fix: token optimizer's self-exclusion bug

Author: mnkiefer

.github/workflows/agentic-token-optimizer.lock.yml

@@ -95,6 +95,28 @@ steps:
         echo '{"runs":[],"summary":{}}' > /tmp/gh-aw/token-audit/all-runs.json
       fi
 
+      BEFORE_COUNT=$(jq '(.runs // []) | length' /tmp/gh-aw/token-audit/all-runs.json)
+      jq '
+          (.runs // [])
+          | map(select(
+              (.workflow_path // "") != ".github/workflows/agentic-token-optimizer.lock.yml"
+              and (.workflow_path // "") != ".github/workflows/agentic-token-audit.lock.yml"
+              and (.workflow_name // "") != "Agentic Workflow AIC Usage Optimizer"
+              and (.workflow_name // "") != "Daily Agentic Workflow AIC Usage Audit"
+            )) as $runs
+          | {
+              summary: {
+                total_runs: ($runs | length),
+                total_tokens: ($runs | map(.token_usage // 0) | add // 0),
+                total_aic: ($runs | map(.aic // 0) | add // 0)
+              },
+              runs: $runs
+            }
+      ' /tmp/gh-aw/token-audit/all-runs.json > /tmp/gh-aw/token-audit/all-runs.filtered.json
+      mv /tmp/gh-aw/token-audit/all-runs.filtered.json /tmp/gh-aw/token-audit/all-runs.json
+      AFTER_COUNT=$(jq '(.runs // []) | length' /tmp/gh-aw/token-audit/all-runs.json)
+      echo "🚫 Excluded AIC monitoring family from candidate pool: $((BEFORE_COUNT - AFTER_COUNT)) run(s) removed"
+
   - name: Aggregate top workflows by AIC usage
     run: |
       set -euo pipefail
@@ -199,7 +221,7 @@ Treat missing numeric fields (`aic`, `token_usage`, `turns`, `action_minutes`) a
 
 - Start from `top-workflows.json`.
 - Exclude workflows optimized in the last 14 days (use `optimization-log.json`).
-- Exclude workflows with "Token" in the name to avoid self-targeting.
+- Exclude the AIC monitoring family — the `agentic-token-optimizer` and `agentic-token-audit` workflows (display names "Agentic Workflow AIC Usage Optimizer" and "Daily Agentic Workflow AIC Usage Audit") — to avoid self-targeting. These workflows are pre-filtered from `all-runs.json` and `top-workflows.json`, but never select them even if a stale snapshot still lists them.
 - Choose the highest AI-credit-spend workflow that remains.
 - If no snapshot/history exists, derive candidates directly from `all-runs.json`.