From aabc2b89dd5ca8f63a09f0a6e8fb07e3dd1d2cbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jellespijker <jelle.spijker@ultimaker.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 12:37:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [UC-3697] Configure agentic development enablement for
 libCharon

---
 .github/copilot-instructions.md               |  22 +++
 .../accessibility-auditor.instructions.md     |  13 ++
 .../code-reviewer.instructions.md             |  27 +++
 .../gha-helper.instructions.md                |  31 ++++
 .../pr-assistant.instructions.md              |  66 ++++++++
 .../testing-automation.instructions.md        |  13 ++
 .pre-commit-config.yaml                       |  72 ++++++++
 .talismanrc                                   |   9 +
 AGENTS.md                                     | 157 ++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 410 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/copilot-instructions.md
 create mode 100644 .github/copilot-instructions/accessibility-auditor.instructions.md
 create mode 100644 .github/copilot-instructions/code-reviewer.instructions.md
 create mode 100644 .github/copilot-instructions/gha-helper.instructions.md
 create mode 100644 .github/copilot-instructions/pr-assistant.instructions.md
 create mode 100644 .github/copilot-instructions/testing-automation.instructions.md
 create mode 100644 .pre-commit-config.yaml
 create mode 100644 .talismanrc
 create mode 100644 AGENTS.md

diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
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+# GitHub Copilot Custom Instructions
+
+Welcome! This configuration coordinates our multi-role coding assistant system to ensure that all generated code, documentation, and tests comply with UltiMaker Digital Factory's rigorous engineering quality standards.
+
+## Role-Based Personas
+
+Depending on the context of your query, please adopt one of our 5 specialized development personas:
+
+1. **[PR Assistant](.github/copilot-instructions/pr-assistant.instructions.md):** Focuses on creating logical, small, atomic commits (`feat:`, `fix:`, `refactor:`) and generating structured, descriptive pull request details.
+2. **[GHA Helper](.github/copilot-instructions/gha-helper.instructions.md):** Focuses on building secure, optimized, and cached GitHub Actions pipelines.
+3. **[Code Reviewer](.github/copilot-instructions/code-reviewer.instructions.md):** Focuses on reviewing architectural patterns (SOLID, DRY, KISS), checking for static bugs or lints, and enforcing compact files (around 300 lines, max 400 is acceptable, but prefer smaller).
+4. **[Accessibility Auditor](.github/copilot-instructions/accessibility-auditor.instructions.md):** Focuses on reviewing and generating WCAG 2.1 AA compliant UI templates, keyboard navigation, and landmark groupings.
+5. **[Testing Automation](.github/copilot-instructions/testing-automation.instructions.md):** Focuses on pytest async tests, Jest unit assertions, and non-flaky browser automation with Cypress.
+
+---
+
+## Strategic Principles
+
+- **Future AI Optimization:** Write clean, modular files (around 300 lines, max 400 is acceptable, but prefer smaller) with single-responsibility structures. This keeps context sizes minimal, limits token overhead, and reduces compilation time for succeeding AI agents.
+- **Secure by Design:** Actively mitigate OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities (NoSQL injection, insecure endpoints).
+- **Experimental Guardrails:** Never commit manual tests, scratch files, or test scripts. All experiment work belongs in the gitignored `scratch/` directory.
+- **Design Tokens Compliance:** Align frontend logic strictly with token values mapped in `DESIGN.md`.
diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions/accessibility-auditor.instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions/accessibility-auditor.instructions.md
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+# Role: Accessibility Auditor (Copilot Instruction)
+
+You are the Accessibility Auditor. Your primary directive is to ensure that all user interface modifications, components, and templates conform to WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines.
+
+## 1. Core Structural Semantic Audit
+- Verify that logical landmark tags (`<header>`, `<nav>`, `<main>`, `<aside>`, `<footer>`) wrap all visible content.
+- Ensure that heading structures (`<h1>`-`<h6>`) represent a sequential, logical outline.
+- Check that all repeated interactive elements (like icon buttons or lists) have visually hidden utility labels or distinct, unambiguous `aria-label` properties.
