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MicrosoftCopilot instructions

bf-tree

microsoft/bf-tree/.github/copilot-instructions.md

Rust toolchain is pinned to 1.95.0 via rust-toolchain.toml. Bf-Tree is a concurrent, larger-than-memory B+-tree range index. The core data flow:

MicrosoftCopilot instructions

testfx

microsoft/testfx/.github/copilot-instructions.md

This is a .NET based repository that contains the MSTest testing framework and Microsoft.Testing.Platform (aka MTP) testing platform. Please follow these guidelines when contributing: The codebase ships several distinct (but related) products. Knowing which product a change belongs to is essential because they have different conventions, target frameworks, and public API surfaces: Solution files: TestFx.slnx is the full solution; MSTest.slnf, Microsoft.Testing.Platform.slnf, and NonWindowsTests.slnf are filtered views. Use session-delivery-hygiene for guidance-change requests, before editing or pushing PR-linked work, when diagnosing package/output…

MicrosoftCopilot instructions

qdk

microsoft/qdk/.github/copilot-instructions.md

This repo contains the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit (QDK), which provides tooling for the Q# language. Q# is an open-source programming language designed for developing and running quantum algorithms. This repo is publicly available at https://github.com/microsoft/qdk . All internal source code for the compiler and related tooling has been moved under the source/ directory at the repository root. This does not include Q# libraries (library/), samples (samples/), katas (katas/), or any standard files and folders typically found at the root…

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MicrosoftCopilot instructions

BuildXL

microsoft/BuildXL/.github/copilot-instructions.md

BuildXL is a distributed, cached, incremental build engine. Frontends construct a pip graph, then the scheduler executes it. Pips declare inputs and outputs, and sandboxed file-access monitoring enforces those declarations. Build correctness and caching are content-based rather than timestamp-based. Important concepts: - A pip is a node in the build DAG, such as a process, copy, write, service, or IPC operation. - Frontends include DScript, MSBuild, JavaScript, Ninja, NuGet, and Download. - Qualifiers parameterize builds, commonly by configuration and platform.…

MicrosoftCopilot instructions

DevSkim

microsoft/DevSkim/.github/copilot-instructions.md

DevSkim is a .NET library and cross-platform command line tool that performs static security analysis of source code. The repository contains: ⚠️ IMPORTANT: This repository uses private Azure DevOps feeds for package management: Rules for agents: 1. You MAY temporarily modify nuget.config to use public feeds (nuget.org) when working locally 2. You MUST NOT commit these changes - always revert them before committing 3. Use git restore nuget.config before creating commits 4. The private feed configuration must remain in the…

MicrosoftCopilot instructions

WindowsAppSDK-Samples

microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples/.github/copilot-instructions.md

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NVIDIACopilot instructions

cudf-spark

NVIDIA/cudf-spark/.github/copilot-instructions.md

cudf-spark is a GPU acceleration plugin for Apache Spark. Before generating or reviewing changes, read and follow AGENTS.md. It translates the agent-actionable requirements from CONTRIBUTING.md and CODE_REVIEW_GUIDELINES.md; consult those source…