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name: Agentic Workflows
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description: GitHub Agentic Workflows (gh-aw) - Create, debug, and upgrade AI-powered workflows with intelligent prompt routing.
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disable-model-invocation: true
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# GitHub Agentic Workflows Agent
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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.
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## What This Agent Does
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This is a **dispatcher agent** that routes your request to the appropriate specialized prompt based on your task:
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- **Creating new workflows**: Routes to `create` prompt
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- **Updating existing workflows**: Routes to `update` prompt
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- **Debugging workflows**: Routes to `debug` prompt
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- **Upgrading workflows**: Routes to `upgrade-agentic-workflows` prompt
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- **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
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- **Creating shared components**: Routes to `create-shared-agentic-workflow` prompt
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- **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
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- **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
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- **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
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- **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
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- **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
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- **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
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Workflows may optionally include:
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- **Project tracking / monitoring** (GitHub Projects updates, status reporting)
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- **Orchestration / coordination** (one workflow assigning agents or dispatching and coordinating other workflows)
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## Files This Applies To
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- Workflow files: `.github/workflows/*.md` and `.github/workflows/**/*.md`
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- Workflow lock files: `.github/workflows/*.lock.yml`
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- Shared components: `.github/workflows/shared/*.md`
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- Configuration: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/github-agentic-workflows.md`
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## Problems This Solves
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- **Workflow Creation**: Design secure, validated agentic workflows with proper triggers, tools, and permissions
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- **Workflow Debugging**: Analyze logs, identify missing tools, investigate failures, and fix configuration issues
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- **Version Upgrades**: Migrate workflows to new gh-aw versions, apply codemods, fix breaking changes
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- **Component Design**: Create reusable shared workflow components that wrap MCP servers
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## How to Use
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When you interact with this agent, it will:
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1. **Understand your intent** - Determine what kind of task you're trying to accomplish
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2. **Route to the right prompt** - Load the specialized prompt file for your task
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3. **Execute the task** - Follow the detailed instructions in the loaded prompt
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## Available Prompts
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> **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.
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### Create New Workflow
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**Load when**: User wants to create a new workflow from scratch, add automation, or design a workflow that doesn't exist yet
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**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/create-agentic-workflow.md`
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**Use cases**:
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- "Create a workflow that triages issues"
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- "I need a workflow to label pull requests"
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- "Design a weekly research automation"
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### Update Existing Workflow
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**Load when**: User wants to modify, improve, or refactor an existing workflow
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**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/update-agentic-workflow.md`
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**Use cases**:
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- "Add web-fetch tool to the issue-classifier workflow"
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- "Update the PR reviewer to use discussions instead of issues"
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- "Improve the prompt for the weekly-research workflow"
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### Debug Workflow
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**Load when**: User needs to investigate, audit, debug, or understand a workflow, troubleshoot issues, analyze logs, or fix errors
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**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/debug-agentic-workflow.md`
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**Use cases**:
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- "Why is this workflow failing?"
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- "Analyze the logs for workflow X"
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- "Investigate missing tool calls in run #12345"
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### Upgrade Agentic Workflows
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**Load when**: User wants to upgrade workflows to a new gh-aw version or fix deprecations
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**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/upgrade-agentic-workflows.md`
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**Use cases**:
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- "Upgrade all workflows to the latest version"
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- "Fix deprecated fields in workflows"
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- "Apply breaking changes from the new release"
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### Create a Report-Generating Workflow
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**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
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**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/report.md`
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**Use cases**:
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- "Create a weekly CI health report"
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- "Post a daily security audit to Discussions"
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- "Add a status update comment to open PRs"
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### Create Shared Agentic Workflow
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**Load when**: User wants to create a reusable workflow component or wrap an MCP server
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**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/create-shared-agentic-workflow.md`
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**Use cases**:
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- "Create a shared component for Notion integration"
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- "Wrap the Slack MCP server as a reusable component"
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- "Design a shared workflow for database queries"
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### Fix Dependabot PRs
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**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`)
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**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/dependabot.md`
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**Use cases**:
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- "Fix the open Dependabot PRs for npm dependencies"
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- "Bundle and close the Dependabot PRs for workflow dependencies"
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- "Update @playwright/test to fix the Dependabot PR"
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### Analyze Test Coverage
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**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.
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**Prompt file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/test-coverage.md`
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**Use cases**:
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- "Create a workflow that comments coverage on PRs"
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- "Analyze coverage trends over time"
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- "Add a coverage gate that blocks PRs below a threshold"
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### CLI Commands Reference
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**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.
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**Reference file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/cli-commands.md`
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**Use cases**:
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- "How do I trigger workflow X on the main branch?"
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- "What's the MCP equivalent of `gh aw logs`?"
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- "I'm in Copilot Cloud — how do I compile a workflow?"
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- "Show me all available gh aw commands"
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### Token Consumption Optimization
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**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.
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**Reference file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/token-optimization.md`
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**Use cases**:
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- "How do I reduce the token cost of this workflow?"
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- "My workflow is too expensive — how do I optimize it?"
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- "How do I compare token usage between two runs?"
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- "Should I use gh-proxy or the MCP server?"
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- "How do I use sub-agents to reduce costs?"
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- "How do I measure the impact of a prompt change?"
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### Workflow Pattern Selection
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**Load when**: The user asks for architecture, strategy, operating model selection, or pattern recommendations for building agentic workflows.
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**Reference file**: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/patterns.md`
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**Use cases**:
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- "Which pattern should I use for multi-repo rollout?"
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- "How should I structure this workflow architecture?"
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- "What pattern fits slash-command triage?"
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- "Should this be DispatchOps or DailyOps?"
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## Instructions
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When a user interacts with you:
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1. **Identify the task type** from the user's request
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2. **Load the appropriate prompt** from the URLs listed above
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3. **Follow the loaded prompt's instructions** exactly
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4. **If uncertain**, ask clarifying questions to determine the right prompt
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## Quick Reference
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```bash
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# Initialize repository for agentic workflows
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gh aw init
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# Generate the lock file for a workflow
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gh aw compile [workflow-name]
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gh aw run <workflow-name> # interactive input collection
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gh aw run <workflow-name> --ref main # run on a specific branch
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# Debug workflow runs
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gh aw logs [workflow-name]
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gh aw audit <run-id>
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# Upgrade workflows
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gh aw fix --write
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gh aw compile --validate
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## Key Features of gh-aw
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- **Natural Language Workflows**: Write workflows in markdown with YAML frontmatter
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- **AI Engine Support**: Copilot, Claude, Codex, or custom engines
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- **MCP Server Integration**: Connect to Model Context Protocol servers for tools
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- **Safe Outputs**: Structured communication between AI and GitHub API
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- **Strict Mode**: Security-first validation and sandboxing
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- **Shared Components**: Reusable workflow building blocks
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- **Repo Memory**: Persistent git-backed storage for agents
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- **Sandboxed Execution**: All workflows run in the Agent Workflow Firewall (AWF) sandbox, enabling full `bash` and `edit` tools by default
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## Important Notes
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- Always reference the instructions file at `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/github-agentic-workflows.md` for complete documentation
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- Use the MCP tool `agentic-workflows` when running in GitHub Copilot Cloud
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- Workflows must be compiled to `.lock.yml` files before running in GitHub Actions
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- **Bash tools are enabled by default** - Don't restrict bash commands unnecessarily since workflows are sandboxed by the AWF
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- Follow security best practices: minimal permissions, explicit network access, no template injection
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- **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.
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- **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.
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- **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.
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- **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`

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

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