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* Improve agent skills instructions with quality authoring patterns Add practical, platform-agnostic authoring guidance to agent-skills.instructions.md based on community best practices: - Expand applyTo to cover all skills/**/SKILL.md paths - Add writing guidance for every recommended body section with examples (When to Use, Prerequisites, Step-by-Step Workflows, Gotchas, Troubleshooting, References) - Add 'Writing High-Impact Skills' section with 5 principles: - Focus on what the agent doesn't know - Context budget awareness for descriptions - Gotchas as highest-signal content - Flexible guidelines over rigid steps - Progressive disclosure for large skills - Fix description constraints: add 10-char minimum, single-quote wrapping - Reconcile Step-by-Step Workflows with Flexible Guidelines advice - Consolidate Workflow Execution Pattern under Common Patterns - Standardize terminology (agent vs AI agent) - Align line thresholds (200 soft / 500 hard) - Update validation checklist with new quality criteria Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Update instructions/agent-skills.instructions.md Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Address PR review: make instructions platform-agnostic - Replace 'GitHub Copilot'-specific language with generic 'the agent' - Add skills/<skill-name>/ to Directory Structure table for repo layouts - Fix relative path in flexible guidelines example (./references/) - Update description and intro to be platform-neutral Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Revert terminology changes per reviewer feedback Restore 'Copilot' and 'AI agent' terminology to match the original doc's conventions. Keep new substantive content (Writing High-Impact Skills, Gotchas, expanded examples). Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Aaron Powell <me@aaron-powell.com>
🤖 Awesome GitHub Copilot
A community-created collection of custom agents, instructions, skills, hooks, workflows, and plugins to supercharge your GitHub Copilot experience.
Tip
Explore the full collection on the website → awesome-copilot.github.com
The website offers full-text search and filtering across hundreds of resources, plus the Tools section for MCP servers and developer tooling, and the Learning Hub for guides and tutorials.
Using this collection in an AI agent? A machine-readable
llms.txtis available with structured listings of all agents, instructions, and skills.
📖 Learning Hub
New to GitHub Copilot customization? The Learning Hub on the website offers curated articles, walkthroughs, and reference material — covering everything from core concepts like agents, skills, and instructions to hands-on guides for hooks, agentic workflows, MCP servers, and the Copilot coding agent.
What's in this repo
| Resource | Description | Browse |
|---|---|---|
| 🤖 Agents | Specialized Copilot agents that integrate with MCP servers | All agents → |
| 📋 Instructions | Coding standards applied automatically by file pattern | All instructions → |
| 🎯 Skills | Self-contained folders with instructions and bundled assets | All skills → |
| 🔌 Plugins | Curated bundles of agents and skills for specific workflows | All plugins → |
| 🪝 Hooks | Automated actions triggered during Copilot agent sessions | All hooks → |
| ⚡ Agentic Workflows | AI-powered GitHub Actions automations written in markdown | All workflows → |
| 🍳 Cookbook | Copy-paste-ready recipes for working with Copilot APIs | — |
🛠️ Tools
Looking at how to use Awesome Copilot? Check out the Tools section of the website for MCP servers, editor integrations, and other developer tooling to get the most out of this collection.
Install a Plugin
For most users, the Awesome Copilot marketplace is already registered in the Copilot CLI/VS Code, so you can install a plugin directly:
copilot plugin install <plugin-name>@awesome-copilot
If you are using an older Copilot CLI version or a custom setup and see an error that the marketplace is unknown, register it once and then install:
copilot plugin marketplace add github/awesome-copilot
copilot plugin install <plugin-name>@awesome-copilot
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md · AGENTS.md for AI agent guidance · Security · Code of Conduct
The customizations here are sourced from third-party developers. Please inspect any agent and its documentation before installing.
Contributors ✨
Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):
This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!
📚 Additional Resources
- VS Code Copilot Customization Documentation - Official Microsoft documentation
- GitHub Copilot Chat Documentation - Complete chat feature guide
- VS Code Settings - General VS Code configuration guide
™️ Trademarks
This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines. Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship. Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party's policies.