agent-skills
Copilot instructions4 starsChanged yesterdayMITView on GitHub
This repository is an opinionated agent skill catalog. Skills encode concrete defaults, preferred tools, and repeatable workflows. Available reusable prompt files: - pr-finalize: .github/prompts/pr-finalize.prompt.md - pr-finalize-complete: .github/prompts/pr-finalize-complete.prompt.md - pr-to-green: .github/prompts/pr-to-green.prompt.md - pr-description-writer: .github/prompts/pr-description-writer.prompt.md - qodoloop: .github/prompts/qodoloop.prompt.md - coderabbitloop: .github/prompts/coderabbitloop.prompt.md - codexloop: .github/prompts/codexloop.prompt.md - copilotloop: .github/prompts/copilotloop.prompt.md - geminiloop: .github/prompts/geminiloop.prompt.md - ci-fix-loop: .github/prompts/ci-fix-loop.prompt.md - nas-actions-migration: .github/prompts/nas-actions-migration.prompt.md - dependabot-triage: .github/prompts/dependabot-triage.prompt.md - git-commit: .github/prompts/git-commit.prompt.md - gh-cli: .github/prompts/gh-cli.prompt.md - branch-cleanup: .github/prompts/branch-cleanup.prompt.md - semantic-release-beta: .github/prompts/semantic-release-beta.prompt.md - open-source-publisher: .github/prompts/open-source-publisher.prompt.md - release-day: .github/prompts/release-day.prompt.md - changelog-generator: .github/prompts/changelog-generator.prompt.md - store-listing-copy:…
We split this copilot-instructions.md into the rules it gives an agent
6 rules. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 5 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.
5
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- could be automatic: a setting could enforce it
- Very specific: line 7
Treat catalog/skills.json as the source of truth for plugin and skill metadata.
- Very specific: line 8
Keep canonical skill instructions in plugins/{plugin}/skills/{skill}/SKILL.md.
- Very specific: line 10
Run ./scripts/validate-catalog.sh before release.
- Distinctive: line 11
Never edit a generated file directly.
- Very specific: line 42
add-to-my-skills: .github/prompts/add-to-my-skills.prompt.md
- Very specific: line 69
search-console-indexing-audit: .github/prompts/search-console-indexing-audit.prompt.md
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 3,669 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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<!-- Generated by scripts/build-adapters.sh. Do not edit directly. -->Agent Skills Repository Instructions
This repository is an opinionated agent skill catalog. Skills encode concrete defaults, preferred tools, and repeatable workflows.
- Treat
catalog/skills.jsonas the source of truth for plugin and skill metadata. - Keep canonical skill instructions in
plugins/{plugin}/skills/{skill}/SKILL.md. - Regenerate every manifest and adapter with
./scripts/build-adapters.shafter any catalog or skill metadata change. - Run
./scripts/validate-catalog.shbefore release. - Never edit a generated file directly.
Available reusable prompt files:
- pr-finalize: .github/prompts/pr-finalize.prompt.md
- pr-finalize-complete: .github/prompts/pr-finalize-complete.prompt.md
- pr-to-green: .github/prompts/pr-to-green.prompt.md
- pr-description-writer: .github/prompts/pr-description-writer.prompt.md
- qodoloop: .github/prompts/qodoloop.prompt.md
- coderabbitloop: .github/prompts/coderabbitloop.prompt.md
- codexloop: .github/prompts/codexloop.prompt.md
- copilotloop: .github/prompts/copilotloop.prompt.md
- geminiloop: .github/prompts/geminiloop.prompt.md
- ci-fix-loop: .github/prompts/ci-fix-loop.prompt.md
- nas-actions-migration: .github/prompts/nas-actions-migration.prompt.md
- dependabot-triage: .github/prompts/dependabot-triage.prompt.md
- git-commit: .github/prompts/git-commit.prompt.md
- gh-cli: .github/prompts/gh-cli.prompt.md
- branch-cleanup: .github/prompts/branch-cleanup.prompt.md
- semantic-release-beta: .github/prompts/semantic-release-beta.prompt.md
- open-source-publisher: .github/prompts/open-source-publisher.prompt.md
- release-day: .github/prompts/release-day.prompt.md
- changelog-generator: .github/prompts/changelog-generator.prompt.md
- store-listing-copy: .github/prompts/store-listing-copy.prompt.md
- ingest-publication-slice: .github/prompts/ingest-publication-slice.prompt.md
- product-builder: .github/prompts/product-builder.prompt.md
- mvp-oneshot: .github/prompts/mvp-oneshot.prompt.md
- ux-ui-audit-loop: .github/prompts/ux-ui-audit-loop.prompt.md
- frontend-direction: .github/prompts/frontend-direction.prompt.md
- starter-rules: .github/prompts/starter-rules.prompt.md
- viral-launch: .github/prompts/viral-launch.prompt.md
- context-repo: .github/prompts/context-repo.prompt.md
- add-to-my-skills: .github/prompts/add-to-my-skills.prompt.md
- promptctl: .github/prompts/promptctl.prompt.md
- veto-routing: .github/prompts/veto-routing.prompt.md
- ai-tools-setup: .github/prompts/ai-tools-setup.prompt.md
- agterm-team: .github/prompts/agterm-team.prompt.md
- self-critique: .github/prompts/self-critique.prompt.md
- review-past-performance: .github/prompts/review-past-performance.prompt.md
- retro-analysis: .github/prompts/retro-analysis.prompt.md
- agent-ops-retro: .github/prompts/agent-ops-retro.prompt.md
- crash-course: .github/prompts/crash-course.prompt.md
- wrap-up: .github/prompts/wrap-up.prompt.md
- team-retrospective: .github/prompts/team-retrospective.prompt.md
- obsidian-pr-sync: .github/prompts/obsidian-pr-sync.prompt.md
- obsidian-task-rollover: .github/prompts/obsidian-task-rollover.prompt.md
- morning-routine: .github/prompts/morning-routine.prompt.md
- app-store-regional-pricing: .github/prompts/app-store-regional-pricing.prompt.md
- apple-store-submit: .github/prompts/apple-store-submit.prompt.md
- macos-menubar-app: .github/prompts/macos-menubar-app.prompt.md
- garmin-watchface: .github/prompts/garmin-watchface.prompt.md
- gallery: .github/prompts/gallery.prompt.md
- fill-music-player: .github/prompts/fill-music-player.prompt.md
- music-to-plex: .github/prompts/music-to-plex.prompt.md
- vinted-listing: .github/prompts/vinted-listing.prompt.md
- wikipedia-uk-editor: .github/prompts/wikipedia-uk-editor.prompt.md
- shorts-animator: .github/prompts/shorts-animator.prompt.md
- carousel-maker: .github/prompts/carousel-maker.prompt.md
- cloudflare-block-countries: .github/prompts/cloudflare-block-countries.prompt.md
- search-console-indexing-audit: .github/prompts/search-console-indexing-audit.prompt.md
- docs-index-keeper: .github/prompts/docs-index-keeper.prompt.md
- website-analytics-bootstrap: .github/prompts/website-analytics-bootstrap.prompt.md
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 2,297 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.
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Your trail
Files you open will collect here, so you can find them again.
Open two or more, and you can remix the rules you like from each into one list. Kept in this browser only.
Now do this for your own.
Bring your CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md or skills. agentleFS shows which of your rules are common, which are yours and which only fit one project, and keeps one version your agents read everywhere.