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merge-dep-prs

merge-dep-prs lists open dependency PRs (Renovate, Dependabot, manual bumps), sorts them by CI status, merges the ones that clear the gate, fixes the ones that fail, and never touches a release PR.

When to use

Section titled “When to use”
  • “merge the pending dependency PRs” or “land the Renovate updates across these repos”
  • “clean up the PR queue”
  • “why is this dep PR failing?”

Invoke

Section titled “Invoke”

Run /merge-dep-prs, or ask in plain words. It takes no arguments. It works on one or more repositories.

The merge gate

Section titled “The merge gate”

It does not merge on green. A green check covers only what CI ran. The merge condition is that verification reach covers blast radius: what consumes the changed artifact (reusable workflow, composite action, published package or preset, container image, workspace package) must be covered by what CI executed. Where reach falls short, it enumerates the consumers, checks what each resolves, and records an explicit decision: hold, or merge and open follow-ups.

What it produces or changes

Section titled “What it produces or changes”
  • Merged dependency PRs that cleared the gate.
  • Fixes pushed to PRs that failed CI (ignored build scripts, Turbo pipeline to tasks, new lint rules, TypeScript majors, ESM resolution, workflows that will not re-trigger).
  • A changeset where the repo needs one.
  • Closed PRs that the base branch already superseded.
  • For a PR whose radius outran CI’s reach, a named decision with its consumer list.

It skips any PR whose purpose is to trigger a release, such as a “Version Packages” PR.

Hands off to

Section titled “Hands off to”

init-buddy when gh or glab is missing or logged out and that skill is installed.

Requirements

Section titled “Requirements”

gh (GitHub) or glab (GitLab), logged in, with permission to merge.

Example

Section titled “Example”
/merge-dep-prs merge the open Renovate PRs in this repo

More detail: skill README.