# GitHub Copilot Custom Instructions

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-copilot-custom-instructions/  
**Provider:** GitHub Copilot — https://apis.io/providers/github-copilot/  
**Base URL:** https://api.github.com  
**Documentation:** https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/configure-custom-instructions

GitHub Copilot Custom Instructions is one of 12 APIs that [GitHub Copilot](https://apis.io/providers/github-copilot/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Configuration, Customization, Instructions, and Organization. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Configuration system for providing repository-level, path-specific, and organization-level custom instructions to guide Copilot behavior, code style, and response formatting.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/configure-custom-instructions

## Other GitHub Copilot APIs (11)

- [GitHub Copilot Chat API](https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-copilot-chat-api/)
- [GitHub Copilot Extensions API](https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-copilot-extensions-api/)
- [GitHub Copilot Coding Agent](https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-copilot-coding-agent/)
- [GitHub Copilot Code Review](https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-copilot-code-review/)
- [GitHub MCP Server](https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-mcp-server/)
- [GitHub Copilot Copilot Billing API](https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-copilot-copilot-billing-api/)
- [GitHub Copilot Copilot Content Exclusion API](https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-copilot-copilot-content-exclusion-api/)
- [GitHub Copilot Copilot Metrics API](https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-copilot-copilot-metrics-api/)
- [GitHub Copilot Copilot Seats API](https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-copilot-copilot-seats-api/)
- [GitHub Copilot Copilot Usage Reports API](https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-copilot-copilot-usage-reports-api/)
- [GitHub Copilot Copilot User Management API](https://apis.io/apis/github-copilot/github-copilot-copilot-user-management-api/)

## Tags

Configuration, Customization, Instructions, Organization

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