Renovate bot for automated updates on dependencies

[sirkitree]

I think it would be beneficial to add Renovate Bot to automate dependency updates.

Renovate Bot automatically manages your Node.js dependencies by scanning your repository and creating pull requests for available updates. This automation provides several crucial advantages:

Risk Reduction

• Updates are delivered in small, manageable increments rather than large, risky batch updates
• Each update comes with its own pull request, making it easier to identify breaking changes
• Security vulnerabilities are addressed more quickly through timely updates

Time Savings

• Eliminates manual dependency checking and updating
• Provides transparency into outdated dependencies without manual tracking
• Automatically creates pull requests with changelog information included

Flexible Configuration

• Supports automatic merging of updates that pass tests
• Allows grouping of updates to reduce PR noise
• Can schedule updates during off-hours to avoid CI resource contention

[mrdavidburns]

I see the branch was merged. To make it work a repo admin will need to add it from the Marketplace.
https://github.com/apps/renovate

[sirkitree]

Anything else to do here?

[mrdavidburns]

Go here https://developer.mend.io/github/ai16z/eliza
Click Settings
That should get you to this page -> https://developer.mend.io/github/ai16z/eliza/-/settings
Then click Dependencies.

Set the options to be like this and then click Save:

[mrdavidburns]

Don't close this issue. This is where you can track updates, manually trigger a PR to build or rebase.

• Dependency Dashboard #79

[sirkitree]

This worked well. I was able to get all dependencies updates and will keep that issue open.