From a34ecf2b16c036a11fe0da3f4579cf612383afb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:04:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add chart-embedding, agent-delegation, and PR-throttle tips
 from upstream mining

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 patterns/archetypes/backlog-drip.json     | 3 ++-
 patterns/archetypes/community-digest.json | 3 ++-
 patterns/archetypes/repo-maintainer.json  | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/patterns/archetypes/backlog-drip.json b/patterns/archetypes/backlog-drip.json
index 0c4bb04..0b356ff 100644
--- a/patterns/archetypes/backlog-drip.json
+++ b/patterns/archetypes/backlog-drip.json
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
     "Before proposing a new item, search the last few closed items from this workflow and read the close reason and any review feedback \u2014 treat 'not planned' or a rejecting comment as a negative signal and avoid re-proposing the same idea",
     "Persist a compact accept/reject history across runs in cache-memory (or repo-memory if it must survive cache eviction) so the backlog improves over time instead of repeating rejected proposals",
     "Use this pattern for open-ended, non-event-driven backlogs (improvement ideas, maintenance chores, research notes) \u2014 prefer the community-digest archetype instead when the output is a periodic report tied to a time window",
-    "Call noop when nothing in the backlog clears the quality bar left by past rejections"
+    "Call noop when nothing in the backlog clears the quality bar left by past rejections",
+    "To hand the served item directly to an implementation agent instead of leaving it for a human, add assign-to-agent (allowed: [copilot], max: 1) alongside create-issue, and set ignore-if-error: true so the run doesn't fail when the agent is temporarily unavailable"
   ],
   "anti_patterns": []
 }
diff --git a/patterns/archetypes/community-digest.json b/patterns/archetypes/community-digest.json
index 1135bb2..b8088f4 100644
--- a/patterns/archetypes/community-digest.json
+++ b/patterns/archetypes/community-digest.json
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     "Set close-older-discussions: true so scheduled digests don't accumulate as duplicate open discussions",
     "Pick a category that matches the content (e.g. announcements, audits, q-a) so digests are easy to find",
     "Pre-fetch issue, PR, and commit activity in a steps: block before the agent starts writing the narrative",
-    "Set mentions: false, allowed-github-references: [], and max-bot-mentions: 0 on safe-outputs so periodic digests don't notify users or create backlinks/bot-trigger side effects every run"
+    "Set mentions: false, allowed-github-references: [], and max-bot-mentions: 0 on safe-outputs so periodic digests don't notify users or create backlinks/bot-trigger side effects every run",
+    "When the digest includes trend charts, generate them with Python (matplotlib/seaborn) in a pre-step, publish each with the upload-asset safe output, and embed the returned URLs in the discussion body rather than inlining raw data"
   ],
   "anti_patterns": []
 }
diff --git a/patterns/archetypes/repo-maintainer.json b/patterns/archetypes/repo-maintainer.json
index 263ae63..1fc4304 100644
--- a/patterns/archetypes/repo-maintainer.json
+++ b/patterns/archetypes/repo-maintainer.json
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
   "tips": [
     "Use persistent memory and check for existing work before acting",
     "Limit each run to one high-value maintenance task",
-    "Leave merges, approvals, and destructive actions to maintainers"
+    "Leave merges, approvals, and destructive actions to maintainers",
+    "Add a pre-activation step that skips scheduled runs once too many open PRs share your title prefix, to avoid spamming maintainers"
   ],
   "anti_patterns": [
     "repo-assist",