📊 Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report - 2025-12-04

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📊 Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report - December 4, 2025

Executive Summary

This report analyzes Copilot token consumption across the gh-aw repository's agentic workflows. The repository currently contains 43 active Copilot-powered workflows designed to automate various development, documentation, and repository management tasks.

Note: This initial report is based on a limited sample of recent workflow runs due to data access limitations. Future runs with full artifact access will provide more comprehensive statistics.

Key Highlights:

• Total Copilot Workflows: 43 unique workflows identified
• Sample Period: Last 30 days (November 4 - December 4, 2025)
• Workflows Analyzed: 2 workflows with recent activity
• Sample Runs: 3 workflow executions
• Estimated Token Usage: ~66,833 tokens (sample)
• Estimated Cost: ~$0.67 (sample)

Full Report Details

📋 Inventory of Copilot Workflows

The repository contains 43 Copilot-powered agentic workflows:

Daily Automated Workflows

• daily-copilot-token-report - Tracks token consumption (this report!)
• daily-news - Daily news digest
• daily-repo-chronicle - Repository activity chronicle
• daily-malicious-code-scan - Security scanning
• ai-triage-campaign - Automated issue triage

Development & Code Quality

• dev-hawk - Development workflow monitor
• craft - Code refactoring assistant
• breaking-change-checker - Breaking change detection
• cli-consistency-checker - CLI consistency validation
• repository-quality-improver - Repository quality improvements
• super-linter - Code linting automation

Pull Request Analysis

• copilot-pr-nlp-analysis - NLP analysis of PR descriptions
• copilot-pr-prompt-analysis - Prompt pattern analysis
• pr-nitpick-reviewer - Detailed code review
• grumpy-reviewer - Critical code review
• mergefest - PR merge assistance

Documentation & Reporting

• org-health-report - Organization health metrics
• weekly-issue-summary - Weekly issue summaries
• docs-noob-tester - Documentation usability testing
• repo-tree-map - Repository structure visualization
• python-data-charts - Data visualization workflows

Research & Analysis

• research - Research task automation
• brave - Web research with Brave Search
• video-analyzer - Video content analysis
• pdf-summary - PDF document summarization
• artifacts-summary - Workflow artifacts analysis

Infrastructure & Monitoring

• firewall - Security firewall configuration
• firewall-escape - Firewall bypass detection
• mcp-inspector - MCP server inspection
• smoke-copilot - Copilot engine smoke tests
• smoke-copilot-no-firewall - Firewall-disabled testing
• smoke-srt - SRT (Secure Runtime) testing

Issue & Task Management

• archie - Issue archival automation
• issue-monster - Issue processing
• tidy - Repository cleanup
• plan - Task planning assistant
• q - Quick query responder

Specialized Tools

• dictation-prompt - Voice-to-text correction
• stale-repo-identifier - Identify stale repositories
• release - Release automation

📊 Sample Analysis (Limited Data)

Based on recent workflow runs:

Rank	Workflow	Total Tokens	Total Cost	Runs	Avg Tokens/Run	Avg Cost/Run
1	Copilot coding agent	60,583	$0.61	2	30,292	$0.303
2	Token report workflow	6,250	$0.06	1	6,250	$0.062

💡 Insights & Observations

Workflow Diversity

The 43 Copilot workflows span diverse use cases:

• 25% (11) - Daily automated tasks and monitoring
• 21% (9) - Code review and quality
• 16% (7) - Documentation and reporting
• 14% (6) - Research and analysis
• 12% (5) - Infrastructure and testing
• 12% (5) - Issue management and specialized tools

Token Usage Patterns (Expected)

Based on workflow design:

1. High Token Consumption (expected >20K tokens/run):

   • Research workflows with extensive web browsing
   • Complex code refactoring tasks
   • Comprehensive repository analysis

2. Medium Token Consumption (expected 5K-20K tokens/run):

   • PR reviews and analysis
   • Documentation generation
   • Daily reports

3. Low Token Consumption (expected <5K tokens/run):

   • Simple smoke tests
   • Quick triage operations
   • Status checks

Optimization Opportunities

1. Workflow Efficiency

   • Monitor token usage trends over time
   • Identify workflows that exceed expected consumption
   • Optimize prompts for token efficiency

2. Scheduling Optimization

   • Review daily workflow schedules for overlap
   • Consider reducing frequency for low-value high-cost workflows
   • Implement conditional execution based on repository activity

3. Cost Management

   • Set token budgets for high-frequency workflows
   • Implement early termination for excessive token usage
   • Use workflow timeouts effectively (most set to 20 minutes)

📈 Historical Tracking

This report establishes a baseline for token consumption tracking. Future reports will provide:

• Week-over-week trend analysis
• Month-over-month cost comparisons
• Per-workflow efficiency metrics
• Cost projections and budgeting data

Data Storage: Metrics are persisted in /tmp/gh-aw/cache-memory/token-metrics/ for historical trending.

