Agent Performance Report — Week of 2026-07-11

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Executive Summary

• Agents analyzed: 29 (active in last 100 runs)
• Total outputs reviewed: 100 runs (issues, PRs, comments tracked via shared memory)
• Average quality score: 62/100 (→ stable vs Jul 8)
• Average effectiveness score: 62/100 (→ stable)
• Top performers: Copilot SWE Agent, Auto-Triage Issues, PR Triage Agent, Running Copilot Code Review, Issue Monster
• Needs improvement: Q workflow, AI Moderator, Label Closed PRs, PR Description Updater, Agentic Commands

Performance Rankings

Top Performing Agents 🏆

1. Copilot SWE Agent (Quality: 92/100, Effectiveness: 91/100)

   • 2 PR address-comment runs succeeded (100%)
   • Consistent high merge rate of agent-authored PRs (~73% Jul 8 week)
   • High-quality PR descriptions and code changes
   • Example outputs: PR eslint-factory: suppress unsafe addReturn suggestion after terminal cleanup following core.setFailed #44929, PR Normalize dispatch-repository nested keys to kebab-case while preserving snake_case aliases #44942

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

   • 1/1 success today
   • Stable and predictable — no known regressions

3. PR Triage Agent (Quality: 88/100, Effectiveness: 86/100)

   • 1/1 success
   • Consistent output quality; no duplication patterns detected

4. Running Copilot Code Review (Quality: 80/100, Effectiveness: 80/100)

   • 2/2 success; zero AR
   • Timely, relevant review comments

5. Issue Monster (Quality: 78/100, Effectiveness: 82/100)

   • 2/2 success
   • Productive issue creation without duplication

Agents Needing Improvement 📉

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

   • 0/12 success, 7/12 AR (58%) in last 100 runs
   • Persistent since Jul 4; quality gate PR Add shared prompt quality gate for plateaued agent-review workflows #43527 not yet merged
   • Prompt deficiency: stale success criteria + missing self-assessment loop
   • Action: DO NOT RE-FILE — see existing issues

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

   • 0/10 success, 5/10 AR; Codex engine 404
   • Prompt deficiency: engine hard-coded to deprecated Codex model
   • Action: [aw] AI Moderator produced no safe outputs #44241 / #aw_ai_mod_jul8 — DO NOT RE-FILE

3. Label Closed PRs (Quality: 40/100, Effectiveness: 35/100)

   • 0/5 success, 4/5 AR (80%) — NEW cluster detected Jul 11
   • Pattern matches CLI hang-on-exit (same as PR Code Quality Reviewer cluster)
   • Action: NEW issue filed (#aw_label_prd_jul11)

4. PR Description Updater (Quality: 42/100, Effectiveness: 38/100)

   • 1/5 success, 4/5 AR (80%) — NEW cluster detected Jul 11
   • Likely same root cause: CLI hang-on-exit
   • Action: grouped into #aw_label_prd_jul11

5. Agentic Commands (Quality: 40/100, Effectiveness: 38/100)

   • 6/13 success, 7/13 AR (54%)
   • Persistent pattern since Jul 4 ([aw] Impeccable Skills Reviewer failed #43079)
   • Prompt deficiency: generic task framing + no deduplication guard
   • Action: DO NOT RE-FILE

Inactive / Degraded Agents

• Deployment Incident Monitor: 0/8 success (all in-progress/queued) — no AR, just slow
• Detection Analysis Report: 0/1 (in-progress) — no conclusion yet
• Matt Pocock Skills Reviewer / Impeccable Skills Reviewer / Design Decision Gate / Test Quality Sentinel: All 100% AR (CLI hang). Existing issues on file. Deprecation review pending.

Quality Analysis

Output Quality Distribution

• Excellent (80-100): 5 agents (Copilot SWE, Auto-Triage, PR Triage, Code Review, Avenger)
• Good (60-79): 7 agents (Content Moderation, CGO, CWI, Agentic Maintenance, Issue Monster, Bot Detection, Doc Build)
• Fair (40-59): 6 agents (Agentic Commands, Label Closed PRs, PR Description Updater, Impeccable, Matt Pocock, Design Decision Gate)
• Poor (<40): 3 agents (Q, AI Moderator, PR Code Quality Reviewer)

Common Quality Issues

1. CLI hang-on-exit — Affects 6+ agents (Impeccable, PR Code Quality, Test Quality Sentinel, Matt Pocock, Label Closed PRs, PR Description Updater). Fix in PR fix: reduce post-completion idle watchdog and add cleanup timeouts to prevent Copilot CLI hang on exit #44254.
2. Engine failures — AI Moderator (Codex 404), Sub-Agent Model Resolution ([aw] Daily Sub-Agent Model Resolution Audit failed #43335)
3. Persistent AR without root cause resolution — Q workflow (7+ days), Agentic Commands (7+ days)

