Clarify startup message "No copilot-instructions.md found" to specify it means the repo-scoped file
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從發出 "No copilot-instructions.md found." 的 CLI 工作階段啟動路徑開始,追蹤如何檢查儲存庫範圍的指示。更新措辭,以指出缺少的儲存庫範圍檔案,同時保留使用者範圍和其他指示來源的行為;在啟動期間以及使用 /env 或 /instructions 時驗證結果。
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Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve
On session start, the CLI prints "No copilot-instructions.md found." This wording is ambiguous.
Proposed solution
On session start, the CLI prints "No copilot-instructions.md found." This wording is ambiguous — it reads as though NO custom instructions were loaded at all, when in fact it only means the repository-scoped file (.github/copilot-instructions.md in the git root/cwd) is absent.
A user-scope file at $HOME/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md (and other supported sources like AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, $HOME/.copilot/instructions/**) may still be fully loaded and active. The current message caused me to believe none of my instructions were in effect, when my user-scope instructions actually were loaded.
Requested change / proposed solution: reword the message to name the specific missing file/scope, e.g. "No repository-scoped .github/copilot-instructions.md found" — and ideally note that user-scope or other instruction sources may still be active.
Benefits to GitHub Copilot CLI and its users:
- Removes a misleading signal that makes users think their instructions aren't loaded.
- Reduces confusion and wasted time spent debugging a non-issue.
- Sets accurate expectations about which instruction scope is missing vs. active.
- Encourages correct use of layered instruction sources (repo-scoped vs. user-scoped).
Example prompts or workflows
- User has a populated $HOME/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md with personal workflows.
- User starts a session in a repo that has no .github/copilot-instructions.md.
- CLI prints "No copilot-instructions.md found."
- User reasonably concludes NONE of their instructions loaded — but the user-scope file is active.
- Running /env confirms the user-scope instructions ARE loaded, contradicting the startup message.
Suggested improved message:
"No repository-scoped .github/copilot-instructions.md found. (User-scope and other instruction sources, if present, are still active — see /env or /instructions.)"
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