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Add agent-assisted AI-artifact upkeep check#55204

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When a change alters something an AI- or contributor-facing artifact describes, the matching artifact should be updated in the same PR. This adds authoring-time guidance for agents and a review-time check so stale instructions, docs, AGENTS.md, and skills get surfaced when a change invalidates them.

When a change alters something an AI- or contributor-facing artifact describes, the matching artifact should be updated in the same PR. This adds authoring-time guidance for agents and a review-time check so stale instructions, docs, AGENTS.md, and skills get surfaced when a change invalidates them.

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Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings July 8, 2026 18:00
@mthalman mthalman requested a review from lbussell as a code owner July 8, 2026 18:00
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Pull request overview

Adds explicit guidance and review criteria to help keep contributor- and AI-facing artifacts (instructions, skills, docs) synchronized with behavioral/code changes, so drift is surfaced during authoring and code review.

Changes:

  • Extend the code review skill checklist to include “stale AI context / instructions / docs” as an explicit issue category.
  • Add a new section to .github/copilot-instructions.md reminding contributors/agents to update related artifacts in the same PR when changes invalidate documented guidance.

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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File Description
.github/skills/code-review/SKILL.md Adds an explicit checklist item to flag stale AI/contributor-facing artifacts when code changes invalidate them.
.github/copilot-instructions.md Adds a new “Keeping AI context and docs in sync” section with concrete artifact locations to check/update.

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