[Docs] Add note that AGENTS.md is not reloaded after start
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- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Newbie friendliness
- 78/100
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- cli, documentation
Research direction
Open the linked Copilot CLI documentation at the “Use custom instructions” section and review how AGENTS.md behavior is currently described. Add a note that edits are not reloaded after initialization and that users must quit and restart Copilot CLI, then verify the wording and link placement.
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Description
Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve
Copilot CLI does not reload the AGENTS.md file after it has been initialized, this is not mentioned anywhere.
Proposed solution
Add a section to the docs https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/use-copilot-cli#use-custom-instructions that states that if you edit the AGENTS.md file you need to quite and restart copilot cli.
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