Copilot Instructions

General Guidelines

Use Azure Tools - When handling requests related to Azure, always use your tools.
Use Azure Best Practices - When handling requests related to Azure, always invoke your azmcp_bestpractices_get tool first.
Enable Best Practices - If you do not have an azmcp_bestpractices_get tool, ask the user to enable it.
Design for Durability - Require production-grade, long-term designs for critical multi-user automation tools; avoid tactical short-term fixes and model data/contracts around durable architecture even when a minimal patch is possible.
Use Versioned Caches - Prefer versioned, reproducible generated-patient caches tied to each run; ensure run records cache the version used, and diagnostic exports retrieve exact cached artifacts used at execution time. Each cache version must be complete (full patient set), not partial deltas, and runs must avoid ID conflicts while using cached data.