| name | relevance-diagnostics |
| description | Diagnose what is wrong in a Relevance AI project and recommend fixes. Use when the user asks to "analyse my project", "diagnose this agent/workforce", "why is X failing?", "what's wrong / what should I fix?", "what's failing?", or "any regressions?". Finds root causes and recommends fixes by consuming the analytics, eval, and error read tools. |
Relevance AI Diagnostics
Find what is broken in a project — and why — then recommend the fix. Run the macro→micro routine below over the analytics, error, and eval read tools.
Overview
Orchestrate the read-only tools you already have into this routine:
- Macro — a cheap, parallel project snapshot (counts, trends, breakdown).
- Rank — sort resources by error rate / failure volume to find the worst offenders.
- Micro — deep-dive the flagged subset in parallel (scoped errors, activity, task transcripts, performance dashboards).
- Findings — a ranked, human-facing report: what's wrong, the likely cause, and the recommended fix.
Recommend fixes; do not apply them. Every finding ends in a recommended action and names the mutating tool that would carry it out. Assemble the macro snapshot from the parallel calls below.
Diagnostics consumes the analytics, eval, and error read tools rather than redirecting to them — pull in relevance-evals (eval/dashboard results) and relevance-analytics (raw numbers) on demand. For a diagnosis ask, don't bounce the user to those skills; consume them.
Concepts
- Macro vs micro. Macro is the cheap, project-wide snapshot that always runs first; micro is the gated, per-resource deep-dive (see Guardrails).
- Resource. An agent, a workforce, or a tool.
relevance_get_analytics_resource_breakdown covers all three via resource_type. Note: the eval tools' resource_type (relevance_list_performance_dashboards, relevance_list_performance_dashboard_runs) accepts only agent | workforce — there are no tool-scoped dashboards.
- Severity. Each finding is ranked High / Medium / Low by impact (error rate × volume of still-occurring errors, escalations, blocked users).
- Two entry points, one skill. Project-wide ("analyse my project") runs the full ladder. Direct single-resource ("diagnose this agent") skips the ladder and goes straight to micro.
- Recency & versions. Error data describes the config that was live when each error happened, so a finding may already be fixed. Before reporting one, ask: did this error happen again after the resource last changed, given something has run since? That recurrence check is what decides whether it's still open — see Step 3b.
- Window. Default to the last 7 days unless the user names a window. Date-format quirk:
get_analytics_resource_breakdown / get_analytics_usage_timeseries / get_analytics_agent_activity_timeseries / get_analytics_usage_breakdown take YYYY-MM-DD; get_analytics_errors / get_analytics_task_status_counts take full ISO 8601 datetimes (e.g. 2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z).
- Access-limited analytics. If an analytics tool returns a permission / forbidden / entitlement / access-denied error, mark that diagnostic signal unavailable, continue with the tools that did return, and surface it under Blind spots: do not retry repeatedly, do not treat unavailable analytics as zero issues, and state which checks could not be performed.
Workflow 1 — Project-wide diagnosis ("analyse my project")
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│ 0. SCOPE size the project; if large, │
│ confirm a narrowing first │
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│ 1. MACRO parallel, cheap, ALWAYS first │
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 2. RANK shortlist by error volume │
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 3. MICRO deep-dive, ≤10 resources/run │
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 3b. RECENCY did it recur after the change? │
│ diff only breaks no-traffic ties │
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 4. FINDINGS ranked report + recommended fixes │
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Step 0 — Scope
relevance_get_project_info() → project name / region / app URLs (report header + links; NOT counts)
relevance_list_folders() → folder structure, for narrowing the set
relevance_list_agents() → agent inventory (and relevance_list_workforces) — to size the project
get_project_info does not return counts — to size the project, tally list_agents / list_workforces and read list_folders for structure (there is no single project-count call today). If the project is large, confirm a narrowing with the user before the micro fan-out — e.g. "a specific folder", "the highest error-rate agents", or "a shorter window". A cheap macro snapshot is always fine to run first regardless.
