📊 Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report - 2026-02-20

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Executive Summary

Over the last 30 days (data window: Feb 19–20), Copilot-powered agentic workflows consumed 166,507,574 tokens across 195 workflow runs spanning 50 unique workflows. Token consumption is up +39.5% vs yesterday (Feb 19: 119M tokens), driven largely by the increase in run volume (+135% runs). Cost data is not available in current metrics.

Key Highlights

• 🏆 Highest consuming workflow: Chroma Issue Indexer — 25.9M tokens (15.6% of total), 8 runs
• 🔄 Most active workflow: Smoke Project — 28 runs (206K avg tokens/run)
• 📉 Avg tokens/run today: 853,885 (down from 1,437,670 yesterday — more high-volume runs diluted by lighter ones)
• 📈 Trend: +39.5% token increase vs yesterday, primarily from 195 vs 83 runs

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📈 Token Usage Trends

Overall Token & Run Trends (6 days of history)

Daily token consumption shows variability tied closely to run counts. Feb 11 saw the highest recorded day (237M tokens / 378 runs). Today's 166M tokens across 195 runs represents a moderate day.

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🏆 Top Workflows by Token Consumption

Top 10 Most Expensive Workflows

Rank	Workflow	Total Tokens	Runs	Avg Tokens/Run
1	Chroma Issue Indexer	25,996,224	8	3,249,528
2	CI Failure Doctor	20,126,155	8	2,515,769
3	Example: Custom Error Patterns	12,852,027	3	4,284,009
4	Documentation Noob Tester	10,946,793	2	5,473,396
5	Contribution Check	7,571,676	8	946,459
6	Code Simplifier	6,946,441	1	6,946,441
7	Smoke Project	5,778,934	28	206,390
8	Auto-Triage Issues	5,676,162	9	630,684
9	Slide Deck Maintainer	5,419,450	1	5,419,450
10	Ubuntu Actions Image Analyzer	4,579,316	1	4,579,316

Token Distribution

Per-Workflow Detailed Statistics (All 50 Workflows)

Workflow	Total Tokens	Runs	Avg Tokens/Run	Errors	Missing Tools
Chroma Issue Indexer	25,996,224	8	3,249,528	0	0
CI Failure Doctor	20,126,155	8	2,515,769	0	0
Example: Custom Error Patterns	12,852,027	3	4,284,009	0	0
Documentation Noob Tester	10,946,793	2	5,473,396	0	0
Contribution Check	7,571,676	8	946,459	0	0
Code Simplifier	6,946,441	1	6,946,441	0	0
Smoke Project	5,778,934	28	206,390	1	3
Auto-Triage Issues	5,676,162	9	630,684	5	0
Slide Deck Maintainer	5,419,450	1	5,419,450	0	0
Ubuntu Actions Image Analyzer	4,579,316	1	4,579,316	0	0
Smoke Temporary ID	4,416,882	28	157,745	0	0
Functional Pragmatist	4,209,741	1	4,209,741	0	0
Workflow Health Manager - Meta-Orchestrator	4,039,512	2	2,019,756	0	0
Copilot CLI Deep Research Agent	3,809,468	1	3,809,468	0	0
CI Optimization Coach	3,712,726	1	3,712,726	0	0
Daily Syntax Error Quality Check	3,697,313	1	3,697,313	0	0
Glossary Maintainer	3,417,471	2	1,708,735	0	0
CLI Consistency Checker	3,300,310	1	3,300,310	0	0
Agent Container Smoke Test	3,196,453	30	106,548	0	0
Copilot PR Conversation NLP Analysis	2,379,642	2	1,189,821	0	0
Daily Malicious Code Scan Agent	2,280,569	2	1,140,284	0	0
Daily Testify Uber Super Expert	1,950,107	1	1,950,107	0	0
Daily News	1,946,721	2	973,360	0	0
Daily MCP Tool Concurrency Analysis	1,527,100	2	763,550	0	0
Dependabot Dependency Checker	1,392,776	1	1,392,776	0	0
Copilot PR Prompt Pattern Analysis	1,342,004	2	671,002	0	0
The Daily Repository Chronicle	1,156,334	1	1,156,334	0	0
Daily File Diet	1,085,183	1	1,085,183	0	0
Terminal Stylist	1,067,543	1	1,067,543	0	0
Daily Compiler Quality Check	1,050,105	1	1,050,105	0	0
Delight	995,311	1	995,311	0	0
Draft PR Cleanup	951,811	1	951,811	0	0
Sub-Issue Closer	884,335	2	442,167	0	0
Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report	870,472	1	870,472	0	0
Daily CLI Performance Agent	719,847	1	719,847	0	0
Daily Regulatory Report Generator	706,600	1	706,600	0	0
Repository Quality Improvement Agent	630,239	1	630,239	0	0
Daily Workflow Updater	625,517	2	312,758	0	0
GPL Dependency Cleaner (gpclean)	600,846	1	600,846	0	0
Dev	516,153	2	258,076	0	0
Plan Command	407,377	1	407,377	0	0
Daily Semgrep Scan	354,692	1	354,692	0	0
Breaking Change Checker	350,679	1	350,679	0	0
Daily Secrets Analysis Agent	339,890	1	339,890	0	0
GitHub Remote MCP Authentication Test	310,634	2	155,317	0	0
Dependabot Burner	294,560	1	294,560	0	0
The Great Escapi	77,473	1	77,473	0	0
Issue Monster	0	16	0	16	0
PR Triage Agent	0	5	0	5	0
Daily Copilot PR Merged Report	0	1	0	0	0

