SKILL-023 Security, testing, and operations Locked skill

Dependency and security updates

Dependencies don't age like wine. The cheapest security work you'll ever do is many small, automated updates — not one terrifying upgrade two years late.

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What this skill helps you build

Keep an AI-built app from rotting: automated dependency-update PRs, a vulnerability audit that fails CI, and a cadence of small, safe upgrades.

The production takeaway

Dependencies don't age like wine. The cheapest security work you'll ever do is many small, automated updates — not one terrifying upgrade two years late.

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Inside this skill

The full skill expands these implementation areas with decisions, edge cases, prompts, tests, and framework-specific code.

Security, testing, and operations
What this helps you build

A low effort system that keeps your dependencies current and your app free of known vulnerabilities: a bot opens small update pull requests, CI runs your tests and a security audit

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Security, testing, and operations
When to use this

Turn this on at the start of any project — it's far cheaper than retrofitting. You especially need it when: An AI generated the app and pinned whatever versions were current that d

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Security, testing, and operations
The core idea

Two automated habits replace heroic manual upgrades: 1. Automated update PRs — a bot Dependabot/Renovate proposes small version bumps continuously, so you're never more than a few

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