Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve
Add persistent per-user exclusion for duplicate Copilot instruction files
Proposed solution
Summary:
GitHub Copilot CLI automatically loads supported instruction files such as CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md . When both contain duplicate or overlapping instructions, Copilot may load the same guidance twice.
The /instructions command can disable one file, but the change applies only to the current Copilot CLI session. There is currently no documented persistent, user-specific ignore list for excluding one repository instruction file without modifying the shared repository.
This would be useful for teams sharing repositories across multiple people and agents, including Copilot, CloudA, and Codex. A per-user configuration option to permanently exclude selected instruction files—without affecting other users or agents—would prevent duplicate instruction loading while preserving the repository structure.
Example prompts or workflows
My Claude.md file just mentions/loads Agents.md. All the instruction gets loaded twice and bloat the context..
Additional context
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Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve
Add persistent per-user exclusion for duplicate Copilot instruction files
Proposed solution
Summary:
GitHub Copilot CLI automatically loads supported instruction files such as CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md . When both contain duplicate or overlapping instructions, Copilot may load the same guidance twice.
The /instructions command can disable one file, but the change applies only to the current Copilot CLI session. There is currently no documented persistent, user-specific ignore list for excluding one repository instruction file without modifying the shared repository.
This would be useful for teams sharing repositories across multiple people and agents, including Copilot, CloudA, and Codex. A per-user configuration option to permanently exclude selected instruction files—without affecting other users or agents—would prevent duplicate instruction loading while preserving the repository structure.
Example prompts or workflows
My Claude.md file just mentions/loads Agents.md. All the instruction gets loaded twice and bloat the context..
Additional context
No response