[aw] Delight finished without a terminal safe output #65883

Workflow Failure

Workflow: Delight
Branch: main
Run: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/37327958773

Reasons:

• missing_terminal_safe_output

  Agent finished without emitting a terminal safe output; task completion could not be confirmed.
  bash: cd /tmp/gh-aw/agent; ls; cat doc-samples.txt workflow-samples.txt validation-sample.txt; cat previous-findings.json improvement-themes.json | head -40; wc -c *content.txt: {"message":"The user rejected this tool call. User feedback: Tool invocation is not allowed by workflow tool permissions.","code":"denied"}
  bash: cat > /tmp/gh-aw/agent/r.md <<'EOF'

User Experience Analysis Report - 2026-10-05

Executive Summary

Reviewed: 2 documentation files (blog posts, listed only), 0 CLI commands, 2 workflow message configs (cloclo.md examined in detail), 1 validation file.

Overall Quality: ⚠️ Needs minor work.

Key Finding: The cloclo workflow messages use theatrical language that reads as unprofessional in enterprise contexts, and the GitHub toolset validation error does not say where to fix the problem.

Quality Highlights ✅

• File: pkg/workflow/tools_validation_github_toolsets.go
• What works well: Unknown tool errors include "Did you mean" typo suggestions, examples of valid tools, and a link to the full list.
• Reference: Unknown GitHub tool(s): ...\n\nDid you mean:\n tool → match

Improvement Opportunities 💡

High Priority

1. pkg/workflow/tools_validation_github_toolsets.go (lines ~93-96): the unknown-tool error does not tell the user where to correct it (tools.github.allowed), and the inline comment at lines ~71-73 ("skip validation for unknown tools") contradicts the behavior (an error is returned).
2. .github/workflows/cloclo.md (lines 52-55): messages such as "Magnifique! Performance by...", "Standing ovation! 🌟" and "Intermission..." are casual and emoji-heavy; the failure message is also vague.

Files Reviewed

• docs/src/content/docs/blog/2026-09-09-agent-of-the-day.md, docs/src/content/docs/blog/2026-06-22-weekly-update.md - not evaluated in detail
• CLI: none sampled
• cloclo, smoke-test-tools workflows - cloclo ❌ (tone), smoke-test-tools not evaluated in detail
• pkg/workflow/tools_validation_github_toolsets.go - ⚠️

Metrics

• Files analyzed: 3 in detail; ✅ 0, ⚠️ 1, ❌ 1

🎯 Actionable Tasks

Task 1: Improve unknown-tool error guidance - pkg/workflow/tools_validation_github_toolsets.go

Current: The error lists unknown tools, suggestions, and examples, but not where to edit them. The comment "We'll skip validation for unknown tools" is stale.

Before:

Unknown GitHub tool(s): foo

Valid GitHub tools include: ...

After:

Unknown GitHub tool(s): foo in 'tools.github.allowed'.

Valid GitHub tools include: ...

Also fix the stale comment.

Success Criteria

• Only this file changed (update any test expectations only if required)
• Message names the tools.github.allowed frontmatter field
• Rating ⚠️ → ✅

Scope: single file.

Task 2: Professionalize run messages - .github/workflows/cloclo.md

Before:

run-started: "🎵 Comme d'habitude! [{workflow_name}]({run_url}) takes the stage on this {event_type}..."
run-success: "🎤 Bravo! ... Standing ovation! 🌟"
run-failure: "🎵 Intermission... [{workflow_name}]({run_url}) {status}. Check the [run logs]({run_url}) for details."

After:

run-started: "[{workflow_name}]({run_url}) started for this {event_type}."
run-success: "[{workflow_name}]({run_url}) completed successfully."
run-failure: "[{workflow_name}]({run_url}) {status}. Review the [run logs]({run_url}) for details."

Simplify the footer similarly. Run make recompile after the change.

