Dependabot Configuration & Management Overview Dependabot is GitHub's built-in dependency management tool with three core capabilities: 1. Dependabot Alerts — Notify when dependencies have known vulnerabilities (CVEs) 2. Dependabot Security Updates — Auto-create PRs to fix vulnerable dependencies 3. Dependabot Version Updates — Auto-create PRs to keep dependencies current All configuration lives in a single file : on the default branch. GitHub does not support multiple files per repository. Configuration Workflow Follow this process when creating or optimizing a : Step 1: Detect All Ecosystem…