HVE Core - Coding Standards
Language-specific coding instructions and pre-PR code review agents for bash, Bicep, C#, PowerShell, Python, Rust, and Terraform projects
Enforce language-specific coding conventions and best practices across your projects, with pre-PR code review agents for catching functional defects early. This collection provides instructions for bash, Bicep, C#, PowerShell, Python, Rust, and Terraform that are automatically applied based on file patterns, plus agents that review branch diffs before opening pull requests.
Included Artifacts
Chat Agents
| Name |
Description |
| code-review-full |
Orchestrator that runs functional and standards code reviews via subagents and produces a merged report |
| code-review-functional |
Pre-PR branch diff reviewer for functional correctness, error handling, edge cases, and testing gaps |
| code-review-standards |
Skills-based code reviewer for local changes and PRs - applies project-defined coding standards via dynamic skill loading |
Prompts
| Name |
Description |
| code-review-full |
Run both functional and standards code reviews on the current branch in a single pass |
| code-review-functional |
Pre-PR branch diff review for functional correctness, error handling, edge cases, and testing gaps |
Instructions
| Name |
Description |
| coding-standards/bash/bash |
Instructions for bash script implementation |
| coding-standards/bicep/bicep |
Instructions for Bicep infrastructure as code implementation |
| coding-standards/code-review/diff-computation |
Shared diff computation protocol for code review agents - branch detection, scope locking, large diff handling, and non-source artifact filtering |
| coding-standards/code-review/review-artifacts |
Shared review artifact persistence protocol for code review agents - folder structure, metadata schema, verdict normalization, and writing rules |
| coding-standards/csharp/csharp |
Required instructions for C# (CSharp) research, planning, implementation, editing, or creating |
| coding-standards/csharp/csharp-tests |
Required instructions for C# (CSharp) test code research, planning, implementation, editing, or creating |
| coding-standards/powershell/pester |
Instructions for Pester testing conventions |
| coding-standards/powershell/powershell |
Instructions for PowerShell scripting implementation |
| coding-standards/python-script |
Instructions for Python scripting implementation |
| coding-standards/python-tests |
Required instructions for Python test code research, planning, implementation, editing, or creating |
| coding-standards/rust/rust |
Required instructions for Rust research, planning, implementation, editing, or creating |
| coding-standards/rust/rust-tests |
Required instructions for Rust test code research, planning, implementation, editing, or creating |
| coding-standards/terraform/terraform |
Instructions for Terraform infrastructure as code implementation |
| coding-standards/uv-projects |
Create and manage Python virtual environments using uv commands |
| shared/hve-core-location |
Important: hve-core is the repository containing this instruction file; Guidance: if a referenced prompt, instructions, agent, or script is missing in the current directory, fall back to this hve-core location by walking up this file's directory tree. |
Skills
| Name |
Description |
| pr-reference |
Generates PR reference XML containing commit history and unified diffs between branches with extension and path filtering. Includes utilities to list changed files by type and read diff chunks. Use when creating pull request descriptions, preparing code reviews, analyzing branch changes, discovering work items from diffs, or generating structured diff summaries. |
| python-foundational |
Foundational Python best practices, idioms, and code quality fundamentals |
Getting Started
After installing this extension, the chat agents are available in GitHub Copilot Chat:
- Use custom agents by selecting the custom agent from the agent picker drop-down list in Copilot Chat
- Apply prompts through the Copilot Chat interface
- Reference instructions: they are automatically applied based on file patterns
Post-Installation Setup
Some chat agents create workflow artifacts in your project directory. See the installation guide for recommended .gitignore configuration and other setup details.
Browse All Collections
This extension is part of the HVE ecosystem.
See the full list of available collections and capabilities:
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Pre-release Channel
HVE Core offers two installation channels:
| Channel |
Description |
Maturity Levels |
| Stable |
Production-ready artifacts only |
stable |
| Pre-release |
Early access to new features and experimental artifacts |
stable, preview, experimental |
To install the pre-release version, select Install Pre-Release Version from the extension page in VS Code.
Full Edition
Looking for more agents covering additional domains? Check out the full HVE Core extension.
Requirements
- VS Code version 1.106.1 or higher
- GitHub Copilot extension
License
MIT License - see LICENSE for details
Support
For issues, questions, or contributions, visit the GitHub repository.
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