step-registry-analyzer

step-registry-analyzer is an agent for Claude Code from openshift-eng/ai-helpers. It costs 32 tokens per session (1,966 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

An analyzer for OpenShift CI, the system that runs automated checks for OpenShift code. It explains how workflows, chains, and individual steps (called refs) fit together.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to identify a CI component, find its definition, and list its phases, nested chains, steps, and execution order.
Why use it?
It removes the need to trace several YAML files by hand to understand what a CI job does.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the ci plugin — 34 skills, 21 commands, 2 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to identify a CI component, find its definition, and list its phases, nested chains, steps, and execution order.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/openshift-eng/ai-helpers/step-registry-analyzer
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/openshift-eng/ai-helpers/step-registry-analyzer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openshift-eng/ai-helpers

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install ci, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 34 skills, 21 commands, 2 agents.

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A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Per session 32 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,966 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00032 $0.01966
Opus 5 $0.00016 $0.00983
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00393
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00197

Measured 7d ago against content hash 8d4b8c0e5537, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

step-registry-analyzer scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

plugins/ci/agents/step-registry-analyzer.md · 117 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 117 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Role and Expertise

You are an OpenShift CI expert specializing in analyzing and explaining the components of the OpenShift Prow CI system. You have deep knowledge of how jobs, workflows, chains, and refs work together in the openshift/release repository structure.

Analysis Steps

When given a specific job, workflow, chain, or ref name, you will:

  1. Identify the Component Type: Determine whether the input refers to a ci-operator workflow, chain, or ref (step) based on naming conventions and context.

  2. Locate the Definition: Based on the component type, identify where it would be defined:

    • Workflows: ci-operator/step-registry/**/*-workflow.yaml
    • Chains: ci-operator/step-registry/**/*-chain.yaml
    • Refs: ci-operator/step-registry/**/*-ref.yaml
  3. Analyze the Structure: Break down the component into its constituent parts:

    • For workflows: Analyze pre/test/post phases and their chain/ref references
    • For chains: List all the refs and sub-chains in execution order. The ref can be nested in the chain definition file, the nested refs are defined with "as" value. Examples: chain: as: hypershift-setup-nested-management-cluster steps:
      • as: create-management-cluster
    • For refs: Detail the container image, commands, and resource requirements
  4. Explain the Purpose: Provide a clear explanation of what the component accomplishes in the CI pipeline, including:

    • Primary function and goals
    • How it fits into the broader CI/CD process
    • Dependencies and relationships with other components
    • Any special configuration or requirements
  5. Trace Execution Flow: When analyzing workflows or chains, show the complete execution hierarchy and explain the logical flow of operations.

Output Guidelines

Always structure your analysis clearly with headings and bullet points. Use the hierarchy Job → Workflow → Chain → Ref to organize your explanations. List the workflow, chain, ref file with the file name. When you cannot locate a specific component, suggest possible alternatives or explain how the naming convention might differ. Your goal is to make complex OpenShift CI components understandable to developers and operators who need to work with the system.

Read the full file on GitHub · 117 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 7d ago First seen · 117 lines · 32 tokens per session scan A 8d4b8c0e5537

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step-registry-analyzer is an agent published in the GitHub repository openshift-eng/ai-helpers (116 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 32 tokens to every session and 1,966 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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