Agent Performance Report — Week of 2026-07-10

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Executive Summary

• Agents analyzed: 22 active workflows observed in last 50 runs
• Total outputs reviewed: 20 recent workflow runs + 20 merged PRs (Jul 8–10)
• Average quality score: 64/100 (↑ +1 from Jul 8)
• Average effectiveness score: 65/100 (↑ +1 from Jul 8)
• Top performers: Copilot SWE Agent, Auto-Triage Issues, Avenger, Bot Detection, Issue Monster
• Needs improvement: Q workflow (100% AR), Agentic Commands (100% AR), CGO/CWI (regressed), AI Moderator (Codex failure)

Performance Rankings

Top Performing Agents 🏆

1. Copilot SWE Agent (Quality: 93/100, Effectiveness: 92/100)

   • 14+ PRs merged Jul 10 alone — best single-day output this week
   • Wide scope: refactors (compiler_yaml_main_job split), security (15-test architecture suite), docs (cost management, CLI reference), infra (firewall bump, permissions consolidation)
   • Consistent merge rate ~73%; code quality uniformly high
   • Example outputs: refactor(workflow): split compiler_yaml_main_job.go into focused modules #44651, Consolidate copilot-requests: write permission checks on Permissions #44650, feat: formal model + 15-test suite for security architecture SG invariants #44590, Add CLI integration test for init command #44678

2. Auto-Triage Issues (Quality: 88/100, Effectiveness: 87/100)

   • 100% success rate; correctly categorizes and labels new issues
   • Timely, no waste, clean safe-output hygiene

3. Avenger (Quality: 85/100, Effectiveness: 84/100)

   • 2/2 success Jul 10; stable all week
   • Reliable stale-issue cleanup; no false positives observed

4. Issue Monster / Bot Detection / Claude Code User Docs Review (Quality: 80/100, Effectiveness: 78/100)

   • All 100% success on their single runs today
   • Claude Code User Docs Review continues to improve documentation quality

Agents Needing Improvement 📉

1. Q workflow (Quality: 25/100, Effectiveness: 15/100)

   • 0/8 success today — 100% action-required (escalated from 79% Jul 8)
   • Root cause: quality gate PR Add shared prompt quality gate for plateaued agent-review workflows #43527 still not merged
   • Action required: Merge PR Add shared prompt quality gate for plateaued agent-review workflows #43527 immediately
   • Existing tracking: [aw] Impeccable Skills Reviewer failed #43079 (related)

2. Agentic Commands (Quality: 35/100, Effectiveness: 30/100)

   • 0/8 success today — 100% AR (persistent pattern, 3+ weeks)
   • No new outputs produced
   • Issue: [aw] Impeccable Skills Reviewer failed #43079

3. CGO (Quality: 30/100, Effectiveness: 28/100)

   • 0/2 success today — regressed after stabilizing Jul 8 PM
   • CI infrastructure instability implicated
   • Issue: [CGO] Workflow failure on main - Run #11644 #38777 (escalated)

4. CWI (Quality: 40/100, Effectiveness: 38/100)

   • 0/2 success today — was recovering Jul 8; regressed
   • Likely shared CI infra root cause with CGO

5. AI Moderator (Quality: 35/100, Effectiveness: 30/100)

   • Codex engine failure persists; 0% effective
   • Issues: [aw] AI Moderator produced no safe outputs #44241, #aw_ai_mod_jul8

Prompt Improvement Audit — Bottom Agents

Agent	Top Prompt Deficiency	Evidence	Recommended Fix
Q workflow	Relies on external gate (PR #43527) not yet merged	100% AR — gate not a prompt issue, infra blocker	Merge PR #43527
Agentic Commands	Generic task framing; no self-assessment loop	0/8 success for 3+ weeks; no outputs	Add if no action taken, emit noop logic
AI Moderator	Stale engine guidance (Codex)	Engine 404 every run	Update engine to copilot
CGO/CWI	CI infra failure — not a prompt deficiency	100% AR correlates with infra instability	Infra fix first
Design Decision Gate	Low-actionability outputs; generic framing	0% effective; redesign candidate	Redesign or deprecate
Matt Pocock Skills Reviewer	CLI hang-on-exit; stale tool guidance	Blocked by #44254 fix	Merge #44254 first
Impeccable Skills Reviewer	CLI hang-on-exit	Blocked by #44254	Merge #44254 first
PR Code Quality Reviewer	CLI hang-on-exit; stale tool guidance	Cluster with above	Merge #44254 first
Test Quality Sentinel	CLI hang-on-exit	Cluster with above	Merge #44254 first
Smoke CI	Sandbox EACCES (mkdir)	#42398 infrastructure	Infra fix

Inactive / Deprecated Candidates

• Design Decision Gate: No successful outputs. Explicit redesign-vs-deprecation review due — currently leaning deprecation absent a prompt overhaul.
• Matt Pocock Skills Reviewer: Unblocking requires PR fix: reduce post-completion idle watchdog and add cleanup timeouts to prevent Copilot CLI hang on exit #44254 merge. Post-unblock, if still <60 quality, deprecate.
• AI Moderator: Engine change (Codex → copilot) is a one-line fix; do it before deprecation.

