From 43e6fdb64fb18c8e195148c49d67e508977ef744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Addie <scott.addie@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:07:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] Update .NET README prerequisites

Move the .NET README requirements section above installation, rename it to prerequisites, and clarify the runtime requirement as any .NET Standard 2.0-compatible implementation.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 dotnet/README.md | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dotnet/README.md b/dotnet/README.md
index 9b266421f..dd1672bbf 100644
--- a/dotnet/README.md
+++ b/dotnet/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI.
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Any of the [.NET Standard 2.0-compatible .NET implementations](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/net-standard?tabs=net-standard-2-0#select-net-standard-version)
+- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in PATH (or provide custom `Connection = RuntimeConnection.ForStdio(path: ...)`)
+
 ## Installation
 
 ```bash
@@ -982,11 +987,6 @@ catch (Exception ex)
 }
 ```
 
-## Requirements
-
-- .NET 8.0 or later
-- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in PATH (or provide custom `Connection = RuntimeConnection.ForStdio(path: ...)`)
-
 ## License
 
 MIT

From d715e4ce7f2c007e4fb576ac557660c71d7c50d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:05:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] Apply consistent Prerequisites sections across all SDK
 READMEs

Co-authored-by: scottaddie <10702007+scottaddie@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 go/README.md     |  5 +++++
 java/README.md   |  6 +++---
 nodejs/README.md | 10 +++++-----
 python/README.md | 10 +++++-----
 rust/README.md   |  5 +++++
 5 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/go/README.md b/go/README.md
index 0ceaabb73..596d34751 100644
--- a/go/README.md
+++ b/go/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 A Go SDK for programmatic access to the GitHub Copilot CLI.
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Go 1.24 or later
+- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or set `COPILOT_CLI_PATH`)
+
 ## Installation
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/java/README.md b/java/README.md
index dd778271b..c984e955d 100644
--- a/java/README.md
+++ b/java/README.md
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 
 Java SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI, enabling you to build AI-powered applications and agentic workflows. The Java SDK tracks the official GitHub Copilot SDK family (TypeScript, Python, Go, .NET, and Rust).
 
-## Installation
-
-### Runtime requirements
+## Prerequisites
 
 - Java 17 or later. **JDK 25 recommended**. The distributed jar is a multi-release jar (MR-JAR) and is compiled on JDK 25 with `maven.compiler.release` set to 17. This means, when run on JDK 25 and later, the SDK automatically uses virtual threads for its default internal executor.
 - GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.55-5. or later installed and in `PATH` (or provide custom `cliPath`)
 
+## Installation
+
 ### Maven
 
 Replace `${copilot.sdk.version}` with the latest release from Maven Central.
diff --git a/nodejs/README.md b/nodejs/README.md
index 4219d3bc2..d3bfc0ac8 100644
--- a/nodejs/README.md
+++ b/nodejs/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 TypeScript SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC.
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Node.js ^20.19.0 or >=22.12.0
+- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in PATH (or provide a custom `connection`)
+
 ## Installation
 
 ```bash
@@ -1033,11 +1038,6 @@ try {
 }
 ```
 
-## Requirements
-
-- Node.js ^20.19.0 or >=22.12.0
-- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in PATH (or provide a custom `connection`)
-
 ## License
 
 MIT
diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
index a916f98ec..5ccc0ab45 100644
--- a/python/README.md
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 Python SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC.
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Python 3.11+
+- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and accessible
+
 ## Installation
 
 ```bash
@@ -897,8 +902,3 @@ When `on_elicitation_request` is provided, the SDK automatically:
 - Reports the `elicitation` capability on the session
 - Dispatches `elicitation.requested` events to your handler
 - Auto-cancels if your handler throws an error (so the server doesn't hang)
-
-## Requirements
-
-- Python 3.11+
-- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and accessible
diff --git a/rust/README.md b/rust/README.md
index 0b5bec1cd..154bc398c 100644
--- a/rust/README.md
+++ b/rust/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ See [github/copilot-sdk](https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk) for the equivale
 
 **Releases:** [github.com/github/copilot-sdk/releases?q=rust%2F](https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk/releases?q=rust%2F) — per-version release notes for the Rust crate.
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Rust 1.94.0 or later
+- GitHub Copilot CLI: bundled by default via the `bundled-cli` feature (see [Features](#features)); or supply via `COPILOT_CLI_PATH`
+
 ## Quick Start
 
 ```rust,no_run

From 92fd9ac678a8e7716f42b2db2214c3214abe1368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:37:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] Update Python README CLI prerequisite to match other SDKs

Co-authored-by: scottaddie <10702007+scottaddie@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 python/README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
index 5ccc0ab45..da0d005e8 100644
--- a/python/README.md
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Python SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC.
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Python 3.11+
-- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and accessible
+- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in PATH (or provide a custom `connection=RuntimeConnection.for_stdio(path=...)`)
 
