# Automated dependency updates

A step of the [Cloud application](https://gradus.kazet.blog/tree/cloud-application) tree on Gradus, in the Build & ship area: Config, lint, releases, IaC.

Page: https://gradus.kazet.blog/tree/cloud-application/step/dependency-updates

Let a bot open pull requests for outdated dependencies and base images, grouped and scheduled, so upgrades stay small and routine.

Usually comes after: [Linting & formatting](https://gradus.kazet.blog/tree/cloud-application/step/lint-and-format).

## Prompt for your AI assistant

```
Configure Renovate or Dependabot for this repository to open grouped, weekly pull requests for outdated dependencies and the container base image, and make CI run on them like any other change.
```

Every step of the tree: https://gradus.kazet.blog/tree/cloud-application/llms.txt