sonarsource/sonarqube-gh-agent-apps-plugin/sonar-dependency-risks

SonarQube — Dependency Risks

Search for dependency risks (software composition analysis issues) in a SonarQube project, paired with the releases that appear in the analysed project, application, or portfolio.

Usage

sonar-dependency-risks                    # risks in the current project
sonar-dependency-risks my-project         # risks in a specific project
sonar-dependency-risks my-project --branch feature/auth
sonar-dependency-risks my-project --pr 42

Prerequisites

This skill requires SonarQube Advanced Security (available on SonarQube Cloud Enterprise plan), the SonarQube MCP Server to be configured, and the tool mcp__sonarqube__search_dependency_risks to be available in your session.

If a tool fails due to authentication problems, ask the user to ensure they have given their consent for automatic token exchange through SonarQube Cloud > My Account > Access Tokens > Agent Apps. Otherwise surface the tool error verbatim and stop. If the error indicates the feature is unavailable, note plainly that SCA requires SonarQube Advanced Security (SonarQube Cloud Enterprise plan).

Instructions

Step 1: Resolve the project key (only when needed)

MCP tools sometimes do not require projectKey when the SonarQube MCP Server has a default project for this workspace (e.g. SONARQUBE_PROJECT_KEY configured in the server env). Resolve a key only when you must pass it (tool schema requires it, or the user targets another project):

• If the user provided a project key, use it.
• Otherwise look for sonar.projectKey in sonar-project.properties at the repo root.
• If still not found, omit `projectKey` in MCP calls and rely on the integration default.

Step 2: Parse optional flags from the user-provided arguments

Step 3: Call mcp__sonarqube__search_dependency_risks

Include `projectKey` only if you resolved one in Step 1 and the tool requires it; otherwise omit it.

{
  "projectKey": "<only-if-required>",
  "branchKey": "<name>",       // if --branch was given
  "pullRequestKey": "<id>"     // if --pr was given
}

Omit projectKey from the payload when the integration default applies. Omit unused optional fields.

Step 4: Format the results

If risks are found, group by severity and present as a table:

## Dependency Risks — `my-project` (branch: `main`)
 
Found **5 dependency risk(s)**:
 
### Critical
| Dependency | Version | Risk                  | CVE            |
| ---------- | ------- | --------------------- | -------------- |
| log4j-core | 2.14.1  | Remote code execution | CVE-2021-44228 |
 
### High
| Dependency       | Version | Risk                          | CVE            |
| ---------------- | ------- | ----------------------------- | -------------- |
| jackson-databind | 2.12.3  | Deserialization vulnerability | CVE-2021-46877 |
| commons-text     | 1.9     | Remote code execution         | CVE-2022-42889 |
 
### Medium
| Dependency    | Version | Risk              | CVE            |
| ------------- | ------- | ----------------- | -------------- |
| spring-web    | 5.3.18  | DoS vulnerability | CVE-2022-22965 |
| netty-handler | 4.1.68  | SSL/TLS issue     | CVE-2021-43797 |

Omit columns that are not present in the response. Omit severity sections that have no risks.

If no risks are found:

## Dependency Risks — `my-project`
 
✅ No dependency risks found.

Step 5: Next steps

• To fix a vulnerable dependency: "Ask me to update `<dependency>` to a safe version."
• To check the quality gate: "Invoke the sonar-quality-gate skill (add a project key only if you are not using the integration default)."
• To check code-level security issues: "Invoke the sonar-list-issues skill with filters as needed (add a project key only if you are not using the MCP integration default)."