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Copilot AI commented Feb 19, 2026

Automates review of Dependabot PRs with dependency change analysis and security impact assessment.

Implementation

Workflow (.github/workflows/dependabot-review.yml)

  • Triggers on Dependabot PRs (opened/synchronize/reopened)
  • Extracts version changes from go.mod, Dockerfile, GitHub Actions
  • Generates GitHub compare URLs and release notes links for affected dependencies
  • Runs optional govulncheck vulnerability scanning
  • Posts structured review comment with findings

Risk Detection

  • Flags critical dependencies: k8s.io/{api,apimachinery,client-go}, sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api, sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime
  • Auto-applies high-risk-dependency-update label
  • Issues workflow warnings for manual review

Review Comment Structure

🤖 Dependabot Dependency Review
├── 📦 Go Module Changes (diff + version analysis)
├── 🛡️ Security Analysis Results (vulnerabilities, outdated deps)
├── 🔒 Security Considerations (checklist)
└── ✅ Recommended Actions (review/test/verify)

Documentation

  • docs/Dependabot-Review-Agent.md: Architecture, workflow behavior, troubleshooting
  • README.md: Added documentation link

Example Output

For a PR bumping k8s.io/api v0.30.0 → v0.31.0:

  • Version comparison with release notes link
  • Direct compare view
  • High-risk label applied (critical dependency)
  • Security scan results
  • Action items for reviewer

✨ Let Copilot coding agent set things up for you — coding agent works faster and does higher quality work when set up for your repo.

Copilot AI and others added 3 commits February 19, 2026 12:06
Co-authored-by: wikkyk <318870+wikkyk@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: wikkyk <318870+wikkyk@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: wikkyk <318870+wikkyk@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add agent to review dependabot PRs for dependency changes Add automated Dependabot PR review agent with security analysis Feb 19, 2026
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wikkyk commented Feb 19, 2026

This is just an idea that I had that I didn't want to get lost. I think I want this to also have an LLM write up a summary of the code changed in the deps. It should run after the stuff I described in #635.

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