September 24, 2026
Dependabot PRs ready for review in the morning: GitHub Copilot groups risk and checks CI
On Sep 24, GitHub introduced daily automation in the Copilot app: by the start of the day, it triages open Dependabot PRs. It groups updates by risk, checks CI, and presents next steps. Each run consumes GitHub Actions minutes and AI Credits: one credit costs $0.01.
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Dependabot pull requests are easy to review one at a time, but once there are a dozen of them, it becomes tedious work. Set up a GitHub Copilot app automation to make the first pass for you. It will check open Dependabot pull requests, group them by risk, verify CI status, and provide a short summary. Instructions can be written in plain language, so the automation is easy to tailor to your team's workflow. Schedule it to run before the workday starts, and the summary will be waiting when you begin. Try it 👇 https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/github-copilot-app-for-beginners-automate-dependabot-pull-request-triage/?utm_source=x-beginners-dependabot&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=github-app-cli-Q1-push
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Previously, Dependabot PRs had to be reviewed one at a time or triaged manually in batches. Now GitHub Copilot can be set up to provide a daily summary: it splits updates into patch, minor, and major, flags PRs with passing CI, and identifies dependencies that need investigation.
Run without waiting. After selecting a repository, you can test the automation with the Create and Run button, then leave the trigger set to Daily. Cloud automation runs while your computer is off if the repository has Copilot cloud agent enabled and the organization allows automations.
The GitHub Copilot app already supports manual, hourly, daily, and weekly triggers, as well as runs triggered by Issues and pull requests.
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