github-copilot-prompt-files SKILL.md skillA
github-copilot-prompt-files from skillmds/skillmd is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add skillmds/skillmd/github-copilot-prompt-files@git:20260919.fecc0d5Pins git:20260919.fecc0d5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- skillmds/skillmd
- Path
plugins/create-agent-skills/skills/github-copilot-prompt-files/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260919.fecc0d5, committed Sep 19, 2026
- Size
- 2,278 bytes
- Repository stars
- 250
- License
- MIT
Use for creating, reviewing, or debugging GitHub Copilot reusable prompt files and slash commands in Visual Studio Code, including .github/prompts/*.prompt.md, inputs, context links, agent selection, and tool selection. Do not use for always-on rules, multi-step Agent Skills, custom personas, or VS Code extension commands.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# GitHub Copilot prompt files
Create one manually invoked command for one focused task. Inspect the active
VS Code prompt schema and available agent/tool identifiers first.
## Workflow
1. Define the input variables, attached context, output artifact, allowed tools,
and completion evidence.
2. Store workspace prompts as `.github/prompts/<name>.prompt.md`; use user scope
only for a genuinely cross-project command.
3. Add only needed frontmatter: `name`, `description`, `argument-hint`, `agent`,
`model`, and `tools` are currently supported.
4. Write an ordered task contract. Use `${input:name:placeholder}` for missing
values and relative Markdown links for repository context.
5. Give the prompt the smallest tool list. A prompt's `tools` overrides tools
inherited from its selected agent; unavailable tools can be ignored.
6. Run from the editor and slash menu, then verify the output rather than the
response wording.
## Rules
- Use a prompt for deliberate one-task invocation. Use a skill for automatic
discovery, multi-step expertise, scripts, or resources.
- Omit `model` unless the task genuinely requires a verified model capability.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add skillmds/skillmd/github-copilot-prompt-files@sha256:692d12fdf76fc9dfThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260919.fecc0d5, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_67hiuu6xdhl3rike)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 19, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2278 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
skillmds/skillmd · 250 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_67hiuu6xdhl3rike GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=skillmds/skillmd/github-copilot-prompt-files GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/692d12fdf76fc9dfe32c66cc85c71ba51d41b7fc538b389ee8e7c9a9c1f8f5d0
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.