Add content fidelity/preservation rule to the What's New include SKILL file - #37552
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[WIP] Improve preservation rules for what's new agent
Add content fidelity/preservation rule to the What's New include SKILL file
Aug 27, 2026
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The What's New automation's content rules (
.github/skills/whats-new-include-content-rules/SKILL.md) governed only formatting — headings, xrefs, links, phrasing, naming — with no directive against condensing source release notes. The agent could drop parallel examples or the rationale tying prose to code, degrading fidelity.Changes
### Content fidelity — preserve information; do not condenseas the first subsection under## Content rules. It requires transferring all substantive content (every code example, explanatory sentence, and the reasoning connecting prose to code), forbids dropping one of a set of parallel examples, mandates keeping the "why" next to code and a per-include self-containment re-read, and limits removal to genuine cross-preview duplication.Not included — access-restricted
The issue also asked to reinforce this in Step 1 of
.github/agents/whats-new-from-release-notes.agent.md. That file lives under.github/agents, which this agent can't access, so the change wasn't made here and needs to be applied manually. Suggested Step 1 text:Because the agent-file reinforcement is still outstanding, this only partially addresses the issue.