Read the release
PatchFlow gathers structured playbooks, migration guides, and upstream release notes—then records exactly what informed the change.
Evidence-backed SDK migrations
Ship dependency upgrades without inheriting the risk.
PatchFlow turns breaking SDK releases into tested, reviewable draft pull requests—complete with the evidence behind every migration.
Humans decide what merges. PatchFlow stops at a draft PR.
stripe16.0.0
stripe17.0.0
Migration evidenceStructured playbook
capturedvendor guide · exact version match
Repository patch3 call sites updated
changedbreaking API mapped to target release
Required gates28 tests · 2 checks
readysetup, tests, and CI passed
DRAFT PULL REQUESTReady for human review
patchflow:readyTHE MIDDLE MILE, AUTOMATED
From release note to ready PR.
Dependency bots find the update. PatchFlow does the engineering work between “new version available” and “safe to review.”Patch the call sites
A bounded coding agent upgrades the package and the integration together, inside a narrowly scoped branch.
Prove the result
Repository setup, local tests, and required GitHub Checks must pass before the draft PR is marked ready.
NOT ANOTHER UPDATE ALERT
The upgrade is the work.
A version bump is easy. Understanding the break, changing the right code, and proving it still works is where engineering time goes. That is the part PatchFlow owns.See how evidence worksCapabilityUpdate botPatchFlow
Detects version drift✓✓
Updates broken call sites—✓
Records migration evidence—✓
Runs required test gates—✓
Delivers a reviewable draft PR—✓
BUILT TO STOP SAFELY
Automation with a review boundary.
Scoped credentials
Tokens stay out of clone URLs, logs, and generated branches.
Fail-closed gates
Missing setup, tests, or required checks can never become “ready.”
Bounded execution
Concurrency, cooldowns, allowlists, and retries keep the blast radius small.
FIELD NOTES
The engineering behind a safe upgrade.
Measured migrations, failed checks, and the trust boundaries that turn dependency automation into reviewable engineering.Our first measured migration: TypeScript 5.9 to 6.0
What a real private-pilot migration cost, where it failed, and why a red check was the most useful result.
Read articleDependency bots stop where the engineering starts
Version detection is useful. Breaking upgrades still leave teams with evidence gathering, call-site changes, and CI interpretation.
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Why migration verdicts must be bound to immutable pull-request heads—and what to do when the base branch advances.
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