Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference North America 2026

As open source adoption grows, the role of the OSPO expands with it. At GitHub, we saw an opportunity to scale our capabilities by automating the repetitive work—like checklists, scans, reports, and audits—that every program office handles.

In this session, I’ll outline how we evaluated AI agents to handle the heavy lifting of data gathering and analysis. We’ll look at practical use cases for automating OSPO activities like review, compliance, reporting, including dependency analysis and license detection, using data from sources like ClearlyDefined and OpenSSF Scorecard.

Join me as we explore the patterns that worked, the surprises we encountered, and how these workflows provide a comprehensive view of project health for OSPOs. You’ll leave with a framework for applying AI, agents, agentic workflows to your own OSPO’s challenges, helping you scale your operations efficiently across the entire open source lifecycle.