HVE Core - AI-Powered Development Assistant

AI-powered chat agents, prompts, and instructions for hybrid virtual environments

HVE Core provides a comprehensive collection of specialized AI chat agents, prompts, and instructions designed to accelerate development workflows in VS Code with GitHub Copilot.

Features

🤖 Chat Agents

Specialized AI assistants for specific development tasks:

• hve-core-installer - Automated installer for HVE-Core chatmodes, prompts, and instructions
• task-researcher - Research technical solutions and approaches
• task-planner - Plan and break down complex tasks
• task-implementor - Implement tasks from detailed plans
• pr-review - Comprehensive pull request review assistant
• github-issue-manager - Manage GitHub issues efficiently
• adr-creation - Create Architecture Decision Records
• prd-builder - Build Product Requirements Documents
• prompt-builder - Build and optimize AI prompts
• security-plan-creator - Expert security architect for creating comprehensive cloud security plans

Azure DevOps Integration

• ado-prd-to-wit - Convert Product Requirements Documents to Azure DevOps work items

Data Science & Visualization

• gen-data-spec - Generate data specifications and schemas
• gen-jupyter-notebook - Generate Jupyter notebooks for data analysis
• gen-streamlit-dashboard - Generate Streamlit dashboards
• test-streamlit-dashboard - Comprehensive testing of Streamlit dashboards

📝 Prompts

Reusable prompt templates for common workflows:

• Git Operations - Commit messages, merges, setup, and pull requests
• GitHub Workflows - Issue creation and management
• Azure DevOps - PR creation, build info, and work item management

📚 Instructions

Best practice guidelines for:

• Languages - Bash, Python, C#, Bicep
• Git & Version Control - Commit messages, merge operations
• Documentation - Markdown formatting
• Azure DevOps - Work item management and PR workflows
• Task Management - Implementation tracking and planning
• Project Management - UV projects and dependencies

Getting Started

After installing this extension, the chat agents will be available in GitHub Copilot Chat. You can:

1. Use chat agents by typing @agent-name in Copilot Chat
2. Apply prompts through the Copilot Chat interface
3. Reference instructions - They're automatically applied based on file patterns

Usage Examples

Using Chat Agents

@task-planner help me break down this feature into implementable tasks
@pr-review review this pull request for security issues
@adr-creation create an ADR for our new microservice architecture

Applying Prompts

Prompts are available in the Copilot Chat prompt picker and can be used to generate consistent, high-quality outputs for common tasks.

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, please visit the GitHub repository.

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