dependency-update-bot SKILL.md skillA
dependency-update-bot from varnan-tech/opendirectory is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add varnan-tech/opendirectory/dependency-update-bot@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- varnan-tech/opendirectory
- Path
skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Sep 16, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 14, 2026
- Size
- 11,957 bytes
- Repository stars
- 688
- License
- MIT
Scans your project for outdated npm, pip, Cargo, Go, or Ruby packages. Runs a CVE security audit. Fetches changelogs, summarizes breaking changes with Gemini, and opens one PR per risk group (patch, minor, major). Includes Diagnosis Mode for install conflicts. Use when asked to update dependencies, check for outdated packages, open dependency PRs, scan for package updates, audit for CVEs, or flag breaking changes in upgrades. Trigger when a user says "check for outdated packages…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Dependency Update Bot
Scan for outdated packages. Run a security audit. Fetch changelogs. Summarize breaking changes. Open one PR per risk group.
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**Critical rule:** Only update packages that the package manager's outdated command actually reports. Never guess or invent version numbers. If a changelog cannot be fetched, note the gap rather than inventing content.
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## Step 1: Setup Check
```bash
echo "GEMINI_API_KEY: ${GEMINI_API_KEY:+set}"
echo "GITHUB_TOKEN: ${GITHUB_TOKEN:-not set, changelog fetching rate-limited to 60/hour}"
gh auth status 2>/dev/null | head -1 || echo "gh: not authenticated"
```
**If GEMINI_API_KEY is missing:** Stop. Tell the user: "GEMINI_API_KEY is required. Get it at aistudio.google.com. Add it to your .env file."
**If gh is not authenticated:** Stop. Tell the user: "GitHub CLI must be authenticated. Run: gh auth login"
**Detect package manager(s):**
```bash
ls package.json 2>/dev/null && echo "npm"
ls requirements.txt pyproject.toml 2>/dev/null && echo "pip"
ls Cargo.toml 2>/dev/null && echo "cargo"
ls go.mod 2>/dev/null && echo "go"
ls Gemfile 2>/dev/null && echo "ruby"
```
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add varnan-tech/opendirectory/dependency-update-bot@sha256:a62a3773ba9474bfThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_niz3ryvvzkbelgyb)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Apr 14, 2026 and Sep 16, 2026, about one every 155 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-09-16 | a03d635 | 11,957 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-04-14 | cf4acb6 | 12,014 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11957 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
varnan-tech/opendirectory · 688 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-17 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_niz3ryvvzkbelgyb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=varnan-tech/opendirectory/dependency-update-bot GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a62a3773ba9474bfd7f3c6ffc032bc0b6974d31697dc65fd4313068d2a52a701
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