diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/currentPackageManager.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/currentPackageManager.js
index 2c78d06..ff2481d 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/currentPackageManager.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/currentPackageManager.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   createPnpxPackageManager,
 } from "./pnpm/createPackageManager.js";
 import { createYarnPackageManager } from "./yarn/createPackageManager.js";
-import { createPipPackageManager } from "./pip/createPipPackageManager.js";
+import { createPipPackageManager } from "./pip/createPackageManager.js";
 
 const state = {
   packageManagerName: null,
diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/createPipPackageManager.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/createPackageManager.js
similarity index 81%
rename from packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/createPipPackageManager.js
rename to packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/createPackageManager.js
index 7861d16..2f0fc0d 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/createPipPackageManager.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/createPackageManager.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import { runPip } from "./runPipCommand.js";
 import {
   getPipCommandForArgs,
   pipInstallCommand,
-  pipUninstallCommand,
+  pipDownloadCommand,
+  pipWheelCommand,
 } from "./utils/pipCommands.js";
 
 /**
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ export function createPipPackageManager(command = "pip") {
 
 const commandScannerMapping = {
   [pipInstallCommand]: commandArgumentScanner(),
-  [pipUninstallCommand]: nullScanner(), // Uninstall doesn't need scanning
+  [pipDownloadCommand]: commandArgumentScanner(), // download also fetches packages from PyPI
+  [pipWheelCommand]: commandArgumentScanner(), // wheel downloads and builds packages
+  // Other commands (uninstall, list, etc.) will use nullScanner() by default
 };
 
 function findDependencyScannerForCommand(scanners, args) {
diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/createPackageManager.spec.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/createPackageManager.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d525e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/createPackageManager.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert";
+import { createPipPackageManager } from "./createPackageManager.js";
+
+test("createPipPackageManager", async (t) => {
+  await t.test("should create package manager with default pip command", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    assert.ok(pm);
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof pm.runCommand, "function");
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof pm.isSupportedCommand, "function");
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof pm.getDependencyUpdatesForCommand, "function");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should create package manager with custom pip3 command", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager("pip3");
+    
+    assert.ok(pm);
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof pm.runCommand, "function");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should recognize install command as supported", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    // Note: Currently returns false because commandArgumentScanner is not yet implemented
+    // When implemented, this should return true
+    const result = pm.isSupportedCommand(["install", "requests"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof result, "boolean");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should recognize download command as supported", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    const result = pm.isSupportedCommand(["download", "requests"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof result, "boolean");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should recognize wheel command as supported", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    const result = pm.isSupportedCommand(["wheel", "requests"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof result, "boolean");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should not support uninstall command", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    const result = pm.isSupportedCommand(["uninstall", "requests"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result, false);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should not support list command", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    const result = pm.isSupportedCommand(["list"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result, false);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should not support show command", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    const result = pm.isSupportedCommand(["show", "requests"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result, false);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return empty array for getDependencyUpdatesForCommand on install", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    // Note: Currently returns [] because commandArgumentScanner is not yet implemented
+    const result = pm.getDependencyUpdatesForCommand(["install", "requests==2.28.0"]);
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(result));
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return empty array for getDependencyUpdatesForCommand on download", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    const result = pm.getDependencyUpdatesForCommand(["download", "flask"]);
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(result));
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return empty array for getDependencyUpdatesForCommand on wheel", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    const result = pm.getDependencyUpdatesForCommand(["wheel", "django"]);
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(result));
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return empty array for unsupported commands", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    const result = pm.getDependencyUpdatesForCommand(["uninstall", "requests"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(Array.isArray(result), true);
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 0);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should handle empty args array", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    const supported = pm.isSupportedCommand([]);
+    assert.strictEqual(supported, false);
+    
+    const deps = pm.getDependencyUpdatesForCommand([]);
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(deps));
+    assert.strictEqual(deps.length, 0);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should handle args with only flags", () => {
+    const pm = createPipPackageManager();
+    
+    const supported = pm.isSupportedCommand(["--version"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(supported, false);
+    
+    const deps = pm.getDependencyUpdatesForCommand(["-h", "--help"]);
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(deps));
+    assert.strictEqual(deps.length, 0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/dependencyScanner/commandArgumentScanner.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/dependencyScanner/commandArgumentScanner.js
index 26429f9..f0e47f1 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/dependencyScanner/commandArgumentScanner.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/dependencyScanner/commandArgumentScanner.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { parsePackagesFromInstallArgs } from "../parsing/parsePackagesFromInstallArgs.js";
+import { hasDryRunArg } from "../utils/pipCommands.js";
+
 /**
  * Scanner for pip command arguments to detect package installations
  * 
@@ -9,15 +12,11 @@ export function commandArgumentScanner(options = {}) {
   const { ignoreDryRun = false } = options;
 
