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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 repository49 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- app_backup/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- app_backup/CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- cli-a2aSkill
- cli-backup-syncSkill
- cli-batchesSkill
- cli-chatSkill
- cli-compressionSkill
- cli-contextsSkill
- cli-cost-usageSkill
- cli-evalSkill
- cli-healthSkill
- cli-keysSkill
- cli-mcpSkill
- cli-modelsSkill
- cli-plugins-skillsSkill
- cli-policy-auditSkill
- cli-providersSkill
- cli-resilienceSkill
- cli-routingSkill
- cli-serveSkill
- cli-setupSkill
- cli-skill-collectorSkill
- cli-tunnelSkill
- config-codex-cliSkill
- nerve-inferenceSkill
- nerve-mcpSkill
- omni-agents-a2aSkill
- omni-api-keysSkill
- omni-authSkill
- omni-budgetSkill
- omni-cacheSkill
- omni-cli-toolsSkill
- omni-combos-routingSkill
- omni-compressionSkill
- omni-context-rtkSkill
- omni-db-backupsSkill
- omni-github-skillsSkill
- omni-modelsSkill
- omni-providersSkill
- omni-proxiesSkill
- omni-resilienceSkill
- omni-settingsSkill
- omni-sync-cloudSkill
- omni-tunnelsSkill
- omni-usage-logsSkill
- omni-version-managerSkill
- omni-webhooksSkill
The file
We split this copilot-instructions.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
- Very specific: line 3
Treat npm run test:coverage as a required gate for PR work.
- Very specific: line 5
If a PR changes production code in src/, open-sse/, electron/, or bin/, it must include automated tests in the same PR.
- Very specific: line 6
When reviewing or updating a PR, if the report shows missing tests or coverage below 60%, do not stop after reporting the problem.
- Distinctive: line 7
Prefer the smallest test layer that proves the behavior:
≈ “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.
Files
Nerve PR and Coverage Instructions
- Treat
npm run test:coverageas a required gate for PR work. - The repository minimum is
60%for statements, lines, functions, and branches. - If a PR changes production code in
src/,open-sse/,electron/, orbin/, it must include automated tests in the same PR. - When reviewing or updating a PR, if the report shows missing tests or coverage below
60%, do not stop after reporting the problem. Add or update tests in the PR first, rerun the coverage gate, and only then ask for confirmation. - Prefer the smallest test layer that proves the behavior:
- unit tests first
- integration tests when multiple modules or DB state are involved
- e2e only when the behavior is truly UI or workflow-dependent
- For bug issues, try to encode the reproduction as an automated test before or alongside the fix.
- In the final PR report, include:
- the commands you ran
- the changed test files
- the final coverage result
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