Slim copilot-instructions globals to bot-enforceable rules#60
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Per 2026-05-02 pivot: Copilot's PR review bot enforces code-bug-shaped rules but won't flag English-prose conventions like sentence case or banned words. Kept: AI-authorship attribution; public-HTML favicon and OG/Twitter meta tags. Both pattern-matchable. Removed: sentence case, banned words, broad emoji ban. Refs #59.
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Pull request overview
This PR trims .github/copilot-instructions.md so the Copilot review guidance focuses on rules that are concrete and realistically enforceable by the bot, while leaving the repository-specific bug classes intact.
Changes:
- Removes prose-style global rules that are not reliably bot-enforceable, such as sentence case, emoji bans, and anti-slop wording guidance.
- Keeps the AI-authorship attribution rule, but rewrites it more concisely around commit messages, PR bodies, and committed docs.
- Keeps the favicon/OG/Twitter metadata requirement, also in a shorter, more checklist-like form.
This was referenced May 3, 2026
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Why
Pivot from 2026-05-02: Copilot's PR review bot is a bug finder, not a style linter. The globals block in
.github/copilot-instructions.md(added in PR #57) was asking the bot to enforce English-prose rules it doesn't actually act on. Slim the section to only what the bot can pattern-match.Kept
Co-Authored-By: Claudeand "Generated with Claude Code" are pattern-matchable, and Copilot has flagged them in past reviews.Removed
Char count
Before: 3723. After: 2886. Project-specific bug classes section untouched.
Refs #59.