Dart Package Maintenance

The dart-package-maintenance skill automates routine tasks for Dart developers, ensuring their projects remain secure and up-to-date with minimal manual intervention. It specifically handles dependency updates, security patching, and code cleanup to maintain a healthy package ecosystem.

When to use it

• Automatically resolve outdated dependencies in your pubspec.yaml file before deployment.
• Apply critical security patches to third-party packages without breaking existing functionality.
• Clean up unused imports and deprecated APIs during the development lifecycle.
• Standardize project configurations across multiple Dart repositories.

Key capabilities

• Identifies and resolves outdated package versions based on semantic versioning rules.
• Scans for known security vulnerabilities in dependencies and suggests fixes.
• Refactors code to remove unused imports and obsolete library references.
• Generates migration scripts for major version upgrades of core packages.

Example prompts

• "Check my pubspec.yaml for any outdated dependencies and update them to the latest stable versions."
• "Scan this Dart project for security vulnerabilities in third-party packages and propose a fix plan."
• "Clean up all unused imports and deprecated API calls in my current Dart source files."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure your pubspec.yaml file is committed to version control before running maintenance tasks, as changes may alter dependency trees. Always review automated update suggestions manually, especially for major version bumps that could introduce breaking changes.