[copilot-agent-analysis] Daily Copilot Agent Analysis - 2026-01-31

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Summary

Analysis Period: Last 24 hours
Total PRs: 56 | Merged: 38 (74%) | Closed: 13 | Open: 5

Performance Metrics

Date	PRs	Merged	Success Rate
2026-01-31	56	38	74%
2026-01-30	65	46	75%
2026-01-29	81	38	49%

Trend: ➡️ Stable success rate (~74-75%) after recovery from Jan 29 dip

Agent Task Texts

PR #	Status	Task Text (first 100 chars)
#12869	Open	The create-agentic-workflow templates referenced a non-existent URL for Peli's Agent Factory documen...
#12867	Open	The compiler was performing manual git operations in JavaScript to checkout repository imports, lead...
#12864	Closed	Investigated reported test failures in [CI run #21537657789](https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw/act...
#12863	Merged	## CLI Version Updates Plan...
#12862	Merged	Serena is an advanced static analysis tool intended only for complex coding tasks requiring semantic...
#12856	Closed	CI run #32917 failed when proxy.golang.org returned 403 Forbidden for all module downloads. Withou...
#12852	Merged	Automates detection and application of moderate functional programming techniques: immutability patt...
#12848	Merged	MCP integration code (10,979 LOC) had 4.0% comment ratio with no package-level documentation across ...
#12847	Closed	Issue #12756 flagged 14 workflows triggered by risky events (issue_comment, pull_request_target)...
#12828	Merged	The gh aw run --push command was skipping workflow recompilation when the frontmatter hash matched...
#12827	Open	Updates the AWF (agentic-workflow-firewall) from v0.11.2 to v0.13.0 and enables the new `--enable-ch...
#12821	Closed	Updates AWF (agentic-workflow-firewall) from v0.11.2 to v0.12.0 and enables the --enable-chroot fl...
#12820	Merged	## Problem...
#12818	Merged	Three CLI tools received patch updates. Go module checksum mismatches prevented workflow recompilati...
#12815	Open	## Fix: Campaign orchestrator requires a GitHub Project URL to track Dependabot PRs and bundle issue...
#12809	Closed	## Fix missing GH_AW_PROJECT_URL for missing_data handler ✅...
#12808	Merged	MCP gateway health checks can take 40-120 seconds during startup with no progress indication. Operat...
#12805	Merged	Fixes issue where update_project could not reference issues created with temporary IDs in the same...
#12803	Merged	Adds millisecond-precision timing to identify startup performance bottlenecks in MCP gateway initial...
#12798	Merged	## Summary: Add engine.agent frontmatter field...
#12797	Merged	PR #12638 removed the campaign command but deleted useful project setup logic. This restores campaig...
#12796	Merged	Adds a stub send-slack-message custom safe-output job to the smoke-copilot workflow for testing th...
#12784	Merged	## Fix failing GitHub Actions workflow Integration: Workflow Misc Part 2 ✅ COMPLETE...
#12783	Merged	The TestHashConsistencyAcrossLockFiles test was failing due to a hash mismatch in `dependabot-burn...
#12775	Merged	## Completed: Add support to import existing classic GitHub action workflows (.yml)...
#12773	Merged	CI failing on workflow run 21519677611 due to invalid frontmatter syntax and incorrect test assumpti...
#12772	Closed	Thanks for asking me to work on this. I will get started on it and keep this PR's description up to ...
#12771	Merged	Agent files and entire repositories can be imported from external repositories using the `owner/repo...
#12762	Merged	The CLI documentation referenced a gh aw campaign command that was never implemented. Users attemp...
#12761	Merged	Security Guard Agent workflow failing repeatedly due to missing explicit engine configuration. Added...
#12760	Closed	Validated repository state for CI readiness on copilot/improve-gh-aw-action-logging branch....
#12755	Merged	New users need foundational GitHub Actions knowledge before understanding how agentic workflows exte...
#12754	Merged	## Plan: Update Documentation with Editing Tips...
#12753	Merged	The runtime-imports macro supports recursive file imports but lacked systematic test coverage for ar...
#12751	Closed	CI run 21518483513 failed on copilot/remove-duplicate-timeout-minutes branch due to grafted commit...
#12750	Merged	PR #12704 routed version command output to stderr (diagnostic output convention), breaking `TestMain...
#12731	Merged	Campaign workflows that assign work to Copilot (via assignees: copilot or assign-to-agent safe o...
#12727	Merged	Campaign documentation mixed conceptual overview with practical setup instructions on a single page....
#12721	Merged	Campaign documentation lacked a clear definition, decision framework for when to use campaigns vs wo...
#12720	Merged	The schema validation for the project: field was rejecting placeholder URLs like `(github.c/redacted)
#12717	Closed	The test-project-url-default.md workflow used placeholder values (ORG) and (NUMBER) in the pro...
#12705	Merged	Campaign features need visibility into their experimental status. Revives banner from PR #12685 with...
#12704	Merged	The codebase had 46 instances of raw fmt.Println() mixing diagnostic messages with structured outp...
#12703	Closed	## Extract Magic Constants to Centralized Constants Package...
#12702	Merged	The main workflow schema defined both timeout-minutes and timeout_minutes as separate properties...
#12698	Open	Creates a test workflow that validates skills from .github/skills are automatically discovered and...
#12697	Merged	## Add project command to create GitHub Projects...
#12694	Merged	Executed make fmt and make lint on the codebase to ensure all files comply with project formatti...
#12691	Merged	CI Cleaner workflow was succeeding but producing no safe outputs, triggering false failure issues. R...
#12690	Merged	Safe outputs update-project and create-project-status-update now use the project.url from fron...
#12687	Merged	## Complete: Merged Main and Recompiled ✅...
#12686	Closed	## Pre-flight Token Permission Validation for Safe Outputs...
#12685	Merged	## Update campaign docs to reflect workflows with imports pattern...
#12684	Closed	This PR reverts the previous changes that incorrectly modified workflow-level permissions....
#12683	Merged	Pass-through frontmatter fields (concurrency, container, environment, env, runs-on, services) alread...
#12682	Closed	Bundles Dependabot PRs #12099 (hono security fixes) and #12009 (sentry update) for `.github/workflow...

