Release 0.7.1: Specialized PR templates for Copilot automation workflows

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Release Notes › Features › Bug Fixes › Improvements
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We’re pleased to announce version 0.7.1 of the Screeps GPT autonomous bot.

What’s New

New Features

  • Specialized PR templates for Copilot automation workflows (#130)
    • Created .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/copilot-todo.md for Todo workflow PRs with automation-specific checklists
    • Created .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/copilot-quickfix.md for CI autofix PRs with validation-focused content
    • Templates reduce cognitive load by removing irrelevant manual checklist items
    • Improved reviewer guidance specific to Copilot-generated changes
    • Maintained quality standards while tailoring context to automated change types
    • Ready workflow integration (requires manual application due to workflow permission constraints)
  • Enhanced Copilot prompt templates with action enforcement rules (#127)
    • Added mandatory action requirements with explicit “MUST” criteria for all workflows
    • Implemented comprehensive failure handling for GitHub API issues, missing data, and timeout conditions
    • Added explicit output quality requirements and validation criteria
    • Included actionable finding criteria and severity assessment guidelines
    • Added pre/post-execution validation steps for all automated operations
  • Standardized prompt template naming and structure
    • Renamed todo-issue → todo-automation for consistency with workflow purpose
    • Renamed repository-audit → repository-review for clarity
    • Updated corresponding workflow files to reference new prompt paths
  • Enhanced action appropriateness criteria
    • Added explicit guidelines for when automatic fixes are appropriate vs. manual intervention required
    • Implemented quality gates preventing inappropriate automation of complex issues
    • Added concrete thresholds and examples for anomaly detection and severity assessment
  • Comprehensive prompt template audit documentation in docs/automation/prompt-audit.md
    • Detailed analysis of existing templates with strengths and gaps identified
    • Enhancement framework and recommendations for consistent action enforcement
    • Impact assessment and validation requirements for template changes
  • Created .github/copilot-instructions.md with repository-specific guidelines for GitHub Copilot coding agent
  • Includes coding standards, development workflow, testing expectations, and documentation requirements
  • References comprehensive documentation in AGENTS.md, README.md, and docs/ for detailed guidance
  • Integrated Screeps API MCP server with GitHub Copilot workflows for direct Screeps server interaction
  • Integrated Playwright MCP server for browser automation capabilities
  • Added MCP server configuration files: .github/mcp/screeps-api.json and .github/mcp/playwright.json
  • Enhanced copilot-exec action to support multiple MCP servers via additional-mcp-config parameter
  • Added comprehensive MCP server documentation in AGENTS.md and docs/automation/overview.md
  • Implemented a basic Screeps runtime with headcount-based spawning and simple harvester/upgrader state machines

Improvements

  • Migrated from pnpm to npm as the package manager
  • Updated all workflow files to use npm instead of pnpm
  • Updated documentation to reference npm commands
  • Added .nvmrc file to specify Node.js 16.20.2
  • Updated package.json to remove pnpm references and specify npm in engines
  • Copilot CI AutoFix workflow now monitors all workflow failures (except itself) instead of only Quality Gate failures, enabling automated fixes for any CI failure
  • Updated screeps-stats-monitor.yml to use Screeps API MCP server for direct telemetry access
  • Enhanced .github/copilot/prompts/stats-analysis to document available MCP servers
  • Updated README.md secrets documentation to include MCP authentication variables
  • Enhanced Copilot Todo automation workflow to create draft pull requests immediately and show visible implementation progress
    • Draft PRs are created at the start of the automation process for transparency
    • Implementation progress is shown through frequent commits and PR description updates using the report_progress tool
    • Users can follow along with the implementation in real-time
    • PRs are marked as ready for review only after all validation passes
    • Updated .github/copilot/prompts/todo-issue with new draft PR workflow
    • Updated documentation in README.md, docs/automation/overview.md, and AGENTS.md

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed build error caused by node-gyp attempting to use Python 2 syntax with Python 3
  • Moved @screeps/common, @screeps/driver, @screeps/engine, and screeps-server-mockup packages to optionalDependencies to allow installation to succeed even when native modules fail to build
  • Added .npmrc to configure build behavior for optional dependencies
  • Mockup tests now gracefully skip when isolated-vm build fails (as documented in tests/mockup/README.md)
  • Fixed post-merge workflow recursive execution by adding condition to skip when release PRs are merged back to main
  • Fixed deployment workflow not triggering by adding workflow_run trigger to chain deployment after successful release preparation
  • Simplified tag creation in post-merge workflow from GitHub API to git commands for clarity
  • Deploy workflow now falls back to latest version tag when no tag exists on triggering commit (resolves workflow run 18701965424)
  • Fixed deployment failure with empty environment variables - Changed deploy script to use || instead of ?? operator so empty string secrets default to proper Screeps API values (resolves workflow run 18702433741)

Removed

Full Changelog: 0.7.1 on GitHub