[copilot-agent-analysis] Daily Copilot Agent Analysis - 2026-01-27

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Summary

Analysis Period: Last 24 hours (2026-01-26 to 2026-01-27)
Total PRs: 60 | Merged: 35 (58%) | Closed: 16 (27%) | Open: 9 (15%)
Success Rate: 69% (35 merged / 51 completed)
Avg Duration: 46 minutes

Performance Metrics

Date	PRs	Merged	Success Rate	Avg Duration
2026-01-27	60	35	69%	46 min
2026-01-26	61	42	71%	41 min
2026-01-25	28	22	79%	196 min
2026-01-24	62	50	81%	107 min

Trend: 📉 Success rate declining (81% → 69% over 3 days)

Agent Task Texts

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PR #	Status	Task Text (first 100 chars)
#11994	Open	## Campaign Safe Outputs Analysis from PR #11855\n\n- [x] Understand PR #11855 changes\n- [x] Identify
#11993	Open	Converted four security alert burndown workflows from scheduled to manual-only execution by removing
#11991	Merged	## Problem\n\nIn [run #21382926511](https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw/actions/runs/21382926511/job/6
#11989	Open	Specifies three configuration extensions for GitHub MCP server to enforce repository scoping, role-b
#11987	Merged	Extends agentic authoring documentation with three workflow management workflows via the unified `/a
#11986	Closed	## Implementation Plan: Teletype-Style Console Helper\n\n- [x] Explore existing console package and bu
#11985	Merged	Workflow lock files were out of sync with their markdown sources, causing GitHub Actions to run with
#11980	Open	The AWF container doesn't have access to runner-level environment variables like JAVA_HOME_17_X64,
#11979	Open	The PATH setup for agent containers only exposed Node.js binaries from /opt/hostedtoolcache. Claud
#11978	Open	Binaries mounted from /usr/bin (date, gh, yq) into the AWF container fail with "library not found"
#11977	Open	Agent container currently mounts only 3 utilities (date, gh, yq). Many workflows need access t
#11969	Open	Firewall-enabled workflows report 0 requests because the Copilot agent runs outside the AWF containe
#11968	Open	The smoke workflows need an additional task that verifies gh-aw can build and test successfully, f
#11965	Merged	The agentic authoring documentation page incorrectly implied the experience was limited to GitHub Co
#11964	Closed	Thanks for asking me to work on this. I will get started on it and keep this PR's description up to
#11960	Merged	The MCP registry client was using the deprecated v0 API endpoint. The v0.1 specification introduces
#11959	Merged	The workflow schema defined 18 minItems constraints but zero maxItems constraints, allowing unbo
#11958	Closed	## MCP Tool Response Payload Optimization\n\nThis PR optimizes MCP tool response payloads to reduce to
#11957	Closed	## ✅ Cache frontmatter["on"] field to eliminate 33 redundant map lookups\n\nStatus: Implementation
#11956	Merged	## Update "Creating Workflows" Documentation\n\n- [x] Explore repository structure and locate target f
#11955	Merged	Removes the YAML schema validation section that documented RedHat YAML extension integration for wor
#11954	Merged	The "Most common commands" section used a table format that reduced scannability. Converted to a bul
#11953	Merged	Compiling smoke-copilot (which uses engine: copilot) with --validate displayed warnings about
#11943	Merged	## Plan: Support devcontainer.json with "build" field\n\n- [x] Add "build" field to DevcontainerConfig
#11940	Merged	Adds a prompt file that instructs GitHub Copilot agents to configure repositories for Agentic Workfl
#11938	Merged	Automated version monitoring detected updates for four CLI tools and servers on 2026-01-26.\n\n## Chan
#11937	Merged	## Plan to Remove MCP Gateway JSON Validation\n\n- [x] Remove validation logic from `pkg/workflow/mcp_
#11935	Merged	The compiled lock files were using actions/checkout@v5 while v6 is the current latest major versio
#11933	Closed	## Fix MCP Gateway Configuration Validation with Uninterpolated Expressions\n\n### Problem\nThe MCP gat
#11932	Closed	## Fix MCP Gateway Configuration Validation for GitHub Actions Expressions\n\n### Problem\nThe MCP gate
#11931	Merged	- [x] Create research directory if it doesn't exist\n- [x] Update ubuntu-image-analyzer.md workflow c
#11930	Merged	## Fix PR Triage Agent Workflow Failure - Safe Outputs MCP Server Startup Timeout\n\n### Problem Summa
#11929	Merged	Workflow lock files (.lock.yml) were out of sync with their markdown sources (.md), and the rele
#11928	Closed	Bumps four dependency versions detected during automated monitoring on 2026-01-26. All are minor/pat
#11927	Merged	## Rewrite install.md for GitHub Copilot Agent Scenario ✅\n\nGoal: Optimize install.md for the sce
#11916	Merged	gh aw add had --create-pull-request but not --push. gh aw init had --push but not `--creat
#11915	Merged	The lint-go workflow was failing with staticcheck S1009 in pkg/cli/mcp_inspect.go:253.\n\n## Chang
#11914	Closed	## Adding --push and --create-pull-request flags to both commands\n\n### Implementation Complete\n- [x]
#11912	Merged	The close_expired_discussions script was attempting to process discussions that had been closed be
#11906	Merged	## Token Budget Guardrails Implementation - COMPLETE ✅\n\n### Context\nAgent Persona Explorer and CI Cl
#11905	Closed	GitHub Remote MCP auth-test fails when toolsets aren't loaded in the runner environment, producing "
#11904	Merged	The docs build was failing due to broken internal links in the campaign documentation. The `starligh
#11901	Merged	CI lint failures from staticcheck QF1003 (loop variable reassignment) in `pkg/campaign/interactive.g
#11900	Closed	Thanks for assigning this issue to me. I'm starting to work on it and will keep this PR's descriptio
#11899	Merged	The spinner could deadlock when Stop() or StopWithMessage() was called before or immediately aft
#11898	Merged	The mcp inspect and mcp inspect --inspector commands reimplemented frontmatter parsing, import p
#11886	Closed	StartDockerImageDownload checked image availability outside the mutex, allowing concurrent calls t
#11885	Merged	Regex patterns were being recompiled on every function call in workflow compilation hot paths. For w
#11884	Closed	## Replace Fixed time.Sleep with Context-Based Polling in MCP Inspector\n\n### Plan\n\n- [x] **Priority
#11877	Merged	mcp_inspect.go grew to 1011 lines with multiple distinct responsibilities (workflow listing, impor
#11875	Closed	Recompiled security-alert-burndown.campaign.md to regenerate the orchestrator workflow with update
#11873	Closed	## Recompile workflows to update lock files\n\nThe workflow lock files (.lock.yml) were out of sync
#11872	Merged	The issue-triage-agent workflow adds comments to issues but lacked formatting guidelines, resulting
#11871	Merged	The secret-scanning-triage workflow created issues for secret rotation without structured formatti
#11870	Closed	Verified that debug logging enhancements to 5 files in pkg/workflow pass all formatting and lintin
#11867	Merged	The dispatch-workflow safe-output type was implemented in code but missing from the JSON schema, c
#11857	Merged	Improves test quality for shell quoting and Docker command building functions by adding security-foc
#11849	Merged	Campaign specs mixed pure configuration with natural language goals in YAML frontmatter, making them
#11848	Closed	Bumps @playwright/mcp to 0.0.59, which includes Playwright alpha build `1.59.0-alpha-1769364499000
#11831	Merged	The campaigns documentation lacked a clear conceptual bridge from agentic workflows and had a disjoi

