📊 Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report - January 28, 2026

[github-actions[bot]]

Executive Summary

Over the last 30 days, Copilot-powered agentic workflows consumed 200.7 million tokens at an estimated cost of $2.01, across 281 workflow runs covering 62 unique workflows.

Key Highlights:

• Highest consuming workflow: Issue Monster (39.9M tokens, $0.40, 33 runs)
• Most active workflow: Smoke Copilot (31 runs, 7.7M tokens)
• Average cost per run: $0.0071
• Average tokens per run: 714,150
• Trend: Token usage is increasing significantly - 111% growth from Jan 15 (94.9M) to Jan 28 (200.7M)

Full Report Details

📈 Token Usage Trends

Overall Trends

The chart above shows daily token consumption over the last 30 days. Token usage has shown significant growth, doubling from 94.9M tokens on January 15 to 200.7M tokens on January 28. The number of workflow runs has also increased from 178 to 281, indicating both higher usage frequency and potentially more complex workflows.

Cost Trends

Daily cost trends show relatively stable costs around $2.00 per reporting period, with an anomalous spike to $101.97 on January 22 (likely a data collection issue or temporary pricing change). The current cost efficiency is excellent at $0.0071 per run.

🏆 Top Workflows by Token Consumption

Detailed Breakdown

Rank	Workflow	Total Tokens	Total Cost	Runs	Avg Tokens/Run	Avg Cost/Run
1	Issue Monster	39,930,452	$0.3993	33	1,210,013	$0.0121
2	CI Cleaner	12,962,687	$0.1296	3	4,320,895	$0.0432
3	Agent Persona Explorer	12,239,690	$0.1224	2	6,119,845	$0.0612
4	Security Guard Agent 🛡️	11,881,644	$0.1188	29	409,711	$0.0041
5	Dev	8,391,495	$0.0839	9	932,388	$0.0093
6	Smoke Copilot	7,749,342	$0.0775	31	249,978	$0.0025
7	Discussion Task Miner - Code Quality Improvement Agent	7,579,647	$0.0758	10	757,964	$0.0076
8	PR Triage Agent	5,437,583	$0.0544	6	906,263	$0.0091
9	Code Scanning Fixer	4,964,801	$0.0496	28	177,314	$0.0018
10	CI Failure Doctor	4,828,608	$0.0483	12	402,384	$0.0040

📊 Per-Workflow Statistics (All Workflows)

