fix(agents): address sync review debt

.github/scripts/issue_format.py

@@ -199,6 +199,24 @@ def _section_text(body: str, start: int) -> str:
     return "\n".join(lines[start + 1 : end])
 
 
+def _without_fenced_code(text: str) -> str:
+    """Remove Markdown fences so examples cannot satisfy issue requirements."""
+    kept: list[str] = []
+    fence: tuple[str, int] | None = None
+    for line in text.splitlines():
+        match = re.match(r"\s{0,3}(`{3,}|~{3,})", line)
+        if match:
+            marker = match.group(1)
+            if fence is None:
+                fence = (marker[0], len(marker))
+            elif marker[0] == fence[0] and len(marker) >= fence[1]:
+                fence = None
+            continue
+        if fence is None:
+            kept.append(line)
+    return "\n".join(kept)
+
+
 @dataclass
 class Report:
     ok: bool = True
@@ -247,7 +265,9 @@ def validate(body: str) -> Report:
     tasks_at = _find(body, REQUIRED["Tasks"])
     if tasks_at is not None:
         task_items = re.findall(
-            r"^\s*[-*]\s*\[[ xX]\]\s*(.+)$", _section_text(body, tasks_at), re.M
+            r"^\s*[-*]\s*\[[ xX]\]\s*(.+)$",
+            _without_fenced_code(_section_text(body, tasks_at)),
+            re.M,
         )
         if not task_items:
             report.problems.append(
@@ -260,7 +280,7 @@ def validate(body: str) -> Report:
 
     acceptance_at = _find(body, REQUIRED["Acceptance Criteria"])
     if acceptance_at is not None:
-        acceptance = _section_text(body, acceptance_at)
+        acceptance = _without_fenced_code(_section_text(body, acceptance_at))
         if not GATE.search(acceptance):
             report.problems.append(
                 "`Acceptance Criteria` names no test, runnable command or observable "

.github/workflows/agents-63-issue-intake.yml

@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ jobs:
           )
         )
       ) &&
-      !contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'agents:auto-pilot')
+      (github.event_name != 'issues' ||
+      !contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'agents:auto-pilot'))
     name: Normalize workflow inputs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:

.github/workflows/agents-issue-optimizer.yml

@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Release failed format lease
         if: >-
           (failure() || cancelled()) &&
+          steps.check.outputs.should_run == 'true' &&
           (steps.check.outputs.phase == 'format' ||
           (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.phase == 'format') ||
           (github.event_name == 'issues' && github.event.label.name == 'agents:format'))

scripts/langchain/issue_formatter.py

@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ def _strip_reuse_marker(text: str) -> str:
 VERIFY_HINT_REGEX = re.compile(r"\(verify:\s*([^\n)]+)\)", re.IGNORECASE)
 SAFE_VERIFY_COMMAND_RE = re.compile(
     r"^(?:"
-    r"(?:python(?:3)?\s+-m\s+)?pytest\b"
+    r"(?:python(?:3)?\s+-m\s+)?(?:pytest|unittest)\b"
     r"|node\s+--test\b"
     r"|(?:npm|pnpm|yarn)\s+(?:run\s+)?(?:test|vitest|jest|playwright)\b"
     r"|(?:make|just|cargo|go|dotnet)\s+(?:test|check)\b"
-    r"|gh\s+(?:workflow\s+run|run)\b"
+    r"|gh\s+(?:workflow\s+run|run)\s+\S+"
     r"|curl\s+\S+"
     r")",
     re.IGNORECASE,
@@ -477,10 +477,25 @@ def _strip_original_issue_blocks(text: str) -> str:
         kept.append(text[cursor : match.start()])
         depth = 1
         end = match.end()
+        fence: tuple[str, int] | None = None
         for tag in _DETAILS_TAG_RE.finditer(text, match.end()):
+            # Literal HTML in the verbatim Original-Issue fence is content, not
+            # structural markup.  Only count tags outside Markdown fences.
+            before = text[end : tag.start()]
+            for line in before.splitlines():
+                fence_match = re.match(r"\s{0,3}(`{3,}|~{3,})", line)
+                if not fence_match:
+                    continue
+                marker = fence_match.group(1)
+                if fence is None:
+                    fence = (marker[0], len(marker))
+                elif marker[0] == fence[0] and len(marker) >= fence[1]:
+                    fence = None
+            end = tag.end()
+            if fence is not None:
+                continue
             depth += -1 if tag.group(0).startswith("</") else 1
             if depth == 0:
-                end = tag.end()
                 break
         else:
             # Leave malformed markup intact rather than silently discarding it.

templates/consumer-repo/.github/workflows/agents-issue-intake.yml

@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ jobs:
        (github.event.issue.state != 'closed' &&
         (contains(toJson(github.event.issue.labels.*.name), 'agent:') ||
          contains(toJson(github.event.issue.labels.*.name), 'agents:')))) &&
-      !contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'agents:auto-pilot')
+      (github.event_name != 'issues' ||
+      !contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'agents:auto-pilot'))
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       should_run: ${{ steps.check.outputs.should_run }}

templates/consumer-repo/.github/workflows/agents-issue-optimizer.yml

@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Release failed format lease
         if: >-
           (failure() || cancelled()) &&
+          steps.check.outputs.should_run == 'true' &&
           (steps.check.outputs.phase == 'format' ||
           (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.phase == 'format') ||
           (github.event_name == 'issues' && github.event.label.name == 'agents:format'))