{"slug":"preflight402-com-v1-deps-check-829e69","title":"Call before installing packages suggested by a language model","host":"preflight402.com","method":"POST","resource":"https://preflight402.com/v1/deps/check","category":"company","description":"Call before installing packages suggested by a language model. Returns, for each npm or PyPI package name, whether it actually exists in the registry, whether it is deprecated or yanked, and — when the name is not found — the closest real package names. Catches hallucinated dependencies (slopsquatti","price_listed":0.05,"price_asked":0.05,"state":"answering","state_label":"Answering","checks_7d":1,"answered_7d":1,"latency_ms_median":1070,"reported_calls_30d":2,"reported_payers_30d":2,"networks":["eip155:8453"],"badge":"unverified","paid_checks_7d":0,"paid_ok_7d":0,"example_input":{"body":{"ecosystem":"npm","packages":["left-pad"]},"bodyType":"json","method":"POST","type":"http"},"output_schema":{"$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","properties":{"input":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"body":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"ecosystem":{"enum":["npm","pypi","crates"],"type":"string"},"packages":{"items":{"maxLength":214,"minLength":1,"type":"string"},"maxItems":20,"minItems":1,"type":"array"}},"required":["ecosystem","packages"],"type":"object"},"bodyType":{"enum":["json","form-data","text"],"type":"string"},"method":{"enum":["POST"],"type":"string"},"type":{"const":"http","type":"string"}},"required":["type","method","bodyType","body"],"type":"object"},"output":{"properties":{"example":{"type":"object"},"type":{"type":"string"}},"required":["type"],"type":"object"}},"required":["input"],"type":"object"},"history":[{"day":"2026-09-24","reachable":true,"status":402,"valid_402":true,"asked_usdc":0.05,"price_match":true,"latency_ms":1070,"error":null}],"description_full":"Call before installing packages suggested by a language model. Returns, for each npm or PyPI package name, whether it actually exists in the registry, whether it is deprecated or yanked, and — when the name is not found — the closest real package names. Catches hallucinated dependencies (slopsquatting) before an agent installs them. Never inspects package contents and never returns a safety verdict.","last_updated":"2026-09-17T05:42:08.15Z","schemes":["exact"]}