Support ignoring files in .github/agents/ from agent loading
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Description
## Feature Request
### Problem
Any `.md` file placed inside `.github/agents/` is loaded as a Copilot agent. There is no supported way to exclude a file (e.g. a `README.md` index) from being treated as an agent.
Currently:
- A file with no YAML frontmatter fails with: `custom agent markdown frontmatter is malformed: missing or malformed YAML frontmatter`
- A file with valid frontmatter is loaded as an agent (undesired for index/documentation files)
- Adding `ignored: true` to frontmatter produces a warning: `unknown field ignored: ignored`
### Proposed Solution
Add support for an `ignored` (or similar) frontmatter field that tells the CLI to skip loading a file as an agent, without producing a warning. For example:
```yaml
---
ignored: true
description: Index of available agents in this repository.
---
```
This would allow teams to keep a `README.md` or other documentation file alongside their agent definitions without it appearing in the agent browser (`/agent`).
### Use Case
Keeping a human-readable index file (`README.md`) in `.github/agents/` to document available agents, without that file itself appearing as a selectable agent.
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