Agent Performance Report — 2026-06-09

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Analysis window: 2026-06-08 to 2026-06-09 · Run: §27209785615

Executive Summary

• Agents analyzed: 22 active workflow types (80 runs in window)
• Issues Jun 9: 49 (25 failure reports + 24 substantive outputs)
• PRs Jun 8–9: 30 total — 18 merged, 6 open, 6 closed
• Quality score: 67/100 (→ stable from 66)
• Effectiveness score: 63/100 (↑3 from 60 — cascade recovery continuing)
• Ecosystem health: 83/100 (maintained; P0 cascade remains resolved)
• Top performers: copilot-swe-agent, Auto-Close Parent Issues, Smoke CI, Bot Detection, Avenger
• Needs improvement: AI Credits Cluster (8 workflows), Daily Compiler Quality Check (Day 4 tool denial)

Critical Issues (Open)

Issue	Workflow	Pattern	Days	Status
#38021	Daily Compiler Quality Check	Tool denial (5/5)	Day 4	OPEN
#aw_tdcluster9	Tool Denial Cluster (3 wfs)	shell() pattern blocked	Day 4	OPEN
#aw_aic_exp9	AI Credits Cluster	max-ai-credits exhaustion	Day 1 systemic	NEW
#38039	Safe Output Health Monitor	AI credits	—	OPEN
#38026	Code Simplifier	Missing tools	—	OPEN

Performance Rankings

Top Performing Agents 🏆

1. copilot-swe-agent (Q: 88/100, E: 85/100)

   • 11/20 PRs merged (55% merge rate) in Jun 8–9 window
   • Broad coverage: bug fixes, doc improvements, linter work, A/B experiments, spec enforcement
   • Example PRs: Fix Windows PowerShell --help/version checks in Windows CLI integration workflow #38115, Harden validate-yaml release-build lockfile detection in CGO workflow #38112, feat: daily safeoutputs git simulator agentic workflow #38108, Improve tool-denial failure report formatting for last denied request #38101, feat: add two codemods for persistent cross-repo compile failures (maui, azure-rest-api-specs) #38097
   • Strong throughput maintained post-cascade

2. Auto-Close Parent Issues (Q: 82/100, E: 85/100)

   • 100% success rate (2/2 runs)
   • Clean, precise lifecycle management outputs

3. Smoke CI (Q: 80/100, E: 78/100)

   • 75% success rate (3/4 runs)
   • Reliable integration test coverage

4. Bot Detection (Q: 78/100, E: 78/100)

   • 100% success, consistent low-noise outputs

5. Avenger / Daily File Diet (Q: 75/100, E: 75/100)

   • 100% success on single runs; focused scope

6. Running Copilot Code Review (Q: 74/100, E: 74/100)

   • 100% success (2/2); clear, actionable review outputs

7. Agentic Maintenance (Q: 74/100, E: 72/100)

   • Mixed 50–100%; occasional cancellation noise

Agents Needing Improvement 📉

1. Daily Compiler Quality Check (Q: 20/100, E: 10/100)

   • 0% success — 4th consecutive day hitting tool denial guardrail (5/5)
   • Root cause: agent uses shell(python3 -c ...) inline one-liners to read Go source; blocked by tool allowlist
   • Fix: replace inline shell with view/grep/glob tool patterns
   • Active issue: [aw] Daily Compiler Quality Check failed #38021 (escalation added, systemic cluster: #aw_tdcluster9)

2. AI Credits Cluster (8 workflows) (Q: 35–45/100, E: 20–30/100)

   • Workflows: Safe Output Health Monitor, Test Quality Sentinel, Matt Pocock Skills Reviewer, Smoke Gemini, Impact Efficiency Report, Workflow Health Manager, Daily CLI Tools Tester, Daily AgentRx Trace Optimizer
   • Cluster grew from 3 → 8 within a single day
   • Critical: Workflow Health Manager now affected — health monitoring blind spot
   • Active issue: #aw_aic_exp9 (systemic P1 filed this run)

3. CJS (Q: 40/100, E: 30/100)

   • 0/3 failure runs in window (infrastructure issues)
   • Mostly passing per Jun 9 morning shared alerts; failure issues may be stale

Inactive / Skipped Agents

• Daily News, Daily Workflow Updater: Persistent failure reports today; likely infrastructure-dependent
• Daily MCP Tool Concurrency Analysis, PR Sous Chef: Single failure runs; not enough data for trend

Quality Analysis

Sampled Output Quality (3 outputs per agent)

Agent/Workflow	Sample Output	Clarity	Accuracy	Completeness	Actionability	Score
CLI Tools Tester	#38061	5	5	5	4	95
Workflow Health Dashboard	#38044	5	5	4	4	90
Safe Outputs Conformance	#38066	4	5	4	5	90
PR Triage Report	#38068	4	4	4	3	75
Contribution Check	#38054	4	4	3	3	70
OTLP Validation	#38037	3	4	3	3	65

Common quality issues observed:

• Failure reports ([aw] Workflow Health Manager - Meta-Orchestrator failed #38045, [aw] Impact Efficiency Report failed #38041) lack actionable next steps beyond "re-run"
• Daily report issues ([Daily Report] Documentation Quality Report — 2026-06-09 #38080 documentation quality, [PR Triage Report] PR Triage Report - 2026-06-09 #38068 PR triage) are well-structured but sometimes lack trend context

PR Quality — copilot-swe-agent

Of 20 PRs in window: 11 merged, 6 open (in review), 3 closed without merge.

