ENGINEERING

Renovate PR Call-Site Blast-Radius Mapper (GitHub)

When Renovate opens a dependency-bump PR on GitHub, this traces the bumped package to every import and call site it actually touches in the repo.

CategoryEngineering
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerwebhook
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerRenovate PR opened/updated webhookGitHubGitHub
  • LogicConfirm bump; extract package + version delta
  • ActionGrep repo for import/call sites of packageShell
  • LogicScore blast radius from call sites + path weight
  • OutputPost ranked comment + label on PRGitHubGitHub

What it does

Every Renovate PR says "bumped lodash 4.17.20 -> 4.17.21" but not what in *your* code depends on it. This workflow parses the bump, greps the repository for real import and call sites of the changed package, and writes a structured PR comment: which files import it, which exported symbols they use, and a risk score weighted by how many call sites sit on hot paths.

When to use it

Use it on any repo where Renovate (or Dependabot) raises bump PRs and reviewers rubber-stamp them blind. It turns "looks fine, merging" into an evidence-backed call: high blast radius gets eyes, zero-call-site bumps get fast-tracked.

How it works

  1. 1A GitHub PR webhook fires when a branch named `renovate/*` opens or updates.
  2. 2A logic step confirms it is a dependency bump and extracts the package name and old/new versions from the PR body and lockfile diff.
  3. 3A shell step runs a workspace-wide search for imports and references to that package, collecting file paths and used symbols.
  4. 4A logic step scores blast radius from call-site count and path sensitivity.
  5. 5The workflow posts a ranked comment back on the GitHub PR and applies a `blast-radius/high|low` label.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect GitHubRepos, issues, pull requests, actions.
  2. 2
    Connect ShellRun sandboxed commands inside the workspace.
  3. 3
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  4. 4
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  5. 5
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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