Agent Performance Report — 2026-03-02

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Executive Summary

• Agents analyzed: 25 workflow runs (Mar 1–2, 2026)
• Total tokens: 24.15M | Total cost: $5.71 | Total duration: 2.6h
• Agent quality score: 86/100 (↑ 1 from 85)
• Agent effectiveness score: 84/100 (↓ 1 from 85 — AI Moderator now day 4)
• Errors: 7 (4 lockdown P0/P1, 1 AI Moderator, + lockdown-adjacent failures)
• Top performers: The Great Escapi, Contribution Check, Daily Safe Outputs Conformance Checker
• Needs attention: AI Moderator (day 4 failure), Chroma Issue Indexer (8.24M tokens/run), Lockfile Statistics Analysis Agent (cost creeping up)

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Performance Rankings

Top Performing Agents 🏆

1. The Great Escapi (Quality: 96/100, Effectiveness: 97/100)

   • Run Add documentation unbloat workflow for automated cleanup #1464: 74k tokens, 3.4m, 0 errors — ultra-efficient, ultra-consistent
   • Best token-to-output ratio in the ecosystem
   • §22587511713

2. Contribution Check (Quality: 93/100, Effectiveness: 93/100)

   • Run Proposal: Plan-apply split: agentic workflow operates read-only and outputs are applied. #85: 218k tokens, 3.1m, 0 errors — reliably fast
   • §22586971804

3. Daily Safe Outputs Conformance Checker (Quality: 93/100, Effectiveness: 92/100)

   • Run Logs revamp. #25: 232k tokens, $0.47, 3.9m, 11 turns, 0 errors
   • Efficient use of Claude, highly consistent
   • §22586671855

4. Repository Tree Map Generator (Quality: 90/100, Effectiveness: 90/100)

   • Run allow time deltas in stop-time #66: 187k tokens, 3.9m, 0 errors — small, clean, reliable
   • §22584398552

5. Semantic Function Refactoring (Quality: 88/100, Effectiveness: 87/100)

   • Run [claude-test] Code flows like water #162: 1.23M tokens, $1.35, 7.0m, 47 turns — improving trend
   • Cost trajectory: $2.36 → $1.72 → $1.35 ✅ (↓ 43% over 3 days)
   • §22587119823

Agents Needing Attention 📉

1. AI Moderator (Quality: 35/100, Effectiveness: 20/100)

   • Day 4 failure — OpenAI cybersecurity restriction on gpt-5.3-codex model
   • Blocking all moderation workflows — no user content is being moderated
   • Issue created 2026-03-01; status unknown
   • Action needed: Verify issue is being tracked; confirm model switch is underway

2. Chroma Issue Indexer (Quality: 72/100, Effectiveness: 78/100)

   • Run docs: Add a "design patterns" section to docs #212: 8.24M tokens, 13.9m — outlier (most other runs < 1.5M)
   • 144 blocked Serena MCP socket requests per run (steady pattern)
   • Token usage 10× ecosystem average — needs root cause analysis
   • Still succeeding (0 errors) but efficiency is a concern
   • §22584737911

3. Lockfile Statistics Analysis Agent (Quality: 80/100, Effectiveness: 78/100)

   • Run Bug: do not emit actions/checkout when permission do not have content:read #806 #172: 1.17M tokens, $1.61, 9.4m, 29 turns
   • Cost trend: $1.36 → $1.53 → $1.61 ↑ (slowly creeping up — watch)
   • §22585850530

Lockdown-Failed Agents (External Factor — Not Agent Quality)

❌ These failures are NOT due to agent quality but missing GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN secret:

• Issue Monster (~50+ failures/day) — issue [aw] Issue Monster failed #18919 OPEN, expires 2026-03-07
• PR Triage Agent (every 6h) — issue [aw] PR Triage Agent failed #18952 OPEN, expires 2026-03-08
• Daily Issues Report (daily) — failing 119+ consecutive runs, no active issue
• Org Health Report (weekly) — lockdown-related, no active issue

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Quality Analysis

Output Quality Distribution (2026-03-02 sample)

Agent	Tokens	Cost	Duration	Turns	Errors	Score
The Great Escapi	74k	-	3.4m	-	0	96/100
Contribution Check	218k	-	3.1m	-	0	93/100
Daily Safe Outputs Conformance Checker	232k	$0.47	3.9m	11	0	93/100
Repository Tree Map Generator	187k	-	3.9m	-	0	90/100
Semantic Function Refactoring	1.23M	$1.35	7.0m	47	0	88/100
Daily Team Evolution Insights	244k	$0.66	8.7m	7	0	87/100
The Daily Repository Chronicle	782k	-	8.2m	-	0	85/100
Lockfile Statistics Analysis Agent	1.17M	$1.61	9.4m	29	0	80/100
Slide Deck Maintainer	1.63M	-	8.4m	-	0	80/100
Chroma Issue Indexer	8.24M	-	13.9m	-	0	72/100
AI Moderator	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	❌	35/100

