diff --git a/examples/hn/.snyk b/examples/hn/.snyk
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+++ b/examples/hn/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.13.5
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  SNYK-JS-LODASH-450202:
+    - gatsby > babel-eslint > @babel/traverse > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby-plugin-offline > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > eslint-plugin-graphql > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby-plugin-offline > cheerio > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-plugin-page-creator > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-telemetry > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > eslint-plugin-import > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > react-hot-loader > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > eslint-plugin-flowtype > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > eslint > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > css-loader > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > webpack-merge > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @babel/traverse > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > gatsby-telemetry > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin > last-call-webpack-plugin > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > webpack-dev-server > http-proxy-middleware > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > eslint-plugin-graphql > graphql-config > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @gatsbyjs/relay-compiler > @babel/traverse > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-plugin-page-creator > gatsby-page-utils > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > eslint > table > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > eslint > inquirer > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby-source-hacker-news > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > react-dev-utils > inquirer > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoping > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @gatsbyjs/relay-compiler > babel-preset-fbjs > @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoping > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @babel/core > @babel/helpers > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > gatsby-cli > yurnalist > inquirer > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > eslint-plugin-graphql > graphql-config > graphql-import > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-eslint > @babel/traverse > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/helper-module-imports > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-eslint > @babel/traverse > @babel/helper-split-export-declaration > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @gatsbyjs/relay-compiler > babel-preset-fbjs > @babel/plugin-transform-classes > @babel/helper-define-map > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @babel/core > @babel/helpers > @babel/template > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs > @babel/helper-simple-access > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @gatsbyjs/relay-compiler > babel-preset-fbjs > @babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs > @babel/helper-module-transforms > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @gatsbyjs/relay-compiler > @babel/traverse > @babel/helper-function-name > @babel/template > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-eslint > @babel/traverse > @babel/helper-function-name > @babel/helper-get-function-arity > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-proposal-async-generator-functions > @babel/helper-remap-async-to-generator > @babel/helper-wrap-function > @babel/traverse > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @gatsbyjs/relay-compiler > babel-preset-fbjs > @babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs > @babel/helper-module-transforms > @babel/helper-simple-access > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @babel/core > @babel/helpers > @babel/traverse > @babel/helper-function-name > @babel/helper-get-function-arity > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @gatsbyjs/relay-compiler > babel-preset-fbjs > @babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties > @babel/helper-create-class-features-plugin > @babel/helper-replace-supers > @babel/helper-member-expression-to-functions > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-async-to-generator > @babel/helper-remap-async-to-generator > @babel/helper-wrap-function > @babel/template > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-transform-async-to-generator > @babel/helper-remap-async-to-generator > @babel/helper-wrap-function > @babel/traverse > @babel/generator > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @gatsbyjs/relay-compiler > babel-preset-fbjs > @babel/plugin-transform-classes > @babel/helper-replace-supers > @babel/traverse > @babel/helper-function-name > @babel/template > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > @gatsbyjs/relay-compiler > babel-preset-fbjs > @babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties > @babel/helper-create-class-features-plugin > @babel/helper-replace-supers > @babel/traverse > @babel/helper-function-name > @babel/helper-get-function-arity > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
+    - gatsby > babel-preset-gatsby > @babel/preset-env > @babel/plugin-proposal-async-generator-functions > @babel/helper-remap-async-to-generator > @babel/helper-wrap-function > @babel/traverse > @babel/helper-function-name > @babel/template > @babel/types > lodash:
+        patched: '2019-07-06T08:09:03.306Z'
diff --git a/examples/hn/package.json b/examples/hn/package.json
index 9467a37b9d77c..f29908417cc65 100644
--- a/examples/hn/package.json
+++ b/examples/hn/package.json
@@ -13,13 +13,19 @@
     "gatsby-plugin-offline": "latest",
     "gatsby-source-hacker-news": "latest",
     "lodash": "^4.16.4",
-    "slash": "^1.0.0"
+    "slash": "^1.0.0",
+    "snyk": "^1.192.3"
   },
-  "keywords": ["gatsby"],
+  "keywords": [
+    "gatsby"
+  ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "n/a",
   "scripts": {
     "develop": "gatsby develop",
-    "build": "gatsby build"
-  }
+    "build": "gatsby build",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
+  },
+  "snyk": true
 }