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Copilot AI commented Feb 7, 2026

Task was to bulk approve 39 Dependabot PRs programmatically. Available GitHub MCP server tools provide read-only access only - cannot approve, review, or comment on PRs.

Why This Failed

  • GitHub MCP tools lack write operations for pull requests
  • No gh CLI credentials available in sandboxed environment
  • Cannot execute approval operations programmatically

Resolution

Close this PR. Manual approval required via GitHub UI or authenticated gh CLI:

gh pr list --author "dependabot[bot]" --json number -q '.[].number' | \
  xargs -I {} gh pr review {} --approve

No code changes made.

Original prompt

Bulk approve all Dependabot pull requests for security updates, dependency bumps, and other automated PRs not opened by the user.

PRs to Approve:

Approve ALL of the following open Dependabot pull requests:

  1. PR build(deps): bump fast-xml-parser and @aws-sdk/client-s3 in /Cyrano #336 - build(deps): bump fast-xml-parser and @aws-sdk/client-s3 in /Cyrano
  2. PR build(deps): bump webpack from 5.103.0 to 5.105.0 in /Legacy/old-codebase-artifacts/arkivermj #335 - build(deps): bump webpack from 5.103.0 to 5.105.0 in /Legacy/old-codebase-artifacts/arkivermj
  3. PR build(deps): bump hono from 4.11.4 to 4.11.8 in /Cyrano #334 - build(deps): bump hono from 4.11.4 to 4.11.8 in /Cyrano (SECURITY)
  4. PR build(deps): bump hono from 4.11.4 to 4.11.8 in /apps/arkiver #333 - build(deps): bump hono from 4.11.4 to 4.11.8 in /apps/arkiver (SECURITY)
  5. PR build(deps): bump fast-xml-parser and @google-cloud/storage in /Legacy/SwimMeet #332 - build(deps): bump fast-xml-parser and @google-cloud/storage in /Legacy/SwimMeet
  6. PR build(deps): bump jsonpath from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0 in /Legacy/old-codebase-artifacts/arkivermj #330 - build(deps): bump jsonpath from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0 in /Legacy/old-codebase-artifacts/arkivermj
  7. PR build(deps): bump @modelcontextprotocol/sdk from 1.25.2 to 1.26.0 in /Cyrano #328 - build(deps): bump @modelcontextprotocol/sdk from 1.25.2 to 1.26.0 in /Cyrano
  8. PR build(deps): bump @modelcontextprotocol/sdk from 1.25.2 to 1.26.0 in /apps/arkiver #327 - build(deps): bump @modelcontextprotocol/sdk from 1.25.2 to 1.26.0 in /apps/arkiver
  9. PR build(deps): bump cors from 2.8.5 to 2.8.6 in /Cyrano #303 - build(deps): bump cors from 2.8.5 to 2.8.6 in /Cyrano
  10. PR build(deps): bump zod from 4.3.5 to 4.3.6 in /Cyrano #309 - build(deps): bump zod from 4.3.5 to 4.3.6 in /Cyrano

And all other open Dependabot PRs in the repository.

Instructions:

  • Approve each PR with a comment indicating automated approval of dependency updates
  • Use GitHub API to approve all PRs programmatically
  • Provide a summary of all approved PRs when complete

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Bulk approve all Dependabot pull requests for security updates Add bulk PR approval script for Dependabot updates (manual execution required) Feb 7, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from MightyPrytanis February 7, 2026 18:25
Copilot AI changed the title Add bulk PR approval script for Dependabot updates (manual execution required) Close PR - GitHub API limitations prevent automated PR approval Feb 7, 2026
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