Dependency scanning guide

The problem this page helps clarify

The useful question is where Dependency scanning guide changes the review loop: what enters the scan, who acts on a finding, and which evidence moves forward. Supported manifests, lockfile evidence, severity thresholds, and actionable dependency updates.

• Audience: Teams adding dependency checks to the same loop as source review.
• Focus: Supported manifests, lockfile evidence, severity thresholds, and actionable dependency updates.
• Review question: What does Dependency scanning guide cover in practice?

Coverage and concrete signals

For Dependency scanning guide, inspect the concrete scope below instead of relying on a category label. A package advisory tied to the exact manifest or lockfile entry and its remediation.

• Focus: Supported manifests, lockfile evidence, severity thresholds, and actionable dependency updates.
• Workflow: Workflow: package manifests · lockfiles · advisories · SARIF
• Coverage and concrete signals: package manifests, lockfiles, advisories, SARIF

From local signal to shared gate.

Dependency scanning guide: Use the smallest workflow that proves value. Each later step should reuse evidence the team already understands. Supported manifests, lockfile evidence, severity thresholds, and actionable dependency updates.

Copyradar scan . --quick
radar scan . --format sarif --fail-on high

Evidence to inspect before you trust the result.

Dependency scanning guide: A useful result must be explainable to a developer and portable to the next review surface. Inspect the concrete evidence below before changing team policy. A package advisory tied to the exact manifest or lockfile entry and its remediation.

• Workflow: package manifests · lockfiles · advisories · SARIF
• Exact file location, rule context, severity, confidence, and remediation guidance.
• Terminal output, SARIF, JSON, or HTML artifacts generated from the same finding set.
• Source stays in the workspace or CI runner where the scan executes.

Good fit and limits

Use Dependency scanning guide when Teams adding dependency checks to the same loop as source review. Keep the boundary explicit: Coverage depends on manifests, lockfiles, advisory freshness, and the selected ecosystem.

Run the local proof before adopting a shared gate.

• Good fit: Teams adding dependency checks to the same loop as source review.
• Not a fit / do not overreach: Coverage depends on manifests, lockfiles, advisory freshness, and the selected ecosystem.

Questions to verify before rollout

These questions keep the decision tied to observable evidence rather than a broad product promise.