[q] Treat github-actions[bot] as trusted team member in Contribution Check

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Q Workflow Optimization Report

Issues Found

Contribution Check (.github/agents/contribution-checker.agent.md)

• Reported in PR [instructions] instructions: sync instruction files with release v0.87.4 #55049 (comment [instructions] instructions: sync instruction files with release v0.87.4 #55049 (comment)): the Contribution Check bot posted a "thanks for this tidy PR" style comment on a PR authored by github-actions[bot] (the Instructions Janitor automation), which is internal repo maintenance, not an external contribution. Treating a bot-authored maintenance PR the same as an external contributor's PR is confusing and unnecessary noise.

Changes Made

Contribution Checker subagent (.github/agents/contribution-checker.agent.md)

• Added a new Step 0: Bot / Team Author Check ahead of the existing checklist.
• If the PR author is github-actions[bot] (or otherwise a bot/App performing automated repo maintenance), the subagent now short-circuits: it skips the full checklist and returns an immediate 🟢/lgtm verdict with an empty comment (comment: ""), so no contributor-facing comment gets posted on the PR.
• For all other (human) authors, the existing full evaluation flow is unchanged.

Expected Improvements

• Automated maintenance PRs opened by github-actions[bot] (e.g. Instructions Janitor docs syncs) are now treated as trusted team member contributions: evaluated as lgtm with no patronizing "thanks for your contribution" comment posted.
• No change to behavior for human contributors — the full checklist, verdict rules, and comment generation are untouched.

Validation

This change only touches a .md agent definition file used as a prompt (.github/agents/contribution-checker.agent.md), which has no .lock.yml compilation step. gh aw compile was not applicable; the orchestrator workflow (contribution-check.md) itself was not modified.

References

• Triggering comment: [instructions] instructions: sync instruction files with release v0.87.4 #55049 (comment)
• Modified file: .github/agents/contribution-checker.agent.md

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