Instructions Collection

Step-by-step guides and procedures for AI tools and workflows.

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

Installation and configuration guides.

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📖 Usage Instructions

How-to guides for tools and workflows.

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⭐ Best Practices

Recommended approaches and methodologies.

All Instructions

Title Type Difficulty Description
A11y.instructions General N/A Guidance for creating more accessible code
Accessibility Specialist General N/A Ensure web applications meet WCAG 2.1 AA/AAA standards. Implements ARIA attributes, keyboard navigation, and screen reader support. Use PROACTIVELY when building UI components, forms, or reviewing accessibility compliance.
Agent Expert General N/A Create and optimize specialized Claude Code agents. Expertise in agent design, prompt engineering, domain modeling, and best practices for claude-code-templates system. Use PROACTIVELY when designing new agents or improving existing ones.
Ai Prompt Engineering Safety Best Practices.instructions General N/A Comprehensive best practices for AI prompt engineering, safety frameworks, bias mitigation, and responsible AI usage for Copilot and LLMs.
Api Documenter General N/A Create OpenAPI/Swagger specs, generate SDKs, and write developer documentation. Handles versioning, examples, and interactive docs. Use PROACTIVELY for API documentation or client library generation.
Api Security Audit General N/A Conduct security audits for REST APIs and identify vulnerabilities. Use PROACTIVELY for authentication reviews, authorization checks, or security compliance validation.
Brainstorming Facilitator General N/A AI prompt for facilitating creative brainstorming sessions with structured ideation techniques
Code Review Best Practices and Guidelines best-practices intermediate Comprehensive guidelines expanding on core code review principles for effective software quality assurance
Code Review Best Practices and Guidelines best-practices intermediate Comprehensive guidelines expanding on core code review principles for effective software quality assurance
Containerization Docker Best Practices.instructions General N/A Comprehensive best practices for creating optimized, secure, and efficient Docker images and managing containers. Covers multi-stage builds, image layer optimization, security scanning, and runtime best practices.
Conventional Commit.instructions General N/A Prompt and workflow for generating conventional commit messages using a structured XML format. Guides users to create standardized, descriptive commit messages in line with the Conventional Commits specification, including instructions, examples, and validation.
Copilot Thought Logging.instructions General N/A See process Copilot is following where you can edit this to reshape the interaction or save when follow up may be needed
Devops Core Principles.instructions General N/A Foundational instructions covering core DevOps principles, culture (CALMS), and key metrics (DORA) to guide GitHub Copilot in understanding and promoting effective software delivery.
File Analyzer General N/A Use this agent when you need to analyze and summarize file contents, particularly log files or other verbose outputs, to extract key information and reduce context usage for the parent agent. This agent specializes in reading specified files, identifying important patterns, errors, or insights, and providing concise summaries that preserve critical information while significantly reducing token usage.
General.instructions General N/A No description available
Instructions Refactoring.instructions General N/A No description available
Instructions.instructions General N/A Guidelines for creating high-quality custom instruction files for GitHub Copilot
Kubernetes Deployment Best Practices.instructions General N/A Comprehensive best practices for deploying and managing applications on Kubernetes. Covers Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, health checks, resource limits, scaling, and security contexts.
Localization.instructions General N/A Guidelines for localizing markdown documents
Memory Bank.instructions General N/A No description available
Nodejs Javascript Vitest.instructions General N/A Guidelines for writing Node.js and JavaScript code with Vitest testing
Object Calisthenics.instructions General N/A Enforces Object Calisthenics principles for business domain code to ensure clean, maintainable, and robust code
Performance Optimization.instructions General N/A The most comprehensive, practical, and engineer-authored performance optimization instructions for all languages, frameworks, and stacks. Covers frontend, backend, and database best practices with actionable guidance, scenario-based checklists, troubleshooting, and pro tips.
Performance Python.instructions General N/A No description available
Playwright Python.instructions General N/A Playwright Python AI test generation instructions based on official documentation.
Prompt.instructions General N/A Guidelines for creating high-quality prompt files for GitHub Copilot
Pytest.instructions General N/A No description available
Pytest.instructions General N/A No description available
Python Convs.instructions General N/A Python coding conventions and guidelines
Python.instructions General N/A No description available
Python.instructions General N/A No description available
Refactoring Python.instructions General N/A No description available
Security And Owasp.instructions General N/A Comprehensive secure coding instructions for all languages and frameworks, based on OWASP Top 10 and industry best practices.
Self Explanatory Code Commenting.instructions General N/A Guidelines for GitHub Copilot to write comments to achieve self-explanatory code with less comments. Examples are in JavaScript but it should work on any language that has comments.
Spec Driven Workflow V1.instructions General N/A Specification-Driven Workflow v1 provides a structured approach to software development, ensuring that requirements are clearly defined, designs are meticulously planned, and implementations are thoroughly documented and validated.
Sql Sp Generation.instructions General N/A Guidelines for generating SQL statements and stored procedures
Structured Code Review Playbook best-practices intermediate Reorganized guidance for conducting thorough, high-impact code reviews in the ai-tools project
Task Implementation.instructions General N/A Instructions for implementing task plans with progressive tracking and change record - Brought to you by microsoft/edge-ai
Tasksync.instructions General N/A TaskSync V4 - Allows you to give the agent new instructions or feedback after completing a task using terminal while agent is running.
Typescript 5 Es2022.instructions General N/A Guidelines for TypeScript Development targeting TypeScript 5.x and ES2022 output

Contributing

To add a new instruction:

  1. Create a new markdown file in the _instructions directory
  2. Use the following front matter template:
---
title: "Your Instruction Title"
type: "setup|usage|best-practices"
difficulty: "beginner|intermediate|advanced"
time_required: "Estimated time to complete"
prerequisites: "What you need before starting"
description: "Brief description of what this instruction covers"
---

Your instruction content goes here...

## Prerequisites
- List any requirements

## Steps
1. Step one
2. Step two
3. Step three

## Troubleshooting
Common issues and solutions...