The upgrade-agentic-workflows agent now prompts users to refresh agent and instruction files after upgrading workflows. Without this step, agents may reference outdated schemas or deprecated features from the previous gh-aw version.

Changes

• Added step 3 "Refresh Agent and Instruction Files" to the verification workflow

  • Instructs running gh aw init after successful compilation
  • Updates all agent files (.github/agents/*.md) and instructions (.github/aw/github-agentic-workflows.md)
  • Preserves user configuration while applying latest templates

• Updated PR template for successful upgrades

  • Added "Post-Upgrade Steps" section with gh aw init checkpoint
  • Expanded "Files Changed" to track updated agent files

Example

After upgrading workflows from v0.x to v1.0:

# Fix deprecated fields
gh aw fix --write

# Compile all workflows
gh aw compile

# Refresh agents and instructions to align with v1.0
gh aw init

Files modified:

• .github/agents/upgrade-agentic-workflows.md
• pkg/cli/templates/upgrade-agentic-workflows.md

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