[instructions] Sync instruction files with release v0.88.7 (assign-to-agent reasoning-effort)

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Summary

Ran the instructions-janitor audit against the latest release (v0.88.7, 2026-09-08) and the two prior instruction syncs (#60231, #60603 — most recent at 2026-09-13T14:36:23Z).

Release and change audit

Reviewed all commits touching docs/ and .github/aw/ since the release, focusing on what postdates the most recent sync (#60603):

• Require update-release for agent release notes (Require update-release for agent-generated release notes #60701) — already updated .github/aw/* directly in the same commit; no action needed.
• Bump gh-aw-firewall/gh-aw-mcpg version bump (Bump gh-aw-firewall to v0.28.16 and gh-aw-mcpg to v0.4.21 #60568) — only touched .github/aw/actions-lock.json and workflow lock files; not instruction content.
• docs: unbloat frontmatter reference ([docs] docs: unbloat frontmatter reference #60713), [docs] Correct artifact names in artifacts reference ([docs] Self-healing documentation fixes from issue analysis - 2026-09-13 #60706), Support wildcard cached logs files (Support wildcard cached logs files #60702) — all scoped to docs/ (website reference pages); .github/aw/cli-commands.md's gh aw logs section is intentionally a compact, non-exhaustive flag list and doesn't need the new --cached-logs alias.
• Also spot-checked several pre-[instructions] Sync instruction files with recent safe-output and CLI changes #60603 commits (assign-to-agent reasoning effort, add-labels target restrictions, OTLP secret-backed endpoints, safe-output footers) to confirm they were captured by the prior sync. One gap surfaced: reasoning-effort on assign-to-agent (Add reasoning effort support to assign-to-agent #60346) was documented in docs/ but missing from .github/aw/safe-outputs-automation.md's example block — fixed here.

Size audit

wc -l .github/aw/*.md — all 68 files remain under their 400-line targets (largest: syntax-agentic.md at 391, token-optimization.md at 384, safe-outputs-content.md at 379, create-agentic-workflow.md at 376). No split needed this run.

Duplication / accuracy audit

No new duplication introduced by recent changes; add-labels target restrictions (#60362) and OTLP secret-backed defaults (#60348) were internal/enforcement changes with no new user-facing frontmatter fields, so no doc changes were needed there.

Files changed

File	Before	After
.github/aw/safe-outputs-automation.md	304 lines	305 lines

Test plan

• wc -l .github/aw/*.md — confirmed all files under target limits
• Confirmed reasoning-effort matches the field name/behavior in pkg/workflow/assign_to_agent.go and docs/src/content/docs/reference/safe-outputs.md

Warning

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network:
  allowed:
    - defaults
    - "api.anthropic.com"

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• expires on Sep 16, 2026, 12:53 AM UTC-08:00

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✅ Looks great! This PR adds the reasoning-effort field to the assign-to-agent example in the safe-outputs documentation — a clean sync with release v0.88.7.

The audit in the PR body is thorough: you've verified all files remain under target line limits, confirmed field names match the implementation, and identified the documentation gap from #60346. This is exactly the kind of small, focused, well-justified change that keeps the instructions aligned with the codebase.

Ready to merge! 🎯

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network:
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