Agentic Workflow Audit — 2026-03-18

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Daily audit of agentic workflow runs for 2026-03-18 (last 24 hours). §23231057776

Summary

Metric	Value
Total Runs	50 (excl. skipped)
Successful	21
Failed	3 ⚠️
Tokens Used	5,739,337
Estimated Cost	$1.60
Errors	2
Missing Tools	1
Firewall Blocked	0 / 141 ✅

Workflow Health

Mar 17–18: Success rate improved slightly from 83% → 88% (among non-skipped runs). The 5 failures on Mar 17 included recurring Issue Monster failures and other pre-activation issues.

Token & Cost Trends

Today's total cost was $1.60 across 5.7M tokens. Token data is only available for today's cached runs; historical token data was not available in the local log cache.

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❌ Critical Issue: Issue Monster — Recurring Pre-Activation Failure

Affected Workflow: issue-monster
Runs: §23229425305 · §23230565591
Pattern: Also failed twice on 2026-03-17 — this is a persistent recurring failure.

The pre_activation job fails every time Issue Monster is scheduled:

##[error]Not Found - https://docs.github.com/rest/apps/apps#get-a-repository-installation-for-the-authenticated-app
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This indicates the workflow's GitHub App lookup is returning 404 — either the app is not installed on the repository, the token lacks `apps:read` permission, or the installation endpoint is incorrect. **The agent never runs** because the pre-activation step fails, causing the entire workflow to skip.

**Recommendation**: Check the GitHub App installation status for `issue-monster` in this repository. Verify the token has appropriate permissions to call the GitHub App installation API (`GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/installation`).

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### ⚠️ Missing Tool: GitHub Remote MCP Authentication Test

**Affected Workflow**: `github-remote-mcp-auth-test`  
**Run**: [§23230207897](https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/23230207897)  
**Impact**: Low (workflow completed successfully despite missing tool)

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MCP toolsets unavailable in runner - tools not loaded;
get_repository skill missing (available skills: debugging-workflows, documentation)

The workflow expected get_repository skill and full GitHub MCP toolset but they weren't available in the runner environment. The agent worked around it, but this may affect test coverage for MCP authentication validation.

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💰 Top Token Consumers (2026-03-18)

Workflow	Agent	Tokens	Cost
Copilot PR Prompt Pattern Analysis	copilot	2,202,061	—
Daily Documentation Updater	claude	1,654,384	~$1.06
Scout (issue #65691)	claude	778,491	~$0.54
Auto-Triage Issues (×2)	copilot	~642,185	—
Contribution Check	copilot	268,119	—
GitHub Remote MCP Auth Test	copilot	194,097	—

The Copilot PR Prompt Pattern Analysis consumes the most tokens (2.2M) — expected given it analyzes all PR prompts. The Daily Documentation Updater uses ~$1.06 per run, making it the highest-cost Claude workflow daily.

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✅ Successful Workflows

• Daily Documentation Updater — 8.8m, 33 turns, PR created ✅
• Scout — 5.9m, 21 turns, issue triaged ✅
• Copilot PR Prompt Pattern Analysis — 8.8m ✅
• Safe Output Health Monitor — 10.8m ✅
• Contribution Check — 3.6m ✅
• Auto-Triage Issues — multiple runs ✅
• AI Moderator — multiple issue/comment events ✅

🔥 Firewall Status: Clean

All 141 network requests were allowed across 6 workflows. No blocked domains detected.

Domain	Requests
api.githubcopilot.com:443	103
api.anthropic.com:443	36
raw.githubusercontent.com:443	2

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Recommendations

1. Fix Issue Monster (high priority): Investigate GitHub App installation for this workflow. The persistent 404 on GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/installation suggests an App configuration issue. This has been failing on every scheduled run for at least 2 days.

2. Investigate get_repository skill availability in GitHub Remote MCP Auth Test: Ensure the MCP server is fully loaded before the test begins, or update the workflow to handle partial toolset availability gracefully.

3. Monitor Daily Doc Updater cost: At ~$1.06/day, this workflow costs ~$32/month in Claude API calls alone. Consider reviewing if the token consumption can be reduced with tighter prompts or caching.

References:

• §23229425305 — Issue Monster failure rejig docs #1
• §23230565591 — Issue Monster failure Add workflow: githubnext/agentics/weekly-research #2
• §23230207897 — GitHub Remote MCP Auth Test (missing tool)

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