upstream registries before adding, bumping, or changing them in package.json, requirements*.txt, constraints*.txt, pyproject.toml, Cargo.toml, *.csproj, *.fsproj, or *.vbproj. Use this skill when: | ||
| - A version-sentinel PreToolUse hook blocks a manifest edit or install command with `BLOCKED: version-sentinel` | ||
| - Adding or upgrading any third-party dependency and you need to confirm the version actually exists upstream | ||
| - Recording a deliberate version pin (CVE lock, compatibility constraint) so audits don't flag it as drift | ||
| - Auditing dependency freshness before tagging a release | ||
| - Any request like "verify this package version", "is this the latest lodash", or "check dependency drift" |
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| 1. **Look up the latest version** on the upstream registry via web search or fetch: | ||
| - npm: `https://www.npmjs.com/package/<pkg>` | ||
| - pip / pyproject: `https://pypi.org/project/<pkg>/` | ||
| - cargo: `https://crates.io/crates/<pkg>` | ||
| - csproj (NuGet): `https://www.nuget.org/packages/<pkg>` |
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| # Version Sentinel — Dependency-Version Guardrail Workflow | ||
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| `version-sentinel` blocks dependency changes until you have verified the package version against its upstream registry. This prevents stale, hallucinated, or compromised versions from reaching your manifests. Checks are recorded in a `.version-sentinel/checks.json` sidecar and expire after a freshness window (default 24h). |
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| "name": "version-sentinel", | |||
| "description": "Dependency-version guardrail for AI coding agents. Verifies every added or bumped package version against its upstream registry (npm, PyPI, crates.io, NuGet) so stale, hallucinated, or compromised versions never reach your manifests.", | |||
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| # Version Sentinel | |||
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| A dependency-version guardrail for AI coding agents. Before any dependency is added, bumped, downgraded, or installed, the intended version is verified against its upstream registry (npm, PyPI, crates.io, NuGet) and the check is recorded — so stale, hallucinated, or compromised package versions never reach your manifests. | |||
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| - **DRIFT** — rows where current ≠ latest and no `intentional:` record. For each: ecosystem, pkg, current, latest, registry link, and the suggested `bash scripts/vs-record.sh ...` command to run before bumping. | ||
| - **intentional-pin** — rows the user has deliberately pinned. List with the recorded reason (pulled from the sidecar `.version-sentinel/checks.json`). Flag any pins older than 30 days as "re-review recommended". | ||
| - **lookup-failed** — registry fetch failed. List with the registry URL the user can check manually. |
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| ## Prerequisites | ||
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| This agent expects the version-sentinel scripts to be present in the workspace (`scripts/check-versions.sh`, `scripts/vs-record.sh`). They ship with the upstream project at [KSEGIT/Version-Sentinel](https://github.com/KSEGIT/Version-Sentinel) (MIT). If the scripts are missing, tell the user where to get them and stop. |
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What it is
version-sentinel is a dependency-version guardrail for AI coding agents. Before any dependency is added, bumped, downgraded, or installed, the intended version is verified against its upstream registry (npm, PyPI, crates.io, NuGet) and the check is recorded in a
.version-sentinel/checks.jsonsidecar (24h freshness window). Deliberate pins are recorded asintentional:<reason>so audits can tell them apart from accidental drift.Why it fits
Dependency/version verification is a top Copilot customization use-case: models routinely suggest package versions that are outdated, hallucinated, or yanked. This contribution turns "the model said so" into "verified against the registry within the last 24 hours", complementing existing verification entries like
doublecheckandagent-supply-chainwith a pre-install enforcement workflow.What's included
agents/version-reviewer.agent.mdskills/version-sentinel/SKILL.mdBLOCKED: version-sentinelhook, record checks viavs-record.sh, handle intentional pins, and audit drift before a releaseplugins/version-sentinel/The blocking PreToolUse hooks, guardrail scripts, and the two prompt files (
vs-record.prompt.md,check-versions.prompt.md) live in the upstream repository and are linked from the plugin README and skill rather than vendored here (the upstream repo ships a GitHub Copilot–ready.github/hooks/version-sentinel.json).Validation performed
npm run plugin:validate— ✅ all plugins validnpm run skill:validate— ✅ all skills validnpx @microsoft/vally-cli lint skills/version-sentinel— ✅ 2/2 checks passednpm run build— ✅ README index tables and marketplace.json regenerated (included in this PR)License
Upstream project is MIT licensed; contributions here are offered under this repo's MIT license per CONTRIBUTING.md.
Upstream: https://github.com/KSEGIT/Version-Sentinel (v0.4.0)