Copilot instructions

Awesome Copilot

GitHub's community collection of Copilot instructions, agents, skills, and configuration examples.

Last reviewed: 2026-07-17

What it does

awesome-copilot curates community-contributed Copilot custom instructions, agent definitions, and skills so teams can adopt proven patterns instead of rewriting guidance from scratch.

Best fit

Teams using GitHub Copilot who want reusable prompts, agents, and repo-level instructions.

Capabilities

Browse instruction packs for languages, frameworks, and review workflows.
Adapt Copilot agent examples for your repository conventions.
Compare Copilot skills with Cursor rules or Claude Code skills.

Use cases

Bootstrap .github/copilot-instructions.md from community templates.
Find review-focused Copilot agents before customizing them for your stack.

Source

github/awesome-copilot

Open GitHub repo

Source & review

Source: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot
Last reviewed: 2026-07-17

Review notes: Details checked against the public repository README and project links.

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