GitHub Copilot

Prompts and configuration targeted at GitHub Copilot — both the in-IDE chat and the GitHub Copilot cloud agent.

What usually lives here

  • .github/copilot-instructions.md — the repo-level file that tells Copilot your house rules (style, test runner, DB layer, what not to touch).
  • Issue templates designed as bounded tasks for explicit Copilot assignment, API-based assignment, or a repository Copilot automation: narrow scope, acceptance criteria, reproduction steps, and links to the failing CI run.
  • Path-specific instructions — Copilot supports .github/instructions/NAME.instructions.md with applyTo frontmatter for file-scoped rules.
  • Prompt snippets that live in the IDE chat history and got enough reuse to be worth sharing.

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GitHub Copilot Vulnerable Dependency Remediation

development

A three-part bundle — a .github/copilot-instructions.md addendum, a GitHub issue template, and an explicit assignment step after the finding is validated. Together they shape the …

author Stephen M Abbottteam SecurityTested withOpus 4.7updated 2026-04-21
scacvedependenciescopilotcloud-agentissue-template

GitHub Copilot Sensitive Data Remediation

development

A three-part bundle for the GitHub Copilot cloud agent — a .github/copilot-instructions.md addendum, an issue template, and a repository policy — that shapes Copilot into a …

author Stephen M Abbottteam SecurityTested withOpus 4.7updated 2026-04-21
sdesecretspiidlpcopilotcloud-agentissue-template

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