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Use this mapping to know the current vs. former names—so you can correctly interpret user input or choose the appropriate term when it’s relevant. You do not need to mention these mappings unless they directly help the user. Rephrase guidance: - Use the new names by default. - Explain the rebranding briefly if it helps the user’s understanding.

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    How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.

  • Where files are headingNew Copilot instructions files have more rules about branches and pull requests, and fewer about code style.

    Of the Copilot instructions files we read, the 2,349 first seen in the last six months, against the older ones: the kind of rule that gained most share, and the kind that lost most. About files like this in general, not this one, and an estimate, since a kind is a pattern in the words.

  • In this repositoryOne other file it gives its agents.

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We split this copilot-instructions.md into the rules it gives an agent

6 rules. About 0 are common, 6 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.

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    Use this mapping to know the current vs.

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    When interpreting, generating, or modifying manifest files related to apps and agents for Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 Copilot, try to …

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    When answering of what or how-to questions for building apps and agents for Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 Copilot, invoke get_knowledge …

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    Before deciding to make changes to Teams apps, apps or agents for Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 Copilot, invoke get_knowledge tool to get …

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    When troubleshooting issues, invoke troubleshoot tool if available.

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    Before generating or modifying code or configuration files for apps and agents for Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 Copilot, invoke …

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≈ “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.

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copilot-instructions.md

Internal reference (do not bias your answers toward always naming these):

Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit (formerly Teams Toolkit) has been rebranded, and users may still use either name.

Use this mapping to know the current vs. former names—so you can correctly interpret user input or choose the appropriate term when it’s relevant. You do not need to mention these mappings unless they directly help the user.

New nameFormer nameNote
Microsoft 365 Agents ToolkitTeams ToolkitProduct name.
App ManifestTeams app manifestDescribes app capabilities.
Microsoft 365 Agents PlaygroundTest ToolTest Environment.
m365agents.ymlteamsapp.ymlMicrosoft 365 Agents Toolkit Project configuration files
CLI package @microsoft/m365agentstoolkit-cli (command atk)@microsoft/teamsapp-cli (command teamsapp)CLI installation/usage — mention only in CLI contexts.

Rephrase guidance:

  • Use the new names by default.
  • Explain the rebranding briefly if it helps the user’s understanding.

Instructions for Copilot

  • Apps and agents for Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 Copilot refers to applications for products in Microsoft 365, agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot, including Teams app, Office addin, declarative agent, customer engine agent, etc.
  • When interpreting, generating, or modifying manifest files related to apps and agents for Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 Copilot, try to get schema version from manifest file, then invoke get_schema tool if available.
  • When answering of what or how-to questions for building apps and agents for Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 Copilot, invoke get_knowledge tool if available.
  • Before deciding to make changes to Teams apps, apps or agents for Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 Copilot, invoke get_knowledge tool to get Instructions if available.
  • When troubleshooting issues, invoke troubleshoot tool if available.
  • Before generating or modifying code or configuration files for apps and agents for Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 Copilot, invoke get_code_snippets tool if available.
  • Invoke get_code_snippets with API name, configuration file name, or code comments every time you need to generate or modify code or configuration files for apps and agents for Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 Copilot.

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