COP-025: Agent File Wrong Location - GitHub Copilot

Summary

• Rule ID: COP-025
• Severity: LOW
• Category: GitHub Copilot
• Normative Level: SHOULD
• Auto-Fix: No
• Verified On: 2026-03-28

Applicability

• Tool: github-copilot
• Version Range: unspecified
• Spec Revision: unspecified

Evidence Sources

• https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/customizing-copilot

Test Coverage Metadata

• Unit tests: true
• Fixture tests: false
• E2E tests: false

Examples

The following examples demonstrate what triggers this rule and how to fix it.

Invalid

copilot-instructions.md

Valid

.github/copilot-instructions.md