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Developers ask about package popularity, version details, or dependency metadata, and your AI agent queries the npm registry in real time. Download counts, package manifests, and search results arrive inside the conversation. No browser tabs, no CLI context switching.
Search packages, pull download metrics, inspect version manifests, and query registry metadata. Your AI agent makes the npm ecosystem accessible through natural language.
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See how engineering teams use AI agents to query the npm registry for package evaluation, dependency auditing, and library adoption analysis without leaving their workflow.
A developer is choosing between three HTTP client libraries for a new project. They ask the AI agent to compare download counts, latest versions, and maintenance scores for axios, got, and node-fetch. The agent fetches all three from the npm registry in parallel and presents a comparison table. The developer picks the best option in one conversation instead of opening multiple browser tabs.
An open-source maintainer wants to track how their library's downloads are trending after a major release. They ask the agent for daily download counts over the past two weeks. The agent returns the day-by-day breakdown, highlighting any spikes or dips. The maintainer spots adoption growth patterns without setting up a separate analytics dashboard.
Before upgrading a critical dependency, a senior engineer asks the AI agent to pull the version manifest for the target release. The agent retrieves the dependency tree, peer dependencies, and engine requirements from npm. The engineer confirms compatibility before running the upgrade, avoiding broken builds from version conflicts.
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FAQs
The agent uses npm's registry search endpoint, passing the user's query as the text parameter. It supports quality, popularity, and maintenance weight adjustments to rank results. The API returns package names, descriptions, versions, and scores, which the agent presents in a readable format.
Yes. The agent fetches download counts for each package individually using the point or range endpoints. You can ask it to compare two or more packages side by side for any time period, whether last-day, last-week, last-month, or a custom date range in YYYY-MM-DD format.
Tars needs a read-only npm access token generated from your npmjs.com account under Access Tokens. A read-only token is sufficient for searching packages, fetching metadata, and retrieving download counts. No publish permissions are required.
No. All package data is fetched live from the npm registry during conversations. Package manifests, download counts, and search results are queried on demand and not cached or persisted by Tars.
Yes. The agent handles scoped packages correctly, passing the full scoped name including the @ prefix and scope to the npm registry API. All endpoints including search, metadata, version, and download counts work with scoped packages.
The CLI requires a terminal session and returns raw output. Tars delivers structured, readable results inside Slack, a web chat, or any messaging platform. Non-technical team members can query package data without terminal access, and results include download metrics the CLI does not surface natively.
The agent retrieves version manifests that include dependency trees and metadata. While it does not run a dedicated vulnerability scan, the manifest data helps identify outdated sub-dependencies. For full vulnerability auditing, pair this with a dedicated security tool.
The npm registry returns a 404 error for non-existent packages. The agent reports this clearly, suggesting the user check the package name for typos or verify the scope prefix. It can also offer to search for similar packages by keyword.
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