diff --git a/.github/workflows/feature-assess.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/feature-assess.lock.yml
index 1954767909..5b3adc7c7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/feature-assess.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/feature-assess.lock.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"d64425d4c710146adc49679a08d355977f6a9b8bc5d6f95d91861f3836f4b007","body_hash":"6d78e8c183819f6f12a07f0c9cb28a83cc2471ac20c6df6999e503a0d731da4b","compiler_version":"v0.79.8","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.60"}}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"d0588e989403a51f8849be4ac0ceb184d3a30f1c2e6860f8dc65fd5728592946","body_hash":"6d78e8c183819f6f12a07f0c9cb28a83cc2471ac20c6df6999e503a0d731da4b","compiler_version":"v0.79.8","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.60"}}
 # gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10","version":"v6.0.3"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-python","sha":"5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97","version":"5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"astral-sh/setup-uv","sha":"c771a70e6277c0a99b617c7a806ffedaca235ff9","version":"c771a70e6277c0a99b617c7a806ffedaca235ff9"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"c0338fef4749d08c21f8f975fb0e37efa17dda47","version":"v0.79.8"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.2","digest":"sha256:f88e5b17b6b7a600117bc121114d6ce2155c88c983c0c939c5df884f730fa1d6","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.2@sha256:f88e5b17b6b7a600117bc121114d6ce2155c88c983c0c939c5df884f730fa1d6"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.2","digest":"sha256:ee39841d980878ebbb87592903b06d31a1af500c71525c9616f7e8e2a27041a4","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.2@sha256:ee39841d980878ebbb87592903b06d31a1af500c71525c9616f7e8e2a27041a4"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.2","digest":"sha256:2e3a717e5f19a654cd9a2263beb52012b56bcb68562ec5ae2e42f9d156b49591","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.2@sha256:2e3a717e5f19a654cd9a2263beb52012b56bcb68562ec5ae2e42f9d156b49591"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.25","digest":"sha256:c10331ad17668ef89f38f5e356678788a40b0cd5fef96e8f92e1d9c1de47cbaa","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.25@sha256:c10331ad17668ef89f38f5e356678788a40b0cd5fef96e8f92e1d9c1de47cbaa"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.1.2","digest":"sha256:30197479d8036c7811892bc07e06f9a05c9ef3cdd79bc59f256d50647f95788c","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.1.2@sha256:30197479d8036c7811892bc07e06f9a05c9ef3cdd79bc59f256d50647f95788c"}]}
 # This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.79.8). DO NOT EDIT. To debug this workflow, load the skill at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/debug.md
 #
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read
       contents: read
     env:
-      GH_AW_MAX_DAILY_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_DAILY_AI_CREDITS || '5000' }}
+      GH_AW_MAX_DAILY_AI_CREDITS: "20000"
     outputs:
       body: ${{ steps.sanitized.outputs.body }}
       comment_id: ""
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
           GH_AW_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH_AW_CONTEXT: ${{ github.event.inputs.aw_context || '' }}
           GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GH_AW_MAX_DAILY_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_DAILY_AI_CREDITS || '5000' }}
+          GH_AW_MAX_DAILY_AI_CREDITS: "20000"
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
@@ -1675,4 +1675,3 @@ jobs:
             /tmp/gh-aw/safe-output-items.jsonl
             /tmp/gh-aw/temporary-id-map.json
           if-no-files-found: ignore
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/feature-assess.md b/.github/workflows/feature-assess.md
index 5f6afbc633..4381d44136 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/feature-assess.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/feature-assess.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
   skip-bots: [github-actions, copilot, dependabot]
 
 engine: copilot
+max-daily-ai-credits: 20K
 
 tools:
   bash: ["echo", "cat", "head", "tail", "grep", "wc", "sort", "uniq", "python3", "pip", "pip3", "jq", "date", "ls", "find", "mkdir", "sed", "env", "which", "curl", "sh", "bash", "uv", "uvx", "specify", "git"]