List direct dependencies

Read-only
What do risk levels mean?
Read-only
Inspects state without changing anything.
Low risk
Reversible with a routine follow-up command.
Medium risk
Changes state; undo path documented.
Destructive
Deletes or overwrites; confirmation required.

Lists packages installed at the project root without changing package metadata or installed modules.

nodenpmdependencies

Commands

Show direct production and development dependencies with resolved versions

npm ls --depth=0

Verification

npm ls --depth=0

Direct packages are listed, or only the project is shown when none are installed.

Undo

Not undoable

This recipe only reads the installed dependency tree and changes nothing.

Pitfalls

  • npm marks missing, invalid, or extraneous packages and may exit nonzero when the tree has problems.

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