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[delight] Professionalize run messages in smoke-pi workflow

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
88/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github-actions
Domain
ci-cd

Research direction

Read .github/workflows/smoke-pi.md, especially the messages section at lines 72–76. Update the three run messages to match the concise, professional wording in the issue, keeping the workflow name, run URL, event type, and status placeholders. Done when the start, success, and failure messages state their status plainly and the failure message directs readers to the run logs.

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Description

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Delight analysis summary

Reviewed: schedule-syntax.md (good), smoke-pi.md (needs minor work), secrets_validation.go (good: error gives problem plus examples).

Task: Improve .github/workflows/smoke-pi.md

File to modify: .github/workflows/smoke-pi.md (lines 72-76, messages)

Issue: Messages are overly casual ("MISSION COMPLETE!", "Pi delivered", "unexpected challenges...") with several emojis. The failure message gives no next step. Principle: Professional Communication, Clarity.

Before

run-started: "🥧 Pi initializing... [{workflow_name}]({run_url}) begins on this {event_type}..."
run-success: "🚀 [{workflow_name}]({run_url}) **MISSION COMPLETE!** Pi delivered. 🥧"
run-failure: "⚠️ [{workflow_name}]({run_url}) {status}. Pi encountered unexpected challenges..."

After

run-started: "[{workflow_name}]({run_url}) started for this {event_type}."
run-success: "✅ [{workflow_name}]({run_url}) completed successfully."
run-failure: "⚠️ [{workflow_name}]({run_url}) {status}. Review the run logs for details."

Success criteria

  • Only smoke-pi.md changes (plus make recompile lock output)
  • Messages are concise, professional, and state status plainly
  • Failure message points to the next step

📊 User experience analysis by Delight · copilot · auto · 15.8 AIC · ⌖ 0.725 AIC · ⊞ 12.8K · ◷

  • expires on Oct 21, 2026, 6:52 AM UTC-08:00
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