Notable PRs

Closed Without Merge (16 PRs) ⚠️

Most closed PRs were marked [WIP] or superseded by other PRs:

• [WIP] Add helper for simulating console line arrival #11986: [WIP] Add helper for simulating console line arrival
• [WIP] Add daily checker for warning disclaimer presence #11964: [WIP] Add daily checker for warning disclaimer presence
• [WIP] Optimize MCP tool response payloads to reduce token usage #11958: [WIP] Optimize MCP tool response payloads
• [WIP] Cache frontmatter on field to reduce redundant lookups #11957: [WIP] Cache frontmatter on field
• [WIP] Fix JSON schema or generated code for MCP server payload #11933, [WIP] Fix JSON schema validation for MCP server payload #11932: [WIP] Fix JSON schema validation (2 attempts)
• Update CLI/server versions: Copilot 0.0.395, GitHub MCP v0.30.1, Playwright 0.0.60, Gateway v0.0.80 #11928: Update CLI/server versions (duplicate of Update CLI versions: Copilot 0.0.395, GitHub MCP v0.30.1, Playwright 0.0.60, Gateway v0.0.80 #11938 which merged)
• [WIP] Update gh aw commands to support both flags #11914: [WIP] Update gh aw commands (superseded by Add --push and --create-pull-request flags to both add and init commands #11916)

Open PRs (9 PRs) ⏳

All open PRs are recent (< 24 hours old):

• Campaign safe outputs: Update project with hourly schedule #11994: Campaign safe outputs analysis
• Remove schedule triggers from security alert burndown campaign workflows #11993: Remove schedule triggers from security workflows
• Add comprehensive GitHub MCP Server configuration and access control specification #11989: Add GitHub MCP Server Access Control spec
• Add environment variable mirroring from runner to agent container #11980, Expand hostedtoolcache PATH integration for Python and other runtimes #11979, Implement selective /usr/lib mounting for shared libraries #11978, Audit and document /usr/bin utilities for agent container mounting #11977: Container environment improvements (4 related PRs)
• Fix AWF command quoting to ensure agent runs inside firewall container #11969: Fix AWF command quoting for firewall container
• Add build step and timeout updates to smoke workflows #11968: Add build/test step to smoke workflows

Key Insights

• Success rate declining: Dropped from 81% (Jan 24) to 69% (Jan 27) - a 12 percentage point decline over 3 days
• Many [WIP] PRs closed: 10 of 16 closed PRs were marked [WIP], suggesting experimental work or task changes

References:

• Workflow Run §21385460906

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