🧠 Copilot Memory Bank Template

A template to turn GitHub Copilot into a goal-oriented, memory-persistent coding assistant — inspired by AWS Kiro.

Use this setup to guide Copilot from spec → design → tasks → tested code while maintaining project context across sessions.

📝 Read the full Medium article:
Beyond Autocomplete: Give Copilot a Memory and a Brain

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🧩 What's Inside

.github/

• copilot-instructions.md — Tiny bootstrap that tells Copilot to use the memory bank and follow the Kiro-Lite process
• prompts/kiro-lite.prompt.md — A multi-phase, slash-command-based prompt that emulates Kiro’s spec-driven workflow

memory-bank/

• memory-bank-instructions.md — Defines the memory system, file structure, workflows, and update process
• copilot-rules.md — Captures project constraints, rules, and security policies
• Core context files:
  • projectbrief.md
  • productContext.md
  • systemPatterns.md
  • techContext.md
  • activeContext.md
  • progress.md
• feature-template/ — A starter folder for scoped PRD/design/task files (copied by Copilot during /start feature)

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🚦 Supported Slash Commands

Copilot only acts when triggered with these:

Command	Purpose
/start feature <name>	Initializes folder + memory files
/approve prd	Locks PRD and moves to design
/approve design	Locks design and moves to task breakdown
/approve tasks	Locks task plan and allows coding
/implement <TASK_ID>	Generates code + tests for a single task
/review complete	Confirms task is done
/update memory bank	Refreshes context and progress files

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✅ How to Use

1. 🧠 Clone the repo
2. 🔌 Add .github/copilot-instructions.md to your working repo
3. 📁 Copy the /memory-bank/ structure and fill in your context
4. 💬 Paste the kiro-lite.prompt.md into Copilot Chat
5. 🚀 Start building with /start feature <name>

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📸 Example Session

/start feature auth-login
# Copilot creates: /memory-bank/auth-login/{prd.md, design.md, ...}

[ you describe the PRD ]

/approve prd
# Copilot writes design.md

/approve design
# Copilot writes tasks.md

/implement AUTH-1
# Copilot generates file diff + tests

🧪 Want to extend it?

Add /memory-bank/commands.md as a cheatsheet Use GitHub Actions to validate memory structure on PRs Build an onboarding doc for new team members

📖 License

MIT — use it, fork it, remix it. Just don’t let your assistant commit secrets. 😉