From 4a36a917360af0d01b9d52ebead058dd9804a198 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Demitrius Nelon <denelon@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 13:33:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add Copilot-Instructions label policy rule

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../policies/labelManagement.issueOpened.yml    | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/policies/labelManagement.issueOpened.yml b/.github/policies/labelManagement.issueOpened.yml
index b337ed7d509e1..1b8bc09191d05 100644
--- a/.github/policies/labelManagement.issueOpened.yml
+++ b/.github/policies/labelManagement.issueOpened.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@ configuration:
             then:
               - addLabel:
                   label: Needs-CLA
+      - description: Add Copilot-Instructions label to PRs modifying Copilot instruction files
+        if:
+          - payloadType: Pull_Request
+          - or:
+              - isAction:
+                  action: Opened
+              - isAction:
+                  action: Synchronize
+          - filesMatchPattern:
+              pattern: ^\.github/(copilot-instructions\.md|instructions/.+\.instructions\.md)$
+              matchAny: true
+          - not:
+              hasLabel:
+                label: Copilot-Instructions
+        then:
+          - addLabel:
+              label: Copilot-Instructions
       - description: Add Needs-Triage to new issues
         if:
           - payloadType: Issues