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Copilot Instructions vs Copilot Prompts
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Continue here → 1.91 · Where Copilot Guidance Lives
Module 0 · Orientation
- 📘 .11 · October 2026 ‐ GitHub Copilot in VS Code — Visual Timeline of Agents, Customization, and Automation
- 📎 .12 · Github Copilot Chat “Symbols” Cheat Sheet
- 📘 .19 · Understanding Copilot Models & AI Credits
- 📘 .191 · Can You Run Your Own Local Models in GitHub Copilot (VS Code)?
Module 1 · Custom Instructions
- 🧪 .2 · Hands on ‐ Exploring GitHub Copilot Modes in VS Code
- 🧪 .2011 · Github Copilot Exploring an Advanced Workflow
- 📘 .22 · Understanding GitHub Copilot Usage
- 🧪 .23 · Exploring Subagents in Github copilot
- 📘 .24 · Exploring subagents in Github copilot part 2
- 🧪 .9 · Custom Instructions Lab Setup
- 🧪 1 · Repository‐Specific Custom Instructions for GitHub Copilot
- 🧪 1.1 · Using awesome‐copilot React Instructions
- 🧪 1.2 · Enforcing Copilot Standards in Pull Requests
- 🧪 1.3 · CI Control Tower with GitHub MCP Server
- 📘 1.91 · Where Copilot Guidance Lives
- 📘 1.92 · When Repository Instructions Apply
- 📘 1.93 · Understanding the Baseline Output
- 📘 1.94 · The Plan Agent Explained
- 📎 1.95 · Inside the Copilot System Prompt
Module 2 · Agents, Skills & Hooks
- 📘 2.01 · The Copilot Customization Map
- 🧪 2.02 · Build an Agent Team with Custom Agents and Subagents
- 📘 2.03 · Custom Agents vs Subagents
- 🧪 2.04 · Watch Your Agents Work with Debug Logs
- 📘 2.05 · Why the Coder Agent Uses Context7
- 🧪 2.06 · Shared Team Rules with an AGENTS.md File
- 📘 2.07 · Agent Skills Explained
- 🧪 2.08 · Your First Skill with Scripts and Templates
- 🧪 2.09 · A Widget Skill for the Agent Team
- 🧪 2.10 · Advanced Skill ‐ Telemetry Scenario Generator
- 📘 2.11 · Skills vs Tests and Mocks
- 🧪 2.12 · Self‐Healing Builds with Hooks
- 📘 2.13 · Local Agents vs Cloud Agents
- 🧪 2.14 · Production Incident Fix with Copilot Cloud Agent
- 🧗 2.15 · Ship a Feature with Your Own Agent Team
Module 3 · MCP Fundamentals
- 🧪 3.00 · MCP Environment Setup (Prerequisite)
- 📘 3.01 · MCP Timeline and Why It Exists
- 📘 3.02 · MCP Architecture
- 📘 3.03 · One Protocol, Many Transports
- 📘 3.04 · How VS Code Finds and Starts MCP Servers
- 🧪 3.05 · MCP over HTTP with SQLite (Why Protocols Matter)
- 🧪 3.06 · How Copilot Chooses an MCP Tool
- 📘 3.07 · How Copilot Discovers the Database Schema
- 🧪 3.08 · Transport Swap from HTTP to stdio
- 📘 3.09 · What MCP Inspector Is For
- 🧪 3.10 · Protocol Forensics with MCP Inspector
- 🧪 3.11 · The Dangerous Tool (MCP Security Boundaries)
- 🧗 3.12 · Replace Raw SQL with Safe Tools
Module 4 · Advanced MCP
- 📘 4.00 · MCP in Late 2026 ‐ What Changed
- 🧪 4.01 · Beyond Tools with Resources, Prompts and Instructions
- 🧪 4.02 · Production Grade Tool Design
- 🧪 4.03 · Human in the Loop with Elicitation
- 🧪 4.04 · Remote MCP Servers with Auth and Sandboxing
- 🧪 4.05 · Testing MCP Servers in CI
- 🏆 4.06 · Fleet Telemetry MCP Server for Your Agent Team