Minimal setup instructions for GitHub copilot coding agent. Place in .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml per documentation at https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/coding-agent/customize-the-agent-environment

copilot-setup-steps.yml

name: "Copilot Setup Steps"
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    paths: [.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml]
  pull_request:
    paths: [.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml]

jobs:
  copilot-setup-steps:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
    env:
      PIP_TIMEOUT: 600
      PIP_RETRIES: 2
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v5
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.12"
          cache: "pip"
      - name: Install package and dev dependencies
        run: |
          pip install -r requirements.txt