Update copilot instructions, prompts, and skills#2212
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Pull request overview
This PR updates the repo’s Copilot skills/prompts by adding redirect-management automation (new skills + PowerShell scripts) and modernizing several snippet-related prompts, while removing older/temporary prompt/agent assets.
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- Added
redirect-articleandsort-redirectsskills, including PowerShell scripts to create and sort Open Publishing redirect entries. - Updated multiple prompts (snippet migration/push/upgrade and others) to reflect newer conventions and model selections.
- Removed obsolete prompt/agent files (including the old redirect prompt, a temp prompt, and the docwriter agent).
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| .github/skills/sort-redirects/SKILL.md | Documents a new skill for sorting Open Publishing redirect JSON entries. |
| .github/skills/sort-redirects/scripts/sort-redirects.ps1 | Implements redirect sorting for redirection JSON files. |
| .github/skills/redirect-article/SKILL.md | Documents a new skill for deleting an article and adding a redirect entry. |
| .github/skills/redirect-article/scripts/create-redirect-entry.ps1 | Implements insertion of a redirect entry into a redirection JSON file. |
| .github/prompts/ValidateTemplate.prompt.md | Updates the model selection used for template validation. |
| .github/prompts/temp.prompt.md | Removes a temporary/one-off prompt file. |
| .github/prompts/Snippets.Upgrade.prompt.md | Updates snippet upgrade guidance (structure, creation via dotnet CLI, etc.). |
| .github/prompts/Snippets.Push.prompt.md | Updates guidance for extracting inline snippets into project-based snippet folders. |
| .github/prompts/Snippets.Migrate.prompt.md | Updates guidance for migrating legacy ~/samples/snippets references to ./snippets/. |
| .github/prompts/RefreshLinks.prompt.md | Adjusts frontmatter metadata (adds a name field) and keeps prompt behavior. |
| .github/prompts/Redirect.Article.prompt.md | Removes the older redirect prompt (superseded by skill-based workflow). |
| .github/prompts/Merge.Article.prompt.md | Adds a new prompt for merging article content and optionally invoking redirect skill afterward. |
| .github/prompts/Editing.FullPass.prompt.md | Updates model/agent selection and simplifies the editing prompt instructions. |
| .github/agents/docwriter.agent.md | Removes the docwriter agent definition. |
| .github/agents/doceditor.agent.md | Expands doceditor to cover both writing and editing modes and adds repo-specific guidance. |
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Fixes #2215
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