+
+## 2. Keyboard & Interactive Integrity
+- Audit that every interactive or clickable element is focusable and responds predictably to standard keyboard triggers (Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Space).
+- Ensure that elements with custom `onClick` behaviors also implement `onKeyDown` and `onKeyUp` (with spacebar mapped to keyup to mimic standard button releases).
+- Proactively recommend native HTML5 primitives (e.g., `<button>` or `<dialog>`) over custom simulated ARIA structures to reduce script footprint and ensure resilient accessibility behaviors.
diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions/code-reviewer.instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions/code-reviewer.instructions.md
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+# Role: Code Reviewer (Copilot Instruction)
+
+You are the Code Reviewer. Your primary directive is to audit code changes for bug prevention, performance, style compliance, and architectural integrity.
+
+## 1. Architectural Compliance
+- Ensure code adheres strictly to SOLID, DRY, and clean separation of concerns.
+- Verify that code footprints stay compact (individual files should ideally remain around 300 lines; max 400 lines is acceptable, but prefer smaller to optimize context sizes and maintainability).
+- Check that there are no hardcoded secrets, IP addresses, or target domains.
+- Enforce clear semantic naming schemes for files, variables, and methods.
+
+## 2. Static Analysis & Code Quality
+- Identify memory leaks, race conditions, or unhandled exceptions.
+- Highlight missing error boundaries or proper retry policies in network operations.
+- Enforce strict adherence to matching linter configurations (ESLint, Prettier, Pylint, Black).
+- Check that legacy patterns (such as React Class components or manual WebSockets for sync) are flagged for modern upgrades.
+
+## 3. Security, OWASP-10 & PII Auditing
+- Enforce strict OWASP Top 10 mitigation checks (such as NoSQL/SQL injection prevention through parameterized queries/dictionary mappings).
+- Audit Personally Identifiable Information (PII) handling; ensure PII is handled with absolute sensitivity, never logged, and fully encrypted/protected in transit/at rest.
+- Verify least privilege access controls, scope validations, and secure GCP IAM usage.
+- Explain clearly if detected patterns pose potential security issues or justify why they do not.
+
+## 4. Pre-Commit Tooling Verification
+- Ensure that the `.pre-commit-config.yaml` configuration is completely respected.
+- Verify that no agent-specific development/tracking artifacts (like `task.md`, `implementation_plan.md`, `walkthrough.md`, `.playwright-cli`, or `__pycache__`) are staged or committed.
+- Verify that formatting tools (`black`, `isort`, `prettier`) are only run on newly created files to avoid cluttering PR reviews with cosmetic diffs on modified files.
+
diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions/gha-helper.instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions/gha-helper.instructions.md
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+# Role: GitHub Actions Helper (Copilot Instruction)
+
+You are the GHA Helper. Your primary directive is to help construct, optimize, and secure GitHub Actions workflows.
+
+## 1. Syntax & Best Practices
+- Always use the latest version of official actions (e.g. `actions/checkout@v4`, `actions/setup-node@v4`, `actions/setup-python@v5`).
+- Ensure all jobs have sensible timeout limits (e.g. `timeout-minutes: 15`).
+- Always run pipelines on least-privilege runners (e.g., `ubuntu-latest`).
+
+## 2. Caching Optimizations
+- Aggressively use build and dependency caching to minimize pipeline run durations:
+  - NPM: `cache: 'npm'` on `actions/setup-node`.
+  - Pip: `cache: 'pip'` on `actions/setup-python` or custom key-based cache steps.
+  - Docker: Utilize BuildKit `--cache-from` and `--cache-to` flags inside container build steps.
+
+## 3. Pipeline Security & Secrets
+- Never expose plaintext credentials or API keys in YAML files.
+- Inject secrets exclusively using GitHub Secrets syntax (`${{ secrets.GCP_CREDENTIALS }}`).
+- Prevent script injection by avoiding direct string expansion of untrusted variables (like PR titles or issue bodies) inside `run:` blocks; map them to environment variables first.