   function shouldScan(args) {
-    // For now, pip scanning is not yet implemented
-    // This would need to detect 'install' commands and package arguments
-    return false;
+    return shouldScanDependencies(args, ignoreDryRun);
   }
 
   function scan(args) {
-    // Future implementation would parse pip install arguments
-    // and return array of {name, version, type} objects
-    return [];
+    return scanDependencies(args);
   }
 
   return {
@@ -25,3 +24,28 @@ export function commandArgumentScanner(options = {}) {
     scan,
   };
 }
+
+function shouldScanDependencies(args, ignoreDryRun) {
+  return ignoreDryRun || !hasDryRunArg(args);
+}
+
+function scanDependencies(args) {
+  return checkChangesFromArgs(args);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extracts package changes from pip command arguments
+ * 
+ * Unlike npm, pip's parser already returns exact versions (== or ===)
+ * or "latest" for unversioned packages, so no version resolution is needed.
+ * 
+ * @param {string[]} args - Command line arguments
+ * @returns {Array<{name: string, version: string, type: string}>} Package changes
+ */
+export function checkChangesFromArgs(args) {
+  const packageUpdates = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs(args);
+  
+  // Parser already provides exact versions or "latest", no need to resolve
+  // Just return the packages with type "add"
+  return packageUpdates;
+}
diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/dependencyScanner/commandArgumentScanner.spec.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/dependencyScanner/commandArgumentScanner.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e69386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/dependencyScanner/commandArgumentScanner.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert";
+import { commandArgumentScanner, checkChangesFromArgs } from "./commandArgumentScanner.js";
+
+test("commandArgumentScanner", async (t) => {
+  await t.test("should create scanner with default options", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    assert.ok(scanner);
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof scanner.shouldScan, "function");
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof scanner.scan, "function");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should create scanner with ignoreDryRun option", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner({ ignoreDryRun: true });
+    
+    assert.ok(scanner);
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof scanner.shouldScan, "function");
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof scanner.scan, "function");
+  });
+});
+
+test("shouldScan", async (t) => {
+  await t.test("should return true for normal install command", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.shouldScan(["install", "requests"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result, true);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return false for install with --dry-run", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.shouldScan(["install", "--dry-run", "requests"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result, false);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return true for install with --dry-run when ignoreDryRun is true", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner({ ignoreDryRun: true });
+    
+    const result = scanner.shouldScan(["install", "--dry-run", "requests"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result, true);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return true for download command", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.shouldScan(["download", "flask"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result, true);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return true for wheel command", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.shouldScan(["wheel", "django"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result, true);
+  });
+});
+
+test("scan", async (t) => {
+  await t.test("should scan simple package installation", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.scan(["install", "requests"]);
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(result));
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(result[0], {
+      name: "requests",
+      version: "latest",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should scan package with exact version", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.scan(["install", "requests==2.28.0"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(result[0], {
+      name: "requests",
+      version: "2.28.0",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should scan multiple packages", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.scan(["install", "requests==2.28.0", "flask"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 2);
+    assert.deepEqual(result[0], {
+      name: "requests",
+      version: "2.28.0",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(result[1], {
+      name: "flask",
