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generate-custom-instructions-from-codebase

Migration and code evolution instructions generator for GitHub Copilot. Analyzes differences between two project versions (branches, commits, or releases) to create precise instructions allowing Copilot to maintain consistency during technology migrations, major refactoring, or framework version upgrades.
Description from the SKILL.md front matter.

Install

GitHub CLI v2.90+ (Copilot by default)

gh skill install github/awesome-copilot generate-custom-instructions-from-codebase

For Claude Code

gh skill install github/awesome-copilot generate-custom-instructions-from-codebase --agent claude-code

For Codex

gh skill install github/awesome-copilot generate-custom-instructions-from-codebase --agent codex

Commands follow each host's documentation (GitHub Copilot, plus Claude Code, Codex, Cursor via gh skill docs). gh skill needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later and is in public preview.

Listed from GitHub + community contributors's catalog, not reviewed by us. Read the source before installing.

Catalog: Awesome Copilot skills (GitHub)
Author: Not stated in the source
Source code: github/awesome-copilot
License: MIT (repository license)
Repository stars: 40,178 for github/awesome-copilot (the whole catalog repo)
Added to catalog: Not tracked for this source
Last change: 2026-10-16 (last push to the repo)

What it contains

Skills: 1

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