Support for different types of custom instructions

Find out which environments support which types of custom instructions.

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This reference article provides details of which types of custom instructions are supported in various environments. For more information about the various types of custom instructions for GitHub Copilot, see À propos de la personnalisation des réponses GitHub Copilot.

GitHub.com

Copilot feature Types of custom instructions supported
Discussion avec Copilot
  •  Personal instructions.
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Organization instructions.
Agent de codage Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).
  •  Agent instructions (using AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md or GEMINI.md files).
  •  Organization instructions.
Révision du code Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).
  •  Organization instructions.

Visual Studio Code

Copilot feature Types of custom instructions supported
Discussion avec Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).
  •  Agent instructions (using an AGENTS.md file).
Agent de codage Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).
  •  Agent instructions (using AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md or GEMINI.md files).
Révision du code Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).

Visual Studio

Copilot feature Types of custom instructions supported
Discussion avec Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).
Révision du code Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).

JetBrains IDEs

Copilot feature Types of custom instructions supported
Discussion avec Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).
Agent de codage Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).
  •  Agent instructions (using AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md or GEMINI.md files).
Révision du code Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).

Eclipse

Copilot feature Types of custom instructions supported
Discussion avec Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
Agent de codage Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).
  •  Agent instructions (using AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md or GEMINI.md files).
Révision du code Copilot
  • Custom instructions are currently not supported.

Xcode

Copilot feature Types of custom instructions supported
Discussion avec Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).
Agent de codage Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).
  •  Agent instructions (using AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md or GEMINI.md files).
Révision du code Copilot
  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).

Copilot CLI

  •  Repository-wide instructions (using the .github/copilot-instructions.md file).
  •  Path-specific instructions (using .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md files).
  •  Agent instructions (using an AGENTS.md file).

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