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From: Gordon Lam <73506701+yeelam-gordon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 08:31:40 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] chore(claude): add symlinks for Claude Code support to GitHub
 configs (#45204)
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## Summary of the Pull Request

Adds Claude Code support by creating symbolic links under `.claude/`
that point to existing GitHub Copilot configuration files in `.github/`.
This enables Claude Code to use the same AI contributor guidance,
agents, prompts, instructions, and skills without duplicating content.

## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments

This PR creates a `.claude/` directory with symbolic links mapping
Claude Code's expected paths to existing GitHub Copilot configurations:

| Claude Code Path | → | GitHub Copilot Source |
|------------------|---|----------------------|
| `.claude/CLAUDE.md` | → | `.github/copilot-instructions.md` |
| `.claude/agents/` | → | `.github/agents/` |
| `.claude/commands/` | → | `.github/prompts/` |
| `.claude/rules/` | → | `.github/instructions/` |
| `.claude/skills/` | → | `.github/skills/` |

**Key benefits:**
- Single source of truth — edits to `.github/` files automatically apply
to Claude Code
- Directory symlinks ensure new files (agents, prompts, skills) are
picked up without updating the mapping
- `.gitattributes` updated with `symlink` hint for `.claude/**`

**Windows users cloning this repo need:**
- Developer Mode enabled, OR admin privileges
- `git config --global core.symlinks true` before cloning

## Validation Steps Performed

- [x] Verified symlinks resolve correctly on Windows (`Get-ChildItem
.claude` shows targets)
- [x] Confirmed content is readable through symlinks (`Get-Content
.claude\CLAUDE.md`)
- [x] Verified Git indexes files as symlinks (mode `120000` in `git
ls-files -s`)
- [x] Confirmed symlink targets stored with forward slashes for
cross-platform compatibility
- [x] No automated tests required — changes are config/symlinks only
with no runtime impact
---
 .claude/CLAUDE.md | 1 +
 .claude/agents    | 1 +
 .claude/commands  | 1 +
 .claude/rules     | 1 +
 .claude/skills    | 1 +
 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 120000 .claude/CLAUDE.md
 create mode 120000 .claude/agents
 create mode 120000 .claude/commands
 create mode 120000 .claude/rules
 create mode 120000 .claude/skills

diff --git a/.claude/CLAUDE.md b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..ff80726687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.github/copilot-instructions.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.claude/agents b/.claude/agents
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..fa084a095e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/agents
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.github/agents
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.claude/commands b/.claude/commands
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..95a795b09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/commands
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.github/prompts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.claude/rules b/.claude/rules
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..89b1ff5da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/rules
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.github/instructions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.claude/skills b/.claude/skills
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3e73f3a383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/skills
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.github/skills
\ No newline at end of file