GitHub Actions Node 24 majors and monthly Dependabot

  • New rule general/github-actions-versions.md: use the latest major of each action that runs on the current runner Node runtime (node24), verified against the latest release and action.yml at that tag, never from memory. Includes a reference table verified on 2026-10-06, the gh api commands to re-verify, a breaking-changes table, and a reminder to recheck when GitHub announces a runtime deprecation.

  • Every repo with workflows now carries .github/dependabot.yml for github-actions: one group (patterns: ["*"]), interval: "monthly" (house default; weekly is noise), commit-message.prefix: "ci", open-pull-requests-limit: 5. Template: skills/polyglot-ci/dependabot.yml.

  • polyglot-ci workflow template bumped to checkout@v7, upload-artifact@v7, download-artifact@v8, setup-dlang@v2, action-gh-release@v3.

  • bootstrap-org project checklist gains phase 2a (repo essentials: encoding-guard caller + Dependabot). ship-app CI pipeline essential and user.md / MAIN.md point at the rule.