dependabot-config-helperlisted
Install: claude install-skill themarmack/research-bot
# dependabot-config-helper
A Category 3 ops tool. The user runs this against a target repo (or a paste of an existing `dependabot.yml`) and gets either a from-scratch config or a reviewed-and-recommended-changes diff. Defaults come from `dependabot-strategy` research — config follows policy, not the other way around.
## When to use
- Onboarding a new repo to Dependabot — generate a starting `dependabot.yml`.
- Existing repo's Dependabot has gone off-rails (PR storm, ignored alerts, no security update path) — refactor.
- Org-wide audit: are repos' configs consistent with the policy?
- Adding a new ecosystem (npm + adding Docker, or Python + adding Terraform).
## When NOT to use
- Strategic / policy questions → `dependabot-strategy`.
- Individual alert triage / suppression → out of scope for v1.
- Multi-repo sweeps to rewrite configs at scale — possible but the user should review the generated configs individually for now.
## Required inputs
- **Target stack**: list of ecosystems present in the repo (npm, Maven, pip, Docker, Terraform, Go, etc.).
- **Regulatory exposure**: same lens as `copilot-rollout-playbook` — PCI-DSS, SOX, GDPR. Affects schedule + auto-merge defaults.
- **Team size + bandwidth**: affects `open-pull-requests-limit`. Small team → smaller limit + monthly cadence. Large team → larger limit + weekly cadence.
- **Private registries used** (if any): for `registries:` block.
- **Reviewer team handle**: for the `reviewers:` field.
## Bank-specific defaults