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Launch Code OSS (VS Code from sources) into an isolated throwaway profile with unique debug ports so you can drive it with @playwright/cli AND attach a Node debugger via dap-cli in the same session. Use when working on VS Code itself and you want to interact…
This skill should be used when merging upstream changes from vscode-server into the Positron IDE repository. Invoke it when the git repository contains the conflicted changes from an upstream merge.
Use when writing, recording, updating, or troubleshooting the agent host end-to-end tests under src/vs/platform/agentHost/test/node/e2e (black-box tests that drive the whole agent host over the AHP protocol, using a CapiReplayProxy record/replay system for…
Analyze Agent Host debug log exports. Use when given an ah-logs or ahp-logs zip/folder, an Export Agent Host Debug Logs bundle, events.jsonl, AHP JSONL transport logs, Agent Host.log, remote-agenthost.log, or copilot-logs.
Use when creating or changing VS Code chat pet sprite art, sprite sheets, state animations, eye treatments, Stable/Insiders variants, or pet transitions under src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/widget/media/chatPet.
Classify and record explicit corrective feedback without turning skills or instructions into append-only knowledge dumps.
Use whenever adding, modifying, or reviewing any Copilot, agent, LLM, AI, tool, permission, sandbox, MCP, model, telemetry, feature-gate, setting, configuration, or enterprise control—especially anything an organization or administrator may need to manage.…
Core principles and workflow router for changes to the Agents Window under src/vs/sessions.
Fix a microsoft/vscode issue that the VS Code Sweeper reviewed as agent-fixable. Fetches the review's fix spec from the sweeper's public state repo, implements the narrow fix in the current vscode checkout, and — after showing the diff — opens a draft PR. Use…
Use when writing or adding Vitest tests for Positron src/vs/ or extensions/ code, checking a branch/PR for test-coverage gaps, or testing React components with RTL.
Running Positron IDE commands: changing the window layout, focusing panes (Console, Variables, Plots, Help, Packages), clearing the console, opening a file or data file in the right editor, listing or discovering interpreters, listing running sessions,…
Inspecting the user's current Positron configuration, read live from this running Positron -- state, not documentation: docs pages, release notes, and settings.json file reads cannot answer these for this install; this skill's commands can. Use for: what the…
Audit old container images in the posit-dev GHCR registry and delete them in a reviewed batch. Produces a review list of every positron-<os>* / positron-postgres-* image version older than a cutoff (default 90 days), excluding anything a live tag or…
Launch Positron dev server in an isolated, disposable profile and control the Electron workbench. Use to reproduce UI bugs, verify UI changes, inspect the DOM, take screenshots, interact with the workbench, or attach a debugger without first writing an…
Generates well-structured PR bodies with dynamically fetched e2e test tags
Use when investigating a specific named Positron e2e (Playwright) test that is failing or flaking -- in CI ("why is <test> failing on main", "this test is flaky in CI", "is this a test bug or a product bug") or on the engineer's machine ("this e2e test just…
Create or update abstract SVG illustrations for the Positron IDE -- for use in documentation, walkthrough steps, onboarding images, and feature previews. Use this skill whenever someone asks to make, update, or redesign an SVG image for Positron docs,…
Use when writing or maintaining Playwright e2e tests for Positron -- new test files, test cases, test infrastructure, or performance/metric tests. For a named test that is already failing or flaking, in CI or on your machine, use debug-e2e-test instead.
Analyze e2e test failures from a GitHub Actions run. Provide a run ID or URL to download reports, extract traces/screenshots/logs, identify root causes, and get suggested actions. Works with both posit-dev/positron and posit-dev/positron-builds repos.
Use when working on the Chat Customizations editor — the management UI for agents, skills, instructions, hooks, prompts, MCP servers, and plugins.
The VS Code design philosophy — a shared Values→Principles→Moves vocabulary for reasoning about UI in design terms instead of raw pixels. Use when designing, building, reviewing, or giving feedback on any visual surface; when deciding a radius, spacing, type…
VS Code CSS conventions, file organization, class naming, standard sizes, SplitView/Grid layout, scrollable content, responsive layout, and text overflow/ellipsis patterns. Use when writing CSS, building layouts, or fixing text truncation issues.
VS Code theming, color tokens, widget styles, focus indicators, and high-contrast theme support. Use when registering colors, styling widgets with theme tokens, or ensuring HC/focus compliance.
Create a pull request for the current session. Use when the user wants to open a PR with the session's changes.
Long-running orchestration to rebuild every Positron CI image (ubuntu24_04, rocky_8, rocky_9, debian, openSUSE15_6, SLES15_6, and postgres — each as a multi-arch amd64+arm64 manifest) at one new tag with a new Node version. Creates a branch + PR, bumps…
Open or advance a Positron PR that bumps the Ark submodule to a given Ark PR (its head while open, its merge commit once merged) or to latest Ark main, with Positron e2e test tags. Use when the user runs /bump-ark with a PR number or "main" and optional…
Start Positron Web from source and control it with browser automation. Use for web-only bugs, browser-specific behavior, accessibility-tree inspection, console or network diagnostics, and changes that specifically require the web workbench. Prefer…
Use when reviewing Vitest test files (.vitest.ts/.tsx) for quality against Positron's builder pattern, RTL patterns, and conventions. Not for e2e or Playwright tests.
Run agent-driven VS Code performance or memory investigations. Use when asked to launch Code OSS, automate a VS Code scenario, run the Chat memory smoke runner, capture renderer heap snapshots, take workflow screenshots, compare run summaries, or drive a…
A test skill for demonstration purposes.
Grade whether a Positron PR has adequate test coverage. Evaluates new tests in the PR, checks existing coverage for changed source, and suggests concrete additions when coverage is insufficient. Used by the pr-test-checker GitHub Action.
Use when pulling changes from rstudio/vscode-server into Positron — fetching upstream, triaging commits, and applying diffs
Preview the test-coverage verdict PETE will post, locally, before a PR exists. PETE is Positron's CI "PR Test Checker": it grades whether a PR adds adequate tests for its source changes and posts a verdict comment. This skill replays the same rubric and file…
Determine which vscode-copilot-chat release tag to use for a Positron build
Use when building a list, table, grid, or virtualized scrolling UI in Positron, or touching `DataGridInstance` / `PositronDataGrid`. Avoids the common mistake of mediating props into the instance via useEffect.
Use when the user wants to create a demo video, record a feature walkthrough, or generate a video for a PR description. Triggers on "record a demo", "make a video", "demo video for PR", or "generate a walkthrough".
This skill should be used when handling issue intake rotation duties for the Positron repository. It provides workflows for reviewing and organizing new issues, responding to discussions, handling support tickets, and searching for related content. Use this…
This skill should be used when drafting GitHub issues for the Positron repository. It provides workflows for searching duplicates, selecting appropriate labels, gathering complete context through questioning, and writing terse, fluff-free issues that…
Generates clear, actionable verification guides for QA testing of Positron bug fixes and features
**WORKFLOW SKILL** — Create, update, review, fix, or debug VS Code agent customization files (.instructions.md, .prompt.md, .agent.md, SKILL.md, copilot-instructions.md, AGENTS.md). USE FOR: saving coding preferences; troubleshooting why…