feat: add copilot agent setup and instructions files #382
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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds GitHub Copilot agent configuration files to enable proper environment setup and establish coding standards for the project. The changes focus on integrating Copilot coding agent support with automated dependency installation and clear development guidelines.
- Adds automated workflow for Copilot environment setup with Python and dependency installation
- Establishes coding standards and development flow instructions for Copilot agent
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.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml |
Workflow configuration for Copilot agent environment setup with Python and dependency installation |
.github/copilot-instructions.md |
Development guidelines and coding standards for Copilot agent interactions |
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This ensures that when we have the copilot agent writing PRs, it sets up its environment correctly and understands our standards for coding. - Copilot Instructions file ([docs](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/agents/copilot-coding-agent/best-practices-for-using-copilot-to-work-on-tasks#adding-custom-instructions-to-your-repository)) - Copilot Setup Steps ([docs](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/agents/copilot-coding-agent/customizing-the-development-environment-for-copilot-coding-agent#preinstalling-tools-or-dependencies-in-copilots-environment)) Signed-off-by: jmeridth <[email protected]>
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This will hopefully prevent us from having to request copilot from running |
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Awesome! Will keep an eye out for what else we can add as we go along. 🚀
Signed-off-by: Zack Koppert <[email protected]>
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Co-authored-by: Zack Koppert <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jason Meridth <[email protected]>
and fix warning about incorrect pylint disable name change `too-many-positional-arguments` to `too-many-arguments` Signed-off-by: jmeridth <[email protected]>
one must upgrade pylint before running make lint. 🤦 Signed-off-by: jmeridth <[email protected]>
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This ensures that when we have the copilot agent writing PRs, it sets up its environment correctly and understands our standards for coding. - Copilot Instructions file ([docs](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/agents/copilot-coding-agent/best-practices-for-using-copilot-to-work-on-tasks#adding-custom-instructions-to-your-repository)) - Copilot Setup Steps ([docs](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/agents/copilot-coding-agent/customizing-the-development-environment-for-copilot-coding-agent#preinstalling-tools-or-dependencies-in-copilots-environment)) Already added to [Evergreen](github/evergreen#382) Signed-off-by: jmeridth <[email protected]>
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This ensures that when we have the copilot agent writing PRs, it sets up its environment correctly and understands our standards for coding. - Copilot Instructions file ([docs](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/agents/copilot-coding-agent/best-practices-for-using-copilot-to-work-on-tasks#adding-custom-instructions-to-your-repository)) - Copilot Setup Steps ([docs](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/agents/copilot-coding-agent/customizing-the-development-environment-for-copilot-coding-agent#preinstalling-tools-or-dependencies-in-copilots-environment)) Already added to [Evergreen](github/evergreen#382) Signed-off-by: jmeridth <[email protected]>
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This ensures that when we have the copilot agent writing PRs, it sets up its environment correctly and understands our standards for coding. - Copilot Instructions file ([docs](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/agents/copilot-coding-agent/best-practices-for-using-copilot-to-work-on-tasks#adding-custom-instructions-to-your-repository)) - Copilot Setup Steps ([docs](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/agents/copilot-coding-agent/customizing-the-development-environment-for-copilot-coding-agent#preinstalling-tools-or-dependencies-in-copilots-environment)) Already added to [Evergreen](github/evergreen#382) Signed-off-by: jmeridth <[email protected]>
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First PR to see if this works. If it does, will add PRs to the other OSPO GitHub Actions.
Proposed Changes
This ensures that when we have the copilot agent writing PRs, it sets up its environment correctly and understands our standards for coding.
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make lintand fix any issues that you have introducedmake testand ensure you have test coverage for the lines you are introducing@jeffrey-luszczReviewer
fix,documentation,enhancement,infrastructure,maintenanceorbreaking