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File protocol handler for installing custom instructions, prompts, and chat modes

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
swift
Domain
desktop, devtools

Research direction

Start by reviewing the VS Code vscode:/chat-prompt/install?url= pattern described in the issue and the Xcode plugin's existing customization flows. Identify the entry point for handling shared instructions, prompts, and chat modes, then verify that the comparable file-based integration supports acquiring those customizations from repository links.

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Description

With VS Code, they support redirecting to vscode:/chat-prompt/install?url=<path to prompt file>, with that pattern repeated across the other styles of customisation.

This has enabled us to have a very smooth integration point with the https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot repo to enable people to add customisations to their repos.

It'd be great to have a comparable feature for the Xcode plugin, to enable people to easily share and acquire copilot customisations.

Dominant language
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