Migrate 30 more agentic workflows to the gh-aw-detection feature

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Continues the rollout of the external threat-detection engine by enabling features: gh-aw-detection: true on 30 additional workflows that were still running the inline detection path.

Selection criteria

Candidates were .github/workflows/*.md files that:

• do not already enable gh-aw-detection
• declare safe-outputs: (so threat detection actually runs)
• do not set threat-detection: false
• are not upstream-managed (no source: frontmatter entry)

Changes

• Frontmatter (30 files) — added the feature flag:

  features:
  gh-aw-detection: true

• Recompiled lock files (30 files) — regenerated .lock.yml so the detection job uses the external detector binary instead of the inline engine. Note that on this path detection.log is no longer uploaded; the detection artifact carries detection_result.json + step-summary.md.

Migrated workflows

copilot-centralization-drilldown, copilot-centralization-optimizer, daily-arxiv-researcher, daily-code-debt-aider, daily-go-test-parallelizer, daily-go-test-stubs-aider, daily-pr-review-cursor, daily-safe-output-integrator, daily-safe-output-optimizer, daily-safe-outputs-conformance, daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator, daily-security-observability, daily-security-red-team, daily-semgrep-scan, daily-skill-optimizer, daily-spdd-spec-planner, daily-spec-coverage-kiro, daily-spending-forecast, daily-squid-image-scan, daily-syntax-error-quality, daily-vulnhunter-scan, daily-windows-terminal-integration-builder, daily-workflow-updater, daily-yamllint-fixer, dataflow-pr-discussion-dataset, deepsec-security-scan, delight, dependabot-burner, dependabot-go-checker, dev-hawk

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Lean already. Ship. PR is a mechanical, repeated 2-line frontmatter flag addition across 30 workflows; lock.yml files are generated. No over-engineering to flag.

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Comment Memory

reviewed_at: 2026-08-16T00:00:00Z
review_event: REQUEST_CHANGES
top_themes:
- missing step-summary artifact/output in external threat-detection path
- rollout relies on new detector/conclusion scripts without visible validation in diff
files_reviewed:
- .github/workflows/copilot-centralization-drilldown.md
- .github/workflows/copilot-centralization-drilldown.lock.yml
- .github/workflows/copilot-centralization-optimizer.md
- .github/workflows/copilot-centralization-optimizer.lock.yml
- .github/workflows/daily-arxiv-researcher.lock.yml
- .github/workflows/daily-safe-output-optimizer.lock.yml
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Request changes

The external threat-detection rollout removes explicit summary/log publication from these generated workflows, and this diff does not prove the replacement path is always preserved.

Blocking theme

Across the migrated workflows, the generated YAML deletes both the Echo detection step summary step and the Upload threat detection log artifact, while the new artifact stanza in the diff only names detection_result.json. That is a debuggability regression unless the external detector/conclusion path is guaranteed to persist the human-readable summary as part of the uploaded artifact, and this PR does not show or test that guarantee.

Please either keep an explicit summary publication path in the generated workflow or add coverage that proves the migrated artifact always includes the step summary operators need to diagnose warnings and failures.

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Comments that could not be inline-anchored

.github/workflows/copilot-centralization-drilldown.lock.yml:174

This rollout drops the only visible publication path for the detection step summary: the old flow echoed /tmp/gh-aw/step-summary.md into the job log and uploaded detection.log, but the new flow uploads only detection_result.json, so if threat-detect or conclude_threat_detection.sh does not persist the summary itself, operators lose the debugging context needed to understand warnings/failures.

<details><summary>💡 Why this blocks the migration</summary>

The PR description says the ne…

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All 30 workflows correctly add features: gh-aw-detection: true and their lock files are consistently recompiled. The migration from the inline detection path to the external AWF binary detector is uniform across all changed files. No issues found.

