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34 changes: 34 additions & 0 deletions patterns/archetypes/repo-qa-assistant.json
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{
"id": "repo-qa-assistant",
"label": "Repo Q&A Assistant",
"description": "Answer ad hoc questions about the repository via a slash command, posting the result as a comment",
"success_rate": null,
"count": 0,
"recommended_triggers": [
{
"type": "slash_command",
"config": {}
}
],
"recommended_safe_outputs": [
"add-comment"
],
"recommended_tools": [
"add-comment"
],
"timeout_minutes": 20,
"prompt_style": "role-steps",
"size_range_bytes": [
1500,
5000
],
"top_repos": [],
"tips": [
"Use a reaction (e.g. eyes) alongside slash_command so requesters get immediate acknowledgement while the agent works",
"Grant read-only permissions and rely on bash/web-fetch tools for investigation instead of write access",
"Set tools.github.min-integrity: none so the assistant can read any issue or pull request context regardless of author trust, since it only answers questions",
"Cap add-comment at max: 1 so a single consolidated answer is posted instead of a running commentary",

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matt-pocock: This tip says "Set tools.github.min-integrity: none", but there's no corresponding "min_integrity": "none" field added to the repo-qa-assistant entry in patterns/workflow-generation.json (compare status-report, which does set min_integrity). Without it, generateWorkflowFile won't emit min-integrity: none in the frontmatter, so the generated workflow won't actually match this tip's stated behavior.

"Keep answers scoped to the triggering issue/PR content and repository inspection — avoid speculative external claims"
],
"anti_patterns": []
}
3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion patterns/manifest.json
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"community-digest",
"agent-cost-tracker",
"contribution-guidelines-checker",
"link-checker"
"link-checker",
"repo-qa-assistant"
],
"workflow_generation": "workflow-generation.json",
"anti_patterns": [
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"- **DO NOT** modify relative links or anchors — only HTTP(S) links.",
"- **DO NOT** retry links already recorded as unfixable in cache memory without new evidence."
]
},
"repo-qa-assistant": {
"icon": "comment-discussion",
"capabilities": {
"bash": true,
"web_fetch": true,

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matt-pocock: capabilities.web_fetch isn't read anywhere in src/js/workflow.js — inferCapabilities() only maps pre_steps, bash, github_toolsets, browser, network (see lines 48-57). This key is silently dropped, so generated workflows will never emit a web-fetch tool despite step 2 of the prompt body explicitly instructing the agent to "Investigate the repository... using bash and web-fetch as needed". Either rename to browser/an existing recognized capability, or add web_fetch handling to inferCapabilities/generateWorkflowFile so the tool actually gets included.

"github_toolsets": true
},
"permissions": [
"contents",
"issues",
"pull-requests"
],
"github_toolsets": [
"default"
],
"body": [
"# {{label}}",
"",
"You are a **repository question-answering assistant** invoked via a slash command in an issue or pull request comment.",
"",
"## Process",
"",
"1. Read the triggering comment and the surrounding issue/PR context",
"2. Investigate the repository (code, docs, history) using bash and web-fetch as needed to answer accurately",
"3. Compose a single, concise, accurate answer grounded in what you found",
"4. Post the answer as one comment on the triggering thread",
"",
"## Constraints",
"",
"- **DO NOT** make repository changes — this workflow only answers questions.",
"- **DO NOT** post more than one comment per invocation.",
"- **DO NOT** assert claims you could not verify from the repository or trusted sources."
]
}
}
}
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