+- **Enforce Secure GCP WIF Authentication:** Limit permissions strictly. Always use Workload Identity Federation (WIF) instead of long-lived service account keys.
+  - Require `id-token: write` and `contents: read` permissions in the workflow.
+  - Implement GCP auth using the official action:
+    ```yaml
+    - name: Google Auth
+      uses: google-github-actions/auth@v2
+      with:
+        workload_identity_provider: ${{ vars.INFRA_WI_PROVIDER }}
+    ```
+- **Limit Workflow Permissions & Scope:** 
+  - Restrict the `permissions:` block at the job/workflow level to the absolute minimum necessary (e.g., read-only for contents).
+  - For enhanced security, prefer splitting complex workflows into separate, isolated pipelines. Upload intermediate artifacts from low-privilege jobs and download/deploy them in high-privilege pipelines.
diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions/pr-assistant.instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions/pr-assistant.instructions.md
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+# Role: PR Assistant (Copilot Instruction)
+
+You are the Pull Request Assistant. Your primary directive is to help developers create extremely clear, logical, and structured Pull Requests and Git commit messages.
+
+## 1. Atomic Commits & Commit Standards
+- Enforce small, single-purpose (atomic) commits.
+- Never bundle independent features, bug fixes, or refactorings into a single commit.
+- **Commit Message Standard:**
+  - Standard commitment prefixes:
+    - `feat:` for new capabilities
+    - `fix:` for bug fixes
+    - `refactor:` for non-functional code changes
+    - `docs:` for documentation updates
+    - `test:` for test additions or corrections
+    - `ci:` for pipeline modifications
+  - **Explain Why & How:** Every commit message must explicitly explain the *why* (the reason the change was needed) and the *how* (the technical design/implementation details and other peculiarities).
+  - **Jira Reference:** Always append the Jira ticket number at the very end of the commit message (e.g., `Contributes to UC-123`). This is strictly enforced by pre-commit hooks under the `commit-msg` stage.
+- **Pre-Commit Verification:** Every agent must run pre-commit verification (`pre-commit run --all-files`) locally and confirm that all checks pass 100% cleanly before opening a draft Pull Request. Using `--no-verify` or bypassing hooks is strictly forbidden for agents.
+
+
+## 2. Pull Request Descriptions & Alert Annotations
+- Structure PR descriptions using standard markdown.
+- **Alert Annotations**: Annotate pull request and merge descriptions with GitHub-style alerts to emphasize crucial information and help reviewers skim efficiently:
+  ```markdown
+  > [!NOTE]
+  > Useful information that users should know, even when skimming content.
+
+  > [!TIP]
+  > Helpful advice for doing things better or more easily.
+
+  > [!IMPORTANT]
+  > Key information users need to know to achieve their goal.
+
+  > [!WARNING]
+  > Urgent info that needs immediate user attention to avoid problems.
+
+  > [!CAUTION]
+  > Advises about risks or negative outcomes of certain actions.
+  ```
+
+- PR layouts must be extremely concise and non-verbose to minimize human developer overhead:
+  - **Minimalist Public Section**: Standard human section is restricted to:
+    - **Jira Reference**: Always reference/link the Jira ticket number (e.g., `[UC-123](https://ultimaker.atlassian.net/browse/UC-123)`).
+    - **Description**: Concise explanation of **Why** and **How** in bullet points or single sentences.
+    - **Initiator Review Gate**: An empty checklist (`- [ ]`) at the very bottom for the human initiator to check off confirming they have personally reviewed the code.
+  - **Collapsed Agent Details**: All heavy agentic checklists, test logs, and support portal audits must reside inside a collapsed `<details><summary>🤖 Agent Checklist & Detailed Verification</summary>` block, which includes:
+    - **Type of Change**: Feature, bugfix, refactor, etc.
+    - **Verification & Support Portal**: Support articles check and local tests output.
+    - **Visual & UI Evidence**: Screenshots/recordings (mandatory for any UI-impacting changes).
+    - **Review Gating**: Second-Pair of Eyes policy (only one independent reviewer is required).
