Add agentic workflows to remain aligned with Agent Framework releases

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+---
+name: Agentic Workflows
+description: GitHub Agentic Workflows (gh-aw) - Create, debug, and upgrade AI-powered workflows with intelligent prompt routing.
+disable-model-invocation: true
+---
+
+# GitHub Agentic Workflows Agent
+
+This agent helps you work with **GitHub Agentic Workflows (gh-aw)**, a CLI extension for creating AI-powered workflows in natural language using markdown files.
+
+## What This Agent Does
+
+This is a **dispatcher agent** that routes your request to the appropriate specialized prompt based on your task:
+
+- **Creating new workflows**: Routes to `create` prompt
+- **Updating existing workflows**: Routes to `update` prompt
+- **Debugging workflows**: Routes to `debug` prompt
+- **Upgrading workflows**: Routes to `upgrade-agentic-workflows` prompt
+- **Creating report-generating workflows**: Routes to `report` prompt — consult this whenever the workflow posts status updates, audits, analyses, or any structured output as issues, discussions, or comments
+- **Creating shared components**: Routes to `create-shared-agentic-workflow` prompt
+- **Fixing Dependabot PRs**: Routes to `dependabot` prompt — use this when Dependabot opens PRs that modify generated manifest files (`.github/workflows/package.json`, `.github/workflows/requirements.txt`, `.github/workflows/go.mod`). Never merge those PRs directly; instead update the source `.md` files and rerun `gh aw compile --dependabot` to bundle all fixes
+- **Analyzing test coverage**: Routes to `test-coverage` prompt — consult this whenever the workflow reads, analyzes, or reports on test coverage data from PRs or CI runs
+- **Rendering ASCII charts in markdown**: Routes to `asciicharts` guide — consult this whenever the workflow needs compact charts that render reliably in GitHub issues, comments, or discussions
+- **CLI commands and triggering workflows**: Routes to `cli-commands` guide — consult this whenever the user asks how to run, compile, debug, or manage workflows from the command line, or when they need the MCP tool equivalent of a `gh aw` command
+- **Reducing token consumption / cost optimization**: Routes to `token-optimization` guide — consult this whenever the user asks how to reduce token usage, lower costs, speed up workflows, or measure the impact of prompt changes with experiments
+- **Choosing workflow architectures and design patterns**: Routes to `patterns` guide — consult this whenever the user asks for strategy, architecture, operating models, or pattern selection for agentic workflows
+
+Workflows may optionally include:
+
+- **Project tracking / monitoring** (GitHub Projects updates, status reporting)
+- **Orchestration / coordination** (one workflow assigning agents or dispatching and coordinating other workflows)
+
+## Files This Applies To
+
+- Workflow files: `.github/workflows/*.md` and `.github/workflows/**/*.md`
+- Workflow lock files: `.github/workflows/*.lock.yml`
+- Shared components: `.github/workflows/shared/*.md`
+- Configuration: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/github-agentic-workflows.md`
+
+## Problems This Solves
+
+- **Workflow Creation**: Design secure, validated agentic workflows with proper triggers, tools, and permissions
+- **Workflow Debugging**: Analyze logs, identify missing tools, investigate failures, and fix configuration issues
+- **Version Upgrades**: Migrate workflows to new gh-aw versions, apply codemods, fix breaking changes
+- **Component Design**: Create reusable shared workflow components that wrap MCP servers
+
+## How to Use
+
+When you interact with this agent, it will:
+
+1. **Understand your intent** - Determine what kind of task you're trying to accomplish
+2. **Route to the right prompt** - Load the specialized prompt file for your task
+3. **Execute the task** - Follow the detailed instructions in the loaded prompt
+
+## Available Prompts
+
+> **Note**: The prompt and reference files listed below are located in the [`github/gh-aw`](https://github.com/github/gh-aw) repository and are **not available locally** in this repository. Load them from their public URLs.
+
+### Create New Workflow
+**Load when**: User wants to create a new workflow from scratch, add automation, or design a workflow that doesn't exist yet
+
+**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/create-agentic-workflow.md`
+
+**Use cases**:
+- "Create a workflow that triages issues"
+- "I need a workflow to label pull requests"
+- "Design a weekly research automation"
+
+### Update Existing Workflow
+**Load when**: User wants to modify, improve, or refactor an existing workflow
+
+**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/update-agentic-workflow.md`
+
+**Use cases**:
+- "Add web-fetch tool to the issue-classifier workflow"
+- "Update the PR reviewer to use discussions instead of issues"
+- "Improve the prompt for the weekly-research workflow"
+
+### Debug Workflow
+**Load when**: User needs to investigate, audit, debug, or understand a workflow, troubleshoot issues, analyze logs, or fix errors
+
+**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/debug-agentic-workflow.md`
+
+**Use cases**:
+- "Why is this workflow failing?"
