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copilot cli doesn't even know copilot skills stays at .github/skills/

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Description

### Describe the bug

A.T., every time I instruct copilot-cli change a skill by referring its name, it **doesn't know where to look**. In the end it exhausts everywhere then land in .github/skills/* by brute force search. it appears the directory convention isn't in the model's knowledge and not in the harness instructions either.

### Affected version

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### Steps to reproduce the behavior

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### Expected behavior

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Research direction

Start by tracing how Copilot CLI handles requests that refer to a skill by name and where its harness instructions describe skill locations. Check the .github/skills/ directory behavior and define done as skill-name requests finding the relevant skill there without an exhaustive search.

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Assessment

Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli, developer-experience
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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