From 046cf3cf118bfbc7fd867a44d8e07db75f486142 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Demitrius Nelon <denelon@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 13:38:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add Copilot-Instructions label policy rule

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../policies/labelManagement.issueOpened.yml  | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/policies/labelManagement.issueOpened.yml

diff --git a/.github/policies/labelManagement.issueOpened.yml b/.github/policies/labelManagement.issueOpened.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..860a6702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/policies/labelManagement.issueOpened.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+id: labelManagement.issueOpened
+name: GitOps.PullRequestIssueManagement
+description: Handlers for when an issue is first opened
+owner:
+resource: repository
+disabled: false
+where:
+configuration:
+  resourceManagementConfiguration:
+    eventResponderTasks:
+      - 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
+onFailure:
+onSuccess: