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stable_id: skills/skills-sh-github-awesome-copilot-github-copilot-starter
type: skills
title: skills-sh-github-awesome-copilot-github-copilot-starter
summary: >-
  # 📋 Custom Instructions

  Team and project-specific instructions to enhance GitHub Copilot's behavior
  for specific technologies and coding practices.

  ### How to Contribute

  See [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-instructions) for guidelines
  on how to contribute new instructions, improve existing ones, and share your
  use cases.

  ### How to Use Custom Instructions

  **To Install:**

  - Click the **VS Code** or **VS Code Insiders** install button for the
  instruction you want to use

  - Download the `*.instructions.md` file and manually add it to your project's
  instruction collection

  **To Use/Apply:**

  - Copy these instructions to your `.github/copilot-instructions.md` file in
  your workspace
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