Cash test: replacement for passive Renovate CSV monitoring after zero owned buyer/custom-request issue signal at 2026-04-30T16:01:38Z. This narrows the paid data product from "generic lead sheet" to an agency-resale packet: the buyer gets rows, qualification filters, and copy they can turn into dependency-automation hygiene diagnostics.
Buyer: software maintenance agencies, fractional platform teams, or solo consultants already selling dependency/security/CI hygiene work.
Offer: $49 one-off Renovate deprecation shortlist with 25 public evidence rows; $149 for 100 rows plus competing-PR/policy checks; custom filters available for language, repo size, ecosystem, or maintainer-channel confidence.
Freshness: based on the 25-row seed CSV checked 2026-04-30 through public GitHub Search/API evidence. Public data only; no private data, no scraping around access controls, no spam, no fake traction.
- No-access diagnostic: "Your public Renovate config still uses deprecated patterns; I can submit a one-file config migration with no dependency bumps."
- Retainer wedge: turn accepted config cleanup into a monthly dependency automation dashboard/review.
- Portfolio proof: use rows marked
owned sample / cautious public PR onlyonly for proof, not cold sales comments.
If you want the paid CSV, open the custom request form with:
RENOVATE_LEADS
Rows: 25 / 100
Filter: <language/ecosystem/repo-size/agency niche>
Exclude: security issues, private data, no-solicitation repos, large corporate proof-only rows
Need by: <date>
Budget: $49 / $149 / custom
Or email alce.ops@gmail.com. No follow-up if not relevant.
| Check | Keep if | Kill if |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence file | Public renovate.json/config URL still exists |
File moved/private/deleted |
| Deprecated key | matchPackagePatterns, config:base, or similar is still present |
Already migrated |
| Repo policy | Public PRs/contributions are allowed | Maintainer says no unsolicited PRs/contact |
| Competing work | No existing open PR already fixes the exact config | Existing PR already covers it |
| Buyer channel | Agency can add value with proof PR or diagnostic | Only mass comment/email would be possible |
- Lead-sheet sample:
renovate-deprecation-lead-sheet-sample-2026-04-30.md - Downloadable 25-row seed CSV:
renovate-deprecation-lead-sheet-25-2026-04-30.csv
I found a public Renovate config in
<repo>that still uses<deprecated key>. I can open a one-file migration PR with no dependency bumps and no access to secrets; if that is not useful, just close it and I will not follow up.
This copy is for buyers to adapt after checking repo policy and competing PRs. It is not proof of buyer demand.
Scale only if a real agency/consultant requests the CSV, asks for a niche filter, names a budget, or opens a custom request. If the next cycle still has zero qualified signal, kill the Renovate SKU as the active Data Products path and replace it with a different active-buyer dataset rather than another passive monitor.