Support for different types of custom instructions

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 Сведения о настройке ответов GitHub Copilot.

GitHub.com

Copilot feature	Types of custom instructions supported
Копилот Чат	Personal instructions. Repository-wide instructions (using the `.github/copilot-instructions.md` file). Organization instructions.
Агент кодирования 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.
Проверка кода 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
Копилот Чат	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).
Агент кодирования 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).
Проверка кода Copilot	Repository-wide instructions (using the `.github/copilot-instructions.md` file).

Visual Studio

Copilot feature	Types of custom instructions supported
Копилот Чат	Repository-wide instructions (using the `.github/copilot-instructions.md` file). Path-specific instructions (using `.github/instructions/*/.instructions.md` files).
Проверка кода Copilot	Repository-wide instructions (using the `.github/copilot-instructions.md` file).

JetBrains IDEs

Copilot feature	Types of custom instructions supported
Копилот Чат	Repository-wide instructions (using the `.github/copilot-instructions.md` file). Path-specific instructions (using `.github/instructions/*/.instructions.md` files).
Агент кодирования 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).
Проверка кода 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
Копилот Чат	Repository-wide instructions (using the `.github/copilot-instructions.md` file).
Агент кодирования 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).
Проверка кода Copilot	Custom instructions are currently not supported.

Xcode

Copilot feature	Types of custom instructions supported
Копилот Чат	Repository-wide instructions (using the `.github/copilot-instructions.md` file). Path-specific instructions (using `.github/instructions/*/.instructions.md` files).
Агент кодирования 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).
Проверка кода Copilot	Repository-wide instructions (using the `.github/copilot-instructions.md` file). Path-specific instructions (using `.github/instructions/*/.instructions.md` files).

Интерфейс командной строки 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).