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Copilot AI commented Jan 21, 2026

Smoke test prompt "use the serena tool to run a basic go command like 'go version'" was ambiguous, causing agents to execute go version in bash rather than using Serena MCP server tools.

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Before:

2. **Serena Go Testing**: Use the `serena` tool to run a basic go command like "go version" to verify the tool is available

After:

2. **Serena MCP Testing**: Use the Serena MCP server tool `activate_project` to initialize the workspace at `${{ github.workspace }}` and verify it succeeds (do NOT use bash to run go commands - use Serena's MCP tools)

The new prompt:

  • Uses an actual Serena MCP tool (activate_project) that initializes the workspace
  • Explicitly instructs agents not to use bash
  • Tests actual MCP server connectivity rather than system Go installation

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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits January 21, 2026 00:14
Co-authored-by: lpcox <15877973+lpcox@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: lpcox <15877973+lpcox@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Improve testing prompt for Serena Go Fix smoke test Serena prompt to use MCP tools instead of bash Jan 21, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from lpcox January 21, 2026 00:18
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@copilot also update the prompts of the smoke agentic-workflows to count the number of functions in Go using the Serena tools.

Copilot AI requested a review from pelikhan January 21, 2026 00:30
@pelikhan pelikhan marked this pull request as ready for review January 21, 2026 00:32
@pelikhan pelikhan merged commit 4ac1d1a into main Jan 21, 2026
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@pelikhan pelikhan deleted the copilot/update-serena-go-testing-prompt branch January 21, 2026 00:41
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Smoke Test: Claude - ✅ PASS

Last 2 PRs: #8, #10

Tests:

  • ✅ GitHub MCP
  • ✅ Serena MCP
  • ✅ Playwright
  • ✅ Tavily Search
  • ✅ File Writing
  • ✅ Bash Tool

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