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Publish official JSON Schema for settings.json

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Description

Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve

publish an official JSON Schema for ~/.copilot/settings.json

Proposed solution

Please publish an official JSON Schema for ~/.copilot/settings.json.

The file has a growing number of settings, but editors currently can't provide reliable autocomplete, descriptions, or validation (although acknowledging this is configurable via the CLI itself under /config /settings , it would just additional quality of life enhancement to have schema available if prefer to edit inline the settings.json directly for some key/value validation)
Similar tools, including Claude Code, publish schemas for their settings files, which makes configuration much easier to discover and edit correctly.

Proposed solution:
Provide a maintained JSON Schema for ~/.copilot/settings.json, ideally available through SchemaStore.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by inventorying the settings exposed through the CLI's /config and /settings commands, then compare them with the ~/.copilot/settings.json configuration. Done means a maintained official JSON Schema provides setting descriptions, autocomplete, and validation, with publication through SchemaStore considered.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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