feat: import Workflow Skill Extractor from github/gh-aw

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Summary

Imports the Workflow Skill Extractor agentic workflow from github/gh-aw.

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Source

.github/workflows/workflow-skill-extractor.md in github/gh-aw

What it does

Runs weekly (and on demand) to analyze all workflows in .github/workflows/, identify repeated patterns across them (tool configurations, prompt skills, data processing logic, setup steps), and produce:

• Up to 3 GitHub Issues ([refactoring] prefix) recommending the highest-impact shared component extractions
• 1 GitHub Discussion report with a full analysis of all findings, prioritized by frequency and lines saved

Adaptations

• Removed the source repo's cookie label (internal to github/gh-aw) from the issue label list
• Simplified bash command examples to be repository-agnostic (e.g., generic workflow filename references)
• Removed the "call noop" reminder in the prompt footer (that is handled by the framework)
• All other logic, frontmatter, and structure preserved as-is

Custom agents

None — the workflow uses no custom agent file.

Category

Added to the Meta-Workflows section in README.md.

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Files changed

File	Description
workflows/workflow-skill-extractor.md	Adapted workflow source
.github/workflows/workflow-skill-extractor.lock.yml	Compiled lock file (fetched from source repo)
docs/workflow-skill-extractor.md	Documentation page
README.md	New entry in Meta-Workflows section

Generated by Import Workflow from Prompt Repository

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Note

This was originally intended as a pull request, but the git push operation failed.

Workflow Run: View run details and download patch artifact

The patch file is available in the agent-artifacts artifact in the workflow run linked above.

To create a pull request with the changes:

# Download the artifact from the workflow run
gh run download 22547459367 -n agent-artifacts -D /tmp/agent-artifacts-22547459367

# Create a new branch
git checkout -b import-workflow-skill-extractor-6f86338c76b30006

# Apply the patch (--3way handles cross-repo patches where files may already exist)
git am --3way /tmp/agent-artifacts-22547459367/aw-import-workflow-skill-extractor.patch

# Push the branch to origin
git push origin import-workflow-skill-extractor-6f86338c76b30006

# Create the pull request
gh pr create --title 'feat: import Workflow Skill Extractor from github/gh-aw' --base main --head import-workflow-skill-extractor-6f86338c76b30006 --repo githubnext/agentics

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From c5a2094d4ca602fa8146c2eb521f8547b7a02cc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Copilot <copilot@github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 16:28:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: import workflow-skill-extractor from github/gh-aw

Add the Workflow Skill Extractor agentic workflow that analyzes all
workflows in the repository to identify shared skills, tools, and
prompts that could be refactored into reusable shared components.

- workflows/workflow-skill-extractor.md: adapted workflow source
- .github/workflows/workflow-skill-extractor.lock.yml: compiled lock file
- docs/workflow-skill-extractor.md: documentation page
- README.md: added entry to Meta-Workflows section

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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 .../workflow-skill-extractor.lock.yml         | 1164 +++++++++++++++++
 README.md                                     |    1 +
 docs/workflow-skill-extractor.md              |   61 +
 workflows/workflow-skill-extractor.md         |  313 +++++
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 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/workflow-skill-extractor.lock.yml
 create mode 100644 docs/workflow-skill-extractor.md
 create mode 100644 workflows/workflow-skill-extractor.md

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