HVE Core - Experimental

Experimental and preview artifacts not yet promoted to stable collections

⚠️ Experimental — This collection is experimental and available only in the Pre-Release channel. Contents may change or be removed without notice.

Experimental and preview artifacts not yet promoted to stable collections. Items in this collection may change or be removed without notice.

This collection includes skills for:

Video to GIF — Convert video files to animated GIF format

Included Artifacts

Instructions

Name	Description
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
video-to-gif	Video-to-GIF conversion skill with FFmpeg two-pass optimization

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.

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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