agentic-workflows
github/copilot-sdk/.github/skills/agentic-workflows/SKILL.md
Route gh-aw workflow design/create/debug/upgrade requests to the right prompts.
What's in it
- Agentic Workflows Router
--- name: agentic-workflows description: Route gh-aw workflow design/create/debug/upgrade requests to the right prompts. --- # Agentic Workflows Router Use this skill when a user asks to design, create, update, debug, or upgrade GitHub Agentic Workflows in this repository. This skill is a dispatcher: identify the task type, load the matching workflow prompt/skill file, and follow it directly. Keep responses concise and ask a clarifying question if the correct prompt is unclear. Repository overlay (optional): - If `.github/aw/instructions.md` exists, load it with `@.github/aw/instructions.md` after loading the matched prompt/skill. - Precedence: repository overlay instructions override upstream defaults when they conflict. Read only the files you need: Load these files from `github/gh-aw` (they are not available locally). - `.github/aw/action-container-substitutions.md` - `.github/aw/agent-runtime-instructions.md` - `.github/aw/agentic-chat.md` - `.github/aw/agentic-workflows-mcp.md` - `.github/aw/asciicharts.md` - `.github/aw/campaign.md` - `.github/aw/charts-trending.md` - `.github/aw/charts.md` - `.github/aw/cli-commands.md` - `.github/aw/compat.md` - `.github/aw/configure-agentic-engine.md` - `.github/aw/context.md` - `.github/aw/create-agentic-workflow-trigger-details.md` - `.github/aw/create-agentic-workflow.md` - `.github/aw/create-shared-agentic-workflow.md` - `.github/aw/debug-agentic-workflow.md` - `.github/aw/dependabot.md` - `.github/aw/deployment-status.md` - `.github/aw/designer-mappings.md` - `.github/aw/designer.md` - `.github/aw/drive-memory.md` - `.github/aw/enclaves.md` - `.github/aw/evals.md` - `.github/aw/experiments.md` - `.github/aw/github-agentic-workflows.md` - `.github/aw/github-mcp-server-pagination.md` - `.github/aw/github-mcp-server-tools.md` - `.github/aw/github-mcp-server.md` - `.github/aw/instructions.md` - `.github/aw/intent.md` - `.github/aw/jobs.md` - `.github/aw/linter-workflows.md` - `.github/aw/llms.md` - `.github/aw/loop.md` - `.github/aw/lsp.md` - `.github/aw/maintainer.md` - `.github/aw/mcp-clis.md` - `.github/aw/memory-stateful-patterns.md` - `.github/aw/memory.md` - `.github/aw/messages.md` - `.github/aw/multi-agent-research.md` - `.github/aw/network.md` - `.github/aw/optimize-agentic-workflow.md` - `.github/aw/patterns.md` - `.github/aw/playwright.md` - `.github/aw/pr-reviewer.md` - `.github/aw/release-workflow.md` - `.github/aw/report.md` - `.github/aw/reuse.md` - `.github/aw/safe-outputs-automation.md` - `.github/aw/safe-outputs-content.md` - `.github/aw/safe-outputs-management.md` - `.github/aw/safe-outputs-runtime.md` - `.github/aw/safe-outputs.md` - `.github/aw/serena-tool.md` - `.github/aw/shared-safe-jobs.md` - `.github/aw/skills.md` - `.github/aw/subagents.md` - `.github/aw/syntax-agentic.md` - `.github/aw/syntax-core.md` - `.github/aw/syntax-engine.md` - `.github/aw/syntax-tools-imports.md` - `.github/aw/syntax.md` - `.github/aw/test-coverage.md` - `.github/aw/test-expression.md` - `.github/aw/token-optimization-caching-budgets.md` - `.github/aw/token-optimization-observability.md` - `.github/aw/token-optimization.md` - `.github/aw/triggers.md` - `.github/aw/update-agentic-workflow.md` - `.github/aw/upgrade-agentic-workflows.md` - `.github/aw/visual-regression.md` - `.github/aw/workflow-constraints.md` - `.github/aw/workflow-editing.md` - `.github/aw/workflow-patterns.md` After loading the matching workflow prompt or skill, follow it directly: - Design workflows from scratch via interview: `.github/aw/designer.md` - Create new workflows: `.github/aw/create-agentic-workflow.md` - Configure or add declarative engines: `.github/aw/configure-agentic-engine.md` - Update existing workflows: `.github/aw/update-agentic-workflow.md` - Debug, audit, or investigate workflows: `.github/aw/debug-agentic-workflow.md` - Upgrade workflows and fix deprecations: `.github/aw/upgrade-agentic-workflows.md` - Create shared components or MCP wrappers: `.github/aw/create-shared-agentic-workflow.md` - Create report-generating workflows: `.github/aw/report.md` - Fix Dependabot manifest PRs: `.github/aw/dependabot.md` - Analyze coverage workflows: `.github/aw/test-coverage.md` - Render compact markdown charts: `.github/aw/asciicharts.md` - Map CLI commands to MCP usage: `.github/aw/cli-commands.md` - Choose workflow architecture and patterns: `.github/aw/patterns.md` - Optimize token usage and cost: `.github/aw/token-optimization.md` - Design long-running multi-agent research workflows: `.github/aw/multi-agent-research.md` - Add skills or agent plugins requested by the user (`skills:` / `plugins:` frontmatter, never on-the-fly installs): `.github/aw/skills.md` When the task involves OTEL, OTLP, traces, observability backends, or telemetry-driven analysis, also read and follow `skills/otel-queries/SKILL.md` after loading the matching workflow prompt or skill.
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