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Copilot AI commented Dec 11, 2025

Adds .github/copilot-instructions.md to provide AI coding assistants with repository context per GitHub best practices.

Contents

  • Project context: XrmToolBox plugin for generating Excel/Word documentation from Dynamics CRM/Dataverse metadata
  • Stack: .NET Framework 4.8, EPPlus, DocumentFormat.OpenXml, XrmToolBox SDK
  • Build: MSBuild with ILMerge post-build step for dependency merging in Release
  • Architecture: Plugin pattern with IDocument interface for multiple output formats (Excel, Word variants)
  • Conventions: XrmToolBox plugin requirements ([Export] attributes, Base64 images), ListView Tag usage for SchemaName storage
  • Dependencies: EPPlus 5.x licensing notes (Polyform Noncommercial)

Structure

MsCrmTools.MetadataDocumentGenerator/
├── Generation/          # IDocument implementations
├── Helper/              # Extension methods, metadata utilities
├── Forms/               # Publisher/Solution selection dialogs
└── Plugin.cs            # XrmToolBox entry point

Enables better code suggestions by documenting patterns like rollup column detection and entity metadata handling that aren't obvious from limited code context.

Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>✨ Set up Copilot instructions</issue_title>
<issue_description>Configure instructions for this repository as documented in Best practices for Copilot coding agent in your repository.

</issue_description>

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💡 You can make Copilot smarter by setting up custom instructions, customizing its development environment and configuring Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Learn more Copilot coding agent tips in the docs.

Copilot AI and others added 3 commits December 11, 2025 08:25
Co-authored-by: MscrmTools <10774317+MscrmTools@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: MscrmTools <10774317+MscrmTools@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: MscrmTools <10774317+MscrmTools@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Set up Copilot instructions for repository Configure Copilot instructions for repository Dec 11, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from MscrmTools December 11, 2025 08:30
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