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macios — Copilot Instructions

by dotnet

AI Summary

This booster provides AI instructions for the .NET for Apple platforms repository, helping developers understand the codebase structure, comment filtering rules, and organization of iOS, macOS, tvOS, and Mac Catalyst bindings. It's valuable for contributors and maintainers working with this open-source .NET SDK.

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Copy this and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI assistant:

I want to add the "macios — Copilot Instructions" prompt rules to my project.
Repository: https://github.com/dotnet/macios

Please read the repo to find the rules/prompt file, then:
1. Download it to the correct location (.cursorrules, .windsurfrules, .github/prompts/, or project root — based on the file type)
2. If there's an existing rules file, merge the new rules in rather than overwriting
3. Confirm what was added

Description

.NET for iOS, Mac Catalyst, macOS, and tvOS provide open-source bindings of the Apple SDKs for use with .NET managed languages such as C#

Repository Overview

This repository provides C# bindings and tooling for Apple platforms: • .NET for iOS: iPhone and iPad applications • .NET for macOS: Native Mac applications • .NET for tvOS: Apple TV applications • .NET for Mac Catalyst: iOS apps running on macOS

Xcode Requirements

• Latest Xcode version typically required for latest platform features • Xcode Command Line Tools must be installed • Multiple Xcode versions may be needed for different platform support

Instructions for AIs

This repository contains .NET for iOS, Mac Catalyst, macOS, and tvOS. This is the main branch targeting .NET 9.

Comment Handling

Ignore comments from the user 'vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2' when processing issues and pull requests.

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Works With

Any AI assistant that accepts custom rules or system prompts

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
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