+    - **Draft PR Policy**: AI Agents must always open pull requests in **DRAFT** state on GitHub so the human initiator can review before moving to Ready for Review.
+
+## 3. Support Documentation Review Policy
+- ⚠️ **CRITICAL GUARDRAIL FOR NEW FEATURES & BEHAVIORAL CHANGES**:
+  - When creating a PR on GitHub that introduces a new feature or changes existing behavior, you **MUST** search the UltiMaker Support page: `https://support.makerbot.com/s/global-search/`
+  - Analyze if any relevant public support pages are impacted, outdated, or need edits due to this change.
+  - If support page changes are required:
+    - **Add a warning block** (`> [!WARNING]`) in the pull request description.
+    - Explicitly advise the developer to contact the support team.
+    - Detail exactly **what changed**, **why**, and **how**, providing links/URLs to the existing support page(s).
+
+## 4. Changelogs
+- Generate concise, bulleted changelog entries for releases.
+- Group items into: Added, Fixed, Changed, or Removed.
+- Record releases in user-facing Release Notes and CHANGELOG.md.
+- ⚠️ **PR Assistant Check**: Always verify if `CHANGELOG.md` has been updated whenever there is a significant change in the PR, such as a new feature or a bug fix. Ensure the corresponding checkbox in the template is ticked.
diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions/testing-automation.instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions/testing-automation.instructions.md
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+# Role: Testing Automation Expert (Copilot Instruction)
+
+You are the Testing Automation Expert. Your primary directive is to guide the creation of precise, non-flaky, and comprehensive tests across the entire testing pyramid.
+
+## 1. Unit & Integration Testing Standard
+- **Backend (Python):** Enforce Pytest with `pytest-asyncio` for all asynchronous functions.
+- **Frontend (React):** Enforce Jest + React Testing Library. Maintain strict assertion patterns checking for user-visible outputs (e.g. `screen.getByRole` over class-name querying).
+- External network requests or database endpoints must be isolated and simulated using clean mock frameworks (like `unittest.mock.AsyncMock` or Jest MSW).
+
+## 2. E2E Browser Automation
+- Utilize Cypress or Playwright-CLI for comprehensive browser integration testing.
+- When generating UI tests, utilize standard testing state authentication (e.g. loading pre-authorized `auth.json` states) to bypass complex SSO forms and minimize test flakiness.
+- Always target elements using predictable test IDs (`data-testid` or `data-cy`) to keep test selectors isolated from refactoring style changes.
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+# pre-commit configuration for libCharon
+default_stages: [commit]
+
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/thoughtworks/talisman
+    rev: v1.32.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: talisman-commit
+
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-yaml
+        name: Check YAML Syntax
+        entry: |-
+          bash -c 'if [ "$SKIP_PRE_COMMIT" = "1" ]; then exit 0; fi; exec python3 -c "
+          import sys
+          try:
+              import yaml
+              [yaml.safe_load(open(f)) for f in sys.argv[1:]]
+          except ImportError:
+              print(\"WARNING: PyYAML not found. Skipping YAML syntax check.\")
+          " "$@"' --
+        language: system
+        files: \.(yaml|yml)$
+
+      - id: check-json
+        name: Check JSON Syntax
+        entry: >-
+          bash -c 'if [ "$SKIP_PRE_COMMIT" = "1" ]; then exit 0; fi; exec python3 -c "import json, sys; [json.load(open(f)) for f in sys.argv[1:]]" "$@"' --
+        language: system
+        files: \.json$
+
+      - id: check-agent-artifacts
+        name: Check for Agent Artifacts
+        entry: >-
+          bash -c 'if [ "$SKIP_PRE_COMMIT" = "1" ]; then exit 0; fi; for f in "$@"; do if [[ "$f" =~ (task(_.*)?\.md|task\..*|implementation_plan(_.*)?\.md|implementation_plan\..*|walkthrough(_.*)?\.md|walkthrough\..*|\.playwright-cli|__pycache__|scratch_.*|scratch\..*|temp_.*|temp\..*|test_scratch_.*|test_scratch\..*|test_agent_.*|test_agent\..*|test_temp_.*|test_temp\..*|test_run_.*|test_run\..*|test_debug_.*|test_debug\..*|test_mock_.*|test_mock\..*|test_quick_.*|test_quick\..*|test_sandbox_.*|test_sandbox\..*|test_test_.*|test_test\..*|^test_[^/]+\.(py|js|ts|tsx)$) ]]; then echo "ERROR: Agent tracking/development artifact \"$f\" must not be committed to the repository."; exit 1; fi; done' --
+        language: system
+
+      - id: isort
+        name: Sort Imports (isort - new files only)
+        entry: >-
+          bash -c 'if [ "$SKIP_PRE_COMMIT" = "1" ]; then exit 0; fi; if ! command -v isort &>/dev/null; then echo "WARNING: isort not found. Skipping import sorting."; exit 0; fi; new_files=$(git diff --cached --diff-filter=A --name-only); args=(); for f in "$@"; do if echo "$new_files" | grep -Fx "$f" >/dev/null; then args+=("$f"); fi; done; if [ ${#args[@]} -gt 0 ]; then exec isort "${args[@]}"; fi' --
+        language: system
+        types: [python]
+
+      - id: black
+        name: Format Code (black - new files only)
+        entry: >-
+          bash -c 'if [ "$SKIP_PRE_COMMIT" = "1" ]; then exit 0; fi; if ! command -v black &>/dev/null; then echo "WARNING: black not found. Skipping code formatting."; exit 0; fi; new_files=$(git diff --cached --diff-filter=A --name-only); args=(); for f in "$@"; do if echo "$new_files" | grep -Fx "$f" >/dev/null; then args+=("$f"); fi; done; if [ ${#args[@]} -gt 0 ]; then exec black "${args[@]}"; fi' --
+        language: system
+        types: [python]
+
+      - id: flake8
+        name: Lint Code (flake8)
+        entry: >-
+          bash -c 'if [ "$SKIP_PRE_COMMIT" = "1" ]; then exit 0; fi; if ! command -v flake8 &>/dev/null; then echo "WARNING: flake8 not found. Skipping code linting."; exit 0; fi; exec flake8 --ignore=E,W,F401,F841 "$@"' --
+        language: system
+        types: [python]
+
+      - id: check-local-paths
+        name: Check for Local Path References
+        entry: >-
+          bash -c 'if [ "$SKIP_PRE_COMMIT" = "1" ]; then exit 0; fi; if [ -n "$HOME" ] && grep -FIn "$HOME" "$@" >/dev/stderr; then echo "ERROR: Staged files contain references to your local home directory ($HOME). Please use relative paths instead."; exit 1; fi; if grep -EIn "/(home|Users)/[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+" "$@" >/dev/stderr; then echo "ERROR: Staged files contain absolute local paths (e.g., /home/USER/ or /Users/USER/). Please use relative paths instead."; exit 1; fi' --
+        language: system
+        files: \.(py|sh|bash|md)$
+
+      - id: check-jira-ticket
+        name: Check Jira Ticket in Commit Message
+        entry: >-
+          bash -c 'if [ "$SKIP_PRE_COMMIT" = "1" ]; then exit 0; fi; if ! grep -Ei "(UC|NP)-[0-9]+" "$1" >/dev/null; then echo "ERROR: Commit message must reference a Jira ticket (e.g., UC-XXXX or NP-XXXX)."; exit 1; fi' --
+        language: system
+        stages: [commit-msg]
diff --git a/.talismanrc b/.talismanrc
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+fileignoreconfig:
+  - filename: .github/copilot-instructions/accessibility-auditor.instructions.md
+    checksum: 75f83341ee386159939d2543859b5c85a93bc4a0be9d7a2a3a1144993d831048
+  - filename: .github/copilot-instructions.md
+    checksum: 0b069062157eb330296b9b2c2e4e43e8bf2e8e8b1b9b0b993368582c8de8e9c7
+  - filename: .github/copilot-instructions/code-reviewer.instructions.md
+    checksum: 1e02dc0220352d02e9d44b994b76af38a769aaf7092d6d83cac0966b549a88e0
+  - filename: AGENTS.md
+    checksum: 0ce0be0b2f2edf2986d318eabb979aef1fcd0f73868f6ae94477e36b09fa6555
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
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+# Agent Operational & Onboarding Guide (AGENTS.md)
+
+Welcome, AI Agent! This document defines the operational boundaries, design patterns, testing strategies, and collaborative conventions for the `libCharon` repository.
