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`skillDirectories` setting from `settings.json` is not honored in ACP mode (`copilot --acp`)

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Description

Describe the bug

~/.copilot/settings.json supports a skillDirectories array for registering
additional custom skill source directories. These directories' skills are
correctly discovered and listed when running the interactive copilot CLI,
but do not show up when the same user/config runs in ACP mode
(copilot --acp, e.g. via the Zed editor's ACP integration).

Affected version

Copilot CLI 1.0.82

Environment
  • OS: Windows
  • ACP client: Zed editor (copilot --acp)
  • Windows Terminal: copilot.exe --acp
Steps to reproduce
  1. Add a skillDirectories entry to ~/.copilot/settings.json, e.g.:

    {
      "skillDirectories": [
        "C:\\Users\\<user>\\ai_space\\skill_groups\\workflow_skills",
        "C:\\Users\\<user>\\ai_space\\skill_groups\\shorthand_skills",
        "C:\\Users\\<user>\\ai_space\\skill_groups\\ddstack_skills"
      ]
    }
    
    

Each directory contains one or more <skill-name>/SKILL.md skills.

  1. Run interactive copilot, then copilot skill list (or /skills list).
    Result: skills from all skillDirectories entries appear under a
    "Custom skills:" heading, alongside project (.github/skills/) and
    personal (~/.copilot/skills/) skills. Confirmed working — e.g.
    workflow-design, shorthand-crew, principle-fix-root-causes, etc. all
    listed (43 custom skills total in our test).

  2. Independently, spawn copilot.exe --acp as a subprocess and drive it
    directly over stdio with raw JSON-RPC (bypassing any client like Zed
    entirely, to rule out client-side filtering):

    • initializesession/new (with the same cwd) → session/prompt
      asking the agent to "list every skill name available to you right now,
      grouped by category, without invoking any tool."

    Result: the agent's response only lists project (12 skills),
    user/personal (5 skills), and builtin (2 skills) categories. The
    custom category empty, none of the 43 skills sourced from skillDirectories, does
    not appear in its own self-reported system context.

Expected behavior

ACP mode should discover and expose the same skill set as interactive mode,
including all directories configured via skillDirectories in
settings.json, since both entry points read the same global config file.

Actual behavior

ACP mode does not surface any skillDirectories-sourced skills, with no
error, warning, or other indication that the setting was skipped.

Additional context
  • settings.json and config.json are unmodified between the two runs —
    same file, same user, same machine.
  • Personal (~/.copilot/skills/) and project (.github/skills/) skills
    do load correctly in ACP mode, so this isn't a total skill-loading
    failure — it's specific to the skillDirectories custom-path mechanism.
  • Reproduced twice: once via a live Zed → copilot --acp session, and once
    via a standalone hand-rolled ACP client script, ruling out a
    client-specific (Zed) cause.

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Piste de recherche

Commencez au point d’entrée copilot --acp et comparez sa découverte des skills avec celle de copilot en mode interactif, en utilisant le paramètre skillDirectories de ~/.copilot/settings.json comme entrée. Reproduisez le problème avec initialize, session/new et session/prompt ; le travail est terminé lorsque ACP expose les skills personnalisés configurés aux côtés des skills du projet, personnels et intégrés.

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Évaluation

Stack technique
shell
Domaine
cli
Type d'issue
Bug
Difficulté
3/5
Temps estimé
1-2 jours
Activité
Active
Clarté
Clairement spécifiée
Accessibilité débutants
72/100

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