Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Coordinate work across AI agents with shared rules for locating team files, recording decisions and their reasons, and requesting help. It also defines who owns revisions after a reviewer rejects an artifact.
- Locate team files across separate working directories
- Record decisions that affect other agents
- Request input from another specialist
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Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Set up an AI agent team by proposing roles and names for a project, then creating shared team files after confirmation. Initialize member context, decision records, and logs so the team starts with a common project background.
- Set up an AI team for a new project
- Review team roles before creating files
- Give agents shared project context
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Guides agents to record confirmed final outcomes in history.md and correct entries when decisions change. This keeps handoff records clear enough for future agents to understand what actually happened without checking other files.
- Recording confirmed task outcomes
- Correcting a decision that was reversed
- Preparing history for an agent handoff
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Set up personal AI agents that join Squad sessions across projects. Manage their roles in a user configuration directory, inspect the combined team, and use agents that read project state and offer advice without writing to it.
- Use the same advisory agents across projects
- Add or remove personal agents
- Check project and personal agents in one roster
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Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Prepare architecture proposals before implementation so the team can agree on a direction. Organize evidence, technical choices, effects on existing work, risks, and the first release’s scope into a document with clear recommendations and decision owners.
- Proposing a major architecture change
- Replanning milestones after a foundation change
- Comparing technical options before seeking approval
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Capture interface or documentation pages with Playwright and embed the screenshots in a GitHub pull request description. Reviewers can inspect visual changes without checking out the branch, using images hosted on a temporary branch.
- Show documentation page changes in a pull request
- Share screenshots of new or updated UI components
- Present generated API references or diagrams for review
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Keep tests aligned with API changes and actual project files. This skill guides agents to update related tests in the same commit, refresh expected counts and lists, and check stale assertions when automated checks fail.
- Updating tests alongside API changes
- Refreshing expected lists after adding or deleting files
- Checking stale assertions when CI fails
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Find and select Squad operations through a categorized menu, from managing an AI team and GitHub issues to choosing models and reviewing activity. The skill collects required options and routes requests to CLI commands or the coordinator agent.
- Find the Squad command for a task
- Add team members or change their roles
- Organize and monitor GitHub issues
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Manage work and personal GitHub identities in agent workflows by checking the active account and selecting credentials for each operation. It covers personal repository pushes, pull requests from forks, and separate configuration directories for account isolation.
- Pushing to a personal repository from a work account environment
- Creating a pull request from a personal fork
- Separating authentication across parallel agents
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Learn how to start an AI team with Squad in Copilot CLI. This reference explains how to invoke the coordinator agent, find the command catalog, and initialize a new project while avoiding common invocation mistakes.
- Learn how to invoke the Squad agent
- Find the catalog of available operations
- Check how to initialize a new project
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Guide agents through failures with timed retries, alternative methods, targeted fixes, and clear handoffs. It also explains when to continue with partial results, helping teams choose a recovery approach that fits the problem.
- Retrying temporary API and network failures
- Switching methods when a tool fails
- Diagnosing build and test errors
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Guides Squad documentation writing and review using Microsoft Style Guide rules and project conventions. It covers clear English, consistent page structure, practical examples near the top, and matching test updates when documentation pages are added.
- Standardizing English documentation style
- Structuring feature and scenario pages
- Reviewing preview notices and related links
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Adapt Squad agent coordination to the available Copilot interface. Detect supported tools, choose how to launch helper agents and collect results, and use file-based state for workflows that must work across interfaces.
- Adapting agent coordination between CLI and VS Code
- Launching multiple helper agents in VS Code
- Managing shared state without the CLI-only SQL tool
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Plan task handoffs between agents on different machines using Git to share YAML task and result files. This implementation specification describes validation, execution limits, result reporting, and GitHub Issues as an additional route for urgent requests.
- Designing GPU task handoffs from a laptop to a DevBox
- Standardizing task and result files across machines
- Designing urgent requests through labeled GitHub Issues
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Find and start common Squad operations through a categorized menu. The coordinator guides users through team management, GitHub issues, plugins, model settings, and session history, collecting required details and confirming changes where the catalog requires it.
- Find available Squad operations
- Add team members or change roles
- Set models for the team or individual agents
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Clean up stored agent state in `.squad/` by compressing histories, pruning old logs, archiving stale decisions, and removing orphaned inbox files. Use it after long sessions or before starting work with many agents to reclaim context space.
- Preparing for work that starts many agents
- Cleaning up after long sessions or sprints
- Managing oversized history files or stored state
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Apply Squad SDK and CLI versioning rules to keep package versions aligned and development-only versions out of shared branches. It explains how prerelease versions affect npm workspace dependencies and defines release ownership and CI checks.
- Checking PRs for development-only version strings
- Keeping SDK, CLI, and root package versions aligned
- Investigating unexpected use of an older SDK
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Find interrupted Copilot CLI sessions in stored history, review conversations, checkpoints, files, and linked issues or pull requests, then resume unfinished work with the context needed to understand where it stopped.
- Resuming work after a terminal crash
- Finding yesterday's work by topic or project folder
- Checking how far pull request preparation progressed
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Follow Squad's Git workflow from issue branches through pull requests and cleanup. It covers development from dev, isolated directories for parallel issues, coordinated changes across repositories, and promotion to preview, insiders, and stable releases.
- Starting issue work and opening a pull request to dev
- Working on multiple issues in separate Git worktrees
- Coordinating dependent changes across repositories
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Manage rejected work in an AI team by assigning revisions to a different agent. Defines author lockouts, independent revision requirements, specialist escalation, and when the coordinator must ask the user to resolve a deadlock.
- Reassigning revisions after a review rejection
- Bringing in an agent with specialist expertise
- Checking that a revision author is eligible
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Extract lessons from corrections, praise, and unexpected cases in conversations. Organize findings by confidence level and propose updates to individual agent histories or shared team decisions, with changes shown for approval before saving.
- Capture lessons after correcting an agent
- Record successful output formats
- Consolidate lessons at the end of a session
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Review agent charters and histories, extract repeated knowledge into shared skills, and shorten the original documents while preserving unique responsibilities. A before-and-after size report shows how much context each agent saves.
- Reducing oversized agent charters
- Extracting duplicated knowledge into shared skills
- Condensing accumulated agent histories
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Set up separate commands for personal and work GitHub accounts on Windows. Detects accounts already signed in through GitHub CLI, asks which serves each role, creates PowerShell shortcuts and CMD wrappers, and verifies the selected usernames.
- Separate personal and work GitHub operations
- Add account-specific shortcuts to PowerShell
- Run account-specific GitHub commands from CMD
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Review technical claims and deliverables by checking evidence and testing alternative explanations. Confirm that references and API endpoints exist, then report verified, unverified, or contradicted claims alongside evidence and an overall review verdict.
- Check claims in technical documents
- Verify URLs, package names, and API endpoints
- Review another agent's deliverables
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026