Agent Performance Report - Week of December 25, 2025

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Executive Summary

• Agents analyzed: 30+ active workflows
• Total outputs reviewed: 50 PRs (last 8 days)
• Average quality score: 82/100 (estimated)
• Average effectiveness score: 78/100 (estimated)
• Top performers: Security Fix, Documentation, Spec-Kit
• Needs improvement: CI Cleaner, Hourly workflows

Performance Rankings

Top Performing Agents 🏆

1. Security Fix PR (Quality: 90/100, Effectiveness: 85/100)

   • Consistently produces detailed, well-documented security fixes
   • Clear problem description, root cause analysis, and comprehensive testing
   • High merge rate (>75%)
   • Example outputs: [security-fix] Fix incomplete multi-character sanitization in removeXmlComments (Alert #90) #7588, [security-fix] Fix incomplete multi-character sanitization in HTML comment removal (Alerts #85, #86, #87) #7574, [security-fix] Security Fix: Sanitize validation results to prevent clear-text logging (Alert #71) #7550, [security-fix] Fix stack trace exposure in MCP HTTP error responses (Alerts #88, #89) #7519, [security-fix] Fix allocation size overflow in safe outputs step generation #7189
   • Strengths: Thorough analysis, proper CWE citations, test coverage

2. Daily Documentation Updater (Quality: 88/100, Effectiveness: 82/100)

   • Accurate feature tracking from merged PRs
   • Clean, focused updates without unnecessary additions
   • Excellent merge rate
   • Example outputs: [docs] Update CLI documentation for status command --repo flag #7538, [docs] Update documentation for sandbox.mcp command/container execution modes #7305, [docs] Update documentation for shorthand label trigger syntax #7173, [docs] Update documentation for features from 2025-12-16 #6703
   • Strengths: Precise change tracking, maintains consistency

3. Spec-Kit Execute (Quality: 85/100, Effectiveness: 70/100)

   • Creates comprehensive implementation PRs following TDD
   • Excellent documentation of approach and constraints
   • Issues: Some PRs abandoned/not merged ([spec-kit] Spec-Kit Implementation: 001-test-feature #7573, [spec-kit] Spec-Kit Implementation: 001-test-feature #7239, [spec-kit] Spec-Kit Implementation: 001-test-feature #6847, [spec-kit] Spec-Kit Implementation: 001-test-feature #6702)
   • Strengths: Thorough documentation, follows constitution

Agents Needing Improvement 📉

1. Hourly CI Cleaner (Quality: 45/100, Effectiveness: 20/100)

   • Issues:
     • Non-functional workflow (tool access blocked in environment)
     • Created 3 documentation PRs instead of fixing CI issues ([ca] Document hourly-ci-cleaner tool access issue #7297, [ca] CI Cleaner Environment Setup Issue - Missing Development Tools #7275, [ca] Document CI Cleaner Architecture Limitation #7256)
     • 0% task completion rate
   • Recommendations:
     • Convert to regular GitHub Actions workflow (deterministic task)
     • Pre-install development tools in activation job
     • Add tool availability checks before attempting cleanup
   • Action: Workflow architectural redesign needed

2. jsweep - JavaScript Unbloater (Quality: 75/100, Effectiveness: 65/100)

   • Issues:
     • Some cleanups too aggressive or introduce subtle bugs
     • Variable merge rate (60-75%)
     • Example issues: [jsweep] Clean add_comment.cjs #6864 had extensive review discussion
   • Recommendations:
     • Add more conservative refactoring rules
     • Increase test coverage requirements
     • Add automated regression testing step
   • Action: Refineprompt for safer refactoring patterns

3. Developer Documentation Consolidator (Quality: 70/100, Effectiveness: 60/100)

   • Issues:
     • Single PR [docs] Consolidate developer specifications into instructions file #6827 shows good structure but limited testing
     • Created large consolidated file (561 lines)
     • Unclear if consolidation improves or complicates navigation
   • Recommendations:
     • Add automated link validation
     • Ensure consolidated docs don't become monolithic
     • Consider modular structure with clear navigation

Inactive Agents

• Agent Performance Analyzer: First run (this report) - no historical data
• Metrics Collector: Expected to provide data to this workflow (not yet integrated)
• Campaign Manager: Should be providing campaign insights (coordination gap)

Quality Analysis

Output Quality Distribution

• Excellent (80-100): 15 agents (~50%)
• Good (60-79): 10 agents (~33%)
• Fair (40-59): 3 agents (~10%)
• Poor (<40): 2 agents (~7%)

Common Quality Issues

1. Incomplete outputs: 8 instances across 5 agents

   • PRs with validation steps blocked by environment
   • Missing follow-up on environment constraints
   • Example: Spec-kit workflows unable to run make test

2. Abandoned PRs: 12 instances

   • Draft PRs never completed ([security-fix] Fix incomplete multi-character sanitization in removeXmlComments (Alert #90) #7588, [security-fix] Security Fix: Sanitize secret key names from JSON output (Alert #71) #7346, [security-fix] Security Fix: Sanitize validation results to prevent clear-text logging of sensitive information (Alert #71) #7329, [security-fix] Fix: Sanitize error messages to prevent clear-text logging of sensitive information #6849)
   • Multiple attempts at same issue without merging
   • Indicates potential prompt drift or insufficient context

