diff --git a/dist/npmts.check.d.ts b/dist/npmts.check.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc80a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/npmts.check.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/// <reference types="q" />
+import * as plugins from "./npmts.plugins";
+export declare let run: (configArg: any) => plugins.Q.Promise<{}>;
diff --git a/dist/npmts.check.js b/dist/npmts.check.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19643c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/npmts.check.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+"use strict";
+var plugins = require("./npmts.plugins");
+var paths = require("./npmts.paths");
+var npmts_promisechain_1 = require("./npmts.promisechain");
+var checkProjectTypings = function (configArg) {
+    var done = plugins.Q.defer();
+    done.resolve(configArg);
+    return done.promise;
+};
+var checkDependencies = function (configArg) {
+    var done = plugins.Q.defer();
+    var options = {
+        ignoreBinPackage: false,
+        ignoreDirs: [
+            'test',
+            'dist',
+            'bower_components'
+        ],
+        ignoreMatches: [
+            "@types/*",
+            "babel-preset-*"
+        ],
+        parsers: {
+            '*.ts': plugins.depcheck.parser.typescript,
+        },
+        detectors: [
+            plugins.depcheck.detector.requireCallExpression,
+            plugins.depcheck.detector.importDeclaration
+        ],
+        specials: [
+            plugins.depcheck.special.eslint,
+            plugins.depcheck.special.webpack
+        ],
+    };
+    plugins.depcheck(paths.cwd, options, function (unused) {
+        for (var _i = 0, _a = unused.dependencies; _i < _a.length; _i++) {
+            var item = _a[_i];
+            plugins.beautylog.warn("Watch out: unused dependency " + item.red);
+        }
+        ;
+        for (var _b = 0, _c = unused.devDependencies; _b < _c.length; _b++) {
+            var item = _c[_b];
+            plugins.beautylog.log("unused devDependency " + item.red);
+        }
+        ;
+        for (var _d = 0, _e = unused.missing; _d < _e.length; _d++) {
+            var item = _e[_d];
+            plugins.beautylog.error("unused devDependency " + item.red);
+        }
+        ;
+        if (unused.missing.length > 0) {
+            plugins.beautylog.info("exiting due to missing dependencies in package.json");
+            process.exit(1);
+        }
+        for (var _f = 0, _g = unused.using; _f < _g.length; _f++) {
+            var item = _g[_f];
+            console.log(item);
+        }
+        ;
+        for (var _h = 0, _j = unused.invalidFiles; _h < _j.length; _h++) {
+            var item = _j[_h];
+            plugins.beautylog.warn("Watch out: could not parse file " + item.red);
+        }
+        ;
+        for (var _k = 0, _l = unused.invalidDirs; _k < _l.length; _k++) {
+            var item = _l[_k];
+            plugins.beautylog.warn("Watch out: could not parse directory " + item.red);
+        }
+        ;
+        done.resolve(configArg);
+    });
+    return done.promise;
+};
+var checkNodeVersion = function (configArg) {
+    var done = plugins.Q.defer();
+    done.resolve(configArg);
+    return done.promise;
+};
+exports.run = function (configArg) {
+    var done = plugins.Q.defer();
+    npmts_promisechain_1.npmtsOra.text("running project checks..."),
+        checkProjectTypings(configArg)
+            .then(checkDependencies)
+            .then(checkNodeVersion)
+            .then(done.resolve);
+    return done.promise;
+};
diff --git a/dist/npmts.options.d.ts b/dist/npmts.options.d.ts
index c5fdcc7..f32981b 100644
--- a/dist/npmts.options.d.ts
+++ b/dist/npmts.options.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /// <reference types="q" />
 import "typings-global";
 import plugins = require("./npmts.plugins");
-export declare let isCi: () => any;
 export declare var run: (configArg: any) => plugins.Q.Promise<{}>;
diff --git a/dist/npmts.options.js b/dist/npmts.options.js
index 57e0825..cd76c82 100644
--- a/dist/npmts.options.js
+++ b/dist/npmts.options.js
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 require("typings-global");
 var plugins = require("./npmts.plugins");
 var npmts_promisechain_1 = require("./npmts.promisechain");
-exports.isCi = function () {
-    return plugins.smartci.check.isCi();
-};
 exports.run = function (configArg) {
     var done = plugins.Q.defer();
     var config = configArg;
diff --git a/dist/npmts.plugins.d.ts b/dist/npmts.plugins.d.ts
index 1405048..111f125 100644
--- a/dist/npmts.plugins.d.ts
+++ b/dist/npmts.plugins.d.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import "typings-global";
 export import beautylog = require("beautylog");
-export declare let gulp: any;