Notable PRs

Issues ⚠️

13 PRs were closed without merging, including:

• PR Verify CI test failures in run #21537657789 #12864: Verify CI test failures in run #21537657789 - Investigation task
• PR Prevent Go module download failures with explicit proxy configuration #12856: Prevent Go module download failures with explicit proxy configuration
• PR Verify permissions on workflows with risky event triggers (already compliant) #12847: Verify permissions on workflows with risky event triggers (already compliant) - Verification task
• PR Update AWF to v0.12.0 and enable chroot for transparent host binary execution #12821: Update AWF to v0.12.0 and enable chroot (superseded by Update AWF to v0.13.0 and enable --enable-chroot #12827)
• PR [WIP] Fix missing GitHub Project URL in workflow #12809: Fix missing GitHub Project URL in workflow - Work in progress
• PR [WIP] Fix errors in workflow run #12772: Fix errors in workflow run - Work in progress
• PR Verify CI cleanliness for improve-gh-aw-action-logging branch #12760: Verify CI cleanliness - Verification task
• PR CI verification: main branch passing, document grafted branch issue #12751: CI verification: main branch passing - Documentation task
• PR fix: replace placeholder values in test workflow and document YAML quoting for project field #12717: Fix placeholder values in test workflow - Documentation task

Many closed PRs were verification/investigation tasks or WIP PRs, which explains the closure rate.

Open PRs ⏳

5 PRs currently open (< 24 hours old):

• PR Fix agent factory documentation link in workflow templates #12869: Fix agent factory documentation link
• PR Generate actions/checkout steps for repository imports #12867: Generate actions/checkout steps for repository imports
• PR Update AWF to v0.13.0 and enable --enable-chroot #12827: Update AWF to v0.13.0 and enable --enable-chroot
• PR Require project URL for campaign orchestrator workflows #12815: Fix: Campaign orchestrator requires GitHub Project URL

Key Insights

• Success rate stable at ~74% (similar to yesterday's 75%)
• Improved from Jan 29's 49% dip - recovery maintained
• Several closed PRs were verification/investigation tasks rather than failed implementations

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