Add critical configuration and documentation for agent collaboration

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Overview

This PR establishes a stable baseline for agent collaboration and repository standards by introducing critical configuration and documentation files triaged from #30. These changes are low-risk, completely backward compatible, and provide immediate value by improving the development environment and collaboration framework.

Problem Statement

The repository lacked structured documentation and templates for effective AI agent collaboration. Multiple agents (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT Codex, CodeRabbit, etc.) were working on tasks without clear guidelines, leading to:

• Context loss during agent handoffs
• Confusion about technical limitations (URL access, git operations)
• Inconsistent issue and PR formats
• ESLint reporting thousands of false errors from auto-generated TypeScript files

Changes Made

1. Agent Collaboration Guide (.github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md)

Added comprehensive 403-line guide documenting:

• Technical Limitations: Network access constraints, git operation restrictions, file system boundaries
• Communication Patterns: Structured templates for agent-to-agent handoffs, review requests, and completion reports
• Workflow Templates: Task assignment, multi-agent collaboration, and code review workflows
• Best Practices: Context preservation, handling limitations, testing requirements
• Common Issues: Practical solutions for URL access, merge conflicts, and cross-agent communication
• Task Templates: Standardized formats for bug fixes, feature implementation, and refactoring
• Tool-Specific Notes: Guidelines for Copilot, Codex, CodeRabbit, and other AI agents

2. Issue Templates (.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/)

Created three standardized templates to improve issue management:

• agent_task.md (94 lines): Structured format for AI agent task assignments with requirements, technical details, testing needs, and success criteria
• bug_report.md (84 lines): Comprehensive bug reporting with environment details, reproduction steps, and impact assessment
• feature_request.md (90 lines): Feature proposals including use cases, technical considerations, benefits, and success metrics

3. Pull Request Template (.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md)

Added 183-line comprehensive PR template covering:

• Type of change classification
• Testing and validation checklist (build, lint, type checking, manual testing)
• Documentation requirements
• Code quality standards
• Impact assessment (performance, bundle size, backward compatibility)
• Deployment notes
• Special section for AI agent contributions

4. Enhanced Copilot Instructions (.github/copilot-instructions.md)

Added 55 lines to existing instructions:

• Agent collaboration section with technical limitations summary
• Communication best practices for multi-agent workflows
• Quick reference handoff template
• Instructions for using issue and PR templates
• Multi-agent workflow guidance

5. ESLint Configuration Fix (eslint.config.js)

Fixed ESLint to ignore auto-generated TypeScript declaration files:

- ignores: ['dist/**', 'dist-ssr/**', 'node_modules/**']
+ ignores: ['dist/**', 'dist-ssr/**', 'node_modules/**', 'auto-imports.d.ts', 'components.d.ts']

Impact: Eliminates thousands of false linting errors, providing clean feedback focused on actual code quality issues.

Testing

All changes thoroughly validated:

✅ Build: Successful (7.43s, no regressions)

npm run build
# ✓ 1565 modules transformed
# ✓ built in 7.43s

✅ Lint: Clean (0 errors)

npm run lint
# (no output - all checks pass)

✅ Formatting: All new files properly formatted with Prettier

Benefits

1. Improved Agent Collaboration: Clear guidelines reduce misunderstandings and context loss between AI agents
2. Better Issue/PR Management: Standardized formats improve triage, prioritization, and contribution quality
3. Cleaner Development Environment: ESLint focuses on real issues, faster CI/CD feedback
4. Foundation for Future Work: Establishes patterns for multi-agent workflows that can be refined over time
5. Immediate Value: All documentation and templates are ready to use without additional configuration

Risk Assessment

Risk Level: ⬇️ Very Low

• All changes are documentation and configuration only
• No code changes to application logic
• Completely backward compatible
• No impact on existing development workflows
• Can be safely reverted if needed

Statistics

• Files Changed: 7 (6 new, 2 modified)
• Lines Added: 910
• Lines Removed: 1
• Breaking Changes: None

Related Issues

Triaged from #30 as part of establishing stable baseline for repository standards and agent collaboration.

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Note for Reviewers: This PR focuses exclusively on documentation and configuration to minimize risk while providing maximum value. The comprehensive agent collaboration guide and templates will significantly improve coordination between AI agents and human contributors alike.

Original prompt

Create a pull request to merge critical configuration and documentation files triaged from #30. The PR should establish a stable baseline for agent collaboration and repository standards, allowing for more effective development and review of other open pull requests. It includes updated Copilot instructions, a comprehensive agent collaboration guide, standardized issue and pull request templates, and a fix for the ESLint configuration. These changes are low-risk and provide immediate value by improving the development environment and collaboration framework.

