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* Review the CONTRIBUTING.md file for instructions to build and test the software. * Run the .github/Prime-ForCopilot.ps1 script (once) before running any dotnet or msbuild commands. If you see any build errors about not finding git objects or a shallow clone, it may be time to run this script again.

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    Word for word · 3

    1. microsoft/vs-streamjsonrpc★ 943100% same
    2. microsoft/vs-validation★ 144100% same
    3. microsoft/VSSDK-Analyzers★ 56100% same

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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 AGENTS.md files have more rules about keeping secrets out of the code, and fewer about code style.

    Of the AGENTS.md files we read, the 31,774 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 repository3 other files it gives its agents.

The file

We split this AGENTS.md into the rules it gives an agent

4 rules. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.

  • ≈0

    Common · estimate

    Many files like this have a rule of this kind.

  • ≈1

    Distinctive · estimate

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 3

    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

  • Common
  • Distinctive
  • Very specific
  1. Very specific:

    Run the .github/Prime-ForCopilot.ps1 script (once) before running any dotnet or msbuild commands.

    line 6
  2. Distinctive:

    If you see any build errors about not finding git objects or a shallow clone, it may be time to run this script again.

    line 7
  3. Very specific:

    Avoid introducing binary breaking changes in public APIs of projects under src unless their project files have IsPackable set to false.

    line 12
  4. Very specific:

    Add API doc comments to all new public and internal members in shipping code under src.

    line 18

≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 40,246 AGENTS.md 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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AGENTS.md

Copilot instructions for this repository

High level guidance

  • Review the CONTRIBUTING.md file for instructions to build and test the software.
  • Run the .github/Prime-ForCopilot.ps1 script (once) before running any dotnet or msbuild commands. If you see any build errors about not finding git objects or a shallow clone, it may be time to run this script again.

Software Design

  • Design APIs to be highly testable, and all functionality should be tested.
  • Avoid introducing binary breaking changes in public APIs of projects under src unless their project files have IsPackable set to false.

Coding style

  • Honor StyleCop rules and fix any reported build warnings after getting tests to pass.
  • In C# files, use namespace statements instead of namespace blocks for all new files.
  • Add API doc comments to all new public and internal members in shipping code under src. Tests and samples do not require XML API documentation; do not add XML docs to test or sample members solely to satisfy this rule.

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