🔍 Agentic Workflow Audit Report - 2025-10-12

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Audit Summary

• Period: Attempted audit of last 24 hours
• Date: 2025-10-12
• Status: ⚠️ Partial Audit (Limited by missing tools)
• Workflows Active: 55 workflows detected in repository
• Issues Found: 1 critical configuration issue, multiple CI failures detected

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Critical Issue: Missing gh-aw MCP Server Configuration

Problem

The Agentic Workflow Audit Agent requires the gh-aw MCP server to function properly, but it is not currently configured or running in this session.

Impact: Unable to:

• Download workflow logs from the last 24 hours
• Perform detailed analysis of workflow runs
• Identify missing tools from actual workflow execution logs
• Generate comprehensive failure reports
• Track error patterns across multiple runs

Evidence

1. ✅ The gh-aw binary exists at ./gh-aw and is executable
2. ✅ The MCP server command is available (./gh-aw mcp-server --help works)
3. ❌ No MCP server tools are accessible via ListMcpResourcesTool
4. ❌ Cannot use logs, status, compile, or audit tools from gh-aw MCP server

Required Tools

According to the MCP Server documentation, the following tools should be available:

• status - List workflows with optional pattern filter
• compile - Compile workflows to GitHub Actions YAML
• logs - Download workflow logs (saves to /tmp/gh-aw/aw-mcp/logs)
• audit - Generate detailed workflow run report

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Fallback Analysis (Limited)

Despite the missing MCP server, I attempted to gather data using the GitHub API:

Workflow Overview

• Total Workflows: 55 active workflows
• Sample Checked: 3 workflows (CI, Audit Agent, CI Failure Doctor)

CI Workflow Status

Recent CI workflow runs show multiple failures:

Run ID	Status	Conclusion	Created	Title
18436488235	completed	❌ failure	2025-10-12 00:12	Add --cmd flag to MCP server (#1573)
18435821799	completed	❌ failure	2025-10-11 23:01	Add GitHub MCP Remote Server Tools Report (#1571)
18435751902	completed	⚠️ action_required	2025-10-11 22:51	Mark permission-related error patterns as warnings (#1570)

Note: Without access to workflow logs via the MCP server, I cannot determine the root cause of these failures.

API Limitations Encountered

• GitHub API responses for workflow runs exceed 25,000 token limit
• Even with perPage=3, responses are too large to process efficiently
• Detailed log analysis requires the gh-aw MCP server's logs tool

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Missing Tools Report

Tool Name	Request Count	Workflows Affected	Reason
gh-aw MCP server	1	audit-workflows	Required for downloading and analyzing workflow logs from last 24 hours

Alternatives Attempted:

1. ✅ GitHub API - Can list workflows and runs but responses too large
2. ❌ Direct gh aw usage - Not authenticated, cannot use directly
3. ❌ Manual log downloads - Not feasible without MCP server

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Recommendations

1. Configure gh-aw MCP Server (Critical)

Before running the Agentic Workflow Audit Agent, the gh-aw MCP server must be configured.

Option A: Add to Claude Code MCP Settings

Configure the MCP server in your Claude Code settings:

command: /path/to/gh-aw
args: [mcp-server, --cmd, /path/to/gh-aw]

Option B: Start MCP Server in Workflow

Add a step to the audit workflow to start the MCP server:

- name: Start gh-aw MCP Server
  run: |
    ./gh-aw mcp-server --cmd ./gh-aw --port 8765 &
    MCP_PID=$!
    sleep 2
    if ! kill -0 $MCP_PID 2>/dev/null; then
      echo "MCP server failed to start"
      exit 1
    fi

2. Investigate CI Failures (High Priority)

Multiple recent CI workflow failures detected. Recommended actions:

• Review logs for run #18436488235 (most recent failure)
• Check if failures are related to the MCP server changes (Add --cmd flag to MCP server to override gh-aw command path #1573)
• Consider running CI Failure Doctor workflow on these failures

3. Improve GitHub API Handling (Medium Priority)

The audit agent hit token limits when trying to use GitHub API as a fallback:

• Implement more aggressive pagination (perPage=1 or 2)
• Add filtering by date to reduce response size
• Consider using gh CLI instead of GitHub API for some operations

4. Update Audit Workflow Documentation (Low Priority)

Add prerequisites to the audit workflow documentation:

• List required MCP servers and their configuration
• Document expected outputs and where they're stored
• Add troubleshooting section for common issues

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Cache Memory Updated

Audit findings have been saved to cache memory for historical tracking:

• /tmp/gh-aw/cache-memory/audits/2025-10-12.json - Today's audit details
• /tmp/gh-aw/cache-memory/audits/index.json - Audit history index

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Next Steps

• Configure gh-aw MCP server before next audit run
• Investigate and fix CI workflow failures
• Re-run audit agent with MCP server properly configured
• Review audit agent workflow requirements documentation

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Historical Context

This is the first audit run, so no historical comparison data is available. Future audits will include trend analysis and comparison with previous runs.

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Audit Agent: Agentic Workflow Audit Agent
Repository: githubnext/gh-aw
Generated: 2025-10-12T00:32:00Z

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