+      version: "latest",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should skip packages with range specifiers", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.scan(["install", "requests>=2.0.0", "flask==2.0.0"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(result[0], {
+      name: "flask",
+      version: "2.0.0",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should skip flags with parameters", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.scan([
+      "install",
+      "-r",
+      "requirements.txt",
+      "requests==2.28.0",
+    ]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(result[0], {
+      name: "requests",
+      version: "2.28.0",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should work with download command", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.scan(["download", "django==4.2.0"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(result[0], {
+      name: "django",
+      version: "4.2.0",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should work with wheel command", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.scan(["wheel", "numpy==1.24.0"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(result[0], {
+      name: "numpy",
+      version: "1.24.0",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should parse packages even for unsupported commands", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    // Note: The parser treats the first non-flag arg as the command and skips it
+    // So "uninstall" is treated as the command, and "requests" is parsed as a package
+    // The scanner itself doesn't filter by command type - that's done at a higher level
+    const result = scanner.scan(["uninstall", "requests"]);
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(result));
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(result[0], {
+      name: "requests",
+      version: "latest",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should handle === exact version specifier", () => {
+    const scanner = commandArgumentScanner();
+    
+    const result = scanner.scan(["install", "requests===2.28.0"]);
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(result[0], {
+      name: "requests",
+      version: "2.28.0",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+test("checkChangesFromArgs", async (t) => {
+  await t.test("should extract changes from install args", () => {
+    const result = checkChangesFromArgs(["install", "requests==2.28.0", "flask"]);
+    
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 2);
+    assert.deepEqual(result[0], {
+      name: "requests",
+      version: "2.28.0",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(result[1], {
+      name: "flask",
+      version: "latest",
+      type: "add",
+    });
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return empty array for commands with no packages", () => {
+    const result = checkChangesFromArgs(["install", "-r", "requirements.txt"]);
+    
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(result));
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 0);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should handle empty args", () => {
+    const result = checkChangesFromArgs([]);
+    
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(result));
+    assert.strictEqual(result.length, 0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/parsing/parsePackagesFromInstallArgs.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/parsing/parsePackagesFromInstallArgs.js
index 109f994..3dc46ed 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/parsing/parsePackagesFromInstallArgs.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/parsing/parsePackagesFromInstallArgs.js
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 /**
  * Parses package specifications from pip install arguments
  * 
- * Pip supports various package specification formats:
- * - package_name
- * - package_name==version
- * - package_name>=version
- * - package_name~=version
- * - git+https://...
- * - -r requirements.txt
- * - . (local directory)
+ * Only returns packages with exact version specifiers (== or ===) to ensure
+ * we can check specific versions against the malware database.
+ * 
+ * Supported formats that will be returned:
+ * - package_name (no version)
+ * - package_name==version (exact version)
+ * - package_name===version (exact version, PEP 440)
+ * 
+ * Skipped formats (won't be returned):
+ * - package_name>=version (range specifier)
+ * - package_name<=version (range specifier)
+ * - package_name>version (range specifier)
+ * - package_name<version (range specifier)
+ * - package_name~=version (compatible release)
+ * - package_name!=version (exclusion)
+ * - git+https://... (VCS URLs - returned without version)
+ * - -r requirements.txt (handled by flag skipping)
  * 
  * @param {string[]} args - pip install command arguments
- * @returns {Array<{name: string, version?: string, type: string}>} Array of package specifications
+ * @returns {Array<{name: string, version?: string, type: string}>} Array of package specifications with exact versions only
  */
 export function parsePackagesFromInstallArgs(args) {
   const packages = [];
@@ -32,31 +41,126 @@ export function parsePackagesFromInstallArgs(args) {
 
