Sync ~/.copilot/skills via Settings Sync

[wmmc88]

• Copilot Chat Extension Version: v0.38.2026021905
• VS Code Version: 1.98.0-insider
• OS Version: Windows 11
• Feature (e.g. agent/edit/ask mode): Agent Skills / Settings Sync
• Selected model (e.g. GPT 4.1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet): Claude Opus 4.6
• Logs: N/A

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a custom skill in ~/.copilot/skills/my-skill on Machine A.
2. Enable Settings Sync on Machine A (ensure "Extensions" and "UI State" are checked).
3. Sign in to Settings Sync on Machine B.
4. Check ~/.copilot/skills/ on Machine B.

Expected Behavior:
The custom skill my-skill should be synced to Machine B and available for use in Copilot Chat, just like mcp.json (user MCP config) and prompt files.

Actual Behavior:
The skill folder (~/.copilot/skills/) is not synced. Only extensions, settings, and other user data are synced. This forces manual copying of skills between machines.

[frozenprakash]

✅ This is a much needed feature, as I started moving all my preferences.md contents to dedicated skills under the copilot-skills which is much proper, as skills are fired only when needed and are more robust with templates & scrips compared to the simple copilot instructions file or preferences file.

🔦 But syncing these skills are highly needed across my machines, as I have my vs code, vs code insiders etc installed on many of my systems and this is causing a lot of problems needing to sync manually every time / everyday.

[fangfuzha]

I need it too

[calexandre]

need

[Unkrass]

need