Agent skill · microsoft
update-instructions
update-instructions
What it needs
About 1k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
Read the changes introduced on the current branch, including BOTH: 1. Uncommitted workspace modifications (staged and unstaged) 2. Committed changes that are on the current HEAD but not yet in the default upstream branch (e.g. origin/main) Guidance: First, capture uncommitted diffs (equivalent of git diff and git diff --cached). Then, determine the merge base with the default branch (assume origin/main unless configured otherwise) using git merge-base HEAD origin/main and diff (git diff <merge-base>...HEAD) to include committed-but-unpushed work. After understanding all of these changes, read every instruction file under .github/instructions and assess whether any instruction is invalidated. If so, propose minimal, necessary wording updates. If no updates are needed, respond exactly with: No updates needed. Be concise and conservative: only suggest changes that are absolutely necessary.
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills microsoft/update-instructions