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Move repository-wide agent instructions to AGENTS.md - #56002

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Description

Move the repository-wide agent guidance from .github/copilot-instructions.md to root AGENTS.md, and update relative links, memory references, and agent skills to use the new path.

Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Pull request overview

Updates repository-wide agent documentation to treat the root AGENTS.md as the canonical entry point, and refreshes internal cross-references across skills and memory docs accordingly.

Changes:

  • Fixes root AGENTS.md links to point to repo-root paths and .github/memory/* + .github/skills/*.
  • Updates skills to reference the root/nearest AGENTS.md instead of the removed .github/copilot-instructions.md.
  • Refreshes .github/memory/* documents to link back to AGENTS.md for guardrails/build guidance.

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File Description
AGENTS.md Updates links to README/Developer Guide and repoints memory/skill references to .github/* paths.
.github/skills/update-docs/SKILL.md Removes references to .github/copilot-instructions.md, directs reviewers to root/area AGENTS.md.
.github/skills/code-review/SKILL.md Repoints “repository guardrails” link target to ../../../AGENTS.md#guardrails and updates referenced artifact list.
.github/memory/TESTING_STRATEGY.md Replaces “Root instructions” link to point at ../../AGENTS.md#build-and-test.
.github/memory/KNOWN_ISSUES.md Repoints generated-file guardrails link to ../../AGENTS.md#do-not-hand-edit-generated-files.
.github/memory/FILE_MAP.md Updates .github/ description and adds root AGENTS.md as a key root file.
.github/memory/CONVENTIONS.md Repoints guardrails canonical source to ../../AGENTS.md#guardrails.

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