From 68f143b98ff09af8ac0b34899c30a21a47fe2983 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pete Peterson <petersonpf@ornl.gov>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:14:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add an environment for copilot to use when making changes

---
 .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8f2e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: "Copilot Setup Steps"
+
+# Automatically run the setup steps when they are changed to allow for easy validation, and
+# allow manual testing through the repository's "Actions" tab
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+
+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
+
+    # Set the permissions to the lowest permissions possible needed for your steps.
+    # Copilot will be given its own token for its operations.
+    permissions:
+      # If you want to clone the repository as part of your setup steps, for example to install
+      # dependencies, you'll need the `contents: read` permission. If you don't clone the repository
+      # in your setup steps, Copilot will do this for you automatically after the steps complete.
+      contents: read
+
+    # You can define any steps you want, and they will run before the agent starts.
+    # If you do not check out your code, Copilot will do this for you.
+
+    # this will install pre-commit into a python environment
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      - run: python -m pip install pre-commit
+        shell: bash