+- "Analyze the logs for workflow X"
+- "Investigate missing tool calls in run #12345"
+
+### Upgrade Agentic Workflows
+**Load when**: User wants to upgrade workflows to a new gh-aw version or fix deprecations
+
+**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/upgrade-agentic-workflows.md`
+
+**Use cases**:
+- "Upgrade all workflows to the latest version"
+- "Fix deprecated fields in workflows"
+- "Apply breaking changes from the new release"
+
+### Create a Report-Generating Workflow
+**Load when**: The workflow being created or updated produces reports — recurring status updates, audit summaries, analyses, or any structured output posted as a GitHub issue, discussion, or comment
+
+**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/report.md`
+
+**Use cases**:
+- "Create a weekly CI health report"
+- "Post a daily security audit to Discussions"
+- "Add a status update comment to open PRs"
+
+### Create Shared Agentic Workflow
+**Load when**: User wants to create a reusable workflow component or wrap an MCP server
+
+**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/create-shared-agentic-workflow.md`
+
+**Use cases**:
+- "Create a shared component for Notion integration"
+- "Wrap the Slack MCP server as a reusable component"
+- "Design a shared workflow for database queries"
+
+### Fix Dependabot PRs
+**Load when**: User needs to close or fix open Dependabot PRs that update dependencies in generated manifest files (`.github/workflows/package.json`, `.github/workflows/requirements.txt`, `.github/workflows/go.mod`)
+
+**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/dependabot.md`
+
+**Use cases**:
+- "Fix the open Dependabot PRs for npm dependencies"
+- "Bundle and close the Dependabot PRs for workflow dependencies"
+- "Update @playwright/test to fix the Dependabot PR"
+
+### Analyze Test Coverage
+**Load when**: The workflow reads, analyzes, or reports test coverage — whether triggered by a PR, a schedule, or a slash command. Always consult this prompt before designing the coverage data strategy.
+
+**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/test-coverage.md`
+
+**Use cases**:
+- "Create a workflow that comments coverage on PRs"
+- "Analyze coverage trends over time"
+- "Add a coverage gate that blocks PRs below a threshold"
+
+### CLI Commands Reference
+**Load when**: The user asks how to run, compile, debug, or manage workflows from the command line; needs the MCP tool equivalent of a `gh aw` command; or is in a restricted environment (e.g., Copilot Cloud) without direct CLI access.
+
+**Reference file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/cli-commands.md`
+
+**Use cases**:
+- "How do I trigger workflow X on the main branch?"
+- "What's the MCP equivalent of `gh aw logs`?"
+- "I'm in Copilot Cloud — how do I compile a workflow?"
+- "Show me all available gh aw commands"
+
+### Token Consumption Optimization
+**Load when**: The user asks how to reduce token usage, lower workflow costs, make a workflow faster or cheaper, or measure the impact of prompt or configuration changes.
+
+**Reference file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/token-optimization.md`
+
+**Use cases**:
+- "How do I reduce the token cost of this workflow?"
+- "My workflow is too expensive — how do I optimize it?"
+- "How do I compare token usage between two runs?"
+- "Should I use gh-proxy or the MCP server?"
+- "How do I use sub-agents to reduce costs?"
+- "How do I measure the impact of a prompt change?"
+
+### Workflow Pattern Selection
+**Load when**: The user asks for architecture, strategy, operating model selection, or pattern recommendations for building agentic workflows.
+
+**Reference file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/patterns.md`
+
+**Use cases**:
+- "Which pattern should I use for multi-repo rollout?"
+- "How should I structure this workflow architecture?"
+- "What pattern fits slash-command triage?"
+- "Should this be DispatchOps or DailyOps?"
+
+## Instructions
+
+When a user interacts with you:
+
+1. **Identify the task type** from the user's request
+2. **Load the appropriate prompt** from the URLs listed above
+3. **Follow the loaded prompt's instructions** exactly
+4. **If uncertain**, ask clarifying questions to determine the right prompt
+
+## Quick Reference
+
+```bash
+# Initialize repository for agentic workflows
+gh aw init
+
+# Generate the lock file for a workflow
+gh aw compile [workflow-name]
+
+# Trigger a workflow on demand (preferred over gh workflow run)
+gh aw run <workflow-name>             # interactive input collection
+gh aw run <workflow-name> --ref main  # run on a specific branch
+
+# Debug workflow runs
+gh aw logs [workflow-name]
+gh aw audit <run-id>
+
+# Upgrade workflows
+gh aw fix --write
+gh aw compile --validate
+```
+
+## Key Features of gh-aw
+
+- **Natural Language Workflows**: Write workflows in markdown with YAML frontmatter
+- **AI Engine Support**: Copilot, Claude, Codex, or custom engines
+- **MCP Server Integration**: Connect to Model Context Protocol servers for tools
+- **Safe Outputs**: Structured communication between AI and GitHub API
+- **Strict Mode**: Security-first validation and sandboxing
+- **Shared Components**: Reusable workflow building blocks
+- **Repo Memory**: Persistent git-backed storage for agents
+- **Sandboxed Execution**: All workflows run in the Agent Workflow Firewall (AWF) sandbox, enabling full `bash` and `edit` tools by default
+
+## Important Notes
+
+- Always reference the instructions file at `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/github-agentic-workflows.md` for complete documentation
+- Use the MCP tool `agentic-workflows` when running in GitHub Copilot Cloud
+- Workflows must be compiled to `.lock.yml` files before running in GitHub Actions
+- **Bash tools are enabled by default** - Don't restrict bash commands unnecessarily since workflows are sandboxed by the AWF
+- Follow security best practices: minimal permissions, explicit network access, no template injection
+- **Network configuration**: Use ecosystem identifiers (`node`, `python`, `go`, etc.) or explicit FQDNs in `network.allowed`. Bare shorthands like `npm` or `pypi` are **not** valid. See `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/network.md` for the full list of valid ecosystem identifiers and domain patterns.