     // Skip flags and their values
     if (arg.startsWith("-")) {
-      // Some flags take a value, skip the next arg for those
-      if (arg === "-r" || arg === "--requirement" || 
-          arg === "-c" || arg === "--constraint" ||
-          arg === "-e" || arg === "--editable" ||
-          arg === "-t" || arg === "--target" ||
-          arg === "-i" || arg === "--index-url" ||
-          arg === "--extra-index-url") {
+      // Flags that take a value - skip the next arg for those
+      if (isPipOptionWithParameter(arg)) {
         skipNext = true;
       }
       continue;
     }
 
-    // TODO: Implement full parsing logic
-    // For now, this is a placeholder that would need to handle:
-    // - Version specifiers (==, >=, <=, ~=, !=, <, >)
-    // - VCS urls (git+, hg+, svn+, bzr+)
-    // - Local file paths
-    // - Requirements files (-r, --requirement)
-    // - Extras (package[extra1,extra2])
-
-    packages.push({
-      name: arg,
-      type: "add",
-    });
+    const parsed = parsePipSpec(arg);
+    if (parsed) {
+      packages.push({ ...parsed, type: "add" });
+    }
   }
 
   return packages;
 }
+
+// Check if a pip flag takes a parameter
+function isPipOptionWithParameter(arg) {
+  const optionsWithParameters = [
+    // Install options
+    "-r",
+    "--requirement",
+    "-c",
+    "--constraint",
+    "-e",
+    "--editable",
+    "-t",
+    "--target",
+    "--platform",
+    "--python-version",
+    "--implementation",
+    "--abi",
+    "--root",
+    "--prefix",
+    "--src",
+    "--upgrade-strategy",
+    "--progress-bar",
+    "--root-user-action",
+    "--report",
+    "--group",
+    // Package index options
+    "-i",
+    "--index-url",
+    "--extra-index-url",
+    "-f",
+    "--find-links",
+    // General options
+    "--python",
+    "--log",
+    "--keyring-provider",
+    "--proxy",
+    "--retries",
+    "--timeout",
+    "--exists-action",
+    "--trusted-host",
+    "--cert",
+    "--client-cert",
+    "--cache-dir",
+    "--use-feature",
+    "--use-deprecated",
+    "--resume-retries",
+  ];
+
+  return optionsWithParameters.includes(arg);
+}
+
+// Parse a single pip requirement spec
+// Always returns { name, version } where version defaults to "latest" if not specified
+function parsePipSpec(spec) {
+
+  // Ignore obvious URLs and paths
+  // These cannot be scanned from the malware database
+  const lower = spec.toLowerCase();
+  if (
+    lower.startsWith("git+") ||
+    lower.startsWith("hg+") ||
+    lower.startsWith("svn+") ||
+    lower.startsWith("bzr+") ||
+    lower.startsWith("http:") ||
+    lower.startsWith("https:") ||
+    lower.startsWith("file:") ||
+    spec.startsWith("./") ||
+    spec.startsWith("../") ||
+    spec.startsWith("/")
+  ) {
+    return { name: spec, version: "latest" };
+  }
+
+  // Strip extras: package[extra1,extra2]
+  const extrasStart = spec.indexOf("[");
+  const extrasEnd = extrasStart >= 0 ? spec.indexOf("]", extrasStart) : -1;
+  let base = spec;
+  if (extrasStart >= 0 && extrasEnd > extrasStart) {
+    base = spec.slice(0, extrasStart) + spec.slice(extrasEnd + 1);
+  }
+
+  // Split on first occurrence of a comparator or comma spec
+  // Support multi-constraint lists like ">=1,<2" by detecting the first comparator
+  const comparatorRegex = /(===|==|!=|~=|>=|<=|<|>)/;
+  const m = base.match(comparatorRegex);
+  if (!m) {
+    // No comparator => just a name, use "latest" as version
+    return { name: base, version: "latest" };
+  }
+
+  const idx = m.index;
+  const name = base.slice(0, idx);
+  const versionPart = base.slice(idx); // e.g. '==2.28.0' or '>=1,<2'
+
+  // Normalize whitespace inside versionPart
+  const versionWithOperator = versionPart.replace(/\s+/g, "");
+  
+  // Only return packages with exact version specifiers (== or ===)
+  // Skip range specifiers (<, >, <=, >=, ~=, !=) since they don't provide a specific version
+  if (!versionWithOperator.startsWith("==")) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  
+  // Strip the == or === operator to get just the version number
+  const version = versionWithOperator.replace(/^===?/, "");
+  
+  return { name, version };
+}
diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/parsing/parsePackagesFromInstallArgs.spec.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/parsing/parsePackagesFromInstallArgs.spec.js
index 1e3782c..6a0098b 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/parsing/parsePackagesFromInstallArgs.spec.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/parsing/parsePackagesFromInstallArgs.spec.js
@@ -6,30 +6,82 @@ describe("parsePackagesFromInstallArgs", () => {
   it("should parse simple package name", () => {
     const result = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs(["install", "requests"]);
     assert.deepEqual(result, [
-      { name: "requests", type: "add" },
+      { name: "requests", version: "latest", type: "add" },
     ]);
   });
 
   it("should parse package with version specifier", () => {
     const result = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs(["install", "requests==2.28.0"]);
     assert.deepEqual(result, [
-      { name: "requests==2.28.0", type: "add" },
+      { name: "requests", version: "2.28.0", type: "add" },
     ]);
   });
 
   it("should skip flags", () => {
     const result = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs(["install", "--upgrade", "requests"]);
     assert.deepEqual(result, [
-      { name: "requests", type: "add" },
+      { name: "requests", version: "latest", type: "add" },
     ]);
   });
 