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Skills-Based Review 🧠

Applied /codebase-design — this is a large, mechanical migration of 30 workflows to the external gh-aw-detection engine. The diff is truncated at 3000 lines (~12 of 30 workflows visible), but the visible portion is highly consistent.

📋 Key Themes & Highlights

Positive Highlights

• ✅ All visible .md files consistently add features:\n gh-aw-detection: true
• ✅ All visible lock files consistently add GH_AW_INFO_FEATURES and GH_AW_DETECTION_SKIP_PROMPT_SUMMARY: "true"
• ✅ Step ordering is consistent: "Install AWF binary" moves before ripgrep/copilot-cli, then "Install threat-detect binary" replaces the old inline node-based detection path
• ✅ PR selection criteria are clearly documented (no source: frontmatter, has safe-outputs, no threat-detection: false)
• ✅ Lock files are compiler-generated — no manual edits

Notes

• The diff is truncated at 3000 lines, so only ~12/30 workflows are fully visible. Based on the consistent pattern across all visible files, the remaining 18 workflows are assumed correct.
• GH_AW_DETECTION_SKIP_PROMPT_SUMMARY: "true" is present in all visible detection jobs — good, this aligns with the note that detection.log is no longer uploaded on this path.

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Pull request overview

Migrates 30 workflows from inline threat detection to the external gh-aw-detection engine.

Changes:

• Enables features.gh-aw-detection in 30 workflow definitions.
• Regenerates corresponding lock files for external detector execution and structured result artifacts.
• The PR description should be corrected: the detection artifact contains only detection_result.json.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
copilot-centralization-drilldown.md	Enables external detection.
copilot-centralization-drilldown.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
copilot-centralization-optimizer.md	Enables external detection.
copilot-centralization-optimizer.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-arxiv-researcher.md	Enables external detection.
daily-arxiv-researcher.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-code-debt-aider.md	Enables external detection.
daily-code-debt-aider.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-go-test-parallelizer.md	Enables external detection.
daily-go-test-parallelizer.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-go-test-stubs-aider.md	Enables external detection.
daily-go-test-stubs-aider.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-pr-review-cursor.md	Enables external detection.
daily-pr-review-cursor.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-safe-output-integrator.md	Enables external detection.
daily-safe-output-integrator.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-safe-output-optimizer.md	Enables external detection.
daily-safe-output-optimizer.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-safe-outputs-conformance.md	Enables external detection.
daily-safe-outputs-conformance.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.md	Enables external detection.
daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-security-observability.md	Enables external detection.
daily-security-observability.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-security-red-team.md	Enables external detection.
daily-security-red-team.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-semgrep-scan.md	Enables external detection.
daily-semgrep-scan.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-skill-optimizer.md	Enables external detection.
daily-skill-optimizer.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-spdd-spec-planner.md	Enables external detection.
daily-spdd-spec-planner.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-spec-coverage-kiro.md	Enables external detection.
daily-spec-coverage-kiro.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-spending-forecast.md	Enables external detection.
daily-spending-forecast.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-squid-image-scan.md	Enables external detection.
daily-squid-image-scan.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-syntax-error-quality.md	Enables external detection.
daily-syntax-error-quality.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-vulnhunter-scan.md	Enables external detection.
daily-vulnhunter-scan.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-windows-terminal-integration-builder.md	Enables external detection.
daily-windows-terminal-integration-builder.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-workflow-updater.md	Enables external detection.
daily-workflow-updater.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
daily-yamllint-fixer.md	Enables external detection.
daily-yamllint-fixer.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
dataflow-pr-discussion-dataset.md	Enables external detection.
dataflow-pr-discussion-dataset.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
deepsec-security-scan.md	Enables external detection.
deepsec-security-scan.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
delight.md	Enables external detection.
delight.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
dependabot-burner.md	Enables external detection.
dependabot-burner.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
dependabot-go-checker.md	Enables external detection.
dependabot-go-checker.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.
dev-hawk.md	Enables external detection.
dev-hawk.lock.yml	Recompiles detection job.

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