+export declare let depcheck: any;
+export import gulp = require("gulp");
 export declare let g: {
     babel: any;
     istanbul: any;
     gFunction: any;
     injectModules: any;
     mocha: any;
-    replace: any;
     sourcemaps: any;
     typedoc: any;
 };
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export import projectinfo = require("projectinfo");
 export import path = require("path");
 export import Q = require("q");
 export import shelljs = require("shelljs");
-export declare let smartci: any;
 export import smartcli = require("smartcli");
 export import smartcov = require("smartcov");
 export import smartenv = require("smartenv");
diff --git a/dist/npmts.plugins.js b/dist/npmts.plugins.js
index 76da322..8a5a09b 100644
--- a/dist/npmts.plugins.js
+++ b/dist/npmts.plugins.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 require("typings-global");
 exports.beautylog = require("beautylog");
+exports.depcheck = require("depcheck");
 exports.gulp = require("gulp");
 exports.g = {
     babel: require("gulp-babel"),
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ exports.g = {
     gFunction: require("gulp-function"),
     injectModules: require("gulp-inject-modules"),
     mocha: require("gulp-mocha"),
-    replace: require("gulp-replace"),
     sourcemaps: require("gulp-sourcemaps"),
     typedoc: require("gulp-typedoc")
 };
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ exports.projectinfo = require("projectinfo");
 exports.path = require("path");
 exports.Q = require("q");
 exports.shelljs = require("shelljs");
-exports.smartci = require("smartci");
 exports.smartcli = require("smartcli");
 exports.smartcov = require("smartcov");
 exports.smartenv = require("smartenv");
diff --git a/dist/npmts.promisechain.js b/dist/npmts.promisechain.js
index 0b713a2..f282452 100644
--- a/dist/npmts.promisechain.js
+++ b/dist/npmts.promisechain.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require("typings-global");
 var plugins = require("./npmts.plugins");
 exports.npmtsOra = new plugins.beautylog.Ora("setting up TaskChain", "cyan");
 var NpmtsAssets = require("./npmts.assets");
+var NpmtsCheck = require("./npmts.check");
 var NpmtsClean = require("./npmts.clean");
 var NpmtsCompile = require("./npmts.compile");
 var NpmtsConfigFile = require("./npmts.configfile");
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ exports.promisechain = function (argvArg) {
     NpmtsConfigFile.run(argvArg)
         .then(NpmtsOptions.run)
         .then(NpmtsClean.run)
+        .then(NpmtsCheck.run)
         .then(NpmtsCompile.run)
         .then(NpmtsAssets.run)
         .then(NpmtsTypeDoc.run)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1affb49..94f4060 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,29 +29,27 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://gitlab.com/pushrocks/npmts#readme",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@types/gulp": "^3.8.28",
     "@types/minimatch": "^2.0.28",
     "@types/q": "^0.0.27",
     "@types/shelljs": "^0.3.27",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.9.0",
     "beautylog": "5.0.18",
+    "depcheck": "^0.6.4",
     "early": "^2.0.13",
     "gulp": "3.9.1",
     "gulp-babel": "^6.1.2",
-    "gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
     "gulp-function": "^1.3.6",
-    "gulp-if": "^2.0.1",
     "gulp-inject-modules": "^1.0.0",
     "gulp-istanbul": "^1.0.0",
     "gulp-mocha": "^2.2.0",
-    "gulp-replace": "^0.5.4",
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "^1.6.0",
     "gulp-typedoc": "^2.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.14.0",
     "npmextra": "^1.0.8",
     "projectinfo": "1.0.3",
     "q": "^1.4.1",
-    "shelljs": "^0.7.2",
-    "smartci": "0.0.1",
+    "shelljs": "^0.7.3",
     "smartcli": "1.0.4",
     "smartcov": "0.0.9",
     "smartenv": "1.2.5",
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@
     "smartpath": "3.2.2",
     "smartstring": "^2.0.15",
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.2",
-    "tsn": "^1.0.9",
+    "tsn": "^1.0.10",
     "typedoc": "^0.4.4",
     "typescript": "^2.0.0-dev.20160630",
     "typings-global": "*"
diff --git a/ts/npmts.check.ts b/ts/npmts.check.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..140e069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/npmts.check.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import * as plugins from "./npmts.plugins";
+import * as paths from "./npmts.paths";
+import {npmtsOra} from "./npmts.promisechain";
+
+let checkProjectTypings = (configArg) => {
+    let done = plugins.Q.defer();
+
+    done.resolve(configArg);
+    return done.promise;
+};
+
+let checkDependencies = (configArg) => {
+    let done = plugins.Q.defer();
+    const options = {
