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microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat

1 skill · 51 installs · 10k stars · GitHub

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npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat

Skills in this repo

1Agent CustomizationThe agent-customization skill is a VS Code workflow for creating, updating, reviewing, fixing, or debugging agent customization files such as copilot-instructions.md, AGENTS.md, .instructions.md, .prompt.md, .agent.md, SKILL.md, and hooks JSON. It routes among primitives: workspace instructions for always-on project rules, file instructions scoped by applyTo globs, MCP for external systems, hooks for deterministic lifecycle shell commands, custom agents for isolated subagent workflows, prompts for single parameterized tasks, and skills for on-demand bundled workflows with scripts or templates. A four-step creation process determines workspace versus user profile scope, selects the right primitive via a decision flow table, writes files at documented paths with required YAML frontmatter, and validates description presence and syntax. Edge cases distinguish instructions from skills, skills from prompts, skills from custom agents, and hooks from instructions. Pitfalls warn that description is the discovery surface, YAML frontmatter silent failures hide errors, and applyTo ** loads instructions on every interaction. Triggers include saving coding preferences, troubleshooting ignored s.51installs

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