Add edit tool and full bash access to daily-cli-tools-tester workflow#14211
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Add edit tool and full bash access to daily-cli-tools-tester workflow#14211
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- Added edit: tool to enable file editing capabilities - Changed bash: to bash: ["*"] to enable all bash commands - Recompiled workflow to update .lock.yml file Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Add edit and bash tools for exploratory testing
Add edit tool and full bash access to daily-cli-tools-tester workflow
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Pull request overview
This PR updates the daily CLI tools exploratory tester workflow configuration to broaden the agent’s local capabilities during scheduled exploratory runs by enabling full bash command access and file editing.
Changes:
- Enable full bash access by switching to
bash: ["*"]in workflow frontmatter tools. - Add the
edit:tool to allow file modifications during testing. - Update the compiled lock workflow to use Copilot CLI
--allow-all-toolsaccordingly.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| .github/workflows/daily-cli-tools-tester.md | Expands tool access for the exploratory tester by enabling edit: and full bash (["*"]). |
| .github/workflows/daily-cli-tools-tester.lock.yml | Updates compiled workflow to pass --allow-all-tools (and refreshes the frontmatter hash). |
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The daily CLI tools exploratory tester workflow had limited bash command access (default subset only) and no file editing capability.
Changes
edit:tool - Enables file modification during testingbash:tobash: ["*"]- Unlocks all bash commands (find, diff, time, df, du, etc.)Impact
The compiled workflow now uses
--allow-all-toolsin the Copilot CLI invocation, providing comprehensive bash and file system access for exploratory testing scenarios.Original prompt
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