[q] Fix ambient context analysis to use API proxy event log

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Q Workflow Optimization Report

Triggered by @pelikhan on issue #37647.

Investigation Findings (from live data)

daily-ambient-context-optimizer

• Run Analyzed: 27103214041 (the run that generated issue [ambient-context] Daily Ambient Context Optimizer - 2026-06-07 #37647)
• Sampled Runs: Linter Miner (27100128932), Design Decision Gate (27100525416)

Finding 1 — Inline agents ARE compiler-stripped

linter-miner.md source has 3 inline ## agent: blocks. Its compiled prompt.txt has 0 inline agent headers. The compiler strips them before the first LLM request. The prior report's R5 recommendation ("extract linter-writer agent body") was a false positive.

Finding 2 — prompt.txt IS the API proxy first request

Cross-validated against token-usage.jsonl:

• Design Decision Gate: prompt.txt = 35,002 chars; first entry = 13,911 tokens × ~2.5 ≈ 34,778 chars ✅
• Documentation Unbloat: prompt.txt = 18,942 chars; first entry = 7,527 tokens × ~2.5 ≈ 18,818 chars ✅

Finding 3 — events.jsonl user.message data field is empty

Cannot be used as text source. The fallback path in the workflow was also incomplete (missing */ glob segment).

Finding 4 — Misleading Source Review guidance

The Source Review section listed "too many inline agents" as a size driver and Recommendation Rules priority #3 said to "remove low-value inline agents" — both wrong since inline agents are compiler-stripped.

Changes Made

.github/workflows/daily-ambient-context-optimizer.md

1. Eligibility rules: Fixed events.jsonl path to include full glob; added note that prompt.txt is post-compilation with inline agents stripped.
2. First-Request Extraction Rules: Added compilation bug check (flag ## agent:/## skill: in prompt.txt); added token-usage.jsonl cross-validation; added first_request_input_tokens and compilation_bug fields to metadata JSON.
3. Deterministic Analysis: Inline agent/skill counts now flagged as compilation bugs; bug-flagged content excluded from size measurements.
4. Source Review: Removed "too many inline agents" as size driver; replaced with "large imported agent definitions" (via imports: — these ARE inlined); added compiler-strip explanation and bug-flagging guidance.
5. Recommendation Rules priority Add workflow: githubnext/agentics/weekly-research #3: Changed from "remove low-value inline agents" to "trim large imported agent definitions" with compiler-strip explanation.

Expected Improvements

• Eliminates false "too many inline agents" recommendations in future reports
• Detects real compilation bugs if inline agents ever leak into prompt.txt
• Adds token-count cross-validation for size accuracy
• Fixes incomplete events.jsonl path in fallback rule

Validation

• ✅ daily-ambient-context-optimizer — compiled valid: true, errors: [], warnings: []

Note: .lock.yml will be regenerated automatically after merge.

References

• Triggering issue: [ambient-context] Daily Ambient Context Optimizer - 2026-06-07 #37647

• Optimizer run audited: 27103214041

• Sampled runs: 27100128932 (Linter Miner), 27100525416 (Design Decision Gate)

• Fixes [ambient-context] Daily Ambient Context Optimizer - 2026-06-07 #37647

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• .github/workflows/daily-ambient-context-optimizer.md

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Create the pull request manually

# Download the patch from the workflow run
gh run download 27103739370 -n agent -D /tmp/agent-27103739370

# Create a new branch
git checkout -b q/fix-ambient-context-optimizer-analysis-source-193317c01f5f7a60 main

# Apply the patch (--3way handles cross-repo patches)
git am --3way /tmp/agent-27103739370/aw-q-fix-ambient-context-optimizer-analysis-source.patch

# Push the branch and create the pull request
git push origin q/fix-ambient-context-optimizer-analysis-source-193317c01f5f7a60
gh pr create --title '[q] Fix ambient context analysis to use API proxy event log' --base main --head q/fix-ambient-context-optimizer-analysis-source-193317c01f5f7a60 --repo github/gh-aw

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