Update tools in prompts to non-deprecated names that work in VSC Copilot Chat #123741
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Pull request overview
This PR updates the YAML frontmatter in two GitHub Copilot prompt configuration files to replace deprecated tool names with their current namespaced equivalents that work properly in VS Code Copilot Chat.
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- Renamed the
mode:field toagent:in both prompt files - Updated tool names from deprecated short names to namespaced versions (e.g.,
changes→search/changes,codebase→search/codebase) - Added
edit/editFilestool to the JIT-EE API prompt as required for the author's use case
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.github/prompts/docs.prompt.md |
Updated YAML frontmatter: renamed mode to agent and updated 4 tool names to their namespaced equivalents |
.github/prompts/add-new-jit-ee-api.prompt.md |
Updated YAML frontmatter: renamed mode to agent, expanded tool list from 6 deprecated names to 10 namespaced tools including newly added edit/editFiles |
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Ugh, it's the 2nd time those are updated to something non-deprecated 😐
I suspect it should be rewritten to be a SKILL.
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Also added
edit/editFilesto the JIT-EE API prompt as it required it in my local usage.