Step 1 — Macro snapshot (run in parallel)
Fire these in a single message if your harness supports parallel tool calls:
relevance_get_analytics_task_status_counts({ start_date, end_date }) → total / to_review / escalated / errored
relevance_get_analytics_usage_timeseries({ metric: "total_tasks", start_date, end_date }) → trend
relevance_get_analytics_resource_breakdown({ resource_type: "agent", start_date, end_date }) → per-agent scorecard
Step 2 — Rank the worst offenders
From the breakdown, shortlist the worst offenders by error_count (the raw failure count on each row), cross-checking error_rate. A 100% error_rate on 1 task is noise; a moderate rate on high volume is real. This is only the shortlist for the micro deep-dive — final severity is decided later by Step 3b, which ranks by errors that are still happening, not by raw window totals. Pull recent error messages to see what is failing:
relevance_get_analytics_resource_breakdown({ resource_type: "workforce", start_date, end_date }) → workforce scorecard
relevance_get_analytics_resource_breakdown({ resource_type: "tool", start_date, end_date }) → which tools error most
relevance_get_analytics_errors({ start_date, end_date, page_size: 50 }) → all origins (omit resource_type)
Step 3 — Micro deep-dive (parallel, capped)
For each flagged resource (≤10 per run — see Guardrails), fan out in parallel. The block below is the agent branch:
relevance_get_analytics_errors({ agent_ids: ["<id>"], start_date, end_date, resource_type: "agent" })
relevance_get_analytics_agent_activity_timeseries({ agent_ids: ["<id>"], start_date, end_date })
relevance_list_performance_dashboards({ resource_type: "agent", resource_id: "<id>" })
For a flagged workforce, swap in workforce_ids: ["<id>"] on the errors call and resource_type: "workforce" on the dashboards call. For a flagged tool, there is no scoped errors call (get_analytics_errors has no tool-id filter): fetch tool-origin errors with resource_type: "tool" and keep only the rows whose source_id is the flagged tool, and pull its stats with relevance_get_analytics_resource_breakdown({ resource_type: "tool", resource_ids: ["<id>"] }). Performance dashboards don't apply to tools.
Drill a failing task straight from the error record — don't scan. Each get_analytics_errors row carries a source_context; use it to jump directly to the transcript that failed:
- Agent errors →
source_context.{ agent_id, conversation_id } → relevance_list_agent_task_messages({ agent_id, task_id: conversation_id }) — the agent task id is the conversation id.
- Workforce errors →
source_context.{ workforce_id, workforce_task_id } → relevance_get_workforce_task_messages({ workforce_id, task_id: workforce_task_id }). Recognise these by source_context.workforce_id — a row's source_type is only ever agent or tool, never workforce.
- Tool errors have no direct transcript:
get_analytics_errors gives the failing tool's id (source_id) and the error message, but there's no per-tool task-message tool. Drill via the invoking agent's conversation when source_context.conversation_id is present; otherwise stay at the error-message + breakdown level.
When a resource has no error rows to start from, list its failing tasks directly with relevance_list_tasks({ view: "errored", agent_id }) — the Task Ops list, filterable by view/state/date, so you land on errored tasks instead of scanning recents by hand. Prefer the error-context drill above when error rows exist; the errors carry the categorised message, the task list only carries state + active_failures.
Classify each error by who can fix it — platform (transient), user (auth/config/billing), or the agent's own logic — and let that drive the recommended fix. When the root cause is a missing/wrong integration (auth_config), surface the integration's connect link if your harness can fetch one, rather than describing the Integrations UI in prose.
Step 3b — Cross-check recent edits & versions
Before a candidate becomes a ranked finding, decide whether it's still open, and rank it by what's still happening — not by the raw window total. Error data is historical: an error from last Tuesday describes the config that was live last Tuesday, which may have been fixed since.
The rule is one question: did this error happen again after the resource last changed, given something has run since the change?
- Yes, it recurred → still open. Rank it by how many times it recurred after the change.
