stem
Copilot instructions1 starsChanged 14 days agoMITView on GitHub
Follow AGENTS.md (shared core rules) and load further rules by ID from docs/agent/OPERATING_MODEL.md as described there. Do not duplicate rules in this file; add only Copilot-specific mechanics that are actually needed.
In this repository9 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- alignmentSkill
- handoffSkill
- market-analysisSkill
- port-checkSkill
- promote-learningSkill
- retroSkill
- stem-updateSkill
The file
We split this copilot-instructions.md into the rules it gives an agent
1 rule. About 0 are common, 0 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
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Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
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Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 3
Follow AGENTS.md (shared core rules) and load further rules by ID from docs/agent/OPERATING_MODEL.md as described there.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 3,779 Copilot instructions files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
GitHub Copilot adapter
Follow AGENTS.md (shared core rules) and load further rules by ID from docs/agent/OPERATING_MODEL.md as described there. Do not duplicate rules in this file; add only Copilot-specific mechanics that are actually needed.
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