Store project skills in the standard directory.
Section: Skills and custom agents
Project skill directory
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.github/skills/Explanation
Skills can also live in `.agents/skills/`, with first match winning on duplicate names.
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Initialize Copilot repo features
Set up custom instructions and agentic repo features.
Initialize Copilot instructions from the command line
Run init without first entering a full session.