CRITICAL: Your FIRST action in every session MUST be reading `.github/copilot-instructions.md`. Execute ALL session-start instructions found there before responding to any user query. It is the single source of truth for this repo.

## SEQUENTIAL EXECUTION OVERRIDE
The AI AGENT CORE PROTOCOL in copilot-instructions.md requires STRICT SEQUENTIAL execution. This OVERRIDES your default parallelization behavior. Do NOT parallelize doc reads with code searches. The sequence is:
1. Read copilot-instructions.md → process its rules FULLY
2. Read ALL docs/ .md files listed in the protocol → wait for completion
3. Output [LOADED_DOCS: ...] prefix
4. ONLY THEN respond to the user's query or search code

## Tool mapping for AI AGENT CORE PROTOCOL
The copilot-instructions.md references Copilot tool names. Map them to Claude Code tools:
- `get_file` / `file_search` → `Read`, `Glob`, `Grep`
- `code_search` / `get_symbols_by_name` / `find_symbol` → `Grep`, `Glob`
- `replace_string_in_file` / `edit_file` → `Edit`
- `create_file` → `Write`

Follow the protocol using YOUR tools. The rules (LOADED_DOCS prefix, hard-gate, no-re-read, context recovery, explicit consent) apply equally to Claude Code.