Solves the problem of AI agents recommending outdated or vulnerable npm and PyPI packages by exposing a single tool, check_dependency_freshness, that hits a live verdict API. You pass it an ecosystem and package name, and it returns maintenance status (active, slowing, stale, abandoned), latest version, release recency, deprecation flags, CVE counts from OSV, and hand-curated alternatives for dead packages. Closes the 6 to 18 month gap between when a package dies and when the model's training cutoff reflects it. Install via npx or point at the repo. Speaks JSON-RPC over stdio and supports custom API backends via environment variables.