rust-deps-visualizer

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Visualize Rust project dependencies as ASCII art. Triggers on: /deps-viz, dependency graph, show dependencies, visualize deps, 依赖图, 依赖可视化, 显示依赖

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Sourceactionbook/rust-skills

Added on2026-02-24

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add actionbook/rust-skills rust-deps-visualizer

SKILL.md Content

Rust Dependencies Visualizer

Generate ASCII art visualizations of your Rust project's dependency tree.

Usage

/rust-deps-visualizer [--depth N] [--features]

Options:

```
--depth N
```
: Limit tree depth (default: 3)
```
--features
```
: Show feature flags

Output Format

Simple Tree (Default)

my-project v0.1.0
├── tokio v1.49.0
│   ├── pin-project-lite v0.2.x
│   └── bytes v1.x
├── serde v1.0.x
│   └── serde_derive v1.0.x
└── anyhow v1.x

Feature-Aware Tree

my-project v0.1.0
├── tokio v1.49.0 [rt, rt-multi-thread, macros, fs, io-util]
│   ├── pin-project-lite v0.2.x
│   └── bytes v1.x
├── serde v1.0.x [derive]
│   └── serde_derive v1.0.x (proc-macro)
└── anyhow v1.x [std]

Implementation

Step 1: Parse Cargo.toml for direct dependencies

bash

cargo metadata --format-version=1 --no-deps 2>/dev/null

Step 2: Get full dependency tree

bash

cargo tree --depth=${DEPTH:-3} ${FEATURES:+--features} 2>/dev/null

Step 3: Format as ASCII art tree

Use these box-drawing characters:

```
├──
```
for middle items
```
└──
```
for last items
```
│   
```
for continuation lines

Visual Enhancements

Dependency Categories

my-project v0.1.0
│
├─[Runtime]─────────────────────
│ ├── tokio v1.49.0
│ └── async-trait v0.1.x
│
├─[Serialization]───────────────
│ ├── serde v1.0.x
│ └── serde_json v1.x
│
└─[Development]─────────────────
  ├── criterion v0.5.x
  └── proptest v1.x

Size Visualization (Optional)

my-project v0.1.0
├── tokio v1.49.0        ████████████ 2.1 MB
├── serde v1.0.x         ███████ 1.2 MB
├── regex v1.x           █████ 890 KB
└── anyhow v1.x          ██ 120 KB
                         ─────────────────
                         Total: 4.3 MB

Workflow

Check for Cargo.toml in current directory
Run
```
cargo tree
```
with specified options
Parse output and generate ASCII visualization
Optionally categorize by purpose (runtime, dev, build)

Related Skills

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Feature flag decisions	m11-ecosystem