Add multi-agent research workflow instruction file distilled from CDC prompt - #45911
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Pull request overview
Adds guidance for designing long-running, multi-agent research workflows and registers it with the workflow skill router.
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- Documents six research orchestration principles.
- Provides frontmatter, prompt, registry, and auditor templates.
- Adds routing for multi-agent research workflow design.
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.github/aw/multi-agent-research.md |
Adds the research workflow design guide and templates. |
.github/skills/agentic-workflows/SKILL.md |
Registers and routes to the new guide. |
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| Read all `approach-*.md` files. | ||
| Build or update `/tmp/gh-aw/research/registry.json` with one entry per approach family. |
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| key: research-registry-${{ github.run_id }} |
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| engine: copilot # or claude for repo-memory support |
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| engine: copilot # or claude for repo-memory support | ||
| timeout-minutes: 480 # long-running; calibrate to expected depth |
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| mode: gh-proxy | ||
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| key: research-state-${{ github.run_id }} |
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Adds
.github/aw/multi-agent-research.md— a design guide for long-running agentic workflows that orchestrate multiple parallel sub-agents for deep research tasks. Distilled from the OpenAI Cycle Double Cover prompt (July 2026), which used 64 concurrent agents to produce a candidate proof of a decades-open conjecture.New file:
.github/aw/multi-agent-research.mdSix principles extracted from the CDC prompt structure, mapped to gh-aw primitives:
cache-memory-persisted registry with a materially-new-mechanism gate before reopening stalled approachesIncludes a frontmatter template, structured prompt template, orchestration loop diagram (orchestrator → parallel explorers + auditor), and a completion checklist.
Skill router
Registered in
.github/skills/agentic-workflows/SKILL.md— both in the loadable file list and as a named routing rule: "Design long-running multi-agent research workflows."