- No, but there was traffic → likely fixed; something ran cleanly since the change.
- Nothing ran since the change → recurrence can't tell you. Fall back to the config: if the change plausibly addresses the root cause, call it "likely resolved — verify"; otherwise "untested since the change — verify".
Recurrence is what decides this. The config only matters in that last case, where there's no traffic to judge by.
Route the check to the resource that actually errored — this is the most common mistake. A tool-sourced error (a get_analytics_errors row whose source is a tool) is about the tool: check the tool's timeline and the calling agent's action config, not the agent's system prompt. An agent error → the agent's versions; a workforce error → the workforce's versions.
1 — Find when that resource last changed:
agent error → relevance_get_agent({ agent_id }) + relevance_list_agent_versions({ agent_id })
tool error → relevance_get_tool({ studio_id }) + relevance_list_tool_versions({ studio_id })
workforce error → relevance_get_workforce({ workforce_id }) + relevance_list_workforce_versions({ workforce_id })
The change date = the active version's publish time (or update_date_) of that resource. Note has_unpublished_draft too.
2 — Measure recurrence (precise) and traffic (volume) — two different signals.
- Recurrence — count the
error_times you already have. Each Step 3 error row for this error class carries a full-timestamp error_time. Count how many landed at or after the change vs before. This is the signal that decides recurrence: it's specific to this error class and uses full timestamps, so it's correct even when the resource was published the same day. No extra call.
- Traffic — one scoped breakdown call for volume. "No recurrence" only means "fixed" if something actually ran since the change. Re-scope the breakdown for the erroring resource to the window since the change and read its volume only:
agent error → relevance_get_analytics_resource_breakdown({ resource_type: "agent", resource_ids: ["<id>"], start_date: "<change-date>", end_date: "<today>" }) → task_count
tool error → relevance_get_analytics_resource_breakdown({ resource_type: "tool", resource_ids: ["<id>"], start_date: "<change-date>", end_date: "<today>" }) → execution_count
workforce error → relevance_get_analytics_resource_breakdown({ resource_type: "workforce", resource_ids: ["<id>"], start_date: "<change-date>", end_date: "<today>" }) → workforce_tasks
get_analytics_resource_breakdown takes YYYY-MM-DD, so use the change date — coarse is fine for "was there any traffic." Don't use this call's aggregate error_count for recurrence: it counts every error class and its day-granularity miscounts a same-day change. The error_time count above is the one to trust.
3 — Classify:
| After the change… | Verdict | Where it goes |
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| Traffic since the change and the error recurred | Confirmed open — rank by the post-change count | Findings (ranked) |
| Traffic since the change and the error did NOT recur | Likely resolved — a clean run since the change is strong evidence | Likely already resolved |
| No traffic since the change | recurrence can't decide; fall back to the config (the rule above) — plausibly fixed → "likely resolved — verify"; otherwise → "untested since the change — verify" | Likely already resolved / Blind spots |
A config diff can never re-open a no-recurrence-with-traffic issue. The real fix may live in a field, a resource, or a version you didn't look at, or be a model / provider / dependency change that doesn't show in the config at all. The diff only earns its keep when there's no traffic to judge recurrence by.
If has_unpublished_draft is true → the user may be mid-fix. Inspect the draft (relevance_get_agent({ version: "draft" }), etc.) and whether it touches the root cause. If it does, recommend testing/publishing that draft rather than authoring a new fix — and note the live errors persist until it's published.
Optional, when the diff is legible: snapshot error-time vs current config (relevance_get_agent_version / relevance_get_tool_version) to explain an open finding or strengthen a "likely resolved" — never to keep a non-recurring issue open. Workforces have no per-version snapshot tool, so corroborate from the current relevance_get_workforce config plus recurrence.
Step 4 — Emit findings
Synthesise into the findings format below.
