DEVOPS

Agent-triage a blocked promote into a root-cause report

When the synthetic gate blocks a promote, an agent pulls the failing metrics, the PR diff, and recent commits.

CategoryDevOps
Enginepaperclip
Difficultyadvanced
Triggerevent
Steps5
Setup~25 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerBlocked-promote event with metric diff
  • ActionFetch PR diff and recent commits from GitHubGitHubGitHub
  • LogicAgent correlates regression with changed files
  • ActionPost root-cause report as GitHub PR commentGitHubGitHub
  • OutputSend condensed triage summary to SlackSlack

What it does

A blocked promote tells you a budget broke but not why. This agent-driven workflow gathers the regressed synthetic metrics, the GitHub diff for the preview, and the recent commit history, then reasons about the likely cause (a new dependency, an unoptimized image, a render-blocking script) and writes a concise root-cause hypothesis with suggested next steps. It posts the report as a GitHub PR comment and a Slack summary.

When to use it

Use it when regressions are common enough that triage is a tax on engineers. The agent does the first pass so the author opens the PR to an explanation, not just a red check.

How it works

  1. 1A blocked-promote event triggers the workflow with the deployment and metric diff.
  2. 2The agent fetches the PR diff and recent commits from GitHub for the affected build.
  3. 3The agent correlates the regressed metric with the changed files and dependencies.
  4. 4It drafts a root-cause hypothesis and concrete remediation suggestions.
  5. 5The report is posted as a comment on the GitHub PR.
  6. 6A condensed summary with a link to the full comment is sent to Slack.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect VercelDeploys, runtime logs, analytics.
  2. 2
    Connect GitHubRepos, issues, pull requests, actions.
  3. 3
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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