+        ignoreBinPackage: false, // ignore the packages with bin entry
+        ignoreDirs: [ // folder with these names will be ignored
+            'test',
+            'dist',
+            'bower_components'
+        ],
+        ignoreMatches: [ // ignore dependencies that matches these globs
+            "@types/*",
+            "babel-preset-*"
+        ],
+        parsers: { // the target parsers
+            '*.ts': plugins.depcheck.parser.typescript,
+        },
+        detectors: [ // the target detectors
+            plugins.depcheck.detector.requireCallExpression,
+            plugins.depcheck.detector.importDeclaration
+        ],
+        specials: [ // the target special parsers
+            plugins.depcheck.special.eslint,
+            plugins.depcheck.special.webpack
+        ],
+    };
+
+    plugins.depcheck(paths.cwd, options, (unused) => {
+        for (let item of unused.dependencies){
+            plugins.beautylog.warn(`Watch out: unused dependency ${item.red}`);
+        };
+        for (let item of unused.devDependencies){
+            plugins.beautylog.log(`unused devDependency ${item.red}`);
+        };
+        for (let item of unused.missing){
+            plugins.beautylog.error(`unused devDependency ${item.red}`);
+        };
+        if(unused.missing.length > 0){
+            plugins.beautylog.info("exiting due to missing dependencies in package.json");
+            process.exit(1);
+        }
+        for (let item of unused.using){
+            console.log(item);
+        };
+        for(let item of unused.invalidFiles){
+            plugins.beautylog.warn(`Watch out: could not parse file ${item.red}`);
+        };
+        for(let item of unused.invalidDirs){
+            plugins.beautylog.warn(`Watch out: could not parse directory ${item.red}`);
+        };
+        done.resolve(configArg);
+    });
+    return done.promise;
+};
+
+let checkNodeVersion = (configArg) => {
+    let done = plugins.Q.defer();
+
+    done.resolve(configArg);
+    return done.promise;
+}
+
+export let run = (configArg) => {
+    let done = plugins.Q.defer();
+    npmtsOra.text("running project checks..."),
+    checkProjectTypings(configArg)
+        .then(checkDependencies)
+        .then(checkNodeVersion)
+        .then(done.resolve);
+    return done.promise;
+}
diff --git a/ts/npmts.options.ts b/ts/npmts.options.ts
index dfa87d2..d7e65a2 100644
--- a/ts/npmts.options.ts
+++ b/ts/npmts.options.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ import "typings-global";
 import plugins = require("./npmts.plugins");
 import {npmtsOra} from "./npmts.promisechain";
 
-export let isCi = function(){
-    return plugins.smartci.check.isCi();
-};
-
 export var run = function(configArg){
     var done = plugins.Q.defer();
     var config = configArg;
diff --git a/ts/npmts.plugins.ts b/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
index 2e58e42..3156d78 100644
--- a/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import "typings-global";
 export import beautylog = require("beautylog");
-export let gulp = require("gulp");
+export let depcheck = require("depcheck");
+export import gulp = require("gulp");
 export let g = {
     babel: require("gulp-babel"),
     istanbul: require("gulp-istanbul"),
     gFunction: require("gulp-function"),
     injectModules: require("gulp-inject-modules"),
     mocha: require("gulp-mocha"),
-    replace: require("gulp-replace"),
     sourcemaps: require("gulp-sourcemaps"),
     typedoc: require("gulp-typedoc")
 };
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export import projectinfo = require("projectinfo");
 export import path = require("path");
 export import Q = require("q");
 export import shelljs = require("shelljs");
-export let smartci = require("smartci");
 export import smartcli = require("smartcli");
 export import smartcov = require("smartcov");
 export import smartenv = require("smartenv");
diff --git a/ts/npmts.promisechain.ts b/ts/npmts.promisechain.ts
index 7023e0c..f73c4ee 100644
--- a/ts/npmts.promisechain.ts
+++ b/ts/npmts.promisechain.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {Ora} from "beautylog"
 export let npmtsOra = new plugins.beautylog.Ora("setting up TaskChain","cyan");
 
 import NpmtsAssets = require("./npmts.assets");
+import NpmtsCheck = require("./npmts.check");
 import NpmtsClean = require("./npmts.clean");
 import NpmtsCompile = require("./npmts.compile");
 import NpmtsConfigFile = require("./npmts.configfile");
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export let promisechain = function(argvArg){
     NpmtsConfigFile.run(argvArg)
         .then(NpmtsOptions.run)
         .then(NpmtsClean.run)
+        .then(NpmtsCheck.run)
         .then(NpmtsCompile.run)
         .then(NpmtsAssets.run)
         .then(NpmtsTypeDoc.run)