# microsoft/hve-core

A refined collection of Hypervelocity Engineering components (instructions, prompts, agents, and skills) to start your project off right, or upgrade your existing projects to get the most out of GitHub Copilot

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hve-core
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:49:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 76, longevity 21
- inputs: {"age_days": 304, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 163, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1367, forks 270 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.233736+00:00)

## What it is
HVE Core is Microsoft's opinionated library of GitHub Copilot agents, prompts, instructions, and skills for building repeatable AI-assisted software development workflows. It is a rapidly evolving pattern source rather than a stable production dependency.

## Use cases
- set up AI-assisted development workflows with GitHub Copilot
- add custom agents for research, planning, implementation, and code review
- apply consistent coding standards automatically via Copilot instructions
- learn patterns for building an agentic software development lifecycle
- bootstrap a new project with validated Copilot prompts and skills
- upgrade an existing repo to get more out of GitHub Copilot

## When to choose
- you use GitHub Copilot in VS Code and want structured, repeatable AI workflows
- you want to learn or borrow patterns for agentic SDLC tooling
- you want reusable prompts, agents, and skills to standardize AI-assisted development across a team

## When to avoid
- you need a stable, backward-compatible production dependency
- you want an unopinionated or framework-agnostic AI workflow setup
- you don't use GitHub Copilot or VS Code

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: experimental
- function: prompt-engineering, agent-framework, developer-tools, documentation
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform, editor-plugin
- tags: github-copilot, agentic-sdlc, prompt-library, ai-workflows, vscode, custom-agents, coding-instructions, automation

## Member repositories
- microsoft/hve-core (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.233736+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:41:08.503827+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.233736+00:00, sha 1edd90e41b10)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.