Workflow 2 — Direct single-resource diagnosis ("diagnose this agent")
When the user names one agent/workforce (or one is in the target-resource context), skip the scope ladder and the project-wide macro — run the Step 3 micro tools scoped to that one id, plus a single scoped breakdown in place of the macro:
diagnose <resource>
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MICRO on that resource only (Step 3 tools, scoped to the one id)
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FINDINGS (same format, scope = the single resource)
relevance_get_analytics_resource_breakdown({ resource_type: "agent", resource_ids: ["<id>"], start_date, end_date })
relevance_get_analytics_errors({ agent_ids: ["<id>"], start_date, end_date })
relevance_get_analytics_agent_activity_timeseries({ agent_ids: ["<id>"], start_date, end_date })
relevance_list_performance_dashboards({ resource_type: "agent", resource_id: "<id>" })
For a workforce, swap in relevance_get_analytics_resource_breakdown({ resource_type: "workforce", resource_ids: [...] }), relevance_list_workforce_tasks, and relevance_get_workforce_task_messages.
Health check with no reported symptom (e.g. a periodic "is this agent still OK?" review, not a specific complaint): work the signals in order of value — performance dashboards / evals first (if any exist, read the sampled dashboard runs and recent eval batches for pass rates and failing checks) → recent errors → and only if there's nothing else to go on, sample a couple of recent tasks/conversations. A clean task list alone is not a health check — always check dashboards/evals when they exist before concluding "healthy".
Run the Step 3b recency cross-check here too — a single-resource diagnosis is exactly where the user has probably just edited the thing they're asking about, so an already-fixed error is the most likely false positive.
Findings output format
Emit a human-facing Markdown report. Severity is High / Medium / Low. Name the mutating tool that would apply each fix, but don't apply it.
## Diagnosis — <scope> · <window>
**Summary:** <total tasks, overall error rate, headline concern>
### Findings (ranked)
1. **[High] <title>** — <resource type + name/id>
- Evidence: <**post-change** error_count (of total in window), error_rate, error category; eval pass-rate when available>
- Likely cause: <root cause>
- Recency: <change date + verdict — e.g. "9 of 12 errors landed after the Mar 3 change; traffic since: yes → confirmed open">
- Recommended fix: <concrete action + the mutating tool that would apply it>
2. **[Medium] …**
### Likely already resolved
- <issue> — no recurrence after the <date> change despite traffic since (a clean run was observed); or, with no traffic since, the changed config addresses the root cause. Confirm with a re-run before closing.
### Blind spots
- <active agents/workforces with no performance dashboard configured>
- <resources changed in-window with no runs since — untested, verify with a run>
### Next steps
- <offer to drill deeper>
- <for a production agent, or after the user acts on a fix — recommend a periodic check-up so regressions surface early>
Only put confirmed-open issues (the error recurred after the last change, with traffic since) in Findings (ranked), ordered by the post-change count; route non-recurring / draft-addressed issues to Likely already resolved, and changed-but-untested resources to Blind spots, per Step 3b. Omit any section when it's empty.
When the window is clean (no errors, no escalations), still emit the report — say so explicitly under Summary and use Blind spots to flag missing observability (e.g. active agents with no performance dashboard) so the user knows what wasn't visible.
Recommend a periodic check-up
For a production agent — or right after the user acts on a fix — recommend re-checking on a cadence so regressions surface early rather than in front of end users. If a performance dashboard exists, point at it; if not, recommend setting one up (see relevance-evals). If your harness can schedule a future check (a wake-up message or reminder), offer to schedule the re-check; if it can't, tell the user when to come back and what to look at. The concrete scheduling and notification mechanics are harness-specific — this skill only recommends the check-up.
