Dependabot Upgrade Runner

Replaces a $70k DevOps Junior. Bumps deps weekly, runs tests, merges if green.

The Problem

An SMB or small dev team spends $70k/yr on a DevOps Junior who reviews dozens of Dependabot PRs each week, runs the suite, reads the changelog, and merges what's safe. The agent does the same: parse the changelog, run CI, auto-merge minor + patch PRs that pass the suite, escalate the major-version PRs.

The Outcome

Dependabot opens a PR → agent reads the changelog, runs the test suite, auto-merges minor + patch updates that pass + are non-breaking, posts a digest of held majors to #eng every Friday.

Day in the Life

On every Dependabot PR: parses the changelog + runs the test suite

Auto-merges minor + patch bumps if all checks green and no breaking-change keywords in changelog

Friday 10:00: posts digest of held major-version PRs to #eng with risk-ranked recs

▶Technical specs

Runtime

python

Pattern

api-shim

Tier

medium

Setup Time

hours

Integrations

one-clickmanual setup

GitHubDependabotSlack

Additional Credentials

GITHUB_TOKENANTHROPIC_API_KEYSLACK_BOT_TOKEN

We connect these securely during setup. OAuth integrations above connect with one click — no manual token entry.

▶Open source info

Repository

dependabot/dependabot-core

Stars

5,579

License

MIT

Last Commit

2026-05-12

Replace

DevOps Junior

$70,000/yr

AgentDepot · Solo plan

$99/month

Save $68,812/yr · 58.9x cheaper

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Free 15-min setup call · Agent live before you hang up

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