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License Compliance Check
Audit open-source license compatibility across your dependency tree to ensure legal compliance before shipping.
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Overview
Open-source license compliance is a legal requirement that many teams overlook until it becomes a problem. License checking tools scan your entire dependency tree and flag any licenses that conflict with your project's license or your organization's approved license list.
AI agents can automate license auditing by scanning your node_modules or other dependency directories, identifying each package's license, and flagging incompatibilities. When a problematic license is found (like GPL in a proprietary project), the agent can suggest alternative packages with compatible licenses or explain the implications of using the current dependency.
This skill is critical for enterprise software, commercial products, and any project that distributes compiled code. Your AI agent can generate license reports, check for missing license files, and ensure that your NOTICE and LICENSE files accurately reflect all third-party dependencies used in your project.
AI agents can automate license auditing by scanning your node_modules or other dependency directories, identifying each package's license, and flagging incompatibilities. When a problematic license is found (like GPL in a proprietary project), the agent can suggest alternative packages with compatible licenses or explain the implications of using the current dependency.
This skill is critical for enterprise software, commercial products, and any project that distributes compiled code. Your AI agent can generate license reports, check for missing license files, and ensure that your NOTICE and LICENSE files accurately reflect all third-party dependencies used in your project.
Who Is This For?
- Legal teams auditing open-source license compliance across products
- Developers checking license compatibility before adding new dependencies
- Teams generating license reports for compliance documentation
- Engineers finding alternative packages when license conflicts arise
Installation
Setup for Claude Code
npm install -g license-checker
Claude Code runs: npx license-checker --summaryConfiguration
// .licensechecker.json
{
"allowedLicenses": [
"MIT", "ISC", "BSD-2-Clause", "BSD-3-Clause", "Apache-2.0"
],
"excludePackages": [],
"failOnUnlicensed": true
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