Effectiveness Analysis

Task Completion Rates

• High completion (>80%): 8 agents
• Medium completion (50-80%): 4 agents (Agentic Commands 54%, CGO 67%, CWI 67%, Content Moderation 50%)
• Low completion (<50%): 6 agents

PR Merge Statistics (Jul 8 week)

• Copilot SWE Agent: ~73% merge rate (11 PRs merged Jul 8)
• Impeccable / PR Code Quality: 0% (all AR, no PRs completed)

New Clusters Since Jul 8

Cluster	AR Rate	First Seen	Root Cause
Label Closed PRs	80% (4/5)	Jul 11	CLI hang-on-exit
PR Description Updater	80% (4/5)	Jul 11	CLI hang-on-exit

Behavioral Patterns

Productive Patterns ✅

• Copilot SWE Agent PR addressing: Clean, scoped, mergeable code changes
• Auto-Triage + PR Triage coordination: Consistent labeling and assignment
• Avenger maintenance: Stable health-check loop

Problematic Patterns ⚠️

• CLI hang-on-exit epidemic: Now affecting 6+ agents (escalating from 4 on Jul 8). Root cause in Copilot CLI — PR fix: reduce post-completion idle watchdog and add cleanup timeouts to prevent Copilot CLI hang on exit #44254 fix is critical.
• Q + Agentic Commands 54-58% persistent AR: Quality gate PR Add shared prompt quality gate for plateaued agent-review workflows #43527 not merged after 7+ days.
• Deployment Incident Monitor: 0/8 outcomes — queued but never concluding. Possible infinite wait pattern.

Coverage Analysis

Well-Covered Areas

• PR review and triage (multiple agents)
• Code quality monitoring
• Campaign orchestration (Copilot SWE Agent)

Coverage Gaps

• Security vulnerability scanning (inactive/failing)
• Performance regression detection
• Label management (Label Closed PRs degraded)

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-on-exit fix) — Unblocks 6+ agents currently at 100% AR. Highest ROI action available. Expected impact: +40-60 Q/E points for affected agents.

2. Merge PR Add shared prompt quality gate for plateaued agent-review workflows #43527 (Q workflow quality gate) — Q has been at 58%+ AR for 7+ days. This PR appears to be the only pending fix.

3. Fix AI Moderator engine — Change from deprecated Codex to copilot engine. Issue [aw] AI Moderator produced no safe outputs #44241 on file.

Medium Priority

4. Deprecate Design Decision Gate + Matt Pocock Skills Reviewer — Both at 100% AR, no active fix path, low strategic value. Recommend formal deprecation.

5. Investigate Deployment Incident Monitor — 0 conclusive outputs across 8 runs. Possible infinite-wait or queuing bug. No existing issue found.

Low Priority

6. Prompt improvement — Agentic Commands: Add deduplication guard and clearer success criteria to reduce 54% AR rate.
7. Consolidate PR review cluster: 4+ overlapping agents (Impeccable, PR Code Quality, Code Review, Test Quality Sentinel) with overlapping scope. Consider merging two into one.

Trends

• Overall agent quality: 62/100 (→ stable from Jul 8)
• Average effectiveness: 62/100 (→ stable)
• CLI hang-on-exit cluster: ↑ growing (4→6 agents)
• PR merge rate (Copilot SWE): stable ~73%
• New AR clusters detected: 2 (Label Closed PRs, PR Description Updater)

Actions Taken This Run

• Filed 1 new issue: #aw_label_prd_jul11 — Label Closed PRs + PR Description Updater CLI hang cluster
• Created this weekly performance discussion
• Updated agent-performance-latest.md and shared-alerts.md

Next Steps

1. URGENT: Merge PR fix: reduce post-completion idle watchdog and add cleanup timeouts to prevent Copilot CLI hang on exit #44254 (CLI hang fix) and PR Add shared prompt quality gate for plateaued agent-review workflows #43527 (Q quality gate)
2. Monitor Label Closed PRs + PR Description Updater after fix: reduce post-completion idle watchdog and add cleanup timeouts to prevent Copilot CLI hang on exit #44254 merges
3. Review Deployment Incident Monitor for infinite-wait bug
4. Proceed with formal deprecation of Design Decision Gate and Matt Pocock Skills Reviewer

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Analysis period: 2026-07-08 → 2026-07-11
Next report: 2026-07-14

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