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[Feature Request] improve copilot-cli and VS Code installer updating global copilot-instructions.md files

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#1,994 opened on May 20, 2026

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Description

Windows OS (but I believe the same is valid for other OS too)

The "Codex" installer adds some directives to the .codex/AGENTS.md inside the User Profile folder to reference RTK.md file. This actually a cross-project setting.

The same can be done for Copilot and VS Code, they both use similar global instruction files that are always loaded if present (even this is not very well documented).

I've succesfully added those settings (actaully a copy-pase of RTK.md file): in the following paths:

VS Code

~/AppData/Roaming/Code/User/prompts/copilot-instructions.md ~/AppData/Roaming/Code - Insiders/User/prompts/copilot-instructions.md

copilot-cli

~/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md ~/.copilot/hooks/rtk-rewrite.json

This way there's no need to have RTK update the local .github settetings for copilot.

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Research direction
Examine the installer scripts for copilot cli and VS Code integration, and add logic to create or update the global copilot instructions.md files at the specified paths.
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