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💡 Insights & Recommendations

High-Cost Workflows

The top 5 workflows account for 62.6% of all token consumption:

1. Chroma Issue Indexer — 25.9M tokens (15.6%) across 8 runs

   • Observation: Averaging 3.2M tokens/run — extremely high. Likely involves full index scans or large context embedding.
   • Recommendation: Review if full re-indexing is required every run; consider incremental updates.

2. CI Failure Doctor — 20.1M tokens (12.1%) across 8 runs

   • Observation: 2.5M avg tokens/run. Failure diagnosis typically loads full CI logs into context.
   • Recommendation: Truncate or pre-filter logs before passing to agent; focus on error sections only.

3. Example: Custom Error Patterns — 12.9M tokens (7.7%) across only 3 runs

   • Observation: 4.3M avg tokens/run — the 2nd highest per-run cost.
   • Recommendation: This is an example workflow; review if it's being triggered more than necessary in production.

4. Documentation Noob Tester — 10.9M tokens (6.6%) across 2 runs

   • Observation: 5.5M avg tokens/run — the highest per-run cost (excluding one-off runs).
   • Recommendation: Limit documentation scope per run or split into smaller, focused tests.

5. Contribution Check — 7.6M tokens (4.5%) across 8 runs

   • Observation: 946K avg tokens/run — moderate but frequent.
   • Recommendation: Consider caching PR analysis results for unchanged files.

Workflows with Zero Tokens (Errors)

Three workflows reported 0 tokens with errors, indicating they failed before producing output:

Workflow	Runs	Errors
Issue Monster	16	16
PR Triage Agent	5	5
Daily Copilot PR Merged Report	1	0

Issue Monster has a 100% failure rate (16/16 runs errored). This should be investigated as it wastes compute without producing useful output.

High-Volume Low-Cost Workflows (Efficient)

These workflows run frequently but consume tokens efficiently:

Workflow	Runs	Avg Tokens/Run
Agent Container Smoke Test	30	106,548
Smoke Temporary ID	28	157,745
Smoke Project	28	206,390

Smoke test workflows are well-optimized — they run the most frequently but stay under 210K tokens/run.

Historical Comparison

Date	Total Tokens	Runs	Avg Tokens/Run
2026-01-15	94,899,840	178	533,146
2026-01-22	101,969,175	239	426,649
2026-01-28	200,676,032	281	713,793
2026-02-11	237,834,034	378	629,193
2026-02-19	119,326,605	83	1,437,670
2026-02-20	166,507,574	195	853,885

The highest-ever recorded day was Feb 11 (237M tokens / 378 runs). Today's consumption is 30% below that peak.

Methodology & Data Quality Notes

Methodology

• Data Source: Pre-downloaded GitHub Actions workflow run logs (/tmp/gh-aw/copilot-logs.json)
• Engine Filter: Copilot engine only
• Analysis Period: 2026-02-19 to 2026-02-20 (2-day window in this dataset)
• Historical Data: 6 data points stored in repo memory (memory/token-metrics branch)
• Analysis Timestamp: 2026-02-20T11:26:32Z

Data Quality Notes

• Cost data is not available in current logs (total_cost: 0 in summary); cost estimates cannot be provided
• 23 runs (Issue Monster ×16, PR Triage Agent ×5, and 2 others) had no token data due to workflow failures
• total_turns in summary is reported as 4, which seems low — turn data may not be captured per-run in current log format
• Historical data spans 6 unique dates; trend analysis will improve with more history

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References:

• §22221808777 — This report run

AI generated by Daily Copilot Token Consumption Report

• expires on Feb 23, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC

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