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🧠 How this helps Copilot

Finding dependency files does not establish that updates are available. Removing that implication keeps ecosystem discovery separate from the later update checks.

Keeping branch selection, Cargo working-directory requirements, and no-update handling with their existing instructions avoids maintaining repeated rules. The dependency-update overview and numbered workflow still cover the full lifecycle.

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Source: curate-memories Dream, analyzing main at 598b4a1.

Discarded guidance: Workflow-file detection stays unchanged: both filename extensions are present in the analyzed checkout, so its current command was not shown to fail.

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make test could not complete: benchmark equivalence tests require tokenizer files from huggingface.co, whose hostname could not be resolved. make lint passed.

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🛠️ Keep the target beside creation: Repeating the target in introductory context creates another rule to maintain without changing the updater's action. The PR-creation instruction and command already require main, and branch setup remains unchanged. Commit

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🛠️ Keep one lifecycle overview: A second lifecycle description adds upkeep without a distinct duty: the imperative overview already covers discovery, grouped updates, repairs, green CI, and review handoff, and the numbered workflow retains those stages. The separate Dependabot schedule and target statement stays unchanged. Commit

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🧹 Separate discovery from update checks: Finding dependency files could be mistaken for proving updates are pending. The presence checks establish only ecosystem availability; the later intelligence step still finds updates. Both sets of commands remain unchanged. Commit

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🧹 Keep one PR-target mandate: Another target rule adds maintenance without an independent action. The creation step still requires every dependency PR to target main; the removed dev-branch explanation adds no action beyond that target. The separate feature-branch and no-direct-push requirements remain. Commit

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🧹 Keep Cargo guidance with its commands: A repeated workspace item creates another maintenance point without a distinct trigger or action. The earlier Cargo recipe already requires root execution and explains per-crate manifests and the root lockfile; those requirements remain intact. Commit

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🧹 Keep one no-updates branch: Repeating the empty-update disposition adds upkeep without a different reader action. The existing rules already require skipping unchanged ecosystems, telling the user, and working through ecosystems serially. Optional exit when finished adds no further duty. Commit

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🟢 Approval recommended

The update-deps skill removes misleading and duplicated guidance while retaining the authoritative workflow and operational instructions, with no active review issues identified.

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What changed in this PR

This PR streamlines the update-deps skill by removing misleading ecosystem-update wording and duplicated instructions while preserving the authoritative workflow and guidelines.

Changes:

• Removes the implication that ecosystem discovery confirms pending updates.
• Removes duplicated guidance about targeting main, Cargo workspace execution, and no-update handling.
• Preserves the corresponding operational instructions in the workflow and guidelines sections.

File	Description
.github/​skills/​update-deps/​SKILL.md	Consolidates dependency-update guidance by removing misleading and redundant instructions while preserving the complete workflow.

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