From 016fa24368f9c57cf7a86c8ee9edf0a85a64ef89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "github-actions[bot]" <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:39:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add theme-aware explanatory diagram for resilience techniques - Adds workshop/images/22-resilience-techniques-light.svg - Adds workshop/images/22-resilience-techniques-dark.svg - Inserts a block into workshop/22-error-handling-and-resilience.md after the failure-modes table, mapping four failure modes to three mitigations (defensive brief, timeout-minutes, fallback safe-output) Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --- workshop/22-error-handling-and-resilience.md | 8 + .../images/22-resilience-techniques-dark.svg | 133 ++++++++++++++++ .../images/22-resilience-techniques-light.svg | 145 ++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 286 insertions(+) create mode 100644 workshop/images/22-resilience-techniques-dark.svg create mode 100644 workshop/images/22-resilience-techniques-light.svg diff --git a/workshop/22-error-handling-and-resilience.md b/workshop/22-error-handling-and-resilience.md index 49ef9901..18109ed2 100644 --- a/workshop/22-error-handling-and-resilience.md +++ b/workshop/22-error-handling-and-resilience.md @@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ Agentic workflows can fail for several reasons: Recognising these patterns helps you write instructions that stay on track. +The diagram below shows how these failure modes map to the three mitigations covered in this step. + + + + + Four failure modes — prompt drift, timeout, tool error, and empty data — each mapped to one of three mitigations: defensive brief, timeout-minutes, and fallback safe-output, which together produce a reliably running workflow + + ### Apply all three changes with the skill In the GitHub Copilot **Chat** or **Agents** tab, paste: diff --git a/workshop/images/22-resilience-techniques-dark.svg b/workshop/images/22-resilience-techniques-dark.svg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0de60df2 --- /dev/null +++ b/workshop/images/22-resilience-techniques-dark.svg @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Resilience Techniques for Agentic Workflows + + + + + FAILURE MODES + + + MITIGATIONS + + + OUTCOME + + + + + + + Prompt drift + Ambiguous brief → unexpected path + ⚠ + + + + Timeout + Agent reasoning exceeds time limit + ⚠ + + + + Tool error + API rate-limit or network failure + ⚠ + + + + Empty data + No issues or PRs to summarise + ⚠ + + + + + + + + + + + + Defensive task brief + Explicit fallback instruction when data is missing + 🛡 + + + + timeout-minutes + Cap run duration in workflow frontmatter + ⏱ + + + + Fallback safe-output + Always call output — even for quiet runs + 📤 + + + + + + + + + ✅ + Workflow runs + reliably + unattended, week after week + + + + Apply a defensive brief, a timeout, and a fallback safe-output to keep your workflow useful even when things go wrong. + + diff --git a/workshop/images/22-resilience-techniques-light.svg b/workshop/images/22-resilience-techniques-light.svg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9d756a28 --- /dev/null +++ b/workshop/images/22-resilience-techniques-light.svg @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Resilience Techniques for Agentic Workflows + + + + + FAILURE MODES + + + MITIGATIONS + + + OUTCOME + + + + + + + Prompt drift + Ambiguous brief → unexpected path + ⚠ + + + + Timeout + Agent reasoning exceeds time limit + ⚠ + + + + Tool error + API rate-limit or network failure + ⚠ + + + + Empty data + No issues or PRs to summarise + ⚠ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Defensive task brief + Explicit fallback instruction when data is missing + 🛡 + + + + timeout-minutes + Cap run duration in workflow frontmatter + ⏱ + + + + Fallback safe-output + Always call output — even for quiet runs + 📤 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ✅ + Workflow runs + reliably + unattended, week after week + + + + Apply a defensive brief, a timeout, and a fallback safe-output to keep your workflow useful even when things go wrong. + +