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📝 Walkthrough

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation

  • Added comprehensive issue templates for bug reports and feature requests to streamline contributor submissions.
  • Added structured pull request template to improve PR quality and consistency.
  • Added collaboration guidelines for AI-assisted development workflows.
  • Updated Copilot instructions with multi-agent collaboration best practices.

• Chores

  • Updated ESLint configuration to exclude auto-generated type definition files.

Walkthrough

This PR introduces governance and collaboration infrastructure for AI agents in the Bleedy project, adding comprehensive guidelines, issue templates for agents and contributors, a PR template, and Copilot instructions. Additionally, ESLint ignore patterns are extended to exclude generated type definition files.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Issue Templates .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/agent_task.md, .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md, .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md	Three new GitHub issue templates added: agent task template with agent-specific metadata and complexity assessment; bug report template with environment and reproduction details; feature request template with user stories and technical considerations.
Collaboration Guidelines & Templates .github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md, .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md, .github/copilot-instructions.md	New comprehensive AI agent collaboration guide detailing environmental constraints, allowed actions, communication protocols, and structured templates for handoffs and completion reports. PR template added with sections for change description, testing, and impact assessment. Copilot instructions extended with multi-agent workflow guidance and collaboration templates.
Configuration eslint.config.js	ESLint ignore patterns extended to include auto-imports.d.ts and components.d.ts generated type definition files.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

The changes consist primarily of documentation templates and straightforward configuration additions. Review focuses on template structure clarity, completeness of guidance sections, and verification of the ESLint configuration syntax. Homogeneous nature of template changes (consistent formatting patterns) reduces per-file cognitive load.

Possibly related PRs

• danelkay93/bleedy#32: Modifies overlapping files including .github/copilot-instructions.md and eslint.config.js with similar governance and configuration updates.

Poem

🐰 With templates and guides, we collaborate true,
AI agents now know just what they should do,
From bugs to features, each task finds its place,
Guidelines aligned at a harmonious pace! 🚀

Pre-merge checks and finishing touches

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title Check	✅ Passed	The PR title "Add critical configuration and documentation for agent collaboration" accurately captures the main objective of the changeset. The title directly reflects the primary changes: adding documentation files (.github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md, issue templates, PR template, Copilot instructions) and configuration updates (eslint.config.js). The title is specific enough to convey the purpose of establishing agent collaboration guidelines while remaining concise and clear, making it easy for teammates scanning history to understand the primary change.
Description Check	✅ Passed	The PR description is comprehensive and thoroughly related to the changeset. It clearly articulates the problem statement (lack of structured documentation for AI agent collaboration), details all seven modified/new files with their purposes and scope, provides testing validation results, and explains the benefits and risk assessment. The description is neither vague nor generic; it provides meaningful context about why these changes were made and what value they provide without being off-topic.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changes. Docstring coverage check skipped.

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📒 Files selected for processing (7)

• .github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md (1 hunks)
• .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/agent_task.md (1 hunks)
• .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md (1 hunks)
• .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md (1 hunks)
• .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md (1 hunks)
• .github/copilot-instructions.md (1 hunks)
• eslint.config.js (1 hunks)

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🧠 Learnings (2)

📓 Common learnings

Learnt from: danelkay93
PR: danelkay93/bleedy#0
File: :0-0
Timestamp: 2025-10-18T01:11:57.805Z
Learning: The Bleedy repository now has comprehensive agent collaboration infrastructure documented in .github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md, including handoff protocols, issue/PR templates, and multi-agent coordination patterns.

📚 Learning: 2025-10-18T01:11:57.805Z

Learnt from: danelkay93
PR: danelkay93/bleedy#0
File: :0-0
Timestamp: 2025-10-18T01:11:57.805Z
Learning: The Bleedy repository now has comprehensive agent collaboration infrastructure documented in .github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md, including handoff protocols, issue/PR templates, and multi-agent coordination patterns.

Applied to files:

• .github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md
• .github/copilot-instructions.md

🪛 LanguageTool

.github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md

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.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

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.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/agent_task.md

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.github/copilot-instructions.md

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🔇 Additional comments (7)

eslint.config.js (1)

6-6: LGTM! Auto-generated type declarations appropriately ignored.

Adding auto-imports.d.ts and components.d.ts to the ignore list is the correct approach for auto-generated TypeScript declaration files. This eliminates false lint errors from generated code.

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md (1)

1-183: Well-structured and comprehensive PR template.

This template provides excellent structure for documenting changes, with clear sections for:

• Change classification and impact assessment
• Testing validation and code quality checklists
• Documentation requirements
• Deployment considerations
• AI agent contribution tracking

The template will help ensure consistent, high-quality PR submissions.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md (1)

1-90: Comprehensive feature request template.

This template encourages well-thought-out feature proposals with clear sections for problem statement, user stories, technical considerations, and success metrics. The inclusion of implementation complexity and priority fields will help with planning and triage.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/agent_task.md (1)

1-94: Well-designed agent task template.

