tikoci/.github

This is the special public .github repository for the tikoci organization.

What this repo is for

GitHub uses this repository for organization-wide default community health files when an individual repository does not define its own copy. This is the right place to keep shared public defaults such as:

• CONTRIBUTING.md
• CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
• SECURITY.md
• SUPPORT.md
• issue templates / pull request templates
• FUNDING.yml
• GOVERNANCE.md

Those defaults can be used by both public and private repositories in the organization, but this special .github repository itself needs to be public for the normal org-wide fallback behavior.

What this repo is not for

This repository is not an automatic org-wide source for repository-local Copilot instruction files.

The following files only apply when Copilot is operating in the repository that actually contains them:

• .github/copilot-instructions.md
• .github/instructions/**/*.instructions.md
• AGENTS.md
• .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml

Putting those files in tikoci/.github does not cause VS Code, Copilot CLI, or other repositories' local Copilot experiences to automatically inherit them.

Copilot behavior summary

GitHub.com

GitHub supports organization custom instructions from the organization settings UI:

Organization Settings → Copilot → Custom instructions

Those organization instructions currently apply to GitHub.com Copilot Chat, Copilot code review, and Copilot cloud agent.

VS Code

VS Code reads repository custom instruction files from the currently opened repository/workspace. It does not automatically look in this special tikoci/.github repository unless you are actually working inside this repository.

Copilot CLI

Copilot CLI also reads repository custom instruction files from the current repository / working directory. It does not automatically inherit instruction files from this special repository for other repos.

Practical usage for tikoci

• Keep shared GitHub default community files here.
• Keep only public-safe guidance here.
• If a Copilot instruction should affect a specific repository in VS Code or Copilot CLI, add that instruction to that repository too.
• If a Copilot instruction should be organization-wide on GitHub.com, configure it in the organization's Copilot settings.

Maintenance note

This repository replaces the earlier assumption that a separate .github-private repository was the right place for org-wide public defaults. Shared public defaults should live here so they are maintained in one place.