From bb0d81a4da25120c820cca43252012db173484d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:46:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From c73cbe0cf8e011858db801ed64132034135157d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:59:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: update scratchpad example to use modern
 steps.sanitized.outputs.text form

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 scratchpad/activation-output-transformations.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scratchpad/activation-output-transformations.md b/scratchpad/activation-output-transformations.md
index 2576986a40f..232ed36b2ce 100644
--- a/scratchpad/activation-output-transformations.md
+++ b/scratchpad/activation-output-transformations.md
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ on: issues
 
 {{#runtime-import instructions.md}}
 
-Analyze: "${{ needs.activation.outputs.text }}"
+Analyze: "${{ steps.sanitized.outputs.text }}"
 ```
 
-Even if `instructions.md` is edited to include new references to `needs.activation.outputs.text`, the transformation ensures these work correctly.
+Even if `instructions.md` is edited at runtime to include new references (using either the modern `steps.sanitized.outputs.text` or the deprecated `needs.activation.outputs.text` form), the compiler-generated substitution table handles both correctly.
 
 ## Testing