Dedicated Tools
Macro / ranking (analytics)
| Tool | Role in the routine |
|---|
relevance_get_analytics_task_status_counts | Macro health snapshot: total / to_review / escalated / errored |
relevance_get_analytics_usage_timeseries | Trend for one metric over the window |
relevance_get_analytics_resource_breakdown | Per-resource scorecard with error_rate + error_count — resource_type = agent / workforce / tool; the ranking primitive |
relevance_get_analytics_errors | Recent errors (with source_context for transcript drill) + daily error counts; scope with resource_type / agent_ids |
relevance_get_analytics_usage_breakdown | Who consumed the most (credits / executions) — cost context only |
Micro / deep-dive (resource + eval)
| Tool | Role in the routine |
|---|
relevance_get_analytics_agent_activity_timeseries | Per-agent state trend (running / idle / pending-approval) |
relevance_list_agent_task_messages | Transcript of a failing task — the root-cause source (drill path in Step 3) |
relevance_list_tasks | Task Ops list: tasks by view (errored/approvals/escalated/all), project-wide or per-agent, date-filterable |
relevance_list_workforce_tasks / relevance_get_workforce_task_messages | Workforce task list + transcript — the list does support status and date-range filters (unlike the agent list) |
relevance_list_performance_dashboards | Whether monitoring exists (a gap = a blind spot) |
relevance_list_performance_dashboard_runs | Sampled production failures with the judge's reason |
relevance_get_agent / relevance_get_tool / relevance_get_workforce | Recency check: has_unpublished_draft, active_version_id, draft config (Step 3b) |
relevance_list_agent_versions / relevance_list_tool_versions / relevance_list_workforce_versions | Recency check: version history + timestamps → error-time vs current version (Step 3b) |
relevance_get_agent_version / relevance_get_tool_version | Recency check: snapshot a version's full config to diff error-time vs current at the root cause (Step 3b) |
Guardrails
- Macro first, always cheap. The snapshot is a fixed handful of parallel calls — run it before anything expensive.
- ≤10 resources per micro run. The deep-dive fan-out is the gated step. If more than 10 resources are flagged, diagnose the top 10 by severity and offer to continue.
- Window cost. Widen the window only when the user asks — longer windows multiply the data and the micro-step cost.
- Folder / id scoping. On large projects, scope the sweep to a folder or an explicit id set before fanning out.
- Lean on parallel tool calls when available. Emit the macro snapshot and the micro fan-out as parallel tool_use blocks in one message when your harness supports parallel tool calls. Not every harness does (and it may be off), so don't depend on it: the same calls still run serially, just slower — keep the fan-out within the ≤10 cap so a serial run stays bounded.
Common Issues
Macro snapshot is empty / all zeros
No traffic in the window. Confirm the window and that the agents/workforces are actually being invoked, then either widen the window or report "no activity in " rather than inventing findings.
High error rate on a tiny task count
A 100% error_rate on 1–2 tasks is noise, not a finding — rank by error_count and treat error_rate as secondary (see Step 2).
No performance dashboards exist
No dashboards = production isn't monitored. That's a blind spot, not a hard failure — flag it under Blind spots and offer to set one up (load relevance-evals).
Flagging an error a recent edit already fixed
The most damaging false positive is recommending a fix the user already made. Run the Step 3b recency cross-check: if the error stopped recurring after the resource's last change and there's been traffic since, it's resolved — even when you can't see why in the config, since the fix may be in the tool, a different field, or a model/provider change.
Two traps to avoid. First, don't keep an issue open just because a config diff doesn't "show" the fix; recurrence-with-traffic outranks the diff. Second, the inverse: on a low-traffic project where nothing has run since the change, don't claim resolved either — mark it untested — verify.
Related skills
Load these on demand (skill_key shown) when the flow reaches them — don't pre-load:
relevance-analytics/SKILL — full per-tool docs for the get_* retrieval tools the macro/ranking steps call (input shapes, response shapes, date-format quirks).relevance-evals/SKILL — test sets / checks / performance dashboards; load it for the eval pass-rate signal, the "Investigating recent failures" runbook, and to set up monitoring for a diagnosed blind spot.relevance-task-ops/SKILL — the Task Ops (monitor page) queue surface: browsing tasks by view with relevance_list_tasks and drilling into a task's messages; load it when the user wants to see the queue itself rather than a diagnosis.
