Agent Skill
Dependabot skill
dependabotgithub/awesome-copilotskills/dependabot/SKILL.md
Comprehensive guide for configuring and managing GitHub Dependabot. Use this skill when users ask about creating or optimizing dependabot.yml files, managing Dependabot pull requests, configuring dependency update strategies, setting up grouped updates, monorepo patterns, multi-ecosystem groups, security update configuration, auto-triage rules, or any GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) supply chain security topic related to Dependabot. For pre-commit dependency vulnerability scanning in AI coding agents via the GitHub MCP Server, this skill references the Advanced Security plugin (`advanced-security@copilot-plugins`). Use this skill when an agent needs to scan dependencies for known vulnerabilities before committing.
always on
135 tokname + description
once used
3,201 tokSKILL.md body
bundled files
322 KB
repo stars
40kGitHub
Install the Dependabot skill
Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)
npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill dependabot
Claude Code, by hand (all projects)
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git /tmp/awesome-copilot mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills cp -R /tmp/awesome-copilot/skills/dependabot ~/.claude/skills/dependabot
For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.
What it costs your context
Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.
| When | What loads | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Every session | Name and description | 135 tok |
| When the agent uses it | The SKILL.md instructions | 3,201 tok |
| Only if opened | 3 bundled files (22 KB) | varies |
Until it is used, dependabot costs about 10× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,362 tokens on every turn). Installing all 150 skills from github/awesome-copilot would load 9,863 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study
Checks
Our checks found nothing to flag: it follows the Agent Skills specification's naming and size guidelines and doesn't pipe downloads into a shell.
Checked 2026-10-22 · method
What's inside
The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.
- Dependabot Configuration & Management
- Overview
- Configuration Workflow
- Step 1: Detect All Ecosystems
- Step 2: Map Directory Locations
- Step 3: Configure Each Ecosystem Entry
- Step 4: Optimize with Grouping, Labels, and Scheduling
- Monorepo Strategies
- Glob Patterns for Workspace Coverage
- Cross-Directory Grouping
- Standalone Packages Outside Workspaces
- Dependency Grouping
- By Dependency Type
- By Name Pattern
- For Security Updates
- Multi-Ecosystem Groups
- PR Customization
- Labels
- Commit Messages
- Assignees and Milestones
- Branch Name Separator
- Target Branch
- Schedule Optimization
- Intervals
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