chore: refine Copilot PR interface review prompt [no-ci]#707
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Refines the repo’s Copilot PR interface-review prompt to improve internal consistency and clarify guidance around test auditing and name-collision risk when new public symbols are introduced.
Changes:
- Aligns Step 1’s “ignore tests” instruction with Step 5 by explicitly calling out added/deleted/removed-case test changes.
- Broadens Tier 6’s name-collision description beyond same-named local symbols to include glob/namespace-style imports across languages.
- Adds an explicit fence language (
markdown) for the per-interface template block to satisfy markdownlint (MD040).
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| | 🔍 **4** | **Type tightening / silent risk** | A type was narrowed (e.g. `str` → enum), a default removed, a docstring contract changed, or behavior subtly shifted. Compiles fine; may surprise users. | | ||
| | ➕ **5** | **Purely additive** | New optional field, new optional parameter with default, new method, new exported type. No existing caller can break. | | ||
| | 🆕 **6** | **Brand-new public type** | Entirely new type/class/symbol with no predecessor. Only breaks callers who happened to define a same-named local symbol. | | ||
| | 🆕 **6** | **Brand-new public type** | Entirely new type/class/symbol with no predecessor. Only breaks callers via name collision — same-named local symbol, glob imports (`from X import *`, `use X::*`), Go dot-imports, or TypeScript `import * as` destructuring. | |
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Refines
.github/prompts/pr-interface-review.mdbased on Copilot review feedback raised during the original rollout:Step 1 / Step 5 consistency — Step 1 said "ignore tests except deleted" but Step 5 also requires reviewing added tests that prove compat shims. Broadened Step 1 to cover added, deleted, and modified-to-remove tests. (raised on
deepgram/deepgram-go-sdk#329)Tier 6 broadened — original wording only mentioned same-named local symbols as collision vectors. Now also covers glob/namespace imports (Python
from X import *, Rustuse X::*, Go dot-imports, TypeScriptimport * asdestructuring). (raised ondeepgram/deepgram-js-sdk#495)Fence language — the template fenced block now declares
markdownto satisfy markdownlint MD040. (raised ondeepgram/deepgram-go-sdk#329)Canonical source:
deepgram/dx-stack. Rollout context:docs/copilot-prompts.md.[no-ci]— docs-only refinement to a previously-merged file.