Support AGENTS.md as a first-class rule config for Copilot agents in VS Code

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We need a standardized, discoverable way to guide AI agents within repos. AGENTS.md is already used by thousands of open-source projects as a README-style config for build, lint, and testing guidance.

Proposal:

• Detect AGENTS.md at the repo root (and nested directories), and load those instructions automatically into Copilot agents (Chat, coding, review).
• Expose an in-editor UI (e.g., sidebar or prompt hint) showing the loaded rules.
• Use fallback rules where not found.

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Possible duplicate of or related to https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/164530