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AI-Agent Skills for Dependabot Tasks
77 agent skills that handle jobs people use Dependabot for — for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.
Managing dependencies and security vulnerabilities is a time-consuming part of maintaining a codebase. This collection provides specialized skills for AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor to handle these routine maintenance tasks. These skills enable your agent to interact with security alerts, audit your workspace for hardcoded credentials, and apply fixes to vulnerable packages—the same operational tasks often managed by Dependabot. Instead of waiting for automated PRs, these agents can actively remediate security findings, manage feature flags, or configure CI/CD workflows on demand. This library is for developers who want to empower their AI agent to take direct action on security and infrastructure tasks. You will find targeted skills for patching npm dependencies, detecting leaked tokens with Gitleaks, and performing codebase audits. By adding these skills, your agent gains the specific context and toolsets required to resolve dependency issues and harden your environment without manual intervention.
Top Dependabot skills
senior-security
davila7
Comprehensive security engineering skill for application security, penetration testing, security architecture, and compliance auditing. Includes security assessment tools, threat modeling, crypto implementation, and security automation. Use when designing security architecture, conducting penetration tests, implementing cryptography, or performing security audits.
fix-dependabot-alerts
microsoft
Fix Dependabot security alerts by updating vulnerable npm dependencies. Use when the user mentions "dependabot", "security alerts", "vulnerability", "CVE", or wants to update packages with security issues.
github-actions-templates
wshobson
Create production-ready GitHub Actions workflows for automated testing, building, and deploying applications. Use when setting up CI/CD with GitHub Actions, automating development workflows, or creating reusable workflow templates.
feature-flags
Use when feature flag tests fail, flags need updating, understanding @gate pragmas, debugging channel-specific test failures, or adding new flags to React.
fix-security-vulnerability
getsentry
Analyze and propose fixes for Dependabot security alerts
superpowers-review
anthonylee991
Reviews changes for correctness, edge cases, style, security, and maintainability with severity levels (Blocker/Major/Minor/Nit). Use before finalizing changes.
fixing-streamlit-ci
streamlit
Analyze and fix failed GitHub Actions CI jobs for the current branch/PR. Use when CI checks fail, PR checks show failures, or you need to diagnose lint/type/test errors and verify fixes locally.
codebase-cleanup-deps-audit
sickn33
You are a dependency security expert specializing in vulnerability scanning, license compliance, and supply chain security. Analyze project dependencies for known vulnerabilities, licensing issues, outdated packages, and provide actionable remediation strategies.
toolhive-release
stacklok
Creates ToolHive release PRs by analyzing commits since the last release, categorizing changes, recommending semantic version bump type (major/minor/patch), and triggering the release workflow. Use when cutting a release, preparing a new version, checking what changed since last release, or when the user mentions "release", "version bump", or "cut a release".
dependency-auditor
alirezarezvani
Check dependencies for known vulnerabilities using npm audit, pip-audit, etc. Use when package.json or requirements.txt changes, or before deployments. Alerts on vulnerable dependencies. Triggers on dependency file changes, deployment prep, security mentions.
bump-go-dependencies
docker
Update direct Go module dependencies one by one, validating each bump with tests and linter, committing individually, and producing a summary table for a PR description
contrib-pr-review
homeassistant-ai
Review a contribution PR for safety, quality, and readiness. Checks for security concerns, test coverage, size appropriateness, and intent alignment. Use when reviewing external contributions.
dependency-update
dotnet
Guides dependency version updates by checking nuget.org for latest versions, triggering the dotnet-migrate-package Azure DevOps pipeline, and monitoring runs. Use this when asked to update external NuGet dependencies.
gha
ykdojo
Analyze GitHub Actions failures and identify root causes
production-code-audit
davila7
Autonomously deep-scan entire codebase line-by-line, understand architecture and patterns, then systematically transform it to production-grade, corporate-level professional quality with optimizations
security-scanning-security-dependencies
sickn33
You are a security expert specializing in dependency vulnerability analysis, SBOM generation, and supply chain security. Scan project dependencies across ecosystems to identify vulnerabilities, assess risks, and recommend remediation.
trivy-offline-vulnerability-scanning
benchflow-ai
Use Trivy vulnerability scanner in offline mode to discover security vulnerabilities in dependency files. This skill covers setting up offline scanning, executing Trivy against package lock files, and generating JSON vulnerability reports without requiring internet access.
check-code-quality
r3bl-org
Run comprehensive Rust code quality checks including compilation, linting, documentation, and tests. Use after completing code changes and before creating commits.
tech-debt
vm0-ai
Technical debt management - scan codebase for bad smells and create tracking issues
test-coverage-improver
openai
Improve test coverage in the OpenAI Agents Python repository: run `make coverage`, inspect coverage artifacts, identify low-coverage files, propose high-impact tests, and confirm with the user before writing tests.
ci-test-failures
dotnet
Guide for diagnosing and fixing CI test failures using the DownloadFailingJobLogs tool. Use this when asked to investigate GitHub Actions test failures, download failure logs, or debug CI issues.
github-actions-failure-debugging
Rabithua
Guide for debugging failing GitHub Actions workflows. Use this when asked to debug failing GitHub Actions workflows.
open-source-maintainer
numman-ali
End-to-end GitHub repository maintenance for open-source projects. Use when asked to triage issues, review PRs, analyze contributor activity, generate maintenance reports, or maintain a repository. Triggers include "triage", "maintain", "review PRs", "analyze issues", "repo maintenance", "what needs attention", "open source maintenance", or any request to understand and act on GitHub issues/PRs. Supports human-in-the-loop workflows with persistent memory across sessions.
windsurf-dependency-management
jeremylongshore
Analyze and update dependencies with vulnerability scanning. Activate when users mention "update dependencies", "security audit", "npm audit", "vulnerability scan", or "dependency updates". Handles dependency analysis and updates. Use when working with windsurf dependency management functionality. Trigger with phrases like "windsurf dependency management", "windsurf management", "windsurf".
How to choose a Dependabot skill
When selecting a skill, prioritize the specific task you need to automate. Look for the maintainer’s focus: some skills are broad, such as general security audits, while others are purpose-built for narrow tasks like Gitleaks secret detection or updating npm packages. Review the documentation to understand what the skill outputs—whether it generates code fixes, provides audit reports, or updates configuration files. Check if the skill integrates with your existing tools, such as GitHub Actions or internal flag systems, to ensure it fits into your current development workflow.