Artifacts Usage Report — github/gh-aw

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Data scope note: The GitHub Artifacts API only returns artifacts still within their retention window and paginates the entire org-visible artifact list rather than exposing a clean per-workflow/30-day query. Repeated network interruptions during collection limited the retrievable sample to ~6,000 raw artifact records, of which 2,734 could be confidently matched to one of 37 workflows via their run IDs (workflow runs were queried per-workflow with a created>= filter for the last 30 days). Figures below reflect that matched sample — an accurate lower bound, not a guaranteed complete 30-day total. 503 additional runs (mostly older or from workflows with very high run volume) could not be resolved within the available time/network budget.

Summary Table (matched sample, last ~30 days)

Workflow Name	Artifacts Count	Total Size	Avg Size	Latest Run	Status
Doc Build - Deploy	10	2.3 GB	235.6 MB	2026-08-08	Active
CI	2371	748.0 MB	323.1 KB	2026-08-09	Active
Smoke Copilot	12	171.9 MB	14.3 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Smoke Codex	7	127.6 MB	18.2 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Issue Monster	91	115.9 MB	1.3 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Daily Issues Report Generator	10	45.9 MB	4.6 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Copilot Agent Prompt Clustering Analysis	9	18.8 MB	2.1 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Instructions Janitor	7	12.6 MB	1.8 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Daily Malicious Code Scan Agent	6	12.2 MB	2.0 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Daily Firewall Logs Collector and Reporter	8	11.9 MB	1.5 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Documentation Noob Tester	8	11.6 MB	1.4 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Copilot Agent PR Analysis	10	10.9 MB	1.1 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Agentic Workflow Audit Agent	12	10.9 MB	929.2 KB	2026-08-08	Active
Copilot PR Prompt Pattern Analysis	9	10.9 MB	1.2 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Copilot Session Insights	10	10.8 MB	1.1 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Dev	7	10.0 MB	1.4 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Tidy	7	9.9 MB	1.4 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Schema Consistency Checker	7	9.6 MB	1.4 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Semantic Function Refactoring	5	9.5 MB	1.9 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Static Analysis Report	8	9.4 MB	1.2 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Safe Output Health Monitor	8	9.4 MB	1.2 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Go Logger Enhancement	8	9.4 MB	1.2 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Developer Documentation Consolidator	9	9.3 MB	1.0 MB	2026-08-08	Active
The Great Escapi	8	9.3 MB	1.2 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Smoke Claude	9	9.3 MB	1.0 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Terminal Stylist	6	9.2 MB	1.5 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Duplicate Code Detector	6	9.2 MB	1.5 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Team Status	6	9.1 MB	1.5 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Dictation Prompt Generator	7	9.0 MB	1.3 MB	2026-08-09	Active
CLI Version Checker	8	9.0 MB	1.1 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Multi-Device Docs Tester	7	9.0 MB	1.3 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Documentation Unbloat	8	9.0 MB	1.1 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Lockfile Statistics Analysis Agent	7	9.0 MB	1.3 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Changeset Generator	7	8.9 MB	1.3 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Daily Documentation Updater	8	8.8 MB	1.1 MB	2026-08-08	Active
Artifacts Usage Report	1	8.7 MB	8.7 MB	2026-08-09	Active
Daily Code Metrics and Trend Tracking Agent	7	8.7 MB	1.2 MB	2026-08-08	Active

Methodology

1. Listed all 99 workflows via GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/workflows.
2. For each workflow, fetched recent runs via GET /actions/workflows/{id}/runs?created>=<30d ago>.
3. Paginated GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/artifacts (up to page 60, ~6,000 records) and joined each artifact's workflow_run.id against the run→workflow map.
4. Aggregated count, total size, and average size per workflow; sorted by total size descending.
5. Workflows with zero matched artifacts in the sample were omitted (this does not necessarily mean they never produce artifacts — some heavy-volume workflows like CI and Dependabot Updates exceeded resolvable run counts).

Insights & Recommendations

• Highest artifact count: CI dominates by volume (2,371 artifacts / 44 distinct runs matched), consistent with per-job/per-matrix-leg upload patterns (test results, coverage, build outputs). This is the top candidate for consolidation — e.g., combining per-job artifacts into a single upload per run, or reducing retention days for short-lived debug artifacts.
• Highest total storage: Doc Build - Deploy uses the most storage despite only 10 artifacts (2.3 GB total, ~236 MB average) — likely full static-site/build bundles. Consider trimming unused build assets or reducing retention (e.g., 1–3 days) since these are typically superseded immediately by the next deploy.
• Long tail of ~1–2 MB "standard" agentic-workflow artifacts: The majority of workflows here are gh-aw-generated agentic workflows (Copilot/Codex/Claude smoke tests, daily analysis agents, etc.), each producing a fairly uniform ~1–2 MB artifact per run (logs, prompts, session state). Individually small, but in aggregate across ~30 such workflows this adds up to several hundred MB/month — a good candidate for a shared shorter retention policy (e.g., 3–7 days) rather than the GitHub default (90 days), since these are diagnostic/audit artifacts rarely needed long-term.
• Smoke Codex/Smoke Copilot/Smoke Claude average artifact sizes (14–19 MB) are notably higher than other smoke/daily agents — worth checking if these bundle unnecessary binaries, node_modules, or verbose logs.
• Retention policy recommendation: For all gh-aw-generated diagnostic/session artifacts (the majority of rows below CI), set retention-days explicitly (e.g., 7 days) in the workflow lock files rather than relying on the repository default, since none of these appear to be consumed beyond their originating run's lifetime.
• Follow-up needed for full accuracy: Because of API/network constraints, Dependabot Updates (99 runs) and several other high-volume workflows could not be joined to artifact data in this pass. A follow-up run with a dedicated, rate-limit-friendly script (e.g., using gh api --paginate with retry/backoff, or the artifacts REST endpoint filtered by workflow_id if/when GitHub exposes it) is recommended for a fully authoritative report.

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