From f71f89d5c4418348a5781e01b14fa32b093b5d23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jorge Thomas (Akrista)" <23145794+Akrista@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 21:00:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: update copilot instructions generation to be in
 .github/instructions/laravel-boost.instructions.md with frontmatter support

---
 src/Install/CodeEnvironment/Copilot.php             | 9 +++++++--
 src/Install/GuidelineWriter.php                     | 7 ++++++-
 tests/Unit/Install/CodeEnvironmentsDetectorTest.php | 7 ++++---
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Install/CodeEnvironment/Copilot.php b/src/Install/CodeEnvironment/Copilot.php
index 2219539e..a37b9dd2 100644
--- a/src/Install/CodeEnvironment/Copilot.php
+++ b/src/Install/CodeEnvironment/Copilot.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public function systemDetectionConfig(Platform $platform): array
     public function projectDetectionConfig(): array
     {
         return [
-            'files' => ['.github/copilot-instructions.md'],
+            'files' => ['.github/instructions/laravel-boost.instructions.md'],
         ];
     }
 
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ public function mcpClientName(): ?string
 
     public function guidelinesPath(): string
     {
-        return '.github/copilot-instructions.md';
+        return '.github/instructions/laravel-boost.instructions.md';
+    }
+
+    public function frontmatter(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Install/GuidelineWriter.php b/src/Install/GuidelineWriter.php
index 805caa68..22eba8b7 100644
--- a/src/Install/GuidelineWriter.php
+++ b/src/Install/GuidelineWriter.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace Laravel\Boost\Install;
 
 use Laravel\Boost\Contracts\Agent;
+use Laravel\Boost\Install\CodeEnvironment\Copilot;
 use RuntimeException;
 
 class GuidelineWriter
@@ -60,7 +61,11 @@ public function write(string $guidelines): int
                 // No existing Boost guidelines found, append to end of existing file
                 $frontMatter = '';
                 if ($this->agent->frontmatter() && ! str_contains($content, "\n---\n")) {
-                    $frontMatter = "---\nalwaysApply: true\n---\n";
+                    if ($this->agent instanceof Copilot) {
+                        $frontMatter = "---\napplyTo: \"**\"\n---\n";
+                    } else {
+                        $frontMatter = "---\nalwaysApply: true\n---\n";
+                    }
                 }
 
                 $existingContent = rtrim($content);
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Install/CodeEnvironmentsDetectorTest.php b/tests/Unit/Install/CodeEnvironmentsDetectorTest.php
index cf80d842..fe828220 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Install/CodeEnvironmentsDetectorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Install/CodeEnvironmentsDetectorTest.php
@@ -144,15 +144,16 @@
 test('discoverProjectInstalledCodeEnvironments detects copilot with nested file path', function (): void {
     $tempDir = sys_get_temp_dir().'/boost_test_'.uniqid();
     mkdir($tempDir);
-    mkdir($tempDir.'/.github');
-    file_put_contents($tempDir.'/.github/copilot-instructions.md', 'test');
+    mkdir($tempDir.'/.github/instructions', recursive: true);
+    file_put_contents($tempDir.'/.github/instructions/laravel-boost.instructions.md', 'test');
 
     $detected = $this->detector->discoverProjectInstalledCodeEnvironments($tempDir);
 
     expect($detected)->toContain('copilot');
 
     // Cleanup
-    unlink($tempDir.'/.github/copilot-instructions.md');
+    unlink($tempDir.'/.github/instructions/laravel-boost.instructions.md');
+    rmdir($tempDir.'/.github/instructions');
     rmdir($tempDir.'/.github');
     rmdir($tempDir);
 });