sentinel-check

Thin npm wrapper for the sentinel CLI published from the sentinel-npm repository.

Lets you run sentinel without installing anything — npx resolves and executes the binary automatically.

sentinel-check is not the main product name. It is the npm distribution channel used to expose Sentinel conveniently in Node and CI environments.

Quick start

No installation required (npx)

# check current project
npx -y -p sentinel-check ci

# install a package with integrity verification
npx -y -p sentinel-check install <package>@<version>

# audit only
npx -y -p sentinel-check check

With sentinel binary in PATH

If you have the sentinel binary installed globally:

sentinel ci
sentinel install <package>@<version>
sentinel check

See the main README for binary installation instructions (Linux, macOS, Windows).

Recommended for end users (package.json scripts)

{
  "scripts": {
    "sentinel:ci": "npx -y -p sentinel-check ci",
    "sentinel:check": "npx -y -p sentinel-check check",
    "sentinel:install": "npx -y -p sentinel-check install"
  }
}

npm run sentinel:ci
npm run sentinel:check
npm run sentinel:install -- lodash@4.17.21

How it works

1. Looks for a local sentinel binary (via SENTINEL_BIN or PATH)
2. Falls back to a managed binary cached at ~/.cache/sentinel/bin/<version>/
3. If not cached, downloads the release asset from GitHub and verifies its SHA-256 checksum against checksums.txt
4. Executes the resolved binary with all arguments forwarded

Environment overrides