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Set up Copilot coding agent instructions and environment pre-configuration#6

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Adds the two files recommended by GitHub's Copilot coding agent best practices to help the agent produce better PRs for this repository.

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  • .github/copilot-instructions.md — Repository-wide context for the agent: project overview, source layout, exact xcodebuild commands for debug builds and tests, Objective-C/ARC coding conventions (TT/CSV class prefixes, NSError ** error handling, XCTest patterns), and key constraints (deployment targets, no external package managers, AppKit-only UI).

  • .github/copilot-setup-steps.yml — Pre-warms the agent's ephemeral macOS environment before it starts a task: confirms Xcode availability and runs a full debug build to populate the derived data cache, so the agent can build and run tests immediately without trial-and-error environment discovery.

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<issue_title>✨ Set up Copilot instructions</issue_title>
<issue_description>Configure instructions for this repository as documented in Best practices for Copilot coding agent in your repository.

</issue_description>

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…coding agent instructions

Co-authored-by: danaspiegel <6631+danaspiegel@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Set up Copilot instructions for repository Add Copilot coding agent instructions Mar 2, 2026
…environment

Co-authored-by: danaspiegel <6631+danaspiegel@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title Add Copilot coding agent instructions Set up Copilot coding agent instructions and environment pre-configuration Mar 2, 2026
@danaspiegel danaspiegel marked this pull request as ready for review March 2, 2026 16:41
@danaspiegel danaspiegel merged commit 4d5aea2 into master Mar 2, 2026
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@danaspiegel danaspiegel deleted the copilot/setup-copilot-instructions branch March 2, 2026 16:43
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