Dependency Upgrade Agent
aka “Dependency Upgrader” in the catalog
Outdated and vulnerable dependencies caught, the upgrade prepared and tested on a branch, the changelog risk spelled out. A draft PR you merge, never one that merges itself.
- Category
- Engineering
- Scheduled tasks
- 3daily, weekly, monthly
- Runtime
- Hermes
- Works with
- GitHubrequiredSnykLinearSlack
- Hosting
- Fully managed, always on
- Weekly Upgrade SweepWeekly on Monday at 06:00
- Critical CVE WatchDaily
- Monthly Dependency ReportMonthly on day 1 at 06:00
- Mon
- 06:00Weekly Upgrade Sweep
The moment it happens.
The Dependency Upgrade Agent does not wait for its next scheduled check. Connect a trigger and it starts the second the event arrives. Until you do, its schedule covers the same work.
GitHub webhook
When: Security alert
Critical vulnerabilities judged for real exploitability the moment GitHub flags them
How the Dependency Upgrade Agent works
Every run reads from the tools you connect, works through its brief, and keeps what it learns in a persistent workspace, so context carries forward instead of starting from scratch.
Connect the ones you use. It works with what it has.
- Weekly Upgrade SweepWeekly on Monday at 06:00
- Critical CVE WatchDaily
- Monthly Dependency ReportMonthly on day 1 at 06:00
Keeps in its workspace
- Who the owner is: business, timezone, quiet hours, delivery channel
- Watched repos with each one's package manager and exact test command, plus protected dependencies never to touch
- How eagerly to upgrade: patch/minor freely, majors as migration notes only, batch sizes, never-upgrade list
A report after each run
Sent to your Slack, Telegram, or another channel you connect.
Drafts that wait for you
Anything that leaves your business is written for your approval, not sent on its own.
Answers in chat
Ask it about its work any time from the agent's chat in your dashboard.
The Dependency Upgrade Agent, on autopilot
Each task runs on its own schedule in a managed environment. Adjust any of them, or add your own.
Task 01Weekly on Monday at 06:00
Weekly Upgrade Sweep
Run the weekly upgrade sweep. For each repo in ~/workspace/REPOS.md: enumerate outdated and vulnerable DIRECT dependencies and rank them: severity first, then major→minor→patch risk…
Once a week
Task 02Daily
Critical CVE Watch
Hourly: check for newly published security advisories (GitHub advisory data; Snyk too if configured) affecting a pinned dependency in a repo listed in ~/workspace/REPOS.md, new since ~/state/deps-seen.json…
About 7 runs a week
Task 03Monthly on day 1 at 06:00
Monthly Dependency Report
Send the monthly dependency report: how far behind each repo is (major/minor/patch counts), packages that are EOL or unmaintained, upgrade PRs merged vs. still open, and the honest risk of not upgrading the laggards…
What it delivers
Each run ends with a message in your channel. Here is the brief the Dependency Upgrade Agent's first task works from.
Dependency Upgrade AgentAGENTWeekly on Monday at 06:00
Weekly Upgrade Sweepcompleted
The brief: Run the weekly upgrade sweep. For each repo in ~/workspace/REPOS.md: enumerate outdated and vulnerable DIRECT dependencies and rank them: severity first, then major→minor→patch risk…
Deploy this template and Qoren provisions a dedicated, managed cloud environment: no Docker, VPS, or server upkeep. Tailor the persona, schedules, and tools, use the managed model key or bring your own, and the agent stays online with activity, usage, and spend in one dashboard.
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Dependency Upgrade Agent template questions
What does the Dependency Upgrade Agent template do?
Outdated and vulnerable dependencies caught, the upgrade prepared and tested on a branch, the changelog risk spelled out. A draft PR you merge, never one that merges itself. It runs 3 scheduled tasks on a managed cloud environment.
Which runtime does the Dependency Upgrade Agent use?
It runs on the Hermes runtime in a dedicated cloud environment that Qoren provisions and keeps online for you.
How often does the Dependency Upgrade Agent run?
On a schedule you control. Out of the box it runs weekly on monday at 06:00, daily, monthly on day 1 at 06:00. You can change the cadence, or trigger it on demand. It also reacts the moment something happens: security alert, once you connect those triggers.
Will the Dependency Upgrade Agent do things without my approval?
No. It drafts and prepares the work, and you stay in control of anything that leaves your business. A reply, an invoice reminder, or a public post is written for your approval, not sent on its own.
What do I need to connect before it works?
Start from the template and connect the tools it needs, then set a model key: use the managed key included with your plan, or bring your own on any plan. The Dependency Upgrade Agent runs on the Hermes runtime.
Part of the Software Engineer.
The Software Engineer does this job and 4 more in one agent.
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AI Software Engineer
aka “Software Engineer”
Tickets turned into draft PRs it sees through review, every PR reviewed, errors triaged, and dependencies kept current.
- A tagged issue picked up and shipped as a tested draft PR
- Review comments and red CI on its own PRs fixed on the branch, tests green
- Every pull request reviewed minutes after it opens, never merged
- A new production error traced to its deploy and suspect line within minutes
- Weekly: dependency upgrades prepared and docs kept honest
Reacts toPR openedIssue labeled+6Weekly on Friday at 16:00+7 more
+4Works with GitHub, Sentry, Linear, Jira, Slack, Snyk, Datadog, Firecrawl, Notion.8 tasks - Engineering
Ticket To PR
Tag a ticket and it's picked up, implemented on a branch, tested, and opened as a draft PR linked back to the issue. The work you'd hand a junior, done overnight and waiting for your review. It never merges, and it only touches work you've tagged.
Reacts toIssue labeledEvery 30 minutes on weekdays, 08:00 to 20:00+1 more
Works with GitHub, Linear, Jira, Slack.2 tasks - Engineering
Automated Code Review Agent
aka “PR Reviewer”
Every pull request reviewed within minutes of opening for correctness, security, and your team's conventions, with findings ranked and drafted for your call. It never approves, never merges.
Reacts toPR openedEvery 15 minutes on weekdays, 08:00 to 20:00+1 more
Works with GitHub, Linear, Jira, Sentry, Slack.2 tasks
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