Toolkit for generating PowerToys stable or preview release notes from GitHub milestones, commit ranges, or Azure DevOps release-candidate builds. Use when asked to create release notes, summarize milestone PRs, generate changelog, prepare a draft preview release, calculate PR deltas across main and stable, update release documentation, manage PR milestones, or prepare and validate release assets.
Run PowerToys UITest.Next suites in persistent Hyper-V VMs over PowerShell Direct. Validate full default and constrained suites on Windows 10 and Windows 11, plus applicable ARM64 guests, then automatically hand implementation tasks to ui-tests-pipeline-ci for commit/push and CI validation. Local green is not end-to-end completion. Use for agentic UI-test iteration, reusable standard-user desktops, payload staging, evidence export, VM customization, clean baselines, or hosts without nested virtualization. Keywords: Hyper-V, local VM, virtual machine, PowerShell Direct, Copy-VMFile, VMBus, checkpoint, unattend, autounattend, ISO, Windows 10 LTSC, Windows 11, ARM64, Windows on ARM, UI tests, UITest.Next, winappcli, TRX, CI handoff.
Create, migrate, and stabilize PowerToys UI tests with Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest.Next and winappcli, through local VM success, commit/push, and CI validation. Use for ports, new UITest projects, flaky CI tests, persistent Hyper-V validation, Settings IPC authentication/test signing, Explorer/Shell selection, preview handlers, thumbnail providers, hotkey activation, stateful process lifecycle, composed WinUI/WebView visual baselines, or foreground failures. Covers APIs, scaffolding, test design, diagnostics, and the required handoff to ui-tests-pipeline-ci. Keywords: UI test, UITests, UITestAutomation.Next, winappcli, WinAppDriver, Selenium, Settings IPC, not-microsoft-signed, Authenticode, local VM, Hyper-V, checkpoint, migrate, flaky, CI stability, Explorer, Shell extension, WebView2.
Microsoft FTE-only completion workflow for PowerToys UI-test implementation: automatically continue after successful local VM suites, commit and push scoped changes, queue CI, wait synchronously, and stabilize through Azure CLI and Azure DevOps REST APIs. No separate push/run-CI request is needed for create, migrate, or stabilize tasks unless the user limited scope. Also use for explicit UITests CI, setup preflight, 401/403 diagnosis, build reuse, recordings/artifacts, and the three-run limit. Keywords: FTE, az, Azure CLI, Azure DevOps, pipeline, UI Test Automation, UITests CI, commit, push, local-to-CI handoff, buildNow, specificBuildId, uiTestModules, CI flake.
Find and explore Windows desktop APIs. Use when building features that need platform capabilities — camera, file access, notifications, UI controls, AI/ML, sensors, networking, etc. Discovers the right API for a task and retrieves full type details (methods, properties, events, enumeration values).
Create form-based UI for your Command Palette extension using Adaptive Cards. Use when asked to add forms, user input fields, toggle switches, text inputs, dropdown menus, data entry, surveys, configuration dialogs, or interactive content pages. Supports the Adaptive Cards Designer for visual form building.
Add dock band support to your Command Palette extension for persistent toolbar widgets. Use when asked to add dock support, toolbar buttons, persistent UI widgets, taskbar integration, live-updating status displays, quick-access buttons, or always-visible controls. Supports single buttons, multi-button strips, and live-updating content.
Add a settings page to your Command Palette extension. Use when asked to add settings, preferences, configuration options, toggles, text inputs, dropdowns, or user-customizable behavior. Covers ToggleSetting, TextSetting, ChoiceSetSetting, and persistence.
Add fallback commands to your Command Palette extension for catch-all search behavior. Use when asked to add search functionality, query matching, direct input handling, calculator-style evaluation, URL opening, command execution, or results that appear when no other extension matches. Used by 14 of 20 built-in extensions.
Publish your Command Palette extension to the Microsoft Store or WinGet. Use when asked to publish, distribute, release, deploy to store, create MSIX packages, submit to WinGet, set up CI/CD for releases, or automate builds with GitHub Actions.
Use for Codex models/pricing, scheduled tasks, skills, settings, setup, troubleshooting, customization, automations, and self-knowledge—including 'you,' 'your,' 'this app,' or 'this coding agent' when they refer to Codex—and for OpenAI APIs/products and ChatGPT Work. Also use for model choice/migration, prompting, SDKs, Responses, Realtime, agents, evals, and Chat/Work/Codex comparisons. Do not use for generic app/software tasks that merely mention Codex.
Perform a read-only, defect-first review of a specified code change and return every actionable finding. Use when another agent delegates review of uncommitted changes, a base-branch diff, a commit, or custom review instructions.
Babysit a GitHub pull request after creation by continuously polling review comments, CI checks/workflow runs, and mergeability state until the PR is merged/closed or user help is required. Diagnose failures, retry likely flaky failures up to 3 times, auto-fix/push branch-related issues when appropriate, and keep watching open PRs so fresh review feedback is surfaced promptly. Use when the user asks Codex to monitor a PR, watch CI, handle review comments, or keep an eye on failures and feedback on an open PR.
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