[skill-extractor] Workflow Skill Extraction Report — 2026-04-30

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Overview

Analyzed 205 workflows in .github/workflows/ (excluding shared components) to identify reusable skill opportunities. The repository already has a healthy shared skills library with 50+ components in .github/workflows/shared/. Three high-impact consolidation opportunities were identified and filed as issues.

Method

1. Read /tmp/gh-aw/agent/workflow-index.json to map 205 workflows, their imports, engines, and tool usage.
2. Reviewed existing shared components in .github/workflows/shared/ to avoid duplicate recommendations.
3. Counted import frequency across all workflows to find the most and least-adopted patterns.
4. Sampled workflow frontmatter to validate adoption gaps and duplication evidence.

Existing Shared Skills — Adoption Summary

Skill	Usages	Status
shared/reporting.md	46	✅ High adoption
shared/observability-otlp.md	22	✅ Good
shared/jqschema.md	18	✅ Good
shared/github-guard-policy.md	16	✅ Good
shared/mcp/serena-go.md	15	✅ Good
shared/go-source-analysis.md	8	✅ Good
shared/python-dataviz.md	7	✅ Good
shared/daily-issue-base.md	6 of ~67 eligible	⚠️ Low adoption
shared/repo-memory-standard.md	11 of 30	⚠️ Gap
shared/noop-reminder.md	146	✅ Very high

Top 3 Recommendations

🔴 #1 — HIGH: Improve adoption of shared/daily-issue-base.md

Priority: High — ~61 eligible workflows not using an existing skill
Impact: ~250–490 lines eliminated; single place for issue-creation defaults
Issue: Created ✅

Pattern: Workflows with schedule: + create-issue: safe-output independently copy the same 4–8 line block instead of importing shared/daily-issue-base.md (which bundles activation-app + reporting + standardized create-issue + noop).

Sample workflows not yet migrated

workflow-normalizer.md, gpclean.md, daily-otel-instrumentation-advisor.md, step-name-alignment.md, copilot-token-optimizer.md, duplicate-code-detector.md, code-simplifier.md, dead-code-remover.md, daily-safe-output-optimizer.md, issue-arborist.md, ci-doctor.md, deployment-incident-monitor.md and ~49 more.

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🟡 #2 — MEDIUM: New skill shared/slash-command-base.md

Priority: Medium — 16 slash_command workflows, no shared skill exists
Impact: ~80–130 lines; consistent UX (reaction, status-comment, add-comment)
Issue: Created ✅

Pattern: All 16 slash_command: workflows independently configure reaction:, status-comment:, safe-outputs.add-comment: and noop:. The most common pattern (reaction: eyes, status-comment: true, add-comment max: 1) appears in at least 9 workflows.

All 16 slash_command workflows

ace-editor.md, archie.md, brave.md, cloclo.md, craft.md, grumpy-reviewer.md, mergefest.md, pdf-summary.md, plan.md, poem-bot.md, pr-nitpick-reviewer.md, q.md, scout.md, security-review.md, tidy.md, unbloat-docs.md

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🟡 #3 — MEDIUM: Improve adoption of shared/repo-memory-standard.md

Priority: Medium — 19 workflows define repo-memory: inline vs 11 using shared
Impact: ~52–78 lines; enforces canonical file-glob and size-limit defaults
Issue: Created ✅

Pattern: Workflows with historical data persistence each repeat branch-name, file-glob, max-file-size, max-patch-size inline. The shared component provides sensible defaults; only branch-name and description need to be specified.

Migration candidates vs non-standard configs

Standard (migrate): deep-report.md, workflow-health-manager.md, agent-performance-analyzer.md, daily-sentrux-report.md, copilot-cli-deep-research.md, daily-cli-performance.md, pr-triage-agent.md, metrics-collector.md, glossary-maintainer.md, developer-docs-consolidator.md, discussion-task-miner.md, technical-doc-writer.md

Keep inline (non-standard): daily-community-attribution.md (wiki), code-scanning-fixer.md (array ids), security-compliance.md (campaign globs), weekly-blog-post-writer.md (wiki)

Impact Summary

Recommendation	Priority	Workflows	Est. Lines Saved
Adopt daily-issue-base.md	🔴 High	~61	~245–490
New slash-command-base.md	🟡 Medium	16	~80–130
Adopt repo-memory-standard.md	🟡 Medium	~13	~52–78
Total		~90	~377–698

References: §25192799682

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