 ## Installation
 

From 6ed8ea375677c23d1b2b65dc79c0656b566de046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:48:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] Fix trailing period typo in Java README CLI version
 string

Co-authored-by: scottaddie <10702007+scottaddie@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 java/README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/java/README.md b/java/README.md
index c984e955d..1c0b9a805 100644
--- a/java/README.md
+++ b/java/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Java SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI, enabling you to build A
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Java 17 or later. **JDK 25 recommended**. The distributed jar is a multi-release jar (MR-JAR) and is compiled on JDK 25 with `maven.compiler.release` set to 17. This means, when run on JDK 25 and later, the SDK automatically uses virtual threads for its default internal executor.
-- GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.55-5. or later installed and in `PATH` (or provide custom `cliPath`)
+- GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.55-5 or later installed and in `PATH` (or provide custom `cliPath`)
 
 ## Installation
 

From 9bedf642d9a71429c9e4c8f9728b2f33f5a4fcb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:57:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] Standardize PATH formatting in Prerequisites sections
 across all READMEs

Co-authored-by: scottaddie <10702007+scottaddie@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 dotnet/README.md | 2 +-
 nodejs/README.md | 2 +-
 python/README.md | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dotnet/README.md b/dotnet/README.md
index dd1672bbf..e313e3655 100644
--- a/dotnet/README.md
+++ b/dotnet/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI.
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Any of the [.NET Standard 2.0-compatible .NET implementations](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/net-standard?tabs=net-standard-2-0#select-net-standard-version)
-- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in PATH (or provide custom `Connection = RuntimeConnection.ForStdio(path: ...)`)
+- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or provide custom `Connection = RuntimeConnection.ForStdio(path: ...)`)
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/nodejs/README.md b/nodejs/README.md
index d3bfc0ac8..b2cba1b1f 100644
--- a/nodejs/README.md
+++ b/nodejs/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TypeScript SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC.
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Node.js ^20.19.0 or >=22.12.0
-- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in PATH (or provide a custom `connection`)
+- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or provide a custom `connection`)
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
index da0d005e8..b7a7caf78 100644
--- a/python/README.md
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Python SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC.
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Python 3.11+
-- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in PATH (or provide a custom `connection=RuntimeConnection.for_stdio(path=...)`)
+- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or provide a custom `connection=RuntimeConnection.for_stdio(path=...)`)
 
 ## Installation
 

From f6641f75bf3e4203113ab70390496d6573120ab1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:24:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] Remove .NET CLI prereq and add "To use the SDK:" lead-in
 text to all SDK READMEs

Co-authored-by: scottaddie <10702007+scottaddie@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 dotnet/README.md | 3 ++-
 go/README.md     | 2 ++
 java/README.md   | 2 ++
 nodejs/README.md | 2 ++
 python/README.md | 2 ++
 rust/README.md   | 2 ++
 6 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dotnet/README.md b/dotnet/README.md
index e313e3655..6ad1bc984 100644
--- a/dotnet/README.md
+++ b/dotnet/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
+To use the SDK:
+
 - Any of the [.NET Standard 2.0-compatible .NET implementations](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/net-standard?tabs=net-standard-2-0#select-net-standard-version)
-- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or provide custom `Connection = RuntimeConnection.ForStdio(path: ...)`)
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/go/README.md b/go/README.md
index 596d34751..f50737711 100644
--- a/go/README.md
+++ b/go/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ A Go SDK for programmatic access to the GitHub Copilot CLI.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
+To use the SDK:
+
 - Go 1.24 or later
 - GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or set `COPILOT_CLI_PATH`)
 
diff --git a/java/README.md b/java/README.md
index 1c0b9a805..cd1a24619 100644
--- a/java/README.md
+++ b/java/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Java SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI, enabling you to build A
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
+To use the SDK:
+
 - Java 17 or later. **JDK 25 recommended**. The distributed jar is a multi-release jar (MR-JAR) and is compiled on JDK 25 with `maven.compiler.release` set to 17. This means, when run on JDK 25 and later, the SDK automatically uses virtual threads for its default internal executor.
 - GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.55-5 or later installed and in `PATH` (or provide custom `cliPath`)
 
diff --git a/nodejs/README.md b/nodejs/README.md
index b2cba1b1f..d28ea8dff 100644
--- a/nodejs/README.md
+++ b/nodejs/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ TypeScript SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
+To use the SDK:
+
 - Node.js ^20.19.0 or >=22.12.0
 - GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or provide a custom `connection`)
 
diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
index b7a7caf78..a289b7732 100644
--- a/python/README.md
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Python SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
+To use the SDK:
+
 - Python 3.11+
 - GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or provide a custom `connection=RuntimeConnection.for_stdio(path=...)`)
 
diff --git a/rust/README.md b/rust/README.md
index 154bc398c..55179d76b 100644
--- a/rust/README.md
+++ b/rust/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ See [github/copilot-sdk](https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk) for the equivale
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
+To use the SDK:
+
 - Rust 1.94.0 or later
 - GitHub Copilot CLI: bundled by default via the `bundled-cli` feature (see [Features](#features)); or supply via `COPILOT_CLI_PATH`
 

