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Copilot Skill & Instruction Viewer

Copilot Skill & Instruction Viewer

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Visualize GitHub Copilot Skills, Instructions, Prompts, and Agents loaded at workspace and user-profile level.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Copilot Skill & Instruction Viewer

See everything GitHub Copilot has loaded — Skills, Instructions, Prompts, Agents, and Hooks — in one visual board.

Ever wonder which .instructions.md or SKILL.md files Copilot is actually reading? This extension gives you a full swimlane visualization of every customization file on your machine, from both your current workspace and your personal user profile.


✨ Features

🗂️ Swimlane Board Visualization

All customization files displayed in a kanban-style board, grouped by type column — see everything at a glance without digging through folders.

🔍 Live Search with Highlight

Type to search across names, descriptions, and file paths. Matching cards glow and highlight the matched text. Non-matching cards dim — nothing disappears, so you always have full context.

🎛️ Type Filter Pills

Click any type pill (Skills, Prompts, Instructions…) to focus on that category. Click again to deactivate. Mix multiple filters freely.

📂 Workspace + User Profile

Scans both your open workspace folders and your personal Copilot configuration — all in one view.

⚡ Auto-Refresh

File system watcher detects when you add, edit, or delete customization files and refreshes the board automatically.

🖱️ One-Click to Open

Click any card to open the source file directly in the editor.


🚀 Getting Started

  1. Install the extension
  2. Click the ⚡ icon in the Activity Bar
  3. The visualization board opens automatically

📁 What Gets Scanned

Workspace Level

Scanned per workspace folder:

Type Paths
🤖 Agent Instructions .github/copilot-instructions.md, AGENTS.md
📋 File Instructions .github/instructions/*.instructions.md
💬 Prompts .github/prompts/*.prompt.md
👤 Custom Agents .github/agents/*.agent.md
🧩 Skills .github/skills/*/SKILL.md, .agents/skills/*/SKILL.md, .claude/skills/*/SKILL.md, .copilot/skills/*/SKILL.md
⚡ Hooks .github/hooks/*.json

User Profile Level

Personal files that follow you across all workspaces:

Type Path
Instructions, Prompts, Agents %APPDATA%\Code\User\prompts\ (Windows)
~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/prompts/ (macOS)
~/.config/Code/User/prompts/ (Linux)
🧩 Personal Skills ~/.copilot/skills/*/SKILL.md
~/.agents/skills/*/SKILL.md
~/.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md

🔑 Scope Indicators

Each card shows a colored dot to indicate where the file lives:

  • 🟣 Purple dot — Workspace file
  • 🟠 Orange dot — User Profile file

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