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hive-dependabot

Triage and resolve multiple Dependabot updates in batch; use when there are many dependency PRs.

personAuthor: jakexiaohubgithub

Hive Dependabot

Overview

Use mprocs to coordinate a queen and workers to resolve multiple Dependabot updates.

Inputs

  • List of Dependabot PRs or update descriptions

Workflow

  1. Verify git and mprocs are available.
  2. Create .hive/sessions/<session-id>.
  3. Write tasks.json with one task per PR.
  4. Write queen and worker prompts focused on dependency updates.
  5. Launch mprocs.

tasks.json Template

{
  "session": "{SESSION_ID}",
  "created": "{ISO_TIMESTAMP}",
  "status": "active",
  "thread_type": "Hive",
  "task_type": "hive-dependabot",
  "prs": ["{PR_1}", "{PR_2}"]
}

Worker Prompt Outline

# Worker - Dependabot Update
- Apply dependency bump
- Regenerate lockfiles
- Fix conflicts
- Run tests
- Report results

mprocs Launch

mprocs --config .hive/mprocs.yaml

Output

  • Per-PR update summaries and test results