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You are working on a project that uses Squad, an AI team framework. When picking up issues autonomously, follow these guidelines. Before starting work on any issue: Before starting work, check your capability profile in .squad/team.md under the Coding Agent → Capabilities section. Use the squad branch convention: Example: squad/42-fix-login-validation When opening a PR: - Reference the issue: Closes #{issue-number} - If the issue had a squad:{member} label, mention the member: Working as {member} ({role}) - If this is a…

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The file

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

11 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 7 are very specific to this project.

  • ≈0

    Common · estimate

    Many files like this have a rule of this kind.

  • ≈4

    Distinctive · estimate

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 7

    Very specific

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

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  • Distinctive
  • Very specific
  1. Distinctive:

    Before starting work on any issue:

    line 7
  2. Very specific:

    Read .squad/team.md for the team roster, member roles, and your capability profile.

    line 9
  3. Very specific:

    Read .squad/routing.md for work routing rules.

    line 10
  4. Very specific:

    If the issue has a squad:{member} label, read that member's charter at .squad/agents/{member}/charter.md to understand their domain …

    line 11
  5. Very specific:

    Before starting work, check your capability profile in .squad/team.md under the Coding Agent → Capabilities section.

    line 15
  6. Distinctive:

    Use the squad branch convention:

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  7. Distinctive:

    When opening a PR:

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  8. Very specific:

    If the issue had a squad:{member} label, mention the member: Working as {member} ({role})

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  9. Very specific:

    If this is a 🟡 needs-review task, add to the PR description: ⚠️ This task was flagged as "needs review" — please have a squad member …

    line 37
  10. Very specific:

    Follow any project conventions in .squad/decisions.md

    line 38
  11. Distinctive:

    If you make a decision that affects other team members, write it to:

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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

Copilot Coding Agent — Squad Instructions

You are working on a project that uses Squad, an AI team framework. When picking up issues autonomously, follow these guidelines.

Team Context

Before starting work on any issue:

  1. Read .squad/team.md for the team roster, member roles, and your capability profile.
  2. Read .squad/routing.md for work routing rules.
  3. If the issue has a squad:{member} label, read that member's charter at .squad/agents/{member}/charter.md to understand their domain expertise and coding style — work in their voice.

Capability Self-Check

Before starting work, check your capability profile in .squad/team.md under the Coding Agent → Capabilities section.

  • 🟢 Good fit — proceed autonomously.
  • 🟡 Needs review — proceed, but note in the PR description that a squad member should review.
  • 🔴 Not suitable — do NOT start work. Instead, comment on the issue:
    🤖 This issue doesn't match my capability profile (reason: {why}). Suggesting reassignment to a squad member.

Branch Naming

Use the squad branch convention:

squad/{issue-number}-{kebab-case-slug}

Example: squad/42-fix-login-validation

PR Guidelines

When opening a PR:

  • Reference the issue: Closes #{issue-number}
  • If the issue had a squad:{member} label, mention the member: Working as {member} ({role})
  • If this is a 🟡 needs-review task, add to the PR description: ⚠️ This task was flagged as "needs review" — please have a squad member review before merging.
  • Follow any project conventions in .squad/decisions.md

Decisions

If you make a decision that affects other team members, write it to:

.squad/decisions/inbox/copilot-{brief-slug}.md

The Scribe will merge it into the shared decisions file.

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