Describe the bug
(on startup:) "No copilot instructions found. Run /init to generate a copilot-instructions.md file for this project." But /env says "Environment loaded: 1 custom instruction".
It seems also that a present AGENTS.md file is not recognized as instruction.
Affected version
v1.0.39
Steps to reproduce the behavior
start from scratch, message appears immediately after the banner
Expected behavior
Copilot recognizes all instruction files as rendered by help on startup:
CLAUDE.md
GEMINI.md
AGENTS.md (in git root & cwd)
.github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md (in git root & cwd)
.github/copilot-instructions.md
$HOME/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md
and shows these with /env.
Additional context
No response
Describe the bug
(on startup:) "No copilot instructions found. Run /init to generate a copilot-instructions.md file for this project." But /env says "Environment loaded: 1 custom instruction".
It seems also that a present AGENTS.md file is not recognized as instruction.
Affected version
v1.0.39
Steps to reproduce the behavior
start from scratch, message appears immediately after the banner
Expected behavior
Copilot recognizes all instruction files as rendered by help on startup:
CLAUDE.md
GEMINI.md
AGENTS.md (in git root & cwd)
.github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md (in git root & cwd)
.github/copilot-instructions.md
$HOME/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md
and shows these with /env.
Additional context
No response