Add workflow to post Dependabot alerts to Slack#19
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Fires on the dependabot_alert event (created/reopened) and posts a Block Kit message to a Slack incoming webhook. Uses the event payload directly, so no GitHub API call or PAT is needed. Requires a SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL repo secret.
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Adds a GitHub Actions workflow that posts Dependabot alerts to Slack.
dependabot_alertevent (created,reopened), so it fires in near real-time when GitHub opens an alert.github.event.alert) — package, severity, manifest path, GHSA ID, summary, alert URL — so there's no GitHub API call and no PAT required.curl.Setup required before it works:
SLACK_WEBHOOK_URLrepo secret (Slack incoming webhook for the target channel).main, sincedependabot_alerttriggers off the default branch's workflow files.Test plan: None. There's no way to fire a real
dependabot_alertevent on demand; the field paths follow GitHub's documented payload and the YAML/jq validate locally.