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Add collected intent as a prompt section #179

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Add explicit intent section to generated prompts
Copilot Aug 28, 2026
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Place intent section with prompt requirements
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Place intent section before requirements
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Clean prompt generator formatting
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion src/js/workflow.js
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Expand Up @@ -408,11 +408,15 @@ export function generateAgentPrompt(answers, patterns) {
instructionSet.forEach((url) => { prompt += `- ${ url }\n`; });
prompt += '\n';
prompt += `The purpose of ${ multiple ? 'the workflows' : 'the workflow' } is: ${ description }\n\n`;
const intent = typeof answers.intent === 'string' ? answers.intent.trim() : '';
prompt += `First, analyze this repository so the ${ multiple ? 'workflows are' : 'workflow is' } optimized for it:\n`;
prompt += '- Read the README, AGENTS.md (and any CONTRIBUTING or docs files) to understand the project purpose and conventions\n';
prompt += '- Identify the languages, package managers, build/test/lint commands and CI setup actually used\n';
prompt += '- Note repository conventions such as labels, issue/PR templates and branch naming\n';
prompt += '- Use those findings to tailor the workflow prompt, tools, and instructions to this repository\n\n';
if (intent) {
prompt += `## Intent\n${ intent }\n\n`;
}
prompt += 'Requirements:\n';
if (multiple) {
prompt += `- Generate exactly ${ workflows.length } independent workflow files:\n`;
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duplicateTips.join('; ')
}\n`;
}
const intent = typeof answers.intent === 'string' ? answers.intent.trim() : '';
if (intent) {
intentRequirements(intent).forEach((requirement) => { prompt += `${requirement}\n`; });
}
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13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion test/workflow.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ describe('generateAgentPrompt', () => {
expect(prompt).toContain('id: operational_value');
expect(prompt).toContain('- Add BinEval evaluations for the intent');
expect(prompt).toContain('`evals:`');
expect(prompt.indexOf('Keep release notes accurate')).toBeGreaterThan(prompt.indexOf('Requirements:'));
expect(prompt.indexOf('## Intent')).toBeLessThan(prompt.indexOf('Requirements:'));
});

it('asks the agent to analyze the repository first', () => {
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expect(prompt).not.toContain('Your job is to read every newly opened issue');
});

it('adds the collected intent in a clearly labeled section', () => {
const prompt = generateAgentPrompt(
answers({ intent: 'Keep release notes accurate for on-call engineers.' }),
patterns
);

expect(prompt).toContain(
'## Intent\nKeep release notes accurate for on-call engineers.\n\n'
);
});

it('preserves explicit data-fetch settings in single-workflow suggestions', () => {
const prompt = generateAgentPrompt(
answers({ archetype: 'status-report', needsData: false }),
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