Copilot Coding Agent Adds Organization-Wide Custom Instructions
Allison reports on the addition of organization custom instructions to the Copilot coding agent, enabling enterprises to standardize Copilot’s behavior for project understanding and automation.
Copilot Coding Agent Adds Organization-Wide Custom Instructions
The Copilot coding agent, GitHub’s asynchronous and autonomous background agent for code-related tasks, now supports organization custom instructions. This feature empowers development teams to establish guidelines for how Copilot understands projects and automates critical workflows, such as building, testing, and validating code changes.
Key Features
- Organization Custom Instructions:
- Administrators can now set default custom instructions, ensuring that all Copilot coding agent operations across the organization follow a consistent approach.
- Custom instructions influence how Copilot interprets projects and manages the software development lifecycle steps it automates.
- Supported Instruction Formats:
- The agent supports configuration through files like:
.github/copilot-instructions.md.github/instructions/**.instructions.mdAGENTS.mdCLAUDE.mdGEMINI.md
- The agent supports configuration through files like:
- Consistency Across Teams:
- By defining organizational defaults, teams can maintain shared standards and reduce ambiguity in Copilot-driven work.
Further Reading
Developers and team leads are encouraged to review the documentation to implement custom instructions and refine their organization’s use of Copilot coding agents.
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