[copilot-agent-analysis] Daily Copilot Agent Analysis - 2025-10-19

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🤖 Copilot Agent PR Analysis - 2025-10-19

Summary

Analysis Period: Last 24 hours (2025-10-18 to 2025-10-19)
Total PRs Analyzed: 3
Success Rate: 100% (2 merged / 2 completed)

PR Summary Table

PR #	Title	Outcome	Comments	Agent Duration	Total Duration	Files Changed	Status
#1972	Fix copilot PR search logic	Merged	0	6h 27m	6h 27m	2	✅
#1977	Refactor: Extract duplicate code	Merged	0	5h 0m	5h 0m	5	✅
#1978	[WIP] Update Copilot CLI v0.0.345	Open	0	<1m	-	0	⏳

Metrics

Today's Performance

• PRs Created: 3
• PRs Merged: 2 (67%)
• PRs Closed (not merged): 0 (0%)
• PRs Still Open: 1 (33% - draft)
• Average Human Comments: 0
• Average Agent Duration: 5h 44m (343 minutes)
• Average Total Duration: 5h 44m (343 minutes)

Historical Comparison (Limited Data)

Note: Historical data is limited to only 2 days (Oct 17 and Oct 19). Need 7+ days for weekly trends, 30 days for monthly trends.

Comparison with Oct 17:

• PRs Created: 3 today vs 9 on Oct 17 (67% fewer)
• Success Rate: 100% today vs 89% on Oct 17 (📈 +11 percentage points)
• Average Duration: 343 min today vs 37 min on Oct 17 (📉 9x longer)
• Human Engagement: 0 comments today vs 0.67 on Oct 17 (➡️ Similar low engagement)

Key Observation: Today's PRs took significantly longer to complete (5-6 hours) compared to the historical average of 37 minutes on Oct 17. However, both completed PRs were successfully merged with no human intervention required.

Instruction File Changes

Recent changes detected:

• Commit: 26f6175
• Date: 2025-10-19 (today)
• PR: Refactor: Extract duplicate step formatting code from Copilot and Codex engines #1977

Modified Instruction Files:

• .github/instructions/console-rendering.instructions.md
• .github/instructions/copilot-cli.instructions.md
• .github/instructions/documentation.instructions.md
• .github/instructions/error-pattern-safety.instructions.md
• .github/instructions/github-agentic-workflows.instructions.md
• .github/instructions/github-mcp-server.instructions.md
• .github/instructions/github-script.instructions.md
• .github/instructions/http_mcp_headers.instructions.md
• .github/prompts/copilot-prompt-add-safe-output-type.prompt.md
• .github/prompts/create-agentic-workflow.prompt.md
• .github/prompts/create-shared-agentic-workflow.prompt.md
• 3 additional prompt files

Performance Correlation:
Unable to assess correlation as this is the same day as the change. These instruction updates were part of PR #1977 itself, which was a refactoring PR that successfully merged.

Detailed PR Analysis

Merged PRs ✅

PR #1972: Fix copilot PR search logic to find PRs created by Copilot bot

• Created: 2025-10-19 09:40 UTC
• Merged: 2025-10-19 16:07 UTC (by @pelikhan)
• Duration: 6 hours 27 minutes
• Human comments: 0
• Files changed: 2
• Changes: +50 lines, -20 lines
• Impact: Fixed critical bug in the PR search logic for this very workflow
• Quality: Comprehensive fix with testing verification

PR #1977: Refactor: Extract duplicate step formatting code from Copilot and Codex engines

• Created: 2025-10-19 11:10 UTC
• Merged: 2025-10-19 16:10 UTC (by @pelikhan)
• Duration: 5 hours
• Human comments: 0
• Files changed: 5
• Changes: +266 lines, -45 lines
• Commits: 4
• Impact: Eliminated ~42 lines of duplicate code, added 217 lines of test coverage
• Quality: Excellent - comprehensive refactoring with full test suite
• Notable: PR also updated multiple instruction files during the refactoring

Open PRs ⏳

PR #1978: [WIP] Update GitHub Copilot CLI to v0.0.345

• Created: 2025-10-19 16:09 UTC (just created)
• Age: <10 minutes
• Human comments: 0
• Current status: Draft PR, initial commit only
• Files changed: 0 (planning phase)
• Context: Stack PR addressing feedback on PR [ca] Update GitHub Copilot CLI to v0.0.345 #1975

Trends and Insights

Positive Indicators

• ✅ 100% success rate - All completed PRs merged successfully
• ✅ Zero human intervention - PRs merged without requiring human debugging
• ✅ High quality work - Both PRs included comprehensive changes and testing
• ✅ Self-improvement - PR Fix copilot PR search logic to find PRs created by Copilot bot #1972 fixed bugs in the analysis workflow itself

Areas of Interest

• ⏱️ Longer completion times - Today's PRs took 5-6 hours vs 37 min historical average
  • This may indicate more complex tasks being assigned
  • Both PRs involved refactoring and bug fixes rather than simple feature additions
• 📊 Low human engagement - Zero human comments suggests either:
  • Agent is working well independently, OR
  • PRs need review but aren't getting it
• 📉 Lower volume - 3 PRs today vs 9 on Oct 17 (typical activity variance)

Recommendations

1. Continue monitoring completion time trends - Track if 5-6 hour PRs become the norm or if today was anomalous
2. Build historical data - Need 5-7 more days of data to identify meaningful trends
3. Consider review process - Zero comments might indicate PRs are being merged without human review
4. Task complexity analysis - Future analyses should categorize PRs by type (bug fix, feature, refactor) to better understand duration patterns

Data Quality Notes

• Historical data: Only 2 days available (Oct 17, Oct 19)
• Oct 18: No Copilot PRs created
• Trend analysis: Limited by insufficient historical data
• Next steps: Continue daily collection to build 30-day history for robust trend analysis

Analysis Metadata

• Analysis Date: 2025-10-19 16:15 UTC
• Workflow Run: 18632897440
• Data Source: GitHub Search API with keyword filter "START COPILOT CODING AGENT"
• Bot Identity: User Copilot (ID: 198982749)

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