View All Workflows

Workflow	Total Tokens	Total Cost	Runs	Avg Tokens	Avg Cost	Avg Duration
Issue Monster	39,930,452	$0.3993	33	1,210,013	$0.0121	567s
CI Cleaner	12,962,687	$0.1296	3	4,320,895	$0.0432	1454s
Agent Persona Explorer	12,239,690	$0.1224	2	6,119,845	$0.0612	3303s
Security Guard Agent 🛡️	11,881,644	$0.1188	29	409,711	$0.0041	229s
Dev	8,391,495	$0.0839	9	932,388	$0.0093	468s
Smoke Copilot	7,749,342	$0.0775	31	249,978	$0.0025	308s
Discussion Task Miner - Code Quality Improvement A	7,579,647	$0.0758	10	757,964	$0.0076	349s
PR Triage Agent	5,437,583	$0.0544	6	906,263	$0.0091	395s
Code Scanning Fixer	4,964,801	$0.0496	28	177,314	$0.0018	181s
CI Failure Doctor	4,828,608	$0.0483	12	402,384	$0.0040	334s
Daily Secrets Analysis Agent	4,798,548	$0.0480	2	2,399,274	$0.0240	495s
The Great Escapi	3,714,278	$0.0371	3	1,238,092	$0.0124	460s
Q	3,455,431	$0.0346	2	1,727,715	$0.0173	582s
Auto-Triage Issues	3,336,551	$0.0334	11	303,322	$0.0030	223s
Plan Command	3,299,921	$0.0330	7	471,417	$0.0047	322s
Dependabot Bundler	2,926,302	$0.0293	3	975,434	$0.0098	334s
Chroma Issue Indexer	2,914,455	$0.0291	10	291,445	$0.0029	224s
Dev Hawk	2,880,716	$0.0288	9	320,079	$0.0032	333s
Agent Performance Analyzer - Meta-Orchestrator	2,638,106	$0.0264	2	1,319,053	$0.0132	630s
Daily News	2,574,125	$0.0257	2	1,287,062	$0.0129	495s
Sub-Issue Closer	2,565,876	$0.0257	2	1,282,938	$0.0128	507s
Documentation Noob Tester	2,537,643	$0.0254	2	1,268,821	$0.0127	519s
Slide Deck Maintainer	2,241,453	$0.0224	2	1,120,726	$0.0112	447s
Copilot CLI Deep Research Agent	2,009,519	$0.0201	2	1,004,759	$0.0100	678s
Layout Specification Maintainer	1,941,660	$0.0194	2	970,830	$0.0097	447s
Ubuntu Actions Image Analyzer	1,921,947	$0.0192	1	1,921,947	$0.0192	474s
jsweep - JavaScript Unbloater	1,910,053	$0.0191	1	1,910,053	$0.0191	510s
Daily CLI Performance Agent	1,789,260	$0.0179	2	894,630	$0.0089	366s
Daily Malicious Code Scan Agent	1,729,877	$0.0173	2	864,938	$0.0086	285s
Delight	1,725,448	$0.0173	2	862,724	$0.0086	426s
Code Simplifier	1,714,327	$0.0171	1	1,714,327	$0.0171	420s
Auto-Assign Issue	1,659,464	$0.0166	2	829,732	$0.0083	258s
Daily Regulatory Report Generator	1,632,103	$0.0163	2	816,051	$0.0082	420s
Glossary Maintainer	1,589,940	$0.0159	2	794,970	$0.0079	339s
Daily Compiler Quality Check	1,564,655	$0.0156	2	782,327	$0.0078	405s
The Daily Repository Chronicle	1,471,340	$0.0147	2	735,670	$0.0074	441s
CLI Consistency Checker	1,466,486	$0.0147	1	1,466,486	$0.0147	522s
Workflow Skill Extractor	1,437,315	$0.0144	1	1,437,315	$0.0144	624s
Security Fix PR	1,434,617	$0.0143	4	358,654	$0.0036	204s
Daily Firewall Logs Collector and Reporter	1,420,848	$0.0142	1	1,420,848	$0.0142	528s
Secret Scanning Triage	1,366,028	$0.0137	2	683,014	$0.0068	360s
Terminal Stylist	1,189,214	$0.0119	2	594,607	$0.0059	432s
Workflow Normalizer	1,034,339	$0.0103	1	1,034,339	$0.0103	522s
Metrics Collector - Infrastructure Agent	996,169	$0.0100	1	996,169	$0.0100	420s
Breaking Change Checker	922,639	$0.0092	1	922,639	$0.0092	312s
Issue Triage Agent	922,539	$0.0092	1	922,539	$0.0092	288s
Copilot PR Prompt Pattern Analysis	874,020	$0.0087	1	874,020	$0.0087	474s
Daily Copilot PR Merged Report	849,959	$0.0085	1	849,959	$0.0085	372s
Daily Semgrep Scan	832,809	$0.0083	2	416,404	$0.0042	225s
Repository Quality Improvement Agent	822,323	$0.0082	1	822,323	$0.0082	702s
Daily File Diet	808,371	$0.0081	1	808,371	$0.0081	462s
CI Optimization Coach	786,398	$0.0079	1	786,398	$0.0079	678s
Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report	777,261	$0.0078	1	777,261	$0.0078	1116s
Workflow Health Manager - Meta-Orchestrator	769,146	$0.0077	2	384,573	$0.0038	897s
Example: Custom Error Patterns	767,144	$0.0077	4	191,786	$0.0019	202s
Daily Workflow Updater	646,619	$0.0065	2	323,309	$0.0032	174s
Security Alert Burndown	606,918	$0.0061	1	606,918	$0.0061	318s
Daily Team Status	593,318	$0.0059	2	296,659	$0.0030	264s
Daily Testify Uber Super Expert	453,618	$0.0045	1	453,618	$0.0045	354s
Dependabot Dependency Checker	296,794	$0.0030	1	296,794	$0.0030	204s
AI Moderator	92,193	$0.0009	1	92,193	$0.0009	186s
GitHub Remote MCP Authentication Test	0	$0.0000	1	0	$0.0000	384s

💡 Insights & Recommendations

High-Cost Workflows

The following workflows account for the majority of token consumption:

1. Issue Monster - $0.40 (19.9% of total)

   • Observation: Most frequent high-volume workflow with 33 runs. Averages 1.2M tokens per run, processing and triaging repository issues.
   • Recommendation: Consider batching issue processing or implementing token budgets per run. Monitor for redundant API calls or excessive context loading.

2. CI Cleaner - $0.13 (6.5% of total)

   • Observation: Only 3 runs but extremely high token usage per run (4.3M average). Each run takes ~24 minutes.
   • Recommendation: Investigate what causes such high token consumption. Likely processing large amounts of CI data - consider summarization or sampling strategies.

