awesome-copilot/README.md

🤖 Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations

A curated collection of prompts, instructions, and chat modes to supercharge your GitHub Copilot experience across different domains, languages, and use cases.

🚀 What is Awesome GitHub Copilot?

This repository provides a comprehensive toolkit for enhancing GitHub Copilot with specialized:

• - Focused, task-specific prompts for generating code, documentation, and solving specific problems
• - Comprehensive coding standards and best practices that apply to specific file patterns or entire projects
• - Specialized AI personas and conversation modes for different roles and contexts

🔧 How to Use

🎯 Prompts

Use the / command in GitHub Copilot Chat to access prompts:

/awesome-copilot create-readme

📋 Instructions

Instructions automatically apply to files based on their patterns and provide contextual guidance for coding standards, frameworks, and best practices.

💭 Chat Modes

Activate chat modes to get specialized assistance from AI personas tailored for specific roles like architects, DBAs, or security experts.

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guidelines for details on how to:

• Add new prompts, instructions, or chat modes
• Improve existing content
• Report issues or suggest enhancements

Quick Contribution Guide

1. Follow our file naming conventions and frontmatter requirements
2. Test your contributions thoroughly
3. Update the appropriate README tables
4. Submit a pull request with a clear description

📖 Repository Structure

├── prompts/          # Task-specific prompts (.prompt.md)
├── instructions/     # Coding standards and best practices (.instructions.md)
├── chatmodes/        # AI personas and specialized modes (.chatmode.md)
└── scripts/          # Utility scripts for maintenance

🌟 Getting Started

1. Browse the Collections: Check out our comprehensive lists of prompts, instructions, and chat modes.
2. Add to your editor: Click the "Install" button to install to VS Code, or copy the file contents for other editors.
3. Start Using: Copy prompts to use with / commands, let instructions enhance your coding experience, or activate chat modes for specialized assistance.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🛡️ Security & Support

• Security Issues: Please see our Security Policy
• Support: Check our Support Guide for getting help
• Code of Conduct: We follow the Contributor Covenant

🎯 Why Use Awesome GitHub Copilot?

• Productivity: Pre-built prompts and instructions save time and provide consistent results
• Best Practices: Benefit from community-curated coding standards and patterns
• Specialized Assistance: Access expert-level guidance through specialized chat modes
• Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest patterns and practices across technologies

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Ready to supercharge your coding experience? Start exploring our prompts, instructions, and chat modes!

📚 Additional Resources

• VS Code Copilot Customization Documentation - Official Microsoft documentation
• GitHub Copilot Chat Documentation - Complete chat feature guide
• Custom Chat Modes - Advanced chat configuration
• VS Code Settings - General VS Code configuration guide

™️ Trademarks

This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines. Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship. Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party's policies.