microsoft/hve-core

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title: Contributing AI Artifacts
description: Guides for contributing agents, instructions, and prompts to hve-core
author: Microsoft
ms.date: 2025-11-26
ms.topic: overview
keywords:
  - contributing
  - agents
  - instructions
  - prompts
  - ai artifacts
estimated_reading_time: 2
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Guidelines and standards for contributing AI artifacts to hve-core.

## Contribution Guides

| Guide                                      | Description                                                                     |
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Common Standards](ai-artifacts-common.md) | Shared conventions, quality gates, and rejection criteria for all contributions |
| [Custom Agents](custom-agents.md)          | How to create and submit new agent definitions                                  |
| [Instructions](instructions.md)            | How to create repository-specific coding guidelines                             |
| [Prompts](prompts.md)                      | How to create reusable prompt templates                                         |
| [Skills](skills.md)                        | How to create skill packages with scripts and documentation                     |
| [Release Process](release-process.md)      | Extension channels, maturity levels, and publishing workflow                    |

## Before You Start

1. Read the [Common Standards](ai-artifacts-common.md) first - it defines quality gates that apply to all artifact types
2. Check existing artifacts in `.github/` to avoid duplicating functionality
3. Review the [main Contributing Guide](../../CONTRIBUTING.md) for general contribution process

## Quick Links

- [Agents Directory](../../.github/agents/)
- [Instructions Directory](../../.github/instructions/)
- [Prompts Directory](../../.github/prompts/)
- [Skills Directory](../../.github/skills/)

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