Dependabot

This one teaches Claude how to write and optimize GitHub's dependabot.yml files. It covers all three Dependabot modes (alerts, security updates, version updates) and walks through ecosystem detection across 25+ package managers, from npm and pip to more niche ones like Bun and DevContainers. The real value is in the monorepo patterns and grouping strategies. Instead of drowning in 50 individual dependency PRs, it shows you how to use glob patterns for directory coverage and group updates by type, name pattern, or even across multiple ecosystems into single PRs. The cooldown period config is clever if you want to wait a few days before adopting fresh releases. Useful if you're setting up Dependabot for the first time or trying to tame PR noise in a complex repo.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill dependabot --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Dependabot Configuration & Management

Overview

Dependabot is GitHub's built-in dependency management tool with three core capabilities:

Dependabot Alerts — Notify when dependencies have known vulnerabilities (CVEs)
Dependabot Security Updates — Auto-create PRs to fix vulnerable dependencies
Dependabot Version Updates — Auto-create PRs to keep dependencies current

All configuration lives in a single file: .github/dependabot.yml on the default branch. GitHub does not support multiple dependabot.yml files per repository.