Quality tier breakdown:

• Excellent (90-100): 4 agents
• Good (80-89): 5 agents
• Fair (60-79): 1 agent
• Poor (<40): 1 agent (AI Moderator — external cause)

Firewall Analysis (2026-03-02)

All "-" domain blocks are Serena MCP local socket calls (expected pattern). Real blocked domains of concern:

Agent	Total Req	Blocked	Notable Blocks
Chroma Issue Indexer	294	144	- (Serena)
Lockfile Statistics Analysis Agent	110	81	- (Serena), go.dev
CLI Version Checker	248	157	go.dev, golang.org, proxy.golang.org, release-assets
Slide Deck Maintainer	94	60	- (Serena)
Daily Security Red Team	103	55	- (Serena)
Daily Testify Uber Super Expert	88	51	- (Serena)
Daily Copilot PR Merged Report	72	49	- (Serena)
Semantic Function Refactoring	70	47	- (Serena)

CLI Version Checker is blocking golang.org/proxy.golang.org — this may indicate a workflow that needs to expand its network allowlist or stop downloading Go dependencies.

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Behavioral Patterns

Productive Patterns ✅

• Semantic Function Refactoring cost optimization: $2.36 → $1.72 → $1.35 over 3 days — Claude claude-sonnet efficiency improving with context refinement
• Meta-orchestrator coordination: Campaign Manager + Workflow Health + Agent Performance sharing memory cleanly
• Copilot efficiency tier: Multiple Copilot agents completing in 3-4 minutes with <250k tokens

Problematic Patterns ⚠️

• Chroma Issue Indexer token explosion: 8.24M tokens (10× typical) — may be processing the entire issue index each run without caching
• AI Moderator stale failure: Day 4 of same OpenAI cybersecurity restriction — no automatic recovery, needs manual model switch
• Lockdown cascade: 4 workflows failing on same root cause (missing token) with no fix path — creates alert fatigue

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Trends

Metric	2/27	3/1	3/2	Trend
Agent Quality	84/100	85/100	86/100	↑ improving
Agent Effectiveness	85/100	85/100	84/100	↓ slight
Semantic Refactoring cost	$2.36	$1.72	$1.35	↓ ✅
Lockfile Statistics cost	$1.36	$1.53	$1.61	↑ watch
AI Moderator failures	day 1	day 3	day 4	↑ worsening
Chroma blocked req (daily)	~62	~70	144	↑ worsening

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Recommendations

High Priority

1. Investigate Chroma Issue Indexer token usage (8.24M tokens/run)

   • Root cause: likely scanning all GitHub issues on each run without incremental indexing
   • Recommendation: implement delta-only indexing, cache last-indexed state
   • Expected improvement: 80%+ reduction in token usage

2. AI Moderator: confirm model migration underway (Day 4 failure)

   • Issue was created yesterday — verify it has been assigned and triaged
   • If no progress by 2026-03-04, escalate to maintainers
   • Temporary workaround: switch to claude or copilot engine while OpenAI restriction resolves

3. Daily Issues Report: create tracking issue (119+ consecutive failures)

   • Currently has no active issue tracking despite daily failures
   • Lockdown root cause but needs visibility

Medium Priority

4. CLI Version Checker network allowlist — blocked go.dev/golang.org/proxy.golang.org

   • Likely trying to download Go toolchain; should declare these in network.allowed
   • Or refactor to not require Go package downloads at runtime

5. Lockfile Statistics Analysis Agent cost trend — $1.61 and rising

   • Monitor for 3 more days; if exceeds $2.00/run, investigate optimization

Low Priority

6. Metrics Collector recovery — data is stale (last successful run: 2026-01-18)
   • Without working metrics, trend analysis relies on manual log pulls
   • Follow up on the P2 issue created 2026-03-01

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Actions Taken This Run

• ✅ Analyzed 25 workflow runs (2026-03-01 to 2026-03-02)
• ✅ Identified Chroma Issue Indexer token anomaly (8.24M tokens)
• ✅ Tracked AI Moderator day 4 failure progression
• ✅ Generated this performance report
• ✅ Updated shared memory (agent-performance-latest.md, shared-alerts.md)
• ℹ️ No new improvement issues created (AI Moderator issue already exists from 3/1)

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Next Steps

1. Verify AI Moderator issue is actively triaged — escalate if no progress by 3/4
2. Investigate Chroma Issue Indexer 8.24M token usage
3. Create tracking issue for Daily Issues Report lockdown failures
4. Monitor Lockfile Statistics cost trend over next 3 days
5. Follow up on Metrics Collector P2 fix

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Analysis period: 2026-03-01 to 2026-03-02
Next report: 2026-03-03
Run: §22587812861

References:

• §22587511713 — The Great Escapi (top performer)
• §22584737911 — Chroma Issue Indexer (8.24M tokens)
• §22587119823 — Semantic Function Refactoring (improving)

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