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APM - Agent Package Manager

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npm for AI coding agents. The package manager for AGENTS.md, Agent Skills, and MCP servers. One package installs to every AI agent (Copilot, Cursor, Claude, Codex, Gemini) in their native format.

Features

  • 📦 Universal packages: One install works for Copilot, Cursor, Claude, and more
  • 🔧 Skills & Instructions: Install guardrails and capabilities
  • 🔌 MCP Server management: Configure and manage MCP servers
  • 🏗️ Create packages: Share your standards and workflows
  • 🌐 Multi-source: GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, Azure DevOps

Requirements

  • Python 3.8 or higher (for pip install)
  • Or use the shell installer

Configuration

# Install via shell script
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danielmeppiel/apm/main/install.sh | sh

# Or install via pip
pip install apm-cli

# Install a skill
apm install danielmeppiel/form-builder

# Compile for your AI tools
apm compile

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Awesome Copilot MCP Server

FeaturedMCP Servers

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server that provides prompts for searching and installing prompts, instructions, agents, and skills directly from this repository. Makes it easy to discover and add customizations to your editor.

Requirements

  • Docker installed and running

Configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "awesome-copilot": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/microsoft/mcp-dotnet-samples/awesome-copilot:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Awesome GitHub Copilot Browser

FeaturedVS Code Extensions

A VS Code extension that allows you to browse, preview, and download GitHub Copilot customizations from the awesome-copilot repository. Features a tree view for exploring agents, prompts, instructions, and skills with smart caching for better performance.

Features

  • 🔍 Browse: Explore chat modes, instructions, prompts, agents, and skills in a tree view
  • 📖 Preview: View file content before downloading
  • ⬇️ Download: Save files to appropriate .github/ folders in your workspace
  • 🔃 Refresh: Update repository data with manual refresh
  • 💾 Caching: Smart caching for better performance

Requirements

  • VS Code version 1.103.0 or higher
  • Internet connection to fetch repository data
  • A workspace folder open in VS Code (for downloads)

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Context7

FeaturedDocumentation & Discovery

An intelligent documentation and context management system for GitHub Copilot customizations. Context7 indexes, analyzes, and provides semantic search across prompts, instructions, agents, and skills in your repositories. Includes automatic documentation generation, collection validation, and AI-powered discovery to help developers find and install the right customizations.

Features

  • 🔍 Semantic Search: Intelligently find relevant prompts, instructions, and agents across your repository
  • 📊 Automatic Indexing: AI-powered analysis and categorization of your customizations
  • ✅ Validation: Built-in tools for validating collection manifests and file structure
  • 📝 Documentation Generation: Auto-generate README files and discovery interfaces
  • 🎯 Trust Scoring: Verification and reliability scoring for community contributions
  • 🔗 Deep Integration: Works with awesome-copilot and other Copilot customization repositories

Requirements

  • Internet connection to access Context7 platform
  • GitHub repository with Copilot customizations (prompts, instructions, agents, or skills)

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VS Code Agent Manager

FeaturedVS Code Extensions

VS Code Agent Manager is the essential toolkit for supercharging your GitHub Copilot experience. Effortlessly discover, install, and manage custom Copilot Agents directly within VS Code.

Features

  • 🔍 Auto-Discovery: Point the Agent Manager to any GitHub repository, and it will automatically index all available agents
  • 📦 One-Click Installation: Install agents in seconds. Choose to install them globally (User Profile) for access in all projects, or locally (Workspace) for project-specific needs.
  • 🔄 Smart Updates & Version Control: Stay up to date. The extension tracks installed versions against the remote source, alerting you when updates are available. View changelogs and author details at a glance.
  • 🛡️ Git-Powered Reliability: Built on top of Git, ensuring that you always get the exact version of the agent you expect, with verified author and commit data.

Requirements

  • VS Code version 1.106.0 or higher
  • Internet connection to fetch repository data

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Copilot Swarm Orchestrator

CLI Tools

Parallel AI workflow orchestrator for GitHub Copilot CLI. Coordinates multiple specialized agents across wave-based execution with dependency-aware scheduling, evidence-based verification, six quality gates, cost governance, and persistent learning. Runs as a standalone CLI or as an MCP server exposing execution runs, agent profiles, and quality gates via JSON-RPC over stdio.

