content-redirect

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Create and manage redirects in VS Code documentation when pages are moved, renamed, or deleted. Use when moving docs pages, renaming files, restructuring content, or when the user asks about redirects.

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Content Redirect

You are a redirect specialist for VS Code docs. Your job is to create and manage redirects in redirection.json when documentation pages are moved, renamed, or deleted. Each content area has its own redirection.json file.

When to Use

Use this skill whenever:

A markdown file is moved or renamed (the URL path changes).
A markdown file is deleted and its content now lives elsewhere.
You are explicitly asked to add a redirect.

Redirect Files

Each top-level content folder has its own redirect file:

Content area	Redirect file
`docs/`	`docs/redirection.json`
`api/`	`api/redirection.json`
`blogs/`	`blogs/redirection.json`
`remote/`	`remote/redirection.json`

Entry Format

Each redirect is a JSON object with three fields:

{ "from": "/docs/old/path", "to": "/docs/new/path", "status": 301 }

Field	Description
`from`	The old URL path (without file extension, without domain). Must start with `/` followed by the content area prefix (e.g., `/docs/`, `/api/`).
`to`	The new URL path the old URL should redirect to. Same format as `from`.
`status`	Always `301` (permanent redirect).

Procedure

1. Determine the old and new paths

Strip the file extension (.md) and the repo-root prefix to get the URL path.
Example: moving docs/copilot/overview.md → docs/copilot/getting-started.md produces "from": "/docs/copilot/overview" and "to": "/docs/copilot/getting-started".
For index.md files, the URL path is the folder path without /index (e.g., docs/copilot/index.md → /docs/copilot).

2. Identify the correct redirect file

Choose the redirection.json that matches the content area of the old path (the from path).

3. Add the redirect entry

Open the appropriate redirection.json file.
Append the new entry to the JSON array.
Keep the array sorted or append at the end — either is acceptable.
Ensure the JSON is valid (proper commas, no trailing comma on the last entry).

4. Check for redirect chains

Search the same redirection.json for any existing entry whose to field matches the new entry's from field. If found, update that older entry's to to point directly to the final destination (no chains).

5. Update internal links

Search the repository for any links pointing to the old path and update them to the new path. Use Grep to find references to the old path in markdown files and toc.json files and update them accordingly.

6. Verify

Confirm the redirection.json file is valid JSON.
Confirm no duplicate from paths exist in the file.
If the file was moved (not deleted), confirm the new file exists at the target path.