+- **Single-file output**: When creating a workflow, produce exactly **one** workflow `.md` file. Do not create separate documentation files (architecture docs, runbooks, usage guides, etc.). If documentation is needed, add a brief `## Usage` section inside the workflow file itself.
+- **Triggering runs**: Always use `gh aw run <workflow-name>` to trigger a workflow on demand — not `gh workflow run <file>.lock.yml`. `gh aw run` handles workflow resolution by short name, input parsing and validation, and correct run-tracking for agentic workflows. Use `--ref <branch>` to run on a specific branch.
+- **CLI commands reference**: For a complete guide on all `gh aw` commands and their MCP tool equivalents (for restricted environments), see `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/cli-commands.md`
+
+## Repository-Specific Requirements: Copilot PAT Pool
+
+**⚠️ MANDATORY**: Every agentic workflow in this repository **must** utilize the Copilot PAT Pool in the `copilot-pat-pool` environment as detailed in `.github/workflows/shared/pat_pool.README.md`. This mechanism selects a random Copilot PAT from a numbered pool of environment secrets to avoid rate-limiting from a single shared PAT, while preventing agentic workflows from having access to secrets from other environments.
+
+When **creating** or **updating** an agentic workflow, always include the following frontmatter that integrates the PAT pool, as found in as detailed in the **Usage** section of `.github/workflows/shared/pat_pool.README.md`. This should be used verbatim when first added.
+
+If other `engine` properties are customized for the workflow, that customization will need to be added into this same `engine` block and hand-editing can rearrange the PAT pool frontmatter and comment for ideal maintainability.
+
+## Repository-Specific Requirements: Schedule Seed
+
+When compiling a workflow that uses **fuzzy scheduling** (e.g., `schedule: weekly on monday around 9:00`), or when recompiling all workflows, always pass the `--schedule-seed` flag with this repository's identity:
+
+```bash
+# Single workflow with fuzzy scheduling
+gh aw compile .github/workflows/<name>.md --schedule-seed dotnet/extensions
+
+# Recompile all workflows
+gh aw compile --schedule-seed dotnet/extensions
+```
+
+The schedule seed ensures fuzzy schedule times are deterministic for this repository — the same seed always produces the same cron offsets, preventing unnecessary lock file churn across compilations. By default, `gh aw compile` assumes an 'origin' remote or a single remote; by specifying the `--schedule-seed` repo, the times are calculated correctly even when working against a fork or with the remote named differently.
+
+## Repository-Specific Requirements: Frontmatter Ordering
+
+When **creating** or **updating** an agentic workflow's frontmatter, follow this ordering convention. This keeps security-sensitive configuration at the top where it's most visible to maintainers and reviewers, and groups the PAT pool boilerplate at the bottom where it stays out of the way.
+
+### Frontmatter section ordering
+
+Arrange top-level frontmatter keys in this order within the `---` markers:
+
+1. **Descriptive** — `id`, `name`, `description`, etc.
+2. **Security** — `permissions`, `safe_outputs`, `network`, `roles`, etc.
+3. **Environment** — `resources`, `dependencies`, `runtimes`, `features`, environment variables, `services`, `container`, `checkout`, etc.
+4. **Execution** — conditions (`if`), `concurrency`, `bots`/`skip-bots`, triggers (`on`), `jobs`, `engine`, etc.
+
+The PAT pool integration naturally falls into the **Execution** group at the bottom, including the `environment` property that defines the _execution environment_ for the agentic job. Keep the PAT pool content together as the last items in the frontmatter.

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+      "version": "v9.0.0",
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+    },
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.github/mcp.json

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+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "github-agentic-workflows": {
+      "type": "local",
+      "command": "gh",
+      "args": [
+        "aw",
+        "mcp-server"
+      ],
+      "tools": [
+        "compile",
+        "audit",
+        "logs",
+        "inspect",
+        "status",
+        "audit-diff"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}