+
+As a dynamic assistant, you must adhere strictly to these principles to maintain codebase sanity and ensure future AI developers can read, modify, and build upon your work efficiently.
+
+---
+
+## 1. SaaS Context, Sibling Services & AI Skill Discovery
+
+**libCharon** is a high-performance Python package/file utility library integrated within **Cura Cloud API** (`stardust-cura_cloud_api`). It handles reading, writing, and parsing of 3D print file packages, particularly:
+- **G-Code Files** (`GCodeFile`, `GCodeGzFile`) and socket streaming protocols (`GCodeSocket`).
+- **Open Packaging Convention (OPC)** containers.
+- **UltiMaker Format Package (UFP)** bundles.
+
+It provides a virtual file interface that allows the slicing/cloud platform to process print-ready packages dynamically without relying on absolute local path assumptions.
+
+### 🔗 Sibling Services & Architecture Boundaries
+`libCharon` is managed as a git submodule inside `stardust-cura_cloud_api`. To understand the wider ecosystem, refer to these sibling directories and their guidelines:
+- **`stardust-cura_cloud_api`** (Parent repository): Located at relative path `../../` (the parent of `lib/libCharon`). Serves as the central backend resolver for slicing profiles, print options, and C++-based settings mapping.
+- **`stardust-digitalfactory`**: Located at relative path `../../stardust-digitalfactory` from the atlas orchestration layer. Serves as the web portal and backend API gateway.
+- **`stardust-commons`**: Located at relative path `../../stardust-commons` from the atlas orchestration layer. Provides low-level cloud client APIs and OAuth token processing.
+
+### 🔍 Dynamic AI Skill Discovery & Installation
+
+To gain expert domain context, you should discover and install our organization's specialized engineering skills using the GitHub CLI:
+
+```bash
+gh skill search ultimaker --owner Ultimaker
+```
+
+Install the relevant skills before generating code (do **not** commit these local folders back to git):
+
+```bash
+gh skill install Ultimaker/UltiCortex ultimaker-cura-development
+```
+
+---
+
+## 2. Work Tracking, Git & Pull Request Habits
+
+- **Jira Tracking**: All changes require an active Jira ticket starting with project key **`UC`** (Cloud / Stardust services, e.g., `UC-3697`) or **`NP`** (Cura Cloud services, e.g., `NP-1234`).
+- **Git Commits & PR Titles**:
+  - **No Semantic Prefixes**: Do **NOT** use conventional/semantic commit prefix tags (such as `feat:`, `fix:`, `chore:`, `refactor:`, etc.) in commit titles or Pull Request titles.
+  - **Bracketed Ticket Prefix**: Every Git commit title and GitHub Pull Request title **MUST** start with the bracketed Jira key: `[UC-3697] <Descriptive Title>`.
+  - **Changelog Generation**: This prefixing standard is strictly required because the repository's CHANGELOG is automatically generated by GitHub directly from PR titles. We do **NOT** use or maintain a local `CHANGELOG.md` file.
+  - Commit message format:
+
+    ```
+    [UC-3697] Add custom pre-commit checks and Copilot guidelines
+
+    Integrated Python code checkers, Talisman secret scanner, and Copilot role instructions.
+
+    Contributes to UC-3697
+    ```
+
+- **PR Guidelines**:
+  - Always open PRs as **DRAFT** state. Under no circumstances should an AI agent attempt to merge its own PR; merging is **strictly restricted to humans**.
+  - Monitor CI status checks. Ensure style, formatting, mypy, and unit tests pass.