Features

  • 🌊 Wave Execution: Parallel agent scheduling with dependency-aware wave splitting
  • 🔍 Evidence Verification: Every agent proves its work via transcript analysis before merge
  • 🚦 Six Quality Gates: Lint, type-check, test coverage, security, complexity, documentation
  • 💰 Cost Governance: Premium request estimation, tracking, and budget enforcement
  • 🔌 MCP Server: 4 tools and 5 resources over JSON-RPC stdio transport
  • 🧠 Persistent Learning: Cross-run knowledge base with pattern detection and retry calibration

Requirements

  • Node.js 18 or higher
  • Git 2.20+ (worktree support)
  • GitHub Copilot CLI installed and authenticated

Configuration

# Install globally from npm
npm install -g copilot-swarm-orchestrator

# Run a demo
swarm demo-fast

# Plan and execute a goal
swarm run --goal "Build a REST API with auth and tests"

# Start the MCP server
swarm mcp-server

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GitHub Node for Visual Studio

Visual Studio Extensions

Adds GitHub and MCP Servers nodes to Solution Explorer in Visual Studio. Quickly access and manage GitHub-specific files like workflows, Copilot instructions, and agents, plus MCP server configurations - all without leaving Visual Studio.

Features

  • 📁 GitHub Node: Easy access to .github folder contents in Solution Explorer
  • ➕ Quick Create: Add Copilot instructions, agents, prompts, skills, and workflows
  • 🔌 MCP Servers Node: Centralized access to MCP configurations
  • 🔄 Git Status Icons: See file status directly in the tree view
  • 🌐 Open on GitHub: Quick link to view files on GitHub.com

Requirements

  • Visual Studio 2022 or higher

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Autonomous backup agent for GitHub Copilot CLI skills. Watches your ~/.copilot/skills/ directory in real time, commits every change with meaningful messages, and pushes to GitHub automatically. Starts on boot via macOS LaunchAgent, restarts if it crashes, and requires zero interaction after setup. One-line installer creates a backup repo, seeds it with existing skills, and starts the watcher. Includes a daily health check, sync locking, push retry, and empty-source protection.

Features

  • 👀 Real-Time Watch: Detects every create, edit, rename, and delete in your skills directory using fswatch
  • 🔄 Auto Sync: Commits and pushes changes to GitHub with meaningful commit messages
  • 🏥 Daily Health Check: Automated 6 AM checkup validates watcher, repo state, remote sync, and log health
  • ⚡ One-Line Install: curl installer creates a backup repo, seeds existing skills, and starts the watcher
  • 🛡️ Built-In Safety: Sync locking, push retry, empty-source guard, and graceful shutdown
  • 🔁 Survives Reboots: macOS LaunchAgent keeps it alive across restarts

Requirements

  • macOS or Linux
  • GitHub CLI (gh) authenticated
  • git
  • fswatch (installed automatically via Homebrew on macOS)

Configuration

# Install in one line
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DUBSOpenHub/groundhog-day/main/install.sh | bash

# Or install with Homebrew
brew install DUBSOpenHub/tap/groundhog-day

# Check status
groundhog status

# Run a manual health check
groundhog checkup

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Prompt Registry

VS Code Extensions

A visual marketplace for discovering, installing, and managing GitHub Copilot prompt libraries from multiple sources. Browse bundles in a tile-based interface with search, filters, and one-click install. Supports GitHub, local directories, and APM repositories.

Features

  • 🎨 Visual Marketplace: Browse bundles with search, filters, and one-click install
  • 🔌 Multi-Source: Connect to GitHub, local directories, APM, or Awesome Copilot
  • 📦 Version Management: Track versions and enable automatic updates
  • 👥 Profiles & Hubs: Organize bundles by project/team
  • 🌍 Cross-Platform: Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows

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Workspace Architect

CLI Tools

A comprehensive library of specialized AI personas and chat modes for GitHub Copilot. Includes architectural planning, tech stack guidance, and advanced cognitive reasoning models. Install via npm and use the CLI to download personas and prompts.

Features

  • 📦 CLI tool: List and download personas, prompts, and chat modes
  • 🎭 Rich persona library: Architecture, React, Azure, and more
  • 🧠 Cognitive modes: Advanced reasoning and planning personas
  • ⚡ Easy install: npm install -g workspace-architect

Requirements

  • Node.js 20 or higher
  • npm

Configuration

# Install globally
npm install -g workspace-architect

# List available items
workspace-architect list

# Download a specific item
workspace-architect download instructions:basic-setup

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