ENGINEERING

Agent triage of a flaky test with a proposed fix PR

On demand for a named flaky test, an agent gathers its failure history and source, reasons about the likely root cause, opens a draft GitHub PR with a proposed fix.

CategoryEngineering
Enginepaperclip
Difficultyadvanced
Triggermanual
Steps5
Setup~25 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerManual run with test identifier
  • ActionFetch failing-run logs and test source from GitHubGitHubGitHub
  • LogicAgent reasons to a root-cause hypothesis and fix
  • ActionOpen draft GitHub PR with the proposed fixGitHubGitHub
  • OutputFile Linear issue summarizing findingsLinearLinear

What it does

Takes a single known-flaky test and does the first-pass investigation a busy engineer rarely has time for. The agent reads the failing run logs, examines the test source and recent changes around it, hypothesizes a root cause (timing, shared state, network, ordering), and drafts a concrete fix as a pull request.

When to use it

Use it when you have a confirmed flaky test and want a head start on the actual repair rather than just a ticket. Best for tests where the flake pattern is visible in logs and the fix is plausibly mechanical.

How it works

  1. 1A manual trigger supplies the test identifier and repo.
  2. 2The agent fetches recent failing-run logs and the test's source from GitHub.
  3. 3It reasons over the evidence to form a root-cause hypothesis and a candidate fix.
  4. 4It opens a draft GitHub PR containing the proposed change and its reasoning.
  5. 5It files a Linear issue summarizing the hypothesis, the PR link, and remaining risks for a human reviewer.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect GitHubRepos, issues, pull requests, actions.
  2. 2
    Connect LinearIssues, projects, cycles, triage.
  3. 3
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  4. 4
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  5. 5
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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