chore: retire Renovate — this repository's dependency bot is buddy - #1437
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The repo ran both: .github/renovate.json extends ow3org/renovate-config and the app is live (three renovate/* branches, open PRs #1352, #1362, #1363 — the oldest from March), while buddy.yml dogfoods buddy on the same dependencies. Two bots proposing updates to one tree race each other, and CLAUDE.md already states the intent: buddy handles dependency updates, not renovatebot. Disabled via { "enabled": false } rather than deleting the file, so the installed app neither runs nor reopens an onboarding PR. The open Renovate PRs and branches can be closed once this lands; uninstalling the app itself is an org-level action only Chris can take. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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One of the two standing questions for Chris answered itself in the branch list: Renovate is still live here.
.github/renovate.jsonextendsow3org/renovate-config, threerenovate/*branches exist, and the app has open PRs — #1352 (March), #1362, #1363 — proposing updates to the same treebuddy.ymldogfoods buddy on. Two bots racing one dependency set, andCLAUDE.mdalready records the intent: buddy handles dependency updates — not renovatebot.What this does
Replaces the preset extension with
{ "enabled": false }. Disabling via config rather than deleting the file matters: on a config-less repo the installed app opens a fresh onboarding PR, which would resurrect exactly what this removes. Withenabled: falsethe app stays silent.What it deliberately does not do
renovate/*branches — worth doing right after this lands; buddy will re-propose anything still outdated on its next scheduled run.The other standing question, answered along the way
Nothing in the repository regenerates
CLAUDE.md's embedded README copy — the only reference to the file anywhere in tooling isscripts/check-docs-claims.tsreading it. It is hand-maintained and has already drifted (the embedded copy predates the AI-review section of the real README). Worth deciding whether to sync it manually, script it, or trim the embedded copy.🤖 Generated with Claude Code