diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
index c09f90c66..1ccd9e51c 100644
--- a/.github/copilot-instructions.md
+++ b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
   X11 development libraries are also needed.
 - **Bootstrap:** Always run `./dev.sh deps` to download all needed dependencies
 - **Build command:** Run `./dev.sh build` to build the project
+- Run `gen/config.py` to update generated config parsing code for both kitty
+  and kitten. The `gen/go_code.py` generator is run automatically by the build
+  command to keep generated Go code files up to date.
+- To build individual kittens use the build command above **do not** try to run go build
+  yourself.
 
 ## Test Procedures
 - To run the complete test suite, run `./test.py`