This template provides clear structure for AI agent task assignments, with appropriate sections for context, requirements, technical approach, and success criteria. The reference to .github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md at line 94 ensures consistency with the broader agent collaboration framework.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md (1)

1-84: Thorough bug report template.

This template captures all essential information for bug triage and debugging, including reproduction steps, environment details, error messages, and impact assessment. The inclusion of "Possible Root Cause" and "Workaround" fields encourages contributors to share diagnostic insights.

.github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md (1)

1-403: Excellent comprehensive agent collaboration guide.

This guide provides thorough documentation for AI agent collaboration, covering:

• Technical constraints clearly defined (lines 16-48): Network access limitations, git operation restrictions, and filesystem boundaries are well-documented, preventing agents from attempting unsupported operations.

• Practical communication templates (lines 49-139): Structured templates for handoffs, review requests, and completion reports will improve inter-agent coordination.

• Workflow patterns (lines 141-166): Clear workflows for task assignment, multi-agent collaboration, and code review provide actionable guidance.

• Real-world solutions (lines 209-252): Common issues section addresses practical problems agents will encounter.

• Tool-specific guidance (lines 326-355): Acknowledges different capabilities across agents (Copilot, Codex, CodeRabbit).

This documentation will significantly improve AI agent collaboration efficiency in the repository.

Based on learnings

.github/copilot-instructions.md (1)

258-312: No duplicate content exists—original review comment is incorrect.

Verification confirms that each key pattern in the "Agent Collaboration" section appears exactly once:

• "## Agent Collaboration" headings: 1
• "Technical Limitations" sections: 1
• "Handoff Template" references: 1
• "Multi-Agent Workflows" sections: 1

The AI-generated summary that flagged content duplication was a false positive. The section flows logically from start to finish with no repeated blocks, and all subsections are unique. No changes are needed.

Likely an incorrect or invalid review comment.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR establishes a comprehensive agent collaboration framework and improves the development environment by adding standardized documentation, templates, and configuration fixes. It creates a stable baseline for AI agent coordination while maintaining complete backward compatibility.

Key changes include:

• Added comprehensive agent collaboration documentation with technical constraints and communication patterns
• Created standardized GitHub issue and pull request templates for better project management
• Fixed ESLint configuration to eliminate false errors from auto-generated TypeScript files

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 7 out of 7 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
.github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md	Comprehensive 403-line guide detailing agent limitations, communication patterns, workflow templates, and best practices
.github/copilot-instructions.md	Enhanced existing instructions with 55 lines covering agent collaboration, technical limitations, and workflow guidance
.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md	New 183-line comprehensive PR template with testing checklist, impact assessment, and agent-specific sections
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/agent_task.md	New 94-line template for structured AI agent task assignments with requirements and success criteria
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md	New 84-line standardized bug report template with environment details and impact assessment
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md	New 90-line feature request template including use cases, technical considerations, and success metrics
eslint.config.js	Fixed configuration to ignore auto-generated TypeScript declaration files, eliminating false lint errors

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Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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[danelkay93]

@coderabbitai review full

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@danelkay93: I'll perform a full review of this PR. This will include a comprehensive analysis of all the configuration and documentation changes, including the agent collaboration guide, issue/PR templates, Copilot instructions, and ESLint configuration updates.

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🧠 Learnings used

Learnt from: danelkay93
PR: danelkay93/bleedy#0
File: :0-0
Timestamp: 2025-10-18T01:11:57.805Z
Learning: The Bleedy repository now has comprehensive agent collaboration infrastructure documented in .github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.md, including handoff protocols, issue/PR templates, and multi-agent coordination patterns.

✅ Actions performed

Full review triggered.

[danelkay93]

@codex Review this thoroughly and suggest changes and additions to improve codex (and copilot in regards to its use of ChatGPT or OpenAI models) configuration, instructions, documentation, and implementation of best practices to better leverage ChatGPT's strengths and advantages seamlessly as part of multi-agent collaboration.

[danelkay93]

@gemini Review this thoroughly and also suggest additions and changes to better integrate Gemini coding agent and Gemini models in Copilot's agent, as well as Jules, and other Google agents as needed.

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Summary

• Expanded the agent collaboration guide with model-specific playbooks and response quality standards so ChatGPT and Copilot roles are explicit during multi-agent handoffs. .github/AGENT_COLLABORATION.mdL13-L265
• Added a dedicated ChatGPT Codex instruction manual covering response formatting, collaboration expectations, and escalation steps tailored to this repository. .github/chatgpt-codex-instructions.mdL1-L53
• Documented how GitHub Copilot should engage ChatGPT Codex for planning, validation, and handoffs to keep workflows tightly aligned. .github/copilot-instructions.mdL173-L205

Testing

• ⚠️ Not run (documentation-only changes)

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