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Custom-dir AGENTS.md (COPILOT_CUSTOM_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS) no longer injected globally as of 1.0.66

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### Describe the bug

#### Summary

A personal `AGENTS.md` placed in a directory listed in `COPILOT_CUSTOM_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS` used to be injected globally into the system prompt (inside the `` block). As of 1.0.66 it is instead registered as a path-scoped "nested" instruction file, so its full body is no longer loaded into context at session start. It only loads if the file is later read, and it behaves as if scoped to its own directory subtree rather than applying globally.

This is a behavior change with no corresponding changelog entry.

#### Evidence

- Session logs: in a 1.0.65 session the file body is embedded in the base system prompt `` block (immediately after ``). In every 1.0.66 and 1.0.67 session the body is absent from the prompt and only the directory-scoped listing is present.
- Comparing published `@github/copilot-win32-x64` 1.0.65 vs 1.0.66: the JS instruction-collection code is effectively unchanged (only `@`-import expansion was added). The deciding logic is the native call `repoBuildNestedAgentsInstructionsTable`; `runtime.node` changed substantially between the two versions (about 39.6 MB to 46.5 MB), so the routing change is in compiled native code, not the JS bundle.

#### Impact

Users relying on `COPILOT_CUSTOM_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS` to load personal, always-on instructions across all repos lose that behavior silently after updating. There is no documentation or changelog note describing the new scoping.

#### Requests

1. Confirm whether this change was intentional.
2. If intentional, document the scoping of `COPILOT_CUSTOM_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS` (global vs path-scoped) and note it in the changelog.
3. Provide a supported way to load a personal, always-global instruction file from an arbitrary directory (for example, honoring a broad `applyTo` in a `.instructions.md`, or an inlined mode for custom dirs).

### Affected version

`1.0.66` and `1.0.67` (regressed from `1.0.65`, the last version with the old behavior).

### Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Create a personal instructions file at `C:\path\to\personal\AGENTS.md` with recognizable content.
2. Set the env var: `COPILOT_CUSTOM_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS=C:\path\to\personal`
3. Start a Copilot CLI session in an **unrelated** repository (not the one containing the personal dir).
4. Inspect the initial context / system prompt (for example via `/context` or the session events log).
5. Note that the personal `AGENTS.md` body is **not** present; only a directory-scoped listing entry appears.
6. Downgrade to `1.0.65` and repeat: the body is inlined into the `` block and applies globally.

### Expected behavior

The personal `AGENTS.md` from a `COPILOT_CUSTOM_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS` directory should be loaded globally into the system prompt at session start and apply to the whole session, regardless of the current working directory or repo, as it did in `1.0.65`.

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Direção de pesquisa

Reproduza o comportamento no Copilot CLI 1.0.65 até 1.0.67 usando as etapas documentadas de COPILOT_CUSTOM_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS e, em seguida, inspecione o código JS de coleta de instruções e o ponto de entrada nativo repoBuildNestedAgentsInstructionsTable. A conclusão exige confirmar o escopo pretendido e, se uma alteração for necessária, definir a implementação e as atualizações solicitadas na documentação ou no changelog.

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Avaliação

Stack de tecnologia
node.js
Domínio
cli, developer-experience
Tipo de issue
Bug
Dificuldade
5/5
Tempo estimado
Mais de uma semana
Status de atividade
Pouca atividade
Clareza
Razoavelmente clara
Facilidade para iniciantes
35/100

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