• Merged PRs show consistent quality: clear descriptions, focused scope, clean commits
• Open PRs: 2 appear on-track for merge; 1 (Enforce minimum create_issue body length in safe outputs schema and validator #38114) is a larger spec-enforcement change in review
• 3 closed PRs represent failed attempts or superseded work — acceptable rate for agentic workflows

Behavioral Patterns

Productive Patterns ✅

• copilot-swe-agent fast-lane: Continues high-throughput PR production and merging across broad problem space
• Failure Investigator → Issue lifecycle: Auto-generates failure reports that trigger timely human review
• action_required conclusion (Q + AI Moderator): These are EXPECTED behaviors — both workflows correctly request human review/approval on comments. Not failures.
• Cascade recovery stability: Health score holding at 83/100 — no regression post-cascade fix

Problematic Patterns ⚠️

• AI credits cluster expansion: 3 → 8 workflows in one day. Analysis-heavy workflows are hitting budget limits as the ecosystem grows. Pattern: unbounded context loading + no early-exit budget checkpoints.
• Tool denial persistence (Day 4): Compiler Quality + Deep Research + jsweep — same shell() pattern across 4 days suggests the fix requires workflow prompt changes, not just environment fixes.
• Health monitoring blind spot: When Workflow Health Manager hits AI credits limit, the meta-orchestration layer loses health visibility for that run. This compounds other failures.
• Issue lifecycle gap (ongoing): Compiler Quality 4th recurrence after prior issue was closed prematurely. The systemic process issue (#aw_isg_jun8) needs follow-through.

Coverage Analysis

Well-covered:

• Code compilation and spec enforcement (copilot-swe-agent)
• PR lifecycle management (Auto-Close, Copilot Code Review)
• Contribution validation (Contribution Check, Bot Detection)
• Documentation maintenance (docs update PRs)

Coverage gaps / degraded:

• Analysis and observability layer (8 workflows failing on AI credits)
• Compiler quality monitoring (tool denial, Day 4)
• Daily news and workflow updates (failing today)

Recommendations

High Priority

1. Fix AI Credits cluster — Issue #aw_aic_exp9

   • Audit max-ai-credits configs for all 8 affected workflows
   • Add early-exit budget checkpoints to analysis-heavy workflows
   • Start with Workflow Health Manager — health monitoring blind spot is highest risk
   • Estimated effort: 1–2 hours per workflow for config/prompt changes

2. Resolve tool denial cluster (Day 4) — Issue [aw] Daily Compiler Quality Check failed #38021 / #aw_tdcluster9

   • Replace shell(python3 -c ...) with view/grep/glob tool patterns
   • 3 workflows affected; prompt engineering fix required
   • Estimated effort: 1–3 hours for prompt updates

Medium Priority

3. copilot-swe-agent merge rate — Currently 55%; 3 closed-without-merge PRs

   • Review the 3 non-merged closed PRs for patterns
   • Potentially add pre-PR validation step to reduce speculative changes

4. Issue lifecycle gap process — Systemic issue #aw_isg_jun8

   • Implement a "do not close until fix verified" policy for recurring issues
   • Compiler Quality is the 4th recurrence example

Low Priority

5. Daily News / Daily Workflow Updater — Both failing today; review dependency on external APIs
6. Smoke Gemini — New addition to AI credits cluster; may need engine-specific budget tuning

Trends

Metric	Jun 7	Jun 8	Jun 9	Trend
Ecosystem health	71	83	83	→ stable
Quality score	68	66	67	→ stable
Effectiveness score	62	60	63	↑ recovering
AI credits cluster size	0	3	8	↑ growing
Tool denial cluster	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	↑ unresolved
copilot-swe-agent PRs (daily)	~7	~7	~6	→ stable
PR merge rate	~75%	~75%	55%	↓ watch

Actions Taken This Run

• Created 1 improvement issue: #aw_aic_exp9 (AI Credits Cluster Expansion — systemic P1)
• Generated this performance report discussion
• Updated agent-performance-latest.md and shared-alerts.md in shared repo memory
• Identified AI credits cluster expansion from 3 → 8 workflows (new P1)
• Confirmed: Q and AI Moderator action_required conclusions are expected behavior (not failures)

Next Steps

1. Address #aw_aic_exp9 — audit and fix AI credits configs, starting with Workflow Health Manager
2. Resolve tool denial cluster ([aw] Daily Compiler Quality Check failed #38021, #aw_tdcluster9) — prompt engineering changes needed
3. Monitor copilot-swe-agent PR merge rate — watch for continued dip below 60%
4. Review #aw_isg_jun8 (issue lifecycle gap) — ensure Compiler Quality fix is real before closing
5. Next report: 2026-06-10

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References:

• §27209785615 — This run
• §27186641830 — Workflow Health Manager Jun 9
• §27142793593 — Prior Agent Performance run Jun 8

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