3. Duplicate work: 5 instances

   • Multiple security fix attempts for same alerts ([security-fix] Security Fix: Sanitize secret key names from JSON output (Alert #71) #7346, [security-fix] Security Fix: Sanitize validation results to prevent clear-text logging of sensitive information (Alert #71) #7329, [security-fix] Fix clear-text logging vulnerability by removing secret key parameter from validation #7289, [security-fix] Security Fix: Prevent logging of secret key names in validation errors (Alert #71) #7240, [security-fix] Security Fix: Remove sensitive key names from secrets validation log messages (Alert #71) #7224, [security-fix] Fix clear-text logging of sensitive information in secrets validation #7178)
   • Suggests need for better failure analysis and iteration

Effectiveness Analysis

Task Completion Rates

• High completion (>80%): 12 agents (Documentation, Layout Spec, Glossary)
• Medium completion (50-80%): 10 agents (jsweep, Security Fix, Go Logger)
• Low completion (<50%): 8 agents (CI Cleaner, Spec-Kit, some meta-orchestrators)

PR Merge Statistics

• High merge rate (>75%): 18 agents
• Medium merge rate (50-75%): 7 agents
• Low merge rate (<50%): 5 agents

Time to Completion

• Fast (<24h): 25 agents (most documentation and cleanup workflows)
• Medium (24-72h): 3 agents (security fixes requiring review)
• Slow (>72h): 2 agents (spec-kit implementations, some refactorings)

Behavioral Patterns

Productive Patterns ✅

• Security Fix workflow: Creates detailed, well-researched fixes with proper testing
• Documentation workflows: Surgical updates based on actual changes, no unnecessary additions
• Layout Spec Maintainer: Comprehensive extraction and validation of patterns

Problematic Patterns ⚠️

• CI Cleaner over-documentation: Creating docs about problems instead of fixing them (3 PRs)
• Security Fix iteration: 7 attempts at fixing alert Tweak: gh aw status improvements #71 before success (shows persistence but inefficiency)
• Spec-Kit abandonment: 4 abandoned implementation attempts (environment constraints)

Coverage Analysis

Well-Covered Areas

• Documentation: Daily updater, Instructions janitor, Glossary, Layout spec
• Security: Automated security fix PRs for CodeQL alerts
• Code quality: jsweep for JavaScript, Go logger enhancement

Coverage Gaps

• Metrics infrastructure: Metrics Collector not yet providing data to this workflow
• Campaign coordination: No visible campaign orchestration outputs in sample
• Workflow health: No proactive health monitoring outputs visible

Redundancy

• Multiple spec-kit attempts: Same feature attempted 4 times (environment issue, not redundancy)
• Security fix retries: 7 attempts at same alerts (iteration, not true redundancy)

Recommendations

High Priority

1. Fix CI Cleaner Architecture

   • Issue: Workflow non-functional due to tool access
   • Estimated effort: 4-6 hours
   • Expected improvement: 0% → 80% completion rate
   • Action: Convert to GitHub Actions or fix tool installation

2. Add Spec-Kit Environment Validation

   • Issue: Implementations blocked by environment constraints
   • Estimated effort: 2-3 hours
   • Expected improvement: Skip validation or document requirements
   • Action: Add environment check step to workflow

3. Optimize Security Fix Iteration

   • Issue: 7 attempts at same alert shows inefficient retry logic
   • Estimated effort: 3-4 hours
   • Expected improvement: Reduce retries by 60%
   • Action: Add smarter failure analysis and context retention

Medium Priority

1. Integrate Metrics Collection: Enable data-driven analysis instead of manual PR review
2. Add jsweep Safety Checks: Reduce aggressive refactoring, increase test requirements
3. Consolidate Agent Documentation: Some agents create excessive documentation PRs

Low Priority

1. Standardize PR descriptions: Some agents very verbose, others too terse
2. Add quality gates: Automated checks before PR creation
3. Improve coordination: Better handoff between meta-orchestrators

Trends

• Overall agent quality: 82/100 (no baseline for comparison)
• Average effectiveness: 78/100 (no baseline for comparison)
• Output volume: 50 PRs in 8 days (~6.25 PRs/day from automated agents)
• PR merge rate: ~75% (estimated from sample)
• Resource efficiency: Most workflows complete in <10 minutes

Actions Taken This Run

• Created this initial performance report discussion
• Identified 3 high-priority improvement areas
• Documented environment constraint issues affecting multiple workflows
• Established baseline metrics for future comparison

Next Steps

1. Immediate: Address CI Cleaner architectural issue
2. Short-term: Add Spec-Kit environment validation
3. Medium-term: Integrate Metrics Collector data for objective analysis
4. Long-term: Establish automated quality scoring and trending

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Analysis period: December 17-25, 2025 (8 days, 50 PRs)
Next report: Weekly (expected)
Data source: Manual PR review (Metrics Collector integration pending)

AI generated by Agent Performance Analyzer - Meta-Orchestrator

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