docs: clarify GitHub Copilot CLI plugin scope and fix skill installation paths#10
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…ion paths - Note that CLI plugin install puts skills in installed-plugins/, which IDE agents don't read; IDE users must copy to .github/skills/ or ~/.copilot/skills/ - Replace incorrect repo-relative copy commands with plain destination path tables for all tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Junie, Cursor) - Clarify that ~/.copilot/skills/ (global) is read by VS, VS Code, and GitHub Copilot CLI - Update Visual Studio section to mention both project-level and global skill locations - Change "you must use" wording to "plugin installation is available in" Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
Updates the repository’s installation documentation to clarify where GitHub Copilot CLI plugin installs skills, and replaces repo-relative copy commands with destination-path guidance so users can install skills correctly in their own projects.
Changes:
- Documented that Copilot CLI plugin installs skills under
~/.copilot/installed-plugins/and that IDE agents won’t automatically read from there. - Replaced incorrect repo-relative copy commands with destination-path tables for Copilot/Claude/Junie/Cursor.
- Clarified Copilot skill discovery locations (project-level vs global) and updated the Visual Studio section accordingly.
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installed-plugins/, which IDE agents (VS, VS Code) do not read — users must copy to.github/skills/or~/.copilot/skills/manuallyplugins/dx-devextreme/skills/*, a path that only exists inside the cloned repo, not in users' projects)~/.copilot/skills/(global) is visible to Visual Studio, VS Code, and GitHub Copilot CLITest plan