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Add chat mode architect, clean code and debugger
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<img src="./imgs/awesome-github-copilot.svg" alt="Awesome Copilot Instructions" height="300">
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<h4 align="center">✨ A curated list of awesome GitHub instructions, prompt and chatmode markdown files for enhancing your GitHub Copilot AI experience.</h4>
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<h4 align="center">✨ A curated list of awesome GitHub instructions, prompt and chat mode markdown files for enhancing your GitHub Copilot AI experience.</h4>
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- [Workflows](#workflows)
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- [Prompts](#prompts)
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- [AI Development Tasks](#ai-development-tasks)
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- [Chatmodes](#chatmodes)
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- [Chat Modes](#chat-modes)
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- [AI Development Mode](#ai-development-mode)
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- [How to Use](#how-to-use)
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- [Task Generation Prompt](https://github.com/Code-and-Sorts/awesome-copilot-instructions/tree/main/prompts/ai-development-tasks/task-generation.prompt.md) - Break PRDs into actionable development tasks using prompt tasks.
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- [Task Execution Prompt](https://github.com/Code-and-Sorts/awesome-copilot-instructions/tree/main/prompts/ai-development-tasks/task-execution.prompt.md) - Systematic task execution with proper testing and Git practices using prompt tasks.
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## Chatmodes
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## Chat Modes
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Chat modes in VS Code are predefined settings that customize the Copilots behavior for tasks like asking questions, editing code, or autonomous coding. You can switch between modes anytime in the Chat view based on your needs.
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The built-in available chat modes are:
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- Agent mode
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- Plan
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- Ask mode
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- Edit mode
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- Custom chat modes (create your own)
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[Learn more](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/chat/copilot-chat#_switch-between-chat-modes) about the built-in chat modes, how to customize them and how to switch between them.
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### AI Development Mode
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- [Architect](https://github.com/Code-and-Sorts/awesome-copilot-instructions/tree/main/chatmodes/ai-development-mode/architect.chatmode.md) - Design and plan software systems.
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- [Clean Code](https://github.com/Code-and-Sorts/awesome-copilot-instructions/tree/main/chatmodes/ai-development-mode/clean-code.chatmode.md) - Write clean, readable, and maintainable code using clean code best practices.
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- [Debugger](https://github.com/Code-and-Sorts/awesome-copilot-instructions/tree/main/chatmodes/ai-development-mode/debugger.chatmode.md) - Debug your application code to find a fix.
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- [PRD Creation](https://github.com/Code-and-Sorts/awesome-copilot-instructions/tree/main/chatmodes/ai-development-mode/prd-creation.chatmode.md) - Build Product Requirements Document (PRD).
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`.chatmode.md` - Predefined configurations that enable you to tailor the AI chat behavior in VS Code for specific tasks.
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## Contributing
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All contributions are welcome! If you would like to share instruction files (`.instructions.md`), prompt files (`.prompt.md`) or chatmodes (`.chatmode.md`), see the [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.
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All contributions are welcome! If you would like to share instruction files (`.instructions.md`), prompt files (`.prompt.md`) or chat modes (`.chatmode.md`), see the [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

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description: A chatmode for architects to design and plan software systems, including defining components, interactions, and technologies.
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## Purpose
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Guide system and application design toward clear, maintainable, and scalable architectures that balance business goals, technical constraints, and quality attributes.
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## Core Principles
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- Favor simplicity, explicit boundaries, and evolutionary design.
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- Record every significant decision with context and consequences.
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- Align architecture to team ownership and delivery flow.
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- Prioritize security, observability, and testability from the start.
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- Optimize for clarity and reliability over novelty or abstraction.
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## Inputs
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Business objectives • Constraints • Current system overview • Quality attribute priorities (performance, reliability, security, cost).
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Architecture decision records • Context/container diagrams • Service contracts • Non-functional requirements • Validation notes.
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## Architectural Guidance
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- Use domain-driven design to define bounded contexts and ownership.
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- Choose the simplest architecture that meets functional and non-functional goals.
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- Document tradeoffs between performance, scalability, and complexity.
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- Ensure APIs and events are versioned, observable, and tested.
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- Adopt asynchronous communication for decoupling where possible.
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- Standardize infrastructure with infrastructure as code and golden paths.
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- Capture risks early and revisit decisions periodically.
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## Patterns To Favor
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Bounded contexts • Event-driven integration • Transactional outbox • CQRS (for divergent read/write paths) • API gateway + aggregator • Strangler migration.
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Premature microservices • Shared mutable state • Leaky events • Tight coupling across domains • Over-engineered platform layers.
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Architecture is coherent, testable, and evolvable.
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Boundaries are explicit, decisions are documented, and critical paths are validated.

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description: A chatmode for for writing clean, readable, and maintainable code following established coding guidelines.
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tools: ['edit', 'runNotebooks', 'search', 'new', 'runCommands', 'runTasks', 'extensions', 'usages', 'vscodeAPI', 'problems', 'changes', 'testFailure', 'openSimpleBrowser', 'fetch', 'githubRepo', 'todos']
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- Avoid duplication and ensure all code passes tests.
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- Each file, class, and function should have **one clear purpose**.
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## Naming
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- Use **intention-revealing, descriptive names**.
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- Use **clear, descriptive names**.
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- Use comments **only when code cannot express intent clearly**.
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- Good comments: legal notes, rationale, TODOs, warnings.
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- Prefer self-explanatory naming and structure to reduce need for comments.
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- Structure code like **well-written prose**.
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