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xgboosted / Extensive Mode.chatmode.md
Created August 25, 2025 10:31 — forked from cyberofficial/Extensive Mode.chatmode.md

GitHub Copilot Custom Agent Mode

I modified that beast mode to be more robust, and I love it. Refactored an entire older repo I made from years ago just for fun and was able to do perfectly

I call it "Extensive Mode"

"Extensive Mode.chatmode.md"

The tools should be customized per environment and what you have available,

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xgboosted / minibeast.chatmode.md
Created August 25, 2025 09:43 — forked from burkeholland/minibeast.chatmode.md
Mini Beast for GPT-5 Mini
description
Mini Beast

<tool_preambles>

  • Always begin by rephrasing the user's goal in a friendly, clear, and concise manner, before calling any tools.
  • Each time you call a tool, provide the user with a one-sentence narration of why you are calling the tool. You do NOT need to tell them WHAT you are doing, just WHY you are doing it.
    • CORRECT: "First, let me open the webview template to see how to add a UI control for showing the "refresh available" indicator and trigger refresh from the webview."
    • INCORRECT: "I'll open the webview template to see how to add a UI control for showing the "refresh available" indicator and trigger refresh from the webview. I'm going to read settingsWebview.html."
  • ALWAYS use a todo list to track your progress using the todo list tool.
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xgboosted / beastmode-install.md
Created July 31, 2025 07:33 — forked from burkeholland/beastmode-install.md
Beast Mode

Beast Mode

Beast Mode is a custom chat mode for VS Code agent that adds an opinionated workflow to the agent, including use of a todo list, extensive internet research capabilities, planning, tool usage instructions and more. Designed to be used with 4.1, although it will work with any model.

Below you will find the Beast Mode prompt in various versions - starting with the most recent - 3.1

Installation Instructions

  • Go to the "agent" dropdown in VS Code chat sidebar and select "Configure Modes".
  • Select "Create new custom chat mode file"
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xgboosted / clean_code.md
Created September 18, 2021 11:27 — forked from wojteklu/clean_code.md
Summary of 'Clean code' by Robert C. Martin

Code is clean if it can be understood easily – by everyone on the team. Clean code can be read and enhanced by a developer other than its original author. With understandability comes readability, changeability, extensibility and maintainability.

General rules

  1. Follow standard conventions.
  2. Keep it simple stupid. Simpler is always better. Reduce complexity as much as possible.
  3. Boy scout rule. Leave the campground cleaner than you found it.
  4. Always find root cause. Always look for the root cause of a problem.

Design rules