Quality & Effectiveness Analysis

Output Quality Distribution

• Excellent (80-100): 6 agents (Copilot SWE, Auto-Triage, Avenger, Issue Monster, Bot Detection, Claude Code Docs)
• Good (60-79): 4 agents (GitHub MCP Analysis, CI, Agentic Maintenance, Daily File Diet)
• Fair (40-59): 4 agents (CWI, Doc Build, PR Triage, Design Decision Gate)
• Poor (<40): 6 agents (Q workflow, Agentic Commands, CGO, AI Moderator, Smoke CI, Matt Pocock Reviewer)

PR Merge Statistics (Jul 10)

• Copilot SWE Agent: 14 merges today — dominant contributor
• github-actions bot (yamllint, safe-output-integrator, docs): 3 merges — automation healthy

Common Quality Issues (Jul 10)

1. CLI hang-on-exit (4 agents): PR review cluster unable to produce any outputs
2. Engine failures (2 agents): Codex 404 (AI Moderator), infrastructure AR (CGO/CWI)
3. Persistent AR without recovery (2 agents): Q workflow + Agentic Commands

Behavioral Patterns

Productive Patterns ✅

• Copilot SWE Agent + human review cycle: PRs consistently reviewed and merged same day; clean commit hygiene
• Auto-Triage → human action chain: Issues correctly labeled enabling faster human triage
• Avenger + Auto-Close: Coordinated stale cleanup without overlap

Problematic Patterns ⚠️

• CLI hang cluster (4 agents): All PR review agents share the same exit bug — no single fix deployed yet despite PR fix: reduce post-completion idle watchdog and add cleanup timeouts to prevent Copilot CLI hang on exit #44254 open
• CI infra instability oscillation (CGO/CWI): Stabilized Jul 8 PM, regressed Jul 10 AM — suggests flaky infra, not a workflow deficiency
• Q workflow escalation: 79% AR (Jul 8) → 100% AR (Jul 10) — gating PR Add shared prompt quality gate for plateaued agent-review workflows #43527 unmaintained for 3+ days

Coverage Analysis

Well-Covered ✅

• Dependency/security maintenance (Copilot SWE Agent + Avenger)
• Issue triage and label management (Auto-Triage Issues)
• Documentation quality (Claude Code Review + SWE Agent)
• Bot/spam detection (Bot Detection)

Coverage Gaps

• Performance regression detection: No dedicated workflow
• PR code review (automated): 4 agents down (CLI hang); gap while fix: reduce post-completion idle watchdog and add cleanup timeouts to prevent Copilot CLI hang on exit #44254 unmerged
• AI content moderation: Effectively offline (Codex engine failure)

Recommendations

High Priority 🔴

1. Merge PR fix: reduce post-completion idle watchdog and add cleanup timeouts to prevent Copilot CLI hang on exit #44254 (CLI hang fix)

   • Unblocks: Impeccable, PR Code Quality, Test Quality Sentinel, Matt Pocock (4 agents)
   • Estimated impact: +20-30 quality points for all 4 agents
   • Effort: Review + merge (PR already open)

2. Merge PR Add shared prompt quality gate for plateaued agent-review workflows #43527 (Q workflow quality gate)

   • Q workflow at 100% AR for 3+ days — critical
   • Merge unblocks one of highest-volume workflows in repo

3. Fix AI Moderator engine (Codex → copilot)

   • One-line change in workflow config
   • Unblocks content moderation coverage gap

Medium Priority 🟡

4. Investigate CGO/CWI CI infra oscillation

   • Pattern: stable PM → regressed AM suggests time-of-day or deployment-triggered issue
   • Action: Cross-reference with infra deployment schedule; check [CGO] Workflow failure on main - Run #11644 #38777 comments

5. Design Decision Gate: deprecation decision

   • No successful outputs in current analysis window
   • Recommend: open deprecation issue if no champion found within 1 week

Low Priority 🟢

6. Agentic Commands prompt fix: Add explicit noop emission path when no action is available — reduces AR noise
7. Add performance regression detection agent: No coverage for benchmark regressions

Trends (vs Jul 8)

Metric	Jul 8	Jul 10	Trend
Avg quality score	63/100	64/100	↑ +1
Avg effectiveness	64/100	65/100	↑ +1
Overall health	63/100	62/100	↓ -1
100% AR workflows	5	7	↑ worse
PRs merged (SWE)	11	14	↑ better
Success rate	~36%	~35%	→ stable

Overall: quality and effectiveness metrics creeping upward through Copilot SWE Agent productivity, but infrastructure failures are broadening (more 100% AR workflows). The plateau continues — prompt improvements are blocked by infrastructure until CLI hang and Q workflow gate issues are resolved.

Actions Taken This Run

• Updated agent-performance-latest.md in shared memory
• Updated shared-alerts.md with Jul 10 status
• No new improvement issues filed (all current failures have existing tracking)
• Created this performance report discussion

Next Steps

1. Merge PR fix: reduce post-completion idle watchdog and add cleanup timeouts to prevent Copilot CLI hang on exit #44254 — CLI hang fix (highest leverage: unblocks 4 agents)
2. Merge PR Add shared prompt quality gate for plateaued agent-review workflows #43527 — Q workflow quality gate
3. Fix AI Moderator engine config — Codex → copilot
4. Monitor CGO/CWI — watch for infra pattern (AM degradation)
5. Design Decision Gate deprecation — if no improvement after fix: reduce post-completion idle watchdog and add cleanup timeouts to prevent Copilot CLI hang on exit #44254 merge, open deprecation issue

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Analysis period: 2026-07-08 to 2026-07-10
Next report: 2026-07-17

References:

• §29095577172 — This run
• §28945138633 — Jul 8 report run
• §28919919125 — Jul 8 health run

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