SMRTR ProgrammingNov 25, 2025Dev.to

How I Taught GitHub Copilot Code Review to Think Like a Maintainer

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GitHub Copilot's code review agent initially produced noisy, low-confidence feedback that overwhelmed maintainers of the open source goose project. Rather than disabling it, the author customized Copilot's behavior using .github/copilot-instructions.md to specify review philosophy, priority areas, project context, and response format, dramatically improving review quality and usefulness.

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