VS Code Copilot Custom Instructions

README.md

1. Open the folder containing the copilot-chat extension: ~/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.15.2
2. Beautify the dist/extension.js with this tool: https://beautifier.io/
3. Beautify the package.nls.json with this tool: python3 -m json.tool
4. Apply patch

last_commit_diff.patch

diff --git a/dist/extension.js b/dist/extension.js
index 358a505..e27104d 100644
--- a/dist/extension.js
+++ b/dist/extension.js
@@ -1491,6 +1491,9 @@ var yre = P((Xlt, vNe) => {
                 commands: [{
                     name: "doc",
                     description: "%copilot.workspace.doc.description%"
+                }, {
+                    name: "improve",
+                    description: "%copilot.workspace.improve.description%"
                 }, {
                     name: "fix",
                     description: "%copilot.workspace.fix.description%"
@@ -1519,6 +1522,10 @@ var yre = P((Xlt, vNe) => {
                 }, {
                     name: "tests",
                     description: "%copilot.workspace.tests.description%"
+                }, {
+                    name: "improve",
+                    description: "%copilot.workspace.improve.description%",
+                    sampleRequest: "%copilot.workspace.improve.sampleRequest%"
                 }, {
                     name: "fix",
                     description: "%copilot.workspace.fix.description%",
@@ -1632,6 +1639,11 @@ var yre = P((Xlt, vNe) => {
                 title: "%github.copilot.command.generateTests%",
                 enablement: "!github.copilot.interactiveSession.disabled && !editorReadonly",
                 category: "GitHub Copilot"
+            }, {
+                command: "github.copilot.interactiveEditor.improve",
+                title: "%github.copilot.command.improveThis%",
+                enablement: "!github.copilot.interactiveSession.disabled && !editorReadonly",
+                category: "GitHub Copilot"
             }, {
                 command: "github.copilot.interactiveEditor.fix",
                 title: "%github.copilot.command.fixThis%",
@@ -1745,6 +1757,10 @@ var yre = P((Xlt, vNe) => {
                     command: "github.copilot.interactiveEditor.explain",
                     when: "!github.copilot.interactiveSession.disabled && !editorReadonly",
                     group: "copilotAction@1"
+                }, {
+                    command: "github.copilot.interactiveEditor.improve",
+                    when: "!github.copilot.interactiveSession.disabled && !editorReadonly",
+                    group: "copilotAction@6"
                 }, {
                     command: "github.copilot.interactiveEditor.fix",
                     when: "!github.copilot.interactiveSession.disabled && !editorReadonly",
@@ -84004,6 +84020,10 @@ function SCe(t) {
             message: "/tests ",
             autoSend: !0,
             initialRange: en.window.activeTextEditor?.selection
+        }), cImprove = () => en.commands.executeCommand("vscode.editorChat.start", {
+            message: "/refactor Replace this with a more idiomatic or efficient solution.",
+            autoSend: !0,
+            initialRange: en.window.activeTextEditor?.selection
         }), c = () => {
             let u = en.window.activeTextEditor;
             if (!u) return;
@@ -84015,7 +84035,7 @@ function SCe(t) {
                 initialRange: en.window.activeTextEditor?.selection
             })
         };
-    return e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.explain", r)), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.explain.palette", () => r(void 0, !0))), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.review", () => n(void 0, !1))), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.review.palette", () => n(void 0, !0))), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.discardReviews", i)), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.generate", o)), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.generateDocs", s)), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.generateTests", a)), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.fix", c)), e.add(en.languages.registerCodeActionsProvider("*", new Zy(t), {
+    return e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.explain", r)), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.explain.palette", () => r(void 0, !0))), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.review", () => n(void 0, !1))), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.review.palette", () => n(void 0, !0))), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.discardReviews", i)), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.generate", o)), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.generateDocs", s)), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.generateTests", a)), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.improve", cImprove)), e.add(en.commands.registerCommand("github.copilot.interactiveEditor.fix", c)), e.add(en.languages.registerCodeActionsProvider("*", new Zy(t), {
         providedCodeActionKinds: Zy.providedCodeActionKinds
     })), e.add(en.languages.registerCodeActionsProvider("*", new L2(t), {
         providedCodeActionKinds: L2.providedCodeActionKinds
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 444b87c..8c2902a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@
 						"name": "doc",
 						"description": "%copilot.workspace.doc.description%"
 					},
+					{
+						"name": "improve",
+						"description": "%copilot.workspace.improve.description%"
+					},
 					{
 						"name": "fix",
 						"description": "%copilot.workspace.fix.description%"
@@ -172,6 +176,11 @@
 						"name": "tests",
 						"description": "%copilot.workspace.tests.description%"
 					},
+					{
+						"name": "improve",
+						"description": "%copilot.workspace.improve.description%",
+						"sampleRequest": "%copilot.workspace.improve.sampleRequest%"
+					},
 					{
 						"name": "fix",
 						"description": "%copilot.workspace.fix.description%",
@@ -318,6 +327,12 @@
 				"enablement": "!github.copilot.interactiveSession.disabled && !editorReadonly",
 				"category": "GitHub Copilot"
 			},
+			{
+				"command": "github.copilot.interactiveEditor.improve",
+				"title": "%github.copilot.command.improveThis%",
+				"enablement": "!github.copilot.interactiveSession.disabled && !editorReadonly",
+				"category": "GitHub Copilot"
+			},
 			{
 				"command": "github.copilot.interactiveEditor.fix",
 				"title": "%github.copilot.command.fixThis%",
@@ -499,6 +514,11 @@
 					"when": "!github.copilot.interactiveSession.disabled && !editorReadonly",
 					"group": "copilotAction@1"
 				},
+				{
+					"command": "github.copilot.interactiveEditor.improve",
+					"when": "!github.copilot.interactiveSession.disabled && !editorReadonly",
+					"group": "copilotAction@6"
+				},
 				{
 					"command": "github.copilot.interactiveEditor.fix",
 					"when": "!github.copilot.interactiveSession.disabled && !editorReadonly",
diff --git a/package.nls.json b/package.nls.json
index 17bfa20..24d051a 100644
--- a/package.nls.json
+++ b/package.nls.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "github.copilot.command.explainThis": "Explain This",
     "github.copilot.command.reviewThis": "Review This",
     "github.copilot.command.fixThis": "Fix This",
+    "github.copilot.command.improveThis": "Refactor This",
     "github.copilot.command.generateThis": "Generate This",
     "github.copilot.command.generateDocs": "Generate Docs",
     "github.copilot.command.generateTests": "Generate Tests",
@@ -55,7 +56,9 @@
     "copilot.workspace.review.description": "Review the selected code in your active editor",
     "copilot.workspace.doc.description": "Add documentation comment for this symbol",
     "copilot.workspace.tests.description": "Generate unit tests for the selected code",
+    "copilot.workspace.improve.description": "Replace this code with a more ideocratic solution",
     "copilot.workspace.fix.description": "Propose a fix for the problems in the selected code",
+    "copilot.workspace.improve.sampleRequest": "Replace this code with a more ideocratic solution.",
     "copilot.workspace.fix.sampleRequest": "There is a problem in this code. Rewrite the code to show it with the bug fixed.",
     "copilot.workspace.new.description": "Scaffold code for a new workspace",
     "copilot.workspace.new.sampleRequest": "Create a RESTful API server using typescript",