Copilot Prompt Improvement (Scheduled) #3
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| name: Copilot Prompt Improvement (Scheduled) | |
| on: | |
| workflow_dispatch: | |
| inputs: | |
| scope: | |
| description: "Paths or globs of prompts to improve" | |
| required: false | |
| default: "user_prompts/**" | |
| improvement_type: | |
| description: "incremental | comprehensive | targeted" | |
| required: false | |
| default: "incremental" | |
| change_threshold: | |
| description: "Max percent change (e.g., 15%)" | |
| required: false | |
| default: "15%" | |
| optimization_focus: | |
| description: "all | clarity | redundancy | modularity" | |
| required: false | |
| default: "clarity" | |
| schedule: | |
| # Run every Monday at 14:00 UTC | |
| - cron: "0 14 * * 1" | |
| permissions: | |
| contents: read | |
| issues: write | |
| jobs: | |
| open_issue: | |
| name: Open/Update Prompt Improvement Issue | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| steps: | |
| - name: Checkout | |
| uses: actions/checkout@v4 | |
| - name: Prepare issue body | |
| id: prep | |
| run: | | |
| SCOPE_INPUT="${{ github.event.inputs.scope }}" | |
| IMPROVEMENT_TYPE_INPUT="${{ github.event.inputs.improvement_type }}" | |
| CHANGE_THRESHOLD_INPUT="${{ github.event.inputs.change_threshold }}" | |
| OPT_FOCUS_INPUT="${{ github.event.inputs.optimization_focus }}" | |
| # Defaults for scheduled runs where inputs are empty | |
| if [ -z "$SCOPE_INPUT" ]; then SCOPE_INPUT="user_prompts/**"; fi | |
| if [ -z "$IMPROVEMENT_TYPE_INPUT" ]; then IMPROVEMENT_TYPE_INPUT="incremental"; fi | |
| if [ -z "$CHANGE_THRESHOLD_INPUT" ]; then CHANGE_THRESHOLD_INPUT="15%"; fi | |
| if [ -z "$OPT_FOCUS_INPUT" ]; then OPT_FOCUS_INPUT="clarity"; fi | |
| ISSUE_TITLE="[Prompt Improvement] Weekly upkeep — ${IMPROVEMENT_TYPE_INPUT} (${OPT_FOCUS_INPUT})" | |
| cat > issue_body.md << 'EOF' | |
| Use the Copilot coding agent to iteratively improve prompts. | |
| Scope: $SCOPE_INPUT | |
| IMPROVEMENT_TYPE: $IMPROVEMENT_TYPE_INPUT | |
| CHANGE_THRESHOLD: $CHANGE_THRESHOLD_INPUT | |
| OPTIMIZATION_FOCUS: $OPT_FOCUS_INPUT | |
| Goals & Success Criteria: | |
| - Maintain all capabilities and guardrails defined in prompt_engineering_assistant.system.prompt.md | |
| - Keep total changes within CHANGE_THRESHOLD (prefer smaller, incremental diffs) | |
| - Improve clarity, reduce redundancy, and enhance modularity without behavior change | |
| Instructions for Copilot: | |
| - Follow the methodology and guardrails in .github/chatmodes/prompt_engineering_assistant.chatmode.md | |
| - Research → Test → Improve → Confirm; add concise diffs and clear commit messages | |
| - If public behavior changes, add/update minimal tests/docs | |
| Handoff hashtag (for VS Code / chat tools): | |
| #github-pull-request_copilot-coding-agent | |
| EOF | |
| # Expose values | |
| echo "title<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| echo "$ISSUE_TITLE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | |
| - name: Create or update issue | |
| uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v5 | |
| with: | |
| title: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.title }} | |
| content-filepath: issue_body.md | |
| labels: copilot-agent,prompt-improvement | |
| assignees: github-copilot-agent | |
| # If an open issue with same title exists, update it; else create new | |
| update-existing: true | |
| - name: Output next steps | |
| run: | | |
| echo "Issue created or updated. Assigning to 'github-copilot-agent' triggers Copilot to work." | |
| echo "You can also run this workflow manually with custom inputs via the 'Run workflow' button." | |
| # Notes | |
| # - This workflow opens/updates a single weekly issue for prompt improvements and assigns it | |
| # to the Copilot coding agent. Copilot then creates a branch and PR. | |
| # - Customize the cron as desired. Keep scope small for incremental changes. | |
| # - Ensure you have access to Copilot coding agent and that repository policies permit it. |