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Added instructions for creating an 'agents' folder for organization agents.

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Improve documentation to differentiate between folder agents, which is used for organization-level agents from .github/agents which is used for repository-level agents.

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Added folder creation step for folder agents.

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Added instructions for creating an 'agents' folder for organization agents.
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Pull request overview

This PR adds a new instruction step for creating an agents folder in organization-level custom agent setup documentation. The change helps differentiate between the organization-level agents folder and the repository-level .github/agents folder.

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  • Adds a new step (line 32) instructing users to create an agents folder in the root directory for defining organization agents

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{% data reusables.repositories.create-repo %}
1. Update the template README as needed. Consider including creation guidelines for {% data variables.copilot.custom_agents_short %} or compliance considerations specific to your organization.
1. Create folder `agents` in the root folder. This is where your organization agents will be defined.
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The instruction "Create folder" should be changed to "Create a directory named" to match the consistent pattern used throughout the documentation. For example, other documentation files use phrasing like "Create a directory named workflow-templates."

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1. Create folder `agents` in the root folder. This is where your organization agents will be defined.
1. Create a directory named `agents` in the root directory. This is where your organization agents will be defined.

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{% data reusables.repositories.create-repo %}
1. Update the template README as needed. Consider including creation guidelines for {% data variables.copilot.custom_agents_short %} or compliance considerations specific to your organization.
1. Create folder `agents` in the root folder. This is where your organization agents will be defined.
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There are two spaces after the period instead of one. This should be a single space to maintain consistent spacing throughout the documentation.

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1. Create folder `agents` in the root folder. This is where your organization agents will be defined.
1. Create folder `agents` in the root folder. This is where your organization agents will be defined.

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{% data reusables.repositories.create-repo %}
1. Update the template README as needed. Consider including creation guidelines for {% data variables.copilot.custom_agents_short %} or compliance considerations specific to your organization.
1. Create folder `agents` in the root folder. This is where your organization agents will be defined.
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The phrase "in the root folder" is redundant. Based on the established pattern in the documentation (e.g., "Create a directory named workflow-templates"), the location should be included as part of the directory name description rather than as a separate phrase. The instruction should simply specify creating the agents directory without the redundant "in the root folder" phrase.

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1. Create folder `agents` in the root folder. This is where your organization agents will be defined.
1. Create a directory named `agents`. This is where your organization's agents will be defined.

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