🔍 Agentic Workflow Audit Report - 2026-01-27

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Audit Summary

• Period: Last 24 hours (2026-01-26 to 2026-01-27)
• Data Source: GitHub API + Historical Cache Data (Limited)
• Audit Status: ⚠️ Incomplete - gh-aw MCP logs tool unavailable
• Workflow Files: 154 active workflow definitions
• Recent Runs Observed: 6 completed, 1 in progress

⚠️ Data Collection Limitations

Critical Issue: The gh-aw MCP server logs tool was not accessible during this audit. This significantly limits the depth of analysis possible.

Impact:

• ❌ Cannot access detailed workflow execution logs
• ❌ Cannot retrieve token usage statistics
• ❌ Cannot calculate actual costs
• ❌ Cannot identify missing tool requests
• ❌ Cannot analyze specific error patterns from logs

Alternative Data Sources Used:

• ✅ GitHub API workflow run metadata
• ✅ Historical audit data from cache memory (9 previous audits)
• ✅ Pattern files (missing tools, errors, MCP failures)

Recent Workflow Activity (GitHub API)

Run ID	Workflow Name	Status	Conclusion	Created At
21384017599	Agentic Workflow Audit Agent	in_progress	-	2026-01-27T04:01:36Z
21383715244	Q	completed	action_required	2026-01-27T03:46:01Z
21383715251	/cloclo	completed	action_required	2026-01-27T03:46:01Z
21383715231	PR Nitpick Reviewer 🔍	completed	action_required	2026-01-27T03:46:00Z
21383715230	Scout	completed	action_required	2026-01-27T03:46:00Z
21383715234	Archie	completed	action_required	2026-01-27T03:46:00Z

Observation: 5 PR-triggered workflows completed with "action_required" status, suggesting manual review or intervention is needed.

Historical Trends Analysis

Based on 9 historical audits spanning November 24, 2025 to January 13, 2026:

📊 Workflow Health Trends

Analysis: Historical data shows significant variability in workflow success rates. The average success rate across all audits is only 12.7%, which is concerning. Recent data from January 13 showed a 50% success rate with 5 successes and 5 failures out of 10 runs.

💰 Token & Cost Trends

Analysis: Historical token usage shows significant spikes, particularly around late November and mid-December. The 7-day moving average helps identify sustained periods of high usage versus one-time spikes.

Historical Statistics (9 Audits)

Metric	Value
Total Audits	9
Average Success Rate	12.7%
Total Runs	78
Total Successes	49
Total Failures	29
Total Tokens	33,613,431
Total Cost	$6.21
Total Errors	1,389
Avg Errors/Day	154.3

Critical Issues from Historical Data

1. MCP Server Failures (Jan 13, 2026)

• Workflow: Smoke Claude
• Issue: All 6 MCP servers failed to initialize
• Servers Affected: github, playwright, safeoutputs, safeinputs, serena, tavily
• Runs: 2 runs, 0 successes, 2 failures
• Status: ⚠️ Unresolved

2. Low Overall Success Rate

• Historical Average: 12.7%
• Most Recent: 50% (Jan 13)
• Concern: Success rate is significantly below acceptable thresholds
• Recommendation: Investigate root causes of failures

3. High Error Frequency

• Average: 154.3 errors per audit day
• Total: 1,389 errors across 9 audits
• Pattern: Majority from permission denied and MCP initialization failures

Known Missing Tools (Historical)

From pattern analysis of previous audits:

View All Missing Tools

Tool	Request Count	Affected Workflows	Reason
make, go, and other build tools	5	Tidy	Tidying workflow requires make, go fmt, golangci-lint, npm
playwright MCP server	1	Smoke Copilot Playwright	Playwright not available as Node.js module
pull request context	1	Smoke Codex	Current PR number not in environment
directory_creation	1	Spec-Kit Execute	mkdir operations blocked by security
safeinputs-gh	3	Multiple	Need authenticated GitHub CLI access
playwright_navigate	1	Smoke Copilot Playwright	Navigate to GitHub and verify page

Known Error Patterns (Historical)

From error pattern analysis:

View Error Patterns

Pattern: Copilot Permission Denied

• Frequency: 90 occurrences
• Type: Warning
• Message: "Permission denied and could not request permission from user"
• Severity: Medium
• Affected Workflows: AI Moderator, Daily Malicious Code Scan, Issue Monster, Smoke Copilot variants, Spec-Kit Execute, The Great Escapi, Tidy
• First Seen: 2025-12-25
• Last Seen: 2025-12-26

Pattern: MCP Invalid URL

• Frequency: 36 occurrences
• Type: Error
• Message: "Invalid URL / Failed to start MCP client"
• Severity: High
• Affected Workflows: Smoke Copilot No Firewall, Smoke Copilot Playwright, Smoke Copilot Safe Inputs
• First Seen: 2025-12-25
• Last Seen: 2025-12-26

Recommendations

Immediate Actions

1. Restore MCP Logs Access

   • Enable the gh-aw MCP server logs tool for this audit agent
   • Critical for comprehensive workflow analysis and token/cost tracking
   • Without this, audit quality is significantly degraded

2. Investigate Action Required Status

   • Review why 5 PR workflows ended with "action_required"
   • Determine if manual intervention is truly needed or if automation can be improved

3. Address MCP Server Failures

   • Priority: Fix MCP server initialization in Smoke Claude workflow
   • All 6 servers (github, playwright, safeoutputs, safeinputs, serena, tavily) failed
   • May indicate configuration or dependency issues

Systemic Improvements

4. Improve Success Rate

   • Current 12.7% average is critically low
   • Analyze failure modes and implement preventive measures
   • Target: Achieve >80% success rate

5. Reduce Error Frequency

   • 154 errors per audit day is excessive
   • Address top patterns: permission denied (90x), MCP invalid URL (36x)
   • Implement better error handling and retry logic

6. Add Missing Tools

   • Prioritize: safeinputs-gh for authenticated GitHub operations
   • Playwright MCP server for browser automation tests
   • Build tools (make, go) for Tidy workflow

7. Enhance Monitoring

   • Implement real-time alerting for MCP server failures
   • Set up dashboards for success rate and error tracking
   • Add automated anomaly detection

Next Steps

• Restore gh-aw MCP logs tool access for complete audits
• Investigate Smoke Claude MCP server failures
• Review and address "action_required" PR workflow runs
• Analyze root causes of low success rate
• Implement missing tools based on priority
• Set up real-time monitoring and alerting

Historical Context

Last Complete Audit: 2026-01-13 (14 days ago)

• 10 runs analyzed (5 success, 5 failure)
• 15.7M tokens used, $0.42 cost
• 5 errors, 0 missing tools reported
• Critical issue: All MCP servers failed in Smoke Claude

Trend: Large gap between audits (14 days) suggests audit agent isn't running daily as intended. Recommend investigating audit scheduling.

References:

• §21384017599 (Current audit run)
• Previous audit data: /tmp/gh-aw/cache-memory/audits/2026-01-13.json
• Historical patterns: /tmp/gh-aw/cache-memory/patterns/

AI generated by Agentic Workflow Audit Agent

• expires on Feb 3, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC