Flight Log / microsoft/vscode #255513
Add support for `name` attribute in custom chat mode frontmatter — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight
The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in microsoft/vscode on Jul 12, 2025; a burn — closed unmerged after human review: +138 −3, 9 files, 0 reviews.
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GitHub Copilot took on a feat task in microsoft/vscode to add a name attribute to custom chat mode frontmatter. The change touched nine files across three commits, adding 138 lines and removing three. Zero reviews were filed. The PR closed unmerged after human review, a burn. The reviewer suggested uppercasing the dropdown name instead.
“@copilot can you rather consider just uppercasing the name in the mode dropdown?”
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From the pull request description
This PR adds support for a `name` attribute in the frontmatter of custom chat modes (`.chatmode.md` files) to allow proper capitalization and formatting of mode names in the UI dropdown. ## Problem Previously, custom chat mode names were derived solely from the filename, which resulted in lowercase…
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- Jul 12, 2025closedbpasero
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Cite this flight: AgentRiders Flight Log, microsoft/vscode#255513, record updated Nov 3, 2026, https://agentriders.com/logs/microsoft/vscode/255513/
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