3. Agent Persona Explorer - $0.12 (6.1% of total)

   • Observation: 2 runs with highest average token usage (6.1M per run). Longest average duration at 55 minutes.
   • Recommendation: This appears to be exploratory/research work. Consider breaking into smaller, focused tasks or implementing incremental processing with checkpoints.

4. Security Guard Agent 🛡️ - $0.12 (5.9% of total)

   • Observation: 29 runs with moderate token usage. Most efficient of the top consumers at 409K tokens per run.
   • Recommendation: Well-optimized workflow. Use as a reference for efficiency patterns in other high-frequency workflows.

5. Dev - $0.08 (4.2% of total)

   • Observation: Development/testing workflow with 9 runs. Average 932K tokens per run.
   • Recommendation: Review if all development iterations need full workflow runs. Consider local testing or mock environments to reduce production token usage.

Optimization Opportunities

1. Large Context Processing: Workflows with 1M+ tokens per run (CI Cleaner, Agent Persona Explorer, Daily Secrets Analysis)

   • Affected Workflows: 12 workflows averaging 1M+ tokens
   • Potential Savings: ~$0.50-0.75 per period (25-35%)
   • Action: Implement progressive context loading, use summarization for large datasets, add token budgets per workflow stage

2. Frequent Execution Optimization: High-frequency workflows (31+ runs)

   • Affected Workflows: Smoke Copilot (31 runs), Issue Monster (33 runs), Security Guard (29 runs)
   • Potential Savings: ~$0.15-0.20 per period (8-10%)
   • Action: Implement caching for repeated queries, reuse context between similar operations, use smaller context windows where possible

3. Long-Running Workflows: Workflows exceeding 15 minutes

   • Affected Workflows: Agent Persona Explorer (55min), Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report (19min), CI Cleaner (24min)
   • Potential Savings: ~$0.10-0.15 per period (5-8%)
   • Action: Break into smaller parallel jobs, implement timeout limits, add progress checkpoints to resume failed runs

Efficiency Trends

• Token efficiency: Average 714K tokens per run is relatively high. Top-performing workflows (Code Scanning Fixer, Example: Custom Error Patterns) average under 200K tokens.
• Cost efficiency: Excellent overall cost efficiency at $0.007 per run. The estimated pricing model suggests ~$0.01 per 1M tokens.
• Run patterns: Daily scheduled workflows (Daily News, Daily Secrets, Daily Team Status) show consistent token usage. Event-driven workflows (PR Triage, Code Scanning Fixer) have more variable patterns but lower per-run costs.

📅 Historical Comparison

Metric	Jan 28	Jan 22	Change	Jan 15
Total Tokens	200.7M	102.0M	+96.8%	94.9M
Total Cost	$2.01	$101.97*	-98.0%	$2.85
Total Runs	281	239	+17.6%	178
Avg Tokens/Run	714K	426K	+67.6%	533K
Avg Cost/Run	$0.0071	$0.4267*	-98.3%	$0.0160

Note: Jan 22 cost appears anomalous and may represent a data collection issue

Key Observations:

• Token growth: 111% increase from Jan 15 to Jan 28, indicating growing workflow adoption and complexity
• Run frequency: 58% increase in total runs over 13 days, showing expanded usage across the team
• Per-run efficiency: Mixed results - tokens per run increased 34% (Jan 15→Jan 28), suggesting more complex workflows
• Cost stability: Excluding the anomalous Jan 22 data, costs remain remarkably stable at ~$2-3 per period

🔧 Methodology

• Data Source: GitHub Actions workflow run artifacts from last 30 days
• Engine Filter: Copilot engine only
• Memory Storage: /tmp/gh-aw/repo-memory/default/memory/token-metrics/
• Analysis Date: 2026-01-28T11:17:56Z
• Historical Data: 3 days of trend data (Jan 15, 22, 28)
• Cost Model: Estimated $0.01 per 1M tokens (Copilot pricing estimate)

📊 Data Quality Notes

• Cost data for Jan 22 shows anomalous spike ($101.97 vs typical $2-3) - may indicate pricing change, data collection issue, or one-time event
• 1 workflow (GitHub Remote MCP Authentication Test) reported 0 tokens but completed successfully
• All workflows showed successful completion with minimal errors (33 total errors across 281 runs = 11.7% error rate)
• 12 workflows reported missing tools across various runs, indicating potential configuration issues

---

📊 Next Steps:

1. Monitor token consumption trends over the next week
2. Implement token budgets for highest-consuming workflows
3. Review CI Cleaner and Agent Persona Explorer for optimization opportunities
4. Establish baseline metrics for new workflows to catch inefficiencies early

🔗 Workflow Run: §21435741581

AI generated by Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report

• expires on Jan 31, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

[github-actions[bot]]

This discussion was automatically closed because it expired on 2026-01-31T11:23:13.165Z.