From 903be53b2589e0377cd537960cbc0086ee2ca827 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:45:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] Update lead-in text to "To use the SDK, you'll need:"
 across all SDK READMEs

Co-authored-by: scottaddie <10702007+scottaddie@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 dotnet/README.md | 2 +-
 go/README.md     | 2 +-
 java/README.md   | 2 +-
 nodejs/README.md | 2 +-
 python/README.md | 2 +-
 rust/README.md   | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dotnet/README.md b/dotnet/README.md
index 6ad1bc984..4205ed90a 100644
--- a/dotnet/README.md
+++ b/dotnet/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-To use the SDK:
+To use the SDK, you'll need:
 
 - Any of the [.NET Standard 2.0-compatible .NET implementations](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/net-standard?tabs=net-standard-2-0#select-net-standard-version)
 
diff --git a/go/README.md b/go/README.md
index f50737711..863dbc460 100644
--- a/go/README.md
+++ b/go/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A Go SDK for programmatic access to the GitHub Copilot CLI.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-To use the SDK:
+To use the SDK, you'll need:
 
 - Go 1.24 or later
 - GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or set `COPILOT_CLI_PATH`)
diff --git a/java/README.md b/java/README.md
index cd1a24619..7c7209bc8 100644
--- a/java/README.md
+++ b/java/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Java SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI, enabling you to build A
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-To use the SDK:
+To use the SDK, you'll need:
 
 - Java 17 or later. **JDK 25 recommended**. The distributed jar is a multi-release jar (MR-JAR) and is compiled on JDK 25 with `maven.compiler.release` set to 17. This means, when run on JDK 25 and later, the SDK automatically uses virtual threads for its default internal executor.
 - GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.55-5 or later installed and in `PATH` (or provide custom `cliPath`)
diff --git a/nodejs/README.md b/nodejs/README.md
index d28ea8dff..2bbd0ccd6 100644
--- a/nodejs/README.md
+++ b/nodejs/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TypeScript SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-To use the SDK:
+To use the SDK, you'll need:
 
 - Node.js ^20.19.0 or >=22.12.0
 - GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or provide a custom `connection`)
diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
index a289b7732..ecca6227a 100644
--- a/python/README.md
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Python SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-To use the SDK:
+To use the SDK, you'll need:
 
 - Python 3.11+
 - GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or provide a custom `connection=RuntimeConnection.for_stdio(path=...)`)
diff --git a/rust/README.md b/rust/README.md
index 55179d76b..2a49358d1 100644
--- a/rust/README.md
+++ b/rust/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ See [github/copilot-sdk](https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk) for the equivale
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-To use the SDK:
+To use the SDK, you'll need:
 
 - Rust 1.94.0 or later
 - GitHub Copilot CLI: bundled by default via the `bundled-cli` feature (see [Features](#features)); or supply via `COPILOT_CLI_PATH`

From c4aa156bb3b5bf5075c955ddd6907e463c475240 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:02:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] Remove bundled CLI prereq from Node.js, Python, and Rust
 READMEs

Co-authored-by: scottaddie <10702007+scottaddie@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 nodejs/README.md | 1 -
 python/README.md | 1 -
 rust/README.md   | 1 -
 3 files changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nodejs/README.md b/nodejs/README.md
index f5a3cd7bf..09569e7c2 100644
--- a/nodejs/README.md
+++ b/nodejs/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ TypeScript SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC.
 To use the SDK, you'll need:
 
 - Node.js ^20.19.0 or >=22.12.0
-- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or provide a custom `connection`)
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
index ed93fd041..c7b6dee0c 100644
--- a/python/README.md
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Python SDK for programmatic control of GitHub Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC.
 To use the SDK, you'll need:
 
 - Python 3.11+
-- GitHub Copilot CLI installed and in `PATH` (or provide a custom `connection=RuntimeConnection.for_stdio(path=...)`)
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/rust/README.md b/rust/README.md
index bc91367b6..39878dceb 100644
--- a/rust/README.md
+++ b/rust/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ See [github/copilot-sdk](https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk) for the equivale
 To use the SDK, you'll need:
 
 - Rust 1.94.0 or later
-- GitHub Copilot CLI: bundled by default via the `bundled-cli` feature (see [Features](#features)); or supply via `COPILOT_CLI_PATH`
 
 ## Quick Start