[workflow-skill-extractor] Reusable skill opportunities — June 2026

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Overview

Analysis of 251 workflows in .github/workflows/ to identify high-impact shared component opportunities. The index was pre-built at /tmp/gh-aw/agent/workflow-index.json and reviewed against the 70+ existing shared components in shared/.

Methodology

• Read workflow-index.json (251 workflows): imports, engines, tool flags, frontmatter previews
• Reviewed existing shared/ components to avoid duplicates
• Deep-dived 30+ individual workflow files to validate patterns
• Quantified candidates by counting exact-match occurrences across the full corpus
• Prioritized by: workflow count × duplication size × extraction feasibility

Identified Opportunities

#	Component	Type	Affected	Priority
1	shared/reporting-otlp.md (promote)	Bundle adoption	42 workflows	🔴 HIGH
2	shared/copilot-sdk-engine.md (new)	Engine config	58 workflows	🔴 HIGH
3	shared/daily-issue-base.md (promote)	Safe-output base	74 workflows	🟡 MEDIUM

🔴 #1 — Promote reporting-otlp.md bundle (42 workflows)

Pattern: 48 workflows import both shared/reporting.md AND shared/otlp.md directly while the reporting-otlp.md bundle already exists (used by only 6 workflows).

Savings: 42 import lines reduced; 1 place to update the reporting+OTLP bundle.

Complexity: LOW — 2-import → 1-import replacement per workflow.

See: #41366

🔴 #2 — Create shared/copilot-sdk-engine.md (58 workflows)

Pattern: 58 workflows repeat the same 4-line engine + cli-proxy block:

engine:
  id: copilot
  copilot-sdk: true
tools:
  cli-proxy: true

No shared component currently covers this pattern.

Savings: ~232 lines (58 × 4). Future engine-mode changes can be applied in one place.

Complexity: LOW — create new shared file, then remove 4 lines per workflow.

See: #41368

🟡 #3 — Promote daily-issue-base.md (74 workflows)

Pattern: 74 workflows have inline create-issue: safe-outputs config without using daily-issue-base.md, which provides parameterized title-prefix, expires, labels, assignees + noop declaration + reporting import.

43 of 74 already use close-older-issues: true, signalling alignment with the base pattern. Only 10 workflows currently use the base.

Savings: Standardized safe-output structure, auto-included noop, consistent report formatting.

Complexity: MEDIUM — requires per-workflow parameter mapping.

See: #41369

Impact Summary

Metric	Value
Total workflows analyzed	251
Existing shared components reviewed	70+
Workflows affected by top 3	~174 (some overlap)
Total import lines that could be saved	~300+
New shared files needed	1 (copilot-sdk-engine.md)
Existing files to promote	2 (reporting-otlp.md, daily-issue-base.md)

Notable Existing Components with Low Adoption

Component	Eligible workflows	Current users
reporting-otlp.md	48	6
daily-issue-base.md	74	10
daily-pr-base.md	~20	8
meta-analysis-base.md	25	2
noop-reminder.md	30	2

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