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Skills Index Freshness Check #21

Skills Index Freshness Check

Skills Index Freshness Check #21

name: Skills Index Freshness Check
# Belt-and-suspenders for the twice-daily build_skills_index pipeline.
# If the live /docs/api/skills-index.json ever goes more than 26 hours
# stale OR the file disappears entirely OR a major source has collapsed,
# this workflow opens a GitHub issue so we hear about it before users do.
#
# Triggered every 4 hours so we catch a stuck cron within one tick.
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 */4 * * *'
workflow_dispatch:
permissions:
contents: read
issues: write
jobs:
check-freshness:
if: github.repository == 'NousResearch/hermes-agent'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Probe live index
id: probe
run: |
set -e
URL="https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/api/skills-index.json"
echo "Probing $URL"
# -L follows redirects; -f fails on HTTP errors; -s suppresses progress
if ! curl -fsSL -o /tmp/skills-index.json "$URL"; then
echo "status=fetch-failed" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
echo "detail=Could not download $URL" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
exit 0
fi
# Validate + extract generated_at and per-source counts
python3 <<'PY' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
import json, sys
from datetime import datetime, timezone
try:
with open("/tmp/skills-index.json") as f:
data = json.load(f)
except Exception as e:
print(f"status=parse-failed")
print(f"detail=JSON decode error: {e}")
sys.exit(0)
generated_at = data.get("generated_at", "")
total = data.get("skill_count", 0)
skills = data.get("skills", [])
if not isinstance(skills, list):
print("status=invalid-shape")
print(f"detail=skills field is not a list (got {type(skills).__name__})")
sys.exit(0)
# Per-source counts
from collections import Counter
by_src = Counter(s.get("source", "") for s in skills)
# Freshness
age_hours = None
try:
ts = datetime.fromisoformat(generated_at.replace("Z", "+00:00"))
age_hours = (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - ts).total_seconds() / 3600
except Exception:
pass
# Floors — same as build_skills_index.py EXPECTED_FLOORS.
floors = {
"skills.sh": 100,
"lobehub": 100,
"clawhub": 50,
"official": 50,
"github": 30,
"browse-sh": 50,
}
issues = []
if age_hours is not None and age_hours > 26:
issues.append(f"Index is {age_hours:.1f}h old (limit 26h)")
for src, floor in floors.items():
count = by_src.get(src, 0)
if src == "skills.sh":
count = by_src.get("skills.sh", 0) + by_src.get("skills-sh", 0)
if count < floor:
issues.append(f"{src}: {count} < {floor}")
if total < 1500:
issues.append(f"total skills: {total} < 1500")
if issues:
detail = "; ".join(issues)
print("status=degraded")
# GITHUB_OUTPUT doesn't allow newlines without explicit delimiter
print(f"detail={detail}")
else:
print("status=ok")
print(f"detail=Index OK — {total} skills, generated {generated_at}")
by_summary = ", ".join(f"{k}={v}" for k, v in by_src.most_common(8))
print(f"summary={by_summary}")
PY
- name: Report status
run: |
echo "Probe status: ${{ steps.probe.outputs.status }}"
echo "Detail: ${{ steps.probe.outputs.detail }}"
if [ -n "${{ steps.probe.outputs.summary }}" ]; then
echo "Summary: ${{ steps.probe.outputs.summary }}"
fi
- name: Open issue on degraded / failed probe
if: steps.probe.outputs.status != 'ok'
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
STATUS: ${{ steps.probe.outputs.status }}
DETAIL: ${{ steps.probe.outputs.detail }}
run: |
# Find existing open issue by title prefix so we don't spam — we
# append a comment instead of opening a new one each tick.
TITLE_PREFIX="[skills-index-watchdog]"
existing=$(gh issue list \
--repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
--state open \
--search "in:title \"$TITLE_PREFIX\"" \
--json number,title \
--jq '.[] | select(.title | startswith("'"$TITLE_PREFIX"'")) | .number' \
| head -1)
BODY="Automated freshness probe failed.
**Status:** \`$STATUS\`
**Detail:** $DETAIL
The Skills Hub at /docs/skills depends on \`/docs/api/skills-index.json\`.
The unified index is rebuilt by \`.github/workflows/skills-index.yml\` (cron 6/18 UTC)
and \`.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml\` (on every push affecting website/skills).
If this issue keeps reopening, check the latest runs:
- https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/skills-index.yml
- https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/deploy-site.yml
This issue was opened by \`.github/workflows/skills-index-freshness.yml\`. Close it once the underlying problem is fixed; the next probe will reopen if it's still broken."
if [ -n "$existing" ]; then
echo "Appending to existing issue #$existing"
gh issue comment "$existing" --repo "${{ github.repository }}" --body "Probe still failing at $(date -u +%FT%TZ): \`$STATUS\` — $DETAIL"
else
echo "Opening new watchdog issue"
gh issue create --repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
--title "$TITLE_PREFIX Skills index is stale or degraded ($STATUS)" \
--body "$BODY"
fi