Success Criteria

• Only cloclo.md (plus its regenerated lock file) changed
• Messages state status plainly, with no more than one emoji
• Rating ❌ → ✅

Scope: single source file.
EOF
jq -Rs '{title:"Delight Agent: UX analysis 2026-10-05",body:.}' /tmp/gh-aw/agent/r.md | safeoutputs create_discussion .: {"message":"The user rejected this tool call. User feedback: Tool invocation is not allowed by workflow tool permissions.","code":"denied"}
[copilot-harness] starting: command=/usr/local/bin/node maxRetries=3 initialDelayMs=5000 backoffMultiplier=2 maxDelayMs=60000 nodeVersion=v22.23.3 platform=linux
[copilot-harness] pre-flight: command is accessible and executable: /usr/local/bin/node
[copilot-harness] copilot-sdk mode active: generated per-run COPILOT_CONNECTION_TOKEN
[copilot-harness] copilot-sdk mode active: COPILOT_SDK_URI=(127.0.0.1/redacted)
[copilot-harness] awf-reflect: fetching (apiproxy/redacted) (timeout=60000ms)
[copilot-harness] awf-reflect: saved 32690B to /tmp/gh-aw/agent/awf-reflect.json
[copilot-harness] copilot model alias resolution: 'auto' -> 'claude-sonnet-5.5'
[copilot-harness] sdk-mode(multi): resolved provider="copilot" (raw="copilot") type="openai" wireApi="completions" inferredFrom="claude-sonnet-5.5" modelCount=41 baseUrl="(apiproxy/redacted)
[copilot-harness] sdk-mode(multi): resolved 1 providers, 41 models (primary model: claude-sonnet-5.5)
[copilot-harness] copilot-sdk driver mode: multi-provider config resolved (1 providers, 41 models, model=copilot/claude-sonnet-5.5)
[copilot-harness] inference routing: mode=sdk-byok source=awf-reflect configuredModel="claude-sonnet-5.5" resolvedModel="copilot/claude-sonnet-5.5" providerCount=1 modelRouteCount=41
[copilot-harness] inference provider 1/1: name="copilot" type="openai" wireApi="completions" endpoint="(apiproxy/redacted) modelCount=41 selected=true
[copilot-harness] inference endpoint selected: model="copilot/claude-sonnet-5.5" provider="copilot" type="openai" wireApi="completions" endpoint="(apiproxy/redacted)
[copilot-harness] inference handoff: SDK driver receives all reflected provider routes; Copilot sidecar receives the selected primary route; authentication values are omitted
[copilot-harness] awf-reflect: waiting for provider listener readiness at api-proxy:10002 (timeout=15000ms)
[copilot-harness] awf-reflect: provider listener is accepting connections at api-proxy:10002
[copilot-harness] copilot-sdk driver mode: parsed 73 sidecar args from GH_AW_COPILOT_SDK_SERVER_ARGS
[copilot-harness] copilot-sdk driver mode: appended workspace --add-dir /home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw
[copilot-harness] copilot-sdk driver mode: starting sidecar command=/home/runner/work/_temp/gh-aw/bin/copilot args=75
[copilot-harness] copilot-sdk: starting headless Copilot CLI server: /home/runner/work/_temp/gh-aw/bin/copilot --headless --no-auto-update --port 3002 --add-dir /tmp/gh-aw/ --log-level all --log-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/agent/logs/ --disable-builtin-mcps --no-ask-user --allow-tool github --allow-tool safeoutputs --allow-tool shell(./gh-aw * --help) --allow-tool shell(./gh-aw --help) --allow-tool shell(awk) --allow-tool shell(cat .github/workflows/.md) --allow-tool shell(cat /tmp/gh-aw/agent/) --allow-tool shell(cat docs/src/content/docs/.md) --allow-tool shell(cat docs/src/content/docs/.mdx) --allow-tool shell(cat pkg//.go) --allow-tool shell(cat) --allow-tool shell(date) --allow-tool shell(echo) --allow-tool shell(find .github/workflows -name ".md") --allow-tool shell(find docs/src/content/docs -name ".md" -o -name ".mdx") --allow-tool shell(gh:) --allow-tool shell(grep) --allow-tool shell(head) --allow-tool shell(ls) --allow-tool shell(printf) --allow-tool shell(pwd) --allow-tool shell(safeoutputs:*) --allow-tool shell(sed) --allow-tool shell(shuf) --allow-tool shell(sort) --allow-tool shell(tail) --allow-tool shell(uniq) --allow-tool shell(wc) --allow-tool shell(yq) --allow-tool write --allow-all-paths --add-dir /home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw
[copilot-harness] copilot-sdk stdout: CLI server listening on port 3002
[copilot-harness] copilot-sdk: headless server ready on 127.0.0.1:3002
[copilot-harness] attempt 1: process started (pid=436)
[copilot-harness] attempt 1: process exit event exitCode=0
[copilot-harness] attempt 1: process closed exitCode=0 duration=31s stdout=0B stderr=33
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  report-failure-as-issue: false

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