🔧 Methodology

Data Collection

• Source: GitHub Actions workflow runs via GitHub API
• Period: Rolling 30-day window
• Filter: Workflows with engine: copilot in frontmatter
• Metrics: Token usage, cost estimates, run duration, turn counts

Cost Model

• Estimated based on Copilot API token pricing
• Approximate: $0.01 per 1,000 tokens
• Actual costs may vary based on tier and volume

Limitations

• Initial report based on limited sample data
• Token estimates calculated from run duration patterns
• Full artifact access required for precise measurements
• Some workflows may not have run in the sample period

🚀 Next Steps

1. Enhanced Data Collection

   • Implement artifact-based token extraction
   • Add authentication for complete run history
   • Expand sample size to cover all 43 workflows

2. Visualization

   • Add trend charts for token usage over time
   • Create per-workflow efficiency dashboards
   • Build cost forecasting models

3. Automation

   • Set up alerts for unusual token consumption
   • Automate workflow optimization recommendations
   • Implement token budget enforcement

📅 Report Schedule

This report runs automatically:

• Frequency: Daily at 11 AM UTC
• Days: Weekdays only (Monday-Friday)
• Retention: Closes older discussions automatically
• Cache: 90-day rolling history

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Generated: 2025-12-04T01:52:23Z
Copilot Workflows: 43 identified
Next Report: Tomorrow at 11 AM UTC (weekday only)

📊 This automated report tracks Copilot token consumption across all agentic workflows to optimize costs and efficiency.

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[pelikhan]

/q update script to download at 100 workflow execution for a report. Better 500.

Use python to analyze as these are large amount of files.

Import python-dataviz shared agentic workflow for help.

[github-actions[bot]]

🔧 Pay attention, 007! Q is preparing your gadgets for this discussion comment...

[github-actions[bot]]

✅ Q Workflow Optimization Complete

I've successfully improved the Daily Copilot Token Report workflow to better support Python data analysis with comprehensive data visualization capabilities, as requested.

📝 Changes Made

Modified Workflow: daily-copilot-token-report.md

1. Import Python Data Visualization Shared Workflow

• ✅ Replaced shared/trending-charts-simple.md with shared/python-dataviz.md
• ✅ Provides automatic setup of Python environment (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, SciPy)
• ✅ Pre-configured directory structure at /tmp/gh-aw/python/ for organized data analysis
• ✅ Automatic artifact upload for generated visualizations

2. Optimized Workflow Execution Count

• ✅ Adjusted from 1000 to 500 workflow runs (-c 500)
• ✅ Provides comprehensive 30-day analysis with better processing efficiency
• ✅ Aligns with your request for 100-500 workflow executions

3. Streamlined Python Script Instructions

• ✅ Simplified setup by leveraging shared python-dataviz configuration
• ✅ Updated all script paths to use /tmp/gh-aw/python/ directory structure
• ✅ Removed redundant directory creation and library installation code
• ✅ Clearer documentation for the Python data analysis workflow

4. Improved Code Organization

• ✅ Scripts organized in shared /tmp/gh-aw/python/ directory
• ✅ Clean separation: process_logs.py, store_history.py, prepare_charts.py, generate_charts.py
• ✅ Removed unnecessary imports for cleaner code

🎯 Benefits

1. Better Python Integration: Uses the standardized python-dataviz shared workflow pattern
2. Reduced Redundancy: Eliminates duplicate setup code across workflows
3. Improved Maintainability: Follows established best practices from shared imports
4. Automatic Artifact Upload: Charts and data uploaded as GitHub Actions artifacts
5. Optimized Performance: 500 runs provide thorough analysis with better efficiency

📦 What the Workflow Now Does

• ⬇️ Downloads up to 500 Copilot workflow runs from the last 30 days
• 🐍 Processes logs using Python with Pandas for data manipulation
• 📊 Generates high-quality trend charts (300 DPI) with Matplotlib and Seaborn
• 💾 Stores historical metrics in cache memory for trend tracking
• 📄 Creates comprehensive discussion reports with embedded visualizations
• ☁️ Automatically uploads all charts and data as artifacts

📂 Changes Summary

.github/workflows/daily-copilot-token-report.md | 61 +++++++++-------
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

🔧 Technical Details

The changes have been committed to branch q/improve-copilot-token-report. Due to repository permissions, I cannot push the branch directly, but the commit is ready with:

• Commit message: "Improve Copilot token report with python-dataviz integration"
• Addresses: Discussion 📊 Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report - 2025-12-04 #5479
• File modified: .github/workflows/daily-copilot-token-report.md

🚀 Next Steps

A maintainer with push access can:

1. Review the changes in the local branch q/improve-copilot-token-report
2. Push the branch to create a pull request
3. After merge, the workflow lock file will be automatically recompiled

Or, the patch file is available at /tmp/gh-aw/agent/copilot-token-report-improvements.patch for manual application.

📚 Related Files

• Modified: .github/workflows/daily-copilot-token-report.md
• Imported: .github/workflows/shared/python-dataviz.md
• Original request: This discussion (📊 Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report - 2025-12-04 #5479)

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This discussion was automatically closed because it was created by an agentic workflow more than 3 days ago.