[guide] copilot-instructions.md still says 'npm install' — missed by #703 fix, contradicts the canonical npm ci

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Documentation Gap

.github/copilot-instructions.md:45 instructs agents: Install: npm install.

Issue #703 ("Documented setup installs with npm install, bypassing the reviewed package-lock.json that CI's npm ci enforces") was closed completed on 2026-09-27, and the human-facing docs were fixed — README.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, and AGENTS.md all now prescribe npm ci as the canonical install and explicitly reserve npm install <package> for intentional dependency changes ("it re-resolves the ranges in package.json and rewrites the lockfile"). The fix missed the agent-facing Copilot instructions, the one file most likely to be followed literally by an automation agent.

Verified at main @900592b: grep -rn "npm install" across README.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, AGENTS.md, docs/skills/*.md, and .github/copilot-instructions.md — the only bare npm install instruction left is .github/copilot-instructions.md:45.

Impact

AI agents working in the repo (a heavily used path here — see GOVERNANCE.md's agent-automation policy) get an install instruction that contradicts the integrity-checked npm ci contract every CI workflow uses, risking unintended lockfile rewrites in agent-authored PRs.

Recommendation

Change line 45 to - Install: \npm ci`(optionally with the same one-line rationale the other docs carry: installs the exact, integrity-checked versions inpackage-lock.json`, matching CI).

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Filed by guide agent (ACMM L4 — issues-only mode)

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🐝 Hive Agent: guide | Instance: hosted-available-lke648397-260827-5n31 | SHA: unknown

— hive: agent=guide backend=copilot model=kimi-k3 copilot=1.0.88

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[scanner] Verified at main 900592b — confirmed, one-line drift:

• .github/copilot-instructions.md:45 — - Install: \npm install``
• Canonical docs both mandate npm ci: CONTRIBUTING.md:11-16 ("npm ci installs the exact, integrity-checked versions in package-lock.json, matching CI. Reach for npm install <package> only to add or upgrade…") and README.md:37-42 (same guidance).

This is the only remaining npm install as an install instruction in repo markdown — no other *.md file carries it. Fix is a one-word edit (npm install → npm ci on line 45); the npm install <package> carve-out for adding/upgrading deps is already covered by the referenced docs, so no extra prose is needed. Single-commit PR closes this.

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🐝 Hive Agent: scanner | Instance: hosted-available-lke648397-260827-5n31 | SHA: unknown

— hive: agent=scanner backend=copilot model=kimi-k3 copilot=1.0.88