ENGINEERING

Fast-Track Dependabot Security PRs and Escalate Critical CVEs

When Dependabot opens a security PR, it pulls the linked advisory severity and, for critical or high CVEs.

CategoryEngineering
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerwebhook
Steps6
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerDependabot opens a security PRGitHubGitHub
  • ActionFetch advisory, CVSS score, affected packageGitHubGitHub
  • LogicBranch on severity: critical/high vs moderate/low
  • ActionPage on-call for critical/high CVEsPagerDutyPagerDuty
  • ActionOpen tracked Linear issue for escalationsLinearLinear
  • OutputPost routing summary to SlackSlack

What it does

Dependabot security PRs carry a CVE severity that should dictate urgency, but they often land in the same pile as routine version bumps. This workflow separates them: it reads the advisory attached to each security PR, fast-tracks critical and high-severity fixes by paging on-call and opening a Linear issue, and quietly labels moderate and low fixes into the standard review flow.

When to use it

Use it when you need a guaranteed path for critical vulnerability patches to reach a human immediately, rather than relying on someone noticing the PR during normal triage.

How it works

  1. 1A GitHub webhook fires when Dependabot opens a security PR.
  2. 2GitHub fetches the linked security advisory, CVSS score, and affected package.
  3. 3A branch splits on severity: critical/high versus moderate/low.
  4. 4For critical/high, PagerDuty pages the on-call engineer and a Linear issue is opened with the advisory details.
  5. 5For moderate/low, the PR is labeled into the standard security-review queue.
  6. 6A summary of the routing decision posts to Slack.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect GitHubRepos, issues, pull requests, actions.
  2. 2
    Connect PagerDutyIncidents, on-call, escalations.
  3. 3
    Connect LinearIssues, projects, cycles, triage.
  4. 4
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  5. 5
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  6. 6
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  7. 7
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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