Summary

Manually steering AI to follow coding standards is tedious and error-prone. By creating custom project instructions, developers can force GitHub Copilot to automatically adopt specific architecture, folder structures, and styling conventions for every task, ensuring consistent codebase quality.

Key Topics

• Custom Copilot Instructions: This feature allows you to set global rules that apply to every prompt you send. By defining project architecture and style guidelines here, you prevent the AI from defaulting to generic, incorrect patterns.
• Client Islands: This helps maintain performance by keeping the site mostly static, using JavaScript only for specific interactive parts as instructed via directives like 'client visible'.
• Session Context: Changes to configuration files like custom instructions do not automatically propagate to an ongoing session, requiring an explicit restart for the AI to recognize the updates.

Key Takeaways

• Run the 'init' command in your project root.
• Add a reminder to update your instruction file.