Description
Two workflows consistently appear in the "overkill" portfolio quadrant, consuming high tokens for tasks with significant deterministic components:
| Workflow |
Turns |
Tokens/run |
Issue |
| Documentation Unbloat |
58 (failed run) |
4.8M |
New failure Apr 27, also 34.8min runtime |
| Package Specification Extractor |
51 |
3.0M |
resource_heavy + partially_reducible |
Both have agentic_fraction ≈ 0.50 — meaning roughly half their turns are data-gathering operations that could be done deterministically before the agent starts.
Concrete fixes (from Optimization Kit #28742 Prompt 4):
For Package Specification Extractor:
- Add bash pre-step: list packages from go.mod, fetch existing specs, pre-load top-10 changed packages from git log
- Reduce agentic phase to enrichment-only (not discovery)
- Add
max-turns: 25
For Documentation Unbloat:
- Add
max-turns: 35 (current 58 = no guard, caused 34.8min failed run)
- Replace Playwright-based content fetching with direct
curl/gh api calls where possible
- Add timeout guard on external content loading
Expected Impact
Documentation Unbloat: prevent future 34.8min wasted runs. Package Extractor: reduce 3M → ~1.5M tokens/run. Combined weekly saving: ~4.5M tokens.
Suggested Agent
Agentic Optimization Kit
Estimated Effort
Medium (1–4 hours)
Data Source
DeepReport Intelligence Briefing — April 27, 2026 (run §25003521428); Weekly Workflow Analysis #28687; Agentic Optimization Kit #28742
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Description
Two workflows consistently appear in the "overkill" portfolio quadrant, consuming high tokens for tasks with significant deterministic components:
resource_heavy+partially_reducibleBoth have
agentic_fraction ≈ 0.50— meaning roughly half their turns are data-gathering operations that could be done deterministically before the agent starts.Concrete fixes (from Optimization Kit #28742 Prompt 4):
For Package Specification Extractor:
max-turns: 25For Documentation Unbloat:
max-turns: 35(current 58 = no guard, caused 34.8min failed run)curl/gh apicalls where possibleExpected Impact
Documentation Unbloat: prevent future 34.8min wasted runs. Package Extractor: reduce 3M → ~1.5M tokens/run. Combined weekly saving: ~4.5M tokens.
Suggested Agent
Agentic Optimization Kit
Estimated Effort
Medium (1–4 hours)
Data Source
DeepReport Intelligence Briefing — April 27, 2026 (run §25003521428); Weekly Workflow Analysis #28687; Agentic Optimization Kit #28742