Awesome GitHub Copilot - Custom Agents, Skills & Plugins Collection
A community-created collection of custom agents, instructions, skills, hooks, workflows, and plugins to supercharge your GitHub Copilot experience. 31K+ GitHub stars.
What is Awesome GitHub Copilot?#
Awesome GitHub Copilot is the official community-contributed collection of customizations for GitHub Copilot, maintained by the GitHub organization on GitHub. With over 31,000 stars and 346 contributors, it is the go-to resource for developers looking to extend and personalize their Copilot experience beyond the defaults.
The repository is organized into seven major resource categories, each designed to enhance a different aspect of GitHub Copilot's capabilities. A companion website at awesome-copilot.github.com provides full-text search, filtering, and a Learning Hub for getting started.
Resource Categories#
Agents#
Specialized Copilot agents that integrate with MCP servers for domain-specific workflows. Examples include the LaunchDarkly agent for feature flag management, the ADR (Architecture Decision Record) agent for documenting technical decisions, and custom agents for specific tech stacks.
Instructions#
Auto-applied coding standards organized by file pattern. These instructions ensure Copilot follows your team's conventions automatically. Notable instruction sets include OWASP 2025 security guidelines, WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards, Core Web Vitals performance rules, SSRF hardening patterns, and Content Security Policy configurations.
Skills#
Self-contained folders combining instructions with bundled assets. Skills are plug-and-play — install them and Copilot immediately follows the included guidelines. Examples include exam-ready certification prep, Power Platform architect configurations, and starter configs for new projects.
Plugins#
Curated bundles of agents and skills designed for specific development workflows. Plugins can be installed with a single copilot plugin install command and support external community plugins via external.json.
Hooks#
Automated actions triggered during Copilot agent sessions. The Tool Guardian hook, for example, includes approximately 20 threat patterns that block dangerous operations like force pushes, credential exposure, and destructive database commands.
Agentic Workflows#
AI-powered GitHub Actions automations written in markdown. These workflows let you define automated CI/CD pipelines, code review processes, and deployment strategies that Copilot can execute.
Cookbook#
Copy-paste-ready recipes for working with Copilot APIs. Each recipe solves a specific problem with tested code. The cookbook also supports external community recipes.
Getting Started#
Install the repository contents using the Copilot CLI or manually copy the configurations you need into your project. The Learning Hub on the companion website covers core concepts with hands-on guides for hooks, agentic workflows, MCP servers, and the Copilot coding agent.
Key Takeaways#
- 31K+ GitHub stars, 3.8K forks, 346 contributors
- Covers 7 categories: agents, instructions, skills, plugins, hooks, workflows, cookbook
- Official GitHub-maintained repository
- Includes security-focused hooks and OWASP-compliant instructions
- Companion website with search and Learning Hub
- MIT licensed, community contributions welcome