diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
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+Please see [AGENTS.md](../AGENTS.md).
diff --git a/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
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+name: 'Copilot Setup Steps'
+
+# Automatically run the setup steps when they are changed to allow for easy validation, and
+# allow manual testing through the repository's "Actions" tab
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+
+jobs:
+  # The job MUST be called `copilot-setup-steps` or it will not be picked up by Copilot.
+  copilot-setup-steps:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Set the permissions to the lowest permissions possible needed for your steps.
+    # Copilot will be given its own token for its operations.
+    permissions:
+      # If you want to clone the repository as part of your setup steps, for example to install dependencies, you'll need the `contents: read` permission. If you don't clone the repository in your setup steps, Copilot will do this for you automatically after the steps complete.
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@395ad3262231945c25e8478fd5baf05154b1d79f # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: npm
+
+      - name: Install pre-commit hook
+        run: npx husky
+
+      - name: Install JavaScript dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@44454db4f0199b8b9685a5d763dc37cbf79108e1 # 2.36.0
+        with:
+          php-version: latest
+
+      - name: Get Composer Cache Directory
+        id: composer-cache
+        run: |
+          echo "dir=$(composer config cache-files-dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - uses: actions/cache@9255dc7a253b0ccc959486e2bca901246202afeb # v5.0.1
+        with:
+          path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
+
+      - name: Build assets
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Install and start WordPress
+        run: npx wp-env start