---
name: dependency-review
description: "Evaluate whether a package earns its cost and permissions."
license: CC0-1.0
metadata:
  author: "SI Editorial"
  version: "1"
---

# Review a new dependency

## When to use
Evaluate whether a package earns its cost and permissions.

## Workflow
1. Identify the exact capability needed and existing alternatives.
2. Review official package metadata, license, maintenance, transitive dependencies, and install scripts.
3. Assess runtime authority, data access, and replacement cost.
4. Recommend adopt, isolate, or avoid with evidence and update ownership.

## Boundaries
Use only tools and data authorized for the task. Ask for missing requirements when they affect the result. Report what you verified and what you could not verify.

## Try it
Review a package proposed for parsing uploaded documents.

## Success looks like
An evidence-based decision with a minimal integration boundary.