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Enhance backlog assessment pilot and improve documentation - #491
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Add a manually dispatched, report-only backlog assessment with scoped repository reads and shared Copilot guidance. Pin GPT-6.1-sol with max reasoning effort for the main assessment, preserve detector effort defaults, and add strict compilation and contract checks with dated rollout documentation. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…_factory # Conflicts: # AUTOMATION.md Co-authored-by: robgruen <25374553+robgruen@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: robgruen <25374553+robgruen@users.noreply.github.com>
Use plain-language reports while preserving evidence and human review. Raise the main assessment allowance to 400 AI credits, document report retention, and update the generated workflow and contract tests. Detection, permissions, and retention settings remain unchanged. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Compare the complete Markdown link destination against the existing TypeChat.NET project URL. This addresses the CodeQL PR comment by ensuring the assertion validates the full destination, not merely link text or a partial match. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Resolve conflicts from the earlier squash merge while preserving the approved assessment limits, regression tests, and documentation. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Document the successful October 29 run and active execution limits, preserve the original dated draft with provenance and review limits, and record subsequent human merges. Keep control hardening and approval-gated workflows as future work. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Resolve documentation conflicts in favor of the completed pilot record, retain the original assessment snapshot, and preserve the already-merged Python and website changes. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Record the owner-approved switch to @robgruen, restrict model-visible tools, and replace transport-derived tool grades with native-only diagnostics. Document enabled Copilot reviews while preserving existing branch protections, budgets, and secrecy restrictions. Validated with 42 automation tests, reproducible strict compilation, and offline replay of the recorded assessment. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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🔵 Needs a closer look
The ownership and approval-policy changes require explicit human owner authorization, while the inaccessible pinned grader runtime leaves its execution contract unverified.
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What changed in this PR
This PR updates TypeChat’s project ownership and strengthens the read-only backlog assessment pilot with restricted tool access, native-event diagnostics, and a preserved assessment report.
Changes:
- Names
@robgruenas project owner across policy, contributor guidance, and CODEOWNERS. - Restricts model-visible tools and replaces four built-in metrics with three native-event diagnostics, with regression coverage.
- Archives the October 29 assessment and documents its evidence limits, automation status, and human-review requirements.
| File | Description |
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tools/tests/backlog-assessment.test.mjs |
Adds ownership, tool-boundary, grader-isolation, and native-metric checks. |
reports/backlog-assessments/2026-10-29-40962028077.md |
Preserves the draft inventory of 21 issues and 25 PRs with coverage limits. |
README.md |
Updates ownership and summarizes pilot progress and review status. |
GOALS.md |
Updates the direction owner and clarifies approval versus enforcement. |
AUTOMATION.md |
Documents run results, archive provenance, diagnostics, and review controls. |
.github/workflows/backlog-assessment.md |
Adds tool filtering, native graders, and access-denial guidance. |
.github/workflows/backlog-assessment.lock.yml |
Regenerates the workflow with tool restrictions and an isolated graders job. |
.github/copilot-instructions.md |
Updates the named policy owner. |
.github/CODEOWNERS |
Assigns policy and automation-control review to @robgruen. |
Review effort: Balanced
Tal Zaccai (TalZaccai)
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Oct 30, 2026
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This pull request updates repository ownership and workflow configuration to reflect a change in the project owner and to enhance GitHub Actions capabilities. The main changes are the reassignment of ownership from the
@microsoft/typechatteam to@robgruen, updates to documentation to match this change, and improvements to the backlog assessment workflow by enabling new tools and graders.Ownership and Documentation Updates:
@microsoft/typechatto@robgruenin.github/CODEOWNERSand updated references in.github/copilot-instructions.mdto reflect the new project owner. [1] [2]Workflow Enhancements (backlog-assessment):
github(search_issues)andgithub(search_pull_requests)tools in.github/workflows/backlog-assessment.lock.ymlto expand the available GitHub Actions functionality. [1] [2] [3]gradersjob in the workflow environment variables.