From 939126277338fa32c718248cc0327ca8a38fdd8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:38:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Initial plan


From 58d355b6984047c168e532e835054080c6a72ad6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:05:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] add snapshot: true to copilot-setup-steps; sync template

Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/api2r/pkgskills/sessions/ebf6bbda-0e3d-4267-bd8a-97bf89c9848f

Co-authored-by: jonthegeek <33983824+jonthegeek@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml        | 1 +
 NEWS.md                                          | 1 +
 inst/templates/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml | 6 +++---
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
index d5dffcf..ecd20df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   # The job MUST be called `copilot-setup-steps` or it will not be picked up by Copilot.
   copilot-setup-steps:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    snapshot: true
 
     permissions:
       contents: read
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 30d50a2..7496b0f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # pkgskills (development version)
 
+* `copilot-setup-steps.yml` template now uses `snapshot: true` for faster Copilot startup, and matches the installed workflow (@jonthegeek, #67).
 * `AGENTS.md` and `tdd-workflow` skill instructions now explicitly explain how to determine the GitHub issue number and warn agents never to guess or invent one (@copilot, #61).
 * `use_agent()` template is reconciled with this package's `AGENTS.md` file (#59).
 * `tdd-workflow` skill now documents `stbl::expect_pkg_error_snapshot()` with an explicit `package` argument instead of a helper-defined version (#51).
diff --git a/inst/templates/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml b/inst/templates/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
index 990ca25..ecd20df 100644
--- a/inst/templates/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+++ b/inst/templates/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   # The job MUST be called `copilot-setup-steps` or it will not be picked up by Copilot.
   copilot-setup-steps:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: ghcr.io/api2r/pkgskills-ci:release
+    snapshot: true
 
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -26,8 +25,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: ./.github/workflows/install
         with:
-          use-container: "true"
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          cache-version: copilot
           needs: build, check, website
           # Extra packages include things referenced in skills, to make sure the
           # agent has them available.
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
             any::usethis
             any::withr
             wranglezone/stbl
+            Gilead-BioStats/qcthat
             local::.
 
       - name: Install air

From 0d17fa07e226dfd0bf235a7c8e8be40dcfa0f1b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:11:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] remove qcthat from template; drop non-user-facing NEWS
 bullet

Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/api2r/pkgskills/sessions/39147a3d-2091-4509-a0f9-68829e3007e4

Co-authored-by: jonthegeek <33983824+jonthegeek@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 NEWS.md                                          | 1 -
 inst/templates/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7496b0f..30d50a2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # pkgskills (development version)
 
-* `copilot-setup-steps.yml` template now uses `snapshot: true` for faster Copilot startup, and matches the installed workflow (@jonthegeek, #67).
 * `AGENTS.md` and `tdd-workflow` skill instructions now explicitly explain how to determine the GitHub issue number and warn agents never to guess or invent one (@copilot, #61).
 * `use_agent()` template is reconciled with this package's `AGENTS.md` file (#59).
 * `tdd-workflow` skill now documents `stbl::expect_pkg_error_snapshot()` with an explicit `package` argument instead of a helper-defined version (#51).
diff --git a/inst/templates/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml b/inst/templates/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
index ecd20df..ff5a278 100644
--- a/inst/templates/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+++ b/inst/templates/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ jobs:
             any::usethis
             any::withr
             wranglezone/stbl
-            Gilead-BioStats/qcthat
             local::.
 
       - name: Install air