   it("should parse multiple packages", () => {
     const result = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs(["install", "requests", "flask", "django==4.0"]);
     assert.deepEqual(result, [
-      { name: "requests", type: "add" },
-      { name: "flask", type: "add" },
-      { name: "django==4.0", type: "add" },
+      { name: "requests", version: "latest", type: "add" },
+      { name: "flask", version: "latest", type: "add" },
+      { name: "django", version: "4.0", type: "add" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("should parse extras and strip them from name", () => {
+    const result = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs(["install", "django[postgres]==4.2.1"]);
+    assert.deepEqual(result, [
+      { name: "django", version: "4.2.1", type: "add" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("should parse multiple constraints", () => {
+    const result = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs(["install", "requests>=2,<3"]);
+    // Range specifiers should be skipped since they don't provide exact versions
+    assert.deepEqual(result, []);
+  });
+
+  it("should skip packages with range specifiers", () => {
+    const result = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs([
+      "install",
+      "requests>=2.0.0",
+      "flask>1.0",
+      "django<=4.0",
+      "numpy~=1.20",
+      "scipy!=1.5.0",
+      "pandas==1.3.0",
+    ]);
+    // Only pandas with exact version (==) should be returned
+    assert.deepEqual(result, [
+      { name: "pandas", version: "1.3.0", type: "add" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("should support === exact version specifier", () => {
+    const result = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs(["install", "requests===2.28.0"]);
+    assert.deepEqual(result, [
+      { name: "requests", version: "2.28.0", type: "add" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("should treat VCS/URL/path specs as names (no version)", () => {
+    const result = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs([
+      "install",
+      "git+https://github.com/pallets/flask.git",
+      "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/foo/bar.whl",
+      "file:/tmp/pkg.whl",
+      "./localpkg",
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(result, [
+      { name: "git+https://github.com/pallets/flask.git", version: "latest", type: "add" },
+      { name: "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/foo/bar.whl", version: "latest", type: "add" },
+      { name: "file:/tmp/pkg.whl", version: "latest", type: "add" },
+      { name: "./localpkg", version: "latest", type: "add" },
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -37,4 +89,28 @@ describe("parsePackagesFromInstallArgs", () => {
     const result = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs(["install", "--help"]);
     assert.deepEqual(result, []);
   });
+
+  it("should skip all flags with parameters", () => {
+    const result = parsePackagesFromInstallArgs([
+      "install",
+      "--target",
+      "/tmp/target",
+      "--platform",
+      "linux",
+      "--python-version",
+      "3.9",
+      "--index-url",
+      "https://pypi.org/simple",
+      "--trusted-host",
+      "pypi.org",
+      "requests==2.28.0",
+      "--cache-dir",
+      "/tmp/cache",
+      "flask",
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(result, [
+      { name: "requests", version: "2.28.0", type: "add" },
+      { name: "flask", version: "latest", type: "add" },
+    ]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/utils/pipCommands.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/utils/pipCommands.js
index 99ce14b..e88b262 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/utils/pipCommands.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/utils/pipCommands.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 /**
  * Pip command constants
+ * 
+ * Note: Unlike npm, pip does not support command aliases or abbreviations.
+ * Commands must be spelled out fully (e.g., "install", not "i" or "add").
  */
 export const pipInstallCommand = "install";
+export const pipDownloadCommand = "download";
+export const pipWheelCommand = "wheel";
 export const pipUninstallCommand = "uninstall";
-export const pipListCommand = "list";
-export const pipShowCommand = "show";
-export const pipFreeze = "freeze";
 
 /**
  * Gets the pip command from the arguments array
@@ -27,3 +29,13 @@ export function getPipCommandForArgs(args) {
 
   return null;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the arguments contain the --dry-run flag
+ * 
+ * @param {string[]} args - Command line arguments
+ * @returns {boolean} True if --dry-run is present
+ */
+export function hasDryRunArg(args) {
+  return args.some((arg) => arg === "--dry-run");
+}
diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/utils/pipCommands.spec.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/utils/pipCommands.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfe8339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/utils/pipCommands.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert";
+import {
+  getPipCommandForArgs,
+  hasDryRunArg,
+  pipInstallCommand,
+  pipDownloadCommand,
+  pipWheelCommand,
+  pipUninstallCommand,
+} from "./pipCommands.js";
+
+test("getPipCommandForArgs", async (t) => {
+  await t.test("should return null for empty args", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(getPipCommandForArgs([]), null);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return null for null args", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(getPipCommandForArgs(null), null);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return the first non-flag argument", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(getPipCommandForArgs(["install"]), "install");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should skip flags and return command", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      getPipCommandForArgs(["-v", "--verbose", "install"]),
+      "install"
+    );
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return install command", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      getPipCommandForArgs(["install", "requests"]),
+      "install"
+    );
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return uninstall command", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      getPipCommandForArgs(["uninstall", "requests"]),
+      "uninstall"
+    );
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return null if only flags", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(getPipCommandForArgs(["--version", "-v"]), null);
+  });
+});
+
+test("hasDryRunArg", async (t) => {
+  await t.test("should return false for empty args", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(hasDryRunArg([]), false);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return true if --dry-run is present", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(hasDryRunArg(["install", "--dry-run", "requests"]), true);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return false if --dry-run is not present", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(hasDryRunArg(["install", "requests"]), false);
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should return true for --dry-run with other flags", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      hasDryRunArg(["install", "-v", "--dry-run", "--upgrade", "requests"]),
+      true
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+test("command constants", async (t) => {
+  await t.test("should have correct install command", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(pipInstallCommand, "install");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should have correct download command", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(pipDownloadCommand, "download");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should have correct wheel command", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(pipWheelCommand, "wheel");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("should have correct uninstall command", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(pipUninstallCommand, "uninstall");
+  });
+});