diff --git a/.github/workflows/report-workflow-failures.yml b/.github/workflows/report-workflow-failures.yml
index 8c367668552..858cc0df09b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/report-workflow-failures.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/report-workflow-failures.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
     steps:
       - name: Create or update issue
+        id: report
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
         with:
           script: |
@@ -95,11 +96,26 @@ jobs:
 
             const body = [
               issueMarker,
+              `*Generated by the [${context.workflow} workflow](${context.serverUrl}/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${context.runId}).*`,
+              '',
               'The following jobs are failing in this workflow:',
               '',
               ...failedJobListItems,
               '',
               'cc @github/primer-engineering to investigate and fix',
+              '',
+              '<details>',
+              '<summary>Agent instructions</summary>',
+              '',
+              'Investigate this workflow failure and determine whether it needs a change in this repository.',
+              '',
+              '- Review the failed jobs, their logs, and recent runs of the same workflow.',
+              '- Assess whether the failure is intermittent or caused by an external service disruption, outage, or other transient infrastructure issue.',
+              '- If the failure has an actionable cause in this repository, implement the smallest appropriate fix and verify it addresses the failure.',
+              '- Do not make speculative code changes when the evidence points to a transient or external cause.',
+              '- If you decide not to attempt a fix, leave a comment on this issue explaining the evidence and rationale for that decision.',
+              '',
+              '</details>',
             ].join('\n');
 
             const issue = {
@@ -107,6 +123,7 @@ jobs:
               repo: context.repo.repo,
               title,
               body,
+              type: 'Bug',
             };
 
             let issueNumber;
@@ -133,18 +150,43 @@ jobs:
               issueNumber = createdIssue.data.number;
             }
 
-            try {
-              await github.rest.issues.addAssignees({
-                owner: context.repo.owner,
-                repo: context.repo.repo,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
-                assignees: ['copilot'],
-              });
-            } catch (error) {
-              core.warning(
-                `Failed to assign @copilot to issue #${issueNumber}. This is expected if Copilot assignment is not enabled for this repository. Error: ${error?.message ?? String(error)}`,
-              );
+            await github.rest.issues.addLabels({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: issueNumber,
+              labels: ['area: actions'],
+            });
+
+            core.setOutput('issue_number', issueNumber);
+
+      - name: Assign issue to Copilot
+        if: ${{ steps.report.outputs.issue_number }}
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_AGENT_TOKEN }}
+          ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ steps.report.outputs.issue_number }}
+          assigned="$(
+            gh api \
+              --method POST \
+              -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
+              -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28' \
+              "/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/issues/${ISSUE_NUMBER}/assignees" \
+              --input - \
+              --jq 'any(.assignees[]; .login == "copilot-swe-agent[bot]")' <<EOF
+          {
+            "assignees": ["copilot-swe-agent[bot]"],
+            "agent_assignment": {
+              "target_repo": "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}",
+              "base_branch": "main"
             }
+          }
+          EOF
+          )"
+
+          if [[ "$assigned" != 'true' ]]; then
+            echo '::error::GitHub did not assign Copilot to the workflow failure issue'
+            exit 1
+          fi
 
   close-issue:
     if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}