[General] In general, copilot isn't good at modifying itself.

**Mood:** 😔
**Category:** General

In general, copilot isn't good at modifying itself. I asked it to find and install matt pocock's grill-me skill and it failed hard - digging through the copilot SDK typescript interface files for skillDirectories, then grepped the github runtime libraries in /Applications/Github Copilot/ before falling back to searching the internet again, finding https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/about-agent-skills and discovering that skills live in .copilot/skills. This all took about 7 minutes with Opus 4.8 on Max.

GH Copilot should have its own self-referential skills for updating its own skills and settings

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| App version | 1.0.1 |
| OS | macOS 14.8.3 |
| Theme | Calm Days, Sober Nights Sky |
| Path | /chat |
| Tenure | Day 1 |

Start by reviewing the Copilot SDK TypeScript interface files and the documented .copilot/skills location referenced in the report. Clarify which self-referential skill and settings behaviors are in scope, then define an acceptance check showing Copilot can discover and update its own skills without the reported fallback search.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.