DeepReport Intelligence Briefing - 2025-12-26

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🔍 Executive Summary

Workflow health slipped: the latest audit shows only 64.7% success (44/68 runs) with MCP client breakage (invalid URL / missing read_buffer.cjs) and safeoutputs outages hitting smoke suites. Firewall denials are climbing to 25.2% with GitHub API/Web blocks driven by workflows that still lack GitHub MCP wiring.

Tokens are steady (~133M/day, $2.66 across 341 Copilot runs) but remain concentrated in CI Cleaner (17%), Tidy (10%), and Issue Monster (8.4%). Issue flow is tilting negative again: 101 created vs 90 closed in 3 days, pushing weekly open count to 44 (from 24 prior), though unlabeled open issues are at zero.

📊 Pattern Analysis

• MCP instability: Invalid URL / missing module errors across Smoke Copilot variants plus safeoutputs failures in Smoke Claude; linked to recent MCP HTTP transport changes (audit 12/26).
• Firewall pressure: Denial rate up to 25.2% (104 denied / 309 allowed) with 92 GitHub API/Web blocks and 90 LinkedIn blocks; research.md and daily-news.md still missing GitHub MCP.
• Token concentration: CI Cleaner, Tidy, Issue Monster account for ~35% of Copilot tokens; efficiency flat after prior improvements.
• Backlog creep: Issue creation outpacing closure (101 vs 90 in 3d) raising open issues to 44; unlabeled backlog trimmed to 13 (0 open).

📈 Trend Intelligence

• Success rate regressed from ~88% (12/25) to 64.7% today with 4 missing-tool and 5 MCP failures.
• Firewall denials trending upward (26.3% → 29.7% weekly; 25.2% overall in latest report) dominated by GitHub API blocks.
• Token usage stable day-over-day; cost low but hot spots unchanged (CI Cleaner 2.86M tokens/run average).
• Issues: net negative throughput this window; labels still concentrated (ai-generated, plan, enhancement).

🚨 Notable Findings

• MCP HTTP transport regression causing invalid URL and ./read_buffer.cjs errors; safeoutputs failing in Smoke Claude.
• GitHub MCP absent in research.md/daily-news.md/daily-firewall-report.md causing GitHub API blocks and inflated firewall denials.
• Missing tools remain: safeinputs-gh absent in Smoke Codex/Safe Inputs; Tidy lacks make/go/npm/golangci-lint; Spec-Kit Execute blocked on directory creation.
• Permission-denied warnings (90) across AI Moderator, Issue Monster, Tidy, Spec-Kit, smoke suites.

🔮 Predictions and Recommendations

• Fixing MCP transport + safeoutputs should lift success back toward 85% and clear smoke failures.
• Wiring GitHub MCP into research/news/firewall reporters should drop GitHub-domain denials to ~10-15% while preserving LinkedIn blocks.
• Providing build tools and safeinputs-gh will cut recurring missing-tool noise and warning volume in Tidy and smoke suites.
• Watch CI Cleaner/Tidy token usage; modest prompt/context tightening could free ~10-20% tokens without loss.

✅ Actionable Agentic Tasks (Quick Wins)

1. Repair MCP HTTP transport and safeoutputs in smoke suites

• Description: Patch MCP HTTP client/server to resolve invalid URL and read_buffer.cjs load errors; stabilize safeoutputs startup in Smoke Claude.
• Expected Impact: Restore MCP coverage and raise success rate toward 85%; reduce missing-tool/MCP failures.
• Suggested Agent: Agentic Workflow Audit Agent.
• Estimated Effort: Medium (1-4 hours).

2. Add GitHub MCP toolsets to research.md, daily-news.md, daily-firewall-report.md

• Description: Configure tools.github (mode: remote, toolsets: [default]) for these Copilot workflows to replace direct GitHub API calls.
• Expected Impact: Cut GitHub-domain firewall denials (~92 blocks) and unblock data access for reports.
• Suggested Agent: Workflow Health Manager.
• Estimated Effort: Quick (<1 hour).

3. Provision required tools for Tidy and safeinputs smoke tests

• Description: Add make/go/npm/golangci-lint to Tidy environment and ensure safeinputs-gh is available for Smoke Codex/Safe Inputs; fix Spec-Kit directory creation permission.
• Expected Impact: Eliminate recurring missing-tool/permission warnings (90+), stabilizing maintenance workflows.
• Suggested Agent: CI Optimization Coach.
• Estimated Effort: Medium (1-4 hours).

📚 Source Attribution

• Discussions: Daily Firewall Report - 2025-12-26, Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report - 2025-12-26, Agentic Workflow Audit Report - 2025-12-26, Agent Performance Report - Dec 26
• Workflow logs: gh-aw logs (last 20 runs, 3d window)
• Issues data: /tmp/gh-aw/weekly-issues-data/issues.json (week to 2025-12-26)
• Time range analyzed: 2025-12-19 to 2025-12-26
• Workflow run refs: §20522596108, §20521314946, §20515551601

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