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Gordon Lam 961a65f470 Update VSCode task for streamline build + fix prompts syntax error (#44605)
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## Summary of the Pull Request
This pull request introduces several improvements and updates across the
repository, focusing on build tooling, prompt configuration for AI
agents, and documentation clarity. The most significant changes include
the addition of new VSCode build tasks, updates to prompt files to use a
newer AI model, enhancements to the build script for flexibility, and
refinements to documentation and style rules.

### Enabled scenario
* On any active files in VSCode, do "Ctrl + Shift + B" just build
correctly for you.
* The Run Task (no matter from Terminal or Ctrl + Shift + P), we can see
the build option:
<img width="1210" height="253" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/09fbef16-55ce-42d5-a9ec-74111be83472"
/>

**Build tooling and automation:**

* Added a new `.vscode/tasks.json` file with configurable build tasks
for PowerToys, supporting quick and customizable builds with platform
and configuration selection.
* Enhanced `tools/build/build.ps1` to support an optional `-Path`
parameter for building projects in a specified directory, updated
parameter documentation, and improved logic to resolve the working
directory.
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**AI agent prompt configuration:**

* Updated all prompt files in `.github/prompts/` to use the
`GPT-5.1-Codex-Max` model instead of older models, and standardized the
agent field format.
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* Improved clarity and consistency in the description and instructions
within the `review-issue.prompt.md` file.

**Documentation and style rules:**

* Updated `.github/copilot-instructions.md` to clarify that C++ and C#
style analyzers and formatters are now enforced from the `src/`
directory, not the repo root, and made the C++ formatting rule more
precise.

## PR Checklist
- [N/A] Closes: #xxx
- [N/A] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass

## Validation Steps Performed
- Not run (config/docs/build-script changes only).
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