[q] Change Developer Documentation Consolidator schedule from daily to weekly

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Q Workflow Optimization Report

Context

Triggering Comment: /q change to weekly
Issue: #34023 - Developer Documentation Consolidator
Requested By: @pelikhan

The request is to change the Developer Documentation Consolidator workflow from daily to weekly execution.

Analysis

Workflow: developer-docs-consolidator

Current Configuration:

• Schedule: cron: daily
• Purpose: Consolidates and organizes developer documentation from multiple sources
• Tools: Serena MCP, GitHub toolsets, bash, edit capabilities
• Engine: Claude
• Timeout: 30 minutes

Optimization Rationale:
The Developer Documentation Consolidator performs tone consistency analysis and documentation consolidation across scratchpad/ markdown files. This is maintenance work that does not require daily execution:

1. Documentation Change Frequency: Developer documentation files change infrequently - most updates happen through PRs rather than needing daily consolidation
2. Resource Efficiency: Weekly execution reduces unnecessary runs when no changes have occurred
3. Cost Optimization: Reduces token usage and workflow run costs by ~85% (from 7 runs/week to 1 run/week)
4. Maintained Coverage: Weekly execution still ensures documentation stays consolidated and consistent, just with a longer review cycle that matches the actual rate of documentation changes

Changes Made

.github/workflows/developer-docs-consolidator.md

• Changed: cron: daily → cron: weekly
• Impact: Workflow will run once per week instead of daily
• Benefits:
  • ~85% reduction in workflow runs
  • Reduced token usage and costs
  • More efficient resource utilization
  • Maintains documentation quality with appropriate review frequency

Expected Improvements

• Cost Savings: ~85% reduction in runs (7 daily runs → 1 weekly run)
• Resource Efficiency: Reduced unnecessary executions when no documentation changes exist
• Maintained Quality: Weekly consolidation still catches documentation issues with appropriate latency

Validation

✅ Workflow compiled successfully using the compile tool from gh-aw MCP server:

• Workflow: developer-docs-consolidator
• Status: Valid (no errors, no warnings)
• Compiled File: .github/workflows/developer-docs-consolidator.lock.yml

Note: The .lock.yml file will be regenerated automatically after merge via the copilot agent workflow.

References

• Triggering Issue: [docs] Consolidate developer specifications into instructions file (v9.14) #34023
• User Request: @pelikhan - "/q change to weekly"

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Warning

Protected Files — Push Permission Denied

This was originally intended as a pull request, but the patch modifies protected files. A human must create the pull request manually.

Protected files

• .github/workflows/developer-docs-consolidator.md

The push was rejected because GitHub Actions does not have workflows permission to push these changes, and is never allowed to make such changes, or other authorization being used does not have this permission.

Create the pull request manually

# Download the patch from the workflow run
gh run download 26293780509 -n agent -D /tmp/agent-26293780509

# Create a new branch
git checkout -b q-weekly-docs-consolidator-e5d7d3d74eba16f8 main

# Apply the patch (--3way handles cross-repo patches)
git am --3way /tmp/agent-26293780509/aw-q-weekly-docs-consolidator.patch

# Push the branch and create the pull request
git push origin q-weekly-docs-consolidator-e5d7d3d74eba16f8
gh pr create --title '[q] Change Developer Documentation Consolidator schedule from daily to weekly' --base main --head q-weekly-docs-consolidator-e5d7d3d74eba16f8 --repo github/gh-aw

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