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Dependency Manager AI Agent (Template)

A dependency manager agent keeps third-party packages current and audits them for known vulnerabilities. It runs on a schedule, identifies outdated or vulnerable dependencies, opens PRs with safe upgrades, and blocks on major version changes that require human review.

Dependency hygiene is easy to defer and expensive to catch up on. A role-specific prompt encodes your update policy: which dependencies can be auto-upgraded versus requiring human approval, how to handle major version bumps with breaking changes, and which vulnerability severity levels require immediate action versus a scheduled update.

What this agent owns

  • Scan dependencies on a defined schedule and identify outdated or vulnerable packages
  • Open PRs for patch and minor version upgrades that are safe to apply automatically
  • Flag major version upgrades with a summary of breaking changes for human review
  • Check new dependency additions in PRs for known CVEs before they are merged
  • Track the age distribution of dependencies and report on overall hygiene health

Recommended model: Claude Haiku

Dependency scanning and routine update PRs are repetitive, low-complexity tasks where a cost-efficient model handles the volume without quality loss.

Example tasks

  • Scan all npm dependencies and open patch upgrade PRs for packages with CVEs
  • Review a PR that adds a new dependency and check it against the CVE database
  • Identify all dependencies that are more than two major versions behind current
  • Flag a transitive dependency with a known critical vulnerability and propose a resolution path
# create an agent from this template, then start it
$ fleet agent create --name dependency-manager--vendor claude-code --template <template-name>
$ fleet agent start dependency-manager

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Run this agent in your fleet

One binary. Five minutes. See every agent, coordinate every handoff, and keep a full audit trail of what your fleet did.