diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b1d6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Default owners for everything in the repo.
+# Unless a later match takes precedence, the Maintainers team
+# will be requested for review when someone opens a pull request.
+*       @open-component-model/Maintainers
+
+# Changes on repository settings require admin permissions
+/.github/settings.yml   @open-component-model/admins
+/.github/CODEOWNERS     @open-component-model/admins
+
+# Owners for specific directories
+#/docs/  @<org>/<team>
+#/src/   @<org>/<team>
+
+# Owners for specific file types
+#*.md    @<org>/<team>
+#*.go    @<org>/<team>
+
+# Individual users as owners, e.g. a lead maintainer for a specific component:
+# /src/critical-component/   @lead-maintainer-username
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..073b795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+version: 2
+
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    groups:
+      # xref: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file#groups
+      ci:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "sunday"
+    labels:
+      - kind/dependency
+      - kind/chore
+      - kind/skip-release-notes
+      - component/github-actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+    directory: "/"
+    groups:
+      go:
+        update-types:  ["minor","patch"]
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "sunday"
+    labels:
+      - kind/dependency
+      - kind/chore
diff --git a/.github/settings.yml b/.github/settings.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64f6636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/settings.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# These settings are synced to GitHub by https://probot.github.io/apps/settings/
+
+# see: https://github.com/open-component-model/.github/blob/main/.github/settings.yml
+_extends: .github
+
+labels:
+- name: repo/service-model
+  color: bfd4f2
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce0566a..d3a5f54 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 /gen
 /.idea
 *.sw[pqo]
+/.project