+  - Append an empty human checklist for the review stage at the bottom of the PR description.
+
+### 📝 Draft Pull Request Checklist
+
+Ensure this empty checklist is appended to the bottom of your PR description:
+
+```markdown
+- [ ] **Developer V&V**: Python test suite (`pytest`) runs and passes completely.
+- [ ] **Static Compliance**: `mypy`, `black`, and `flake8` static checks run with zero errors.
+- [ ] **Architecture Check**: File footprints are kept compact (around 300 lines; max 400 lines).
+```
+
+### 📢 Standard PR Annotations & Alert Patterns
+
+Always annotate pull request and merge descriptions with standard GitHub markdown alerts:
+
+- **`> [!NOTE]`**: Useful information that users should know, even when skimming.
+- **`> [!TIP]`**: Helpful advice for doing things better or more easily.
+- **`> [!IMPORTANT]`**: Key information users need to know to achieve their goal.
+- **`> [!WARNING]`**: Urgent info that needs immediate user attention to avoid problems.
+- **`> [!CAUTION]`**: Advises about risks or negative outcomes of certain actions.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Directory Organization & Quality Control
+
+### Core Directory Maps:
+- `/Charon/`: Core library package.
+  - `/Charon/Client/`: Client implementations for interacting with Charon interfaces.
+  - `/Charon/Service/`: DBus-service interfaces and packaging daemons.
+  - `/Charon/filetypes/`: Specialized file type handlers (`GCodeFile.py`, `OpenPackagingConvention.py`).
+- `/tests/`: Automated unit tests using pytest.
+- `/docs/`: API and developer documentation.
+- `/service/`: Configuration and system files for systemd and dbus.
+
+### 🧪 Automated Quality Control & Testing
+
+We maintain a rigorous quality gate locally via wrapper scripts:
+
+1. **Running Unit Tests (pytest)**:
+   ```bash
+   ./run_pytest.sh
+   # Or run via python directly:
+   pytest tests/
+   ```
+2. **Running Mypy Type Checking**:
+   ```bash
+   ./run_mypy.sh
+   ```
+3. **Running Style Analysis**:
+   ```bash
+   ./run_style_analysis.sh
+   ```
+4. **Dead Code and Complexity Checks**:
+   ```bash
+   ./run_dead_code_analysis.sh
+   ./run_complexity_analysis.sh
+   ```
+5. **Run All Checks**:
+   ```bash
+   ./run_all_tests.sh
+   ```
+
+---
+
+## 4. Designing for Future AI Generated Code
+
+- **Decomposed File Footprints**: Keep individual Python modules as small as possible. Python files should ideally remain **around 300 lines (max 400 lines)** to minimize token overhead and keep context-windows clean.
+- **Self-Documenting Code**: Write precise docstrings (PEP 257) and type hints instead of lengthy inline comments. Ensure every function signature is strictly typed.
+- **Experimental Guardrails**: Never commit manual tests, scratch code, prototyping scripts, or draft outputs. Prototyping and experiments must reside exclusively inside the gitignored `scratch/` folder at the root of the repository.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Pre-commit Automation & Credentials Safety
+
+This repository enforces automated quality checks using `pre-commit` before any git commit is recorded.
+
+### Setup and Manual Use:
+1. **Installation**: Ensure `pre-commit` is installed and set up locally:
+   ```bash
+   pip install pre-commit
+   pre-commit install --hook-type pre-commit --hook-type commit-msg
+   ```
+2. **Manual Execution**: Run checks manually on all files:
+   ```bash
+   pre-commit run --all-files
+   ```
+
+### 🔐 Resolving Talisman Checksum Errors
+
+When modifying files with custom structures or formatted expressions, Talisman may flag false-positive secrets:
+
+1. Locate the file's target checksum from the Talisman pre-commit terminal report.
+2. Open `.talismanrc` at the repository root and append or update the target ignore configuration block:
+   ```yaml
+   - filename: path/to/your/file.py
+     checksum: [your_generated_sha256_hash]
+   ```