Fix skills build: selective reference copying prevents CLI bloat

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Summary

Build script copied all 11 shared references to both CLI and MCP skills. CLI only references 3 files but received all 11, causing unnecessary package bloat.

Type of Change

• 🐛 Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• ✨ New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• 💥 Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• 📚 Documentation update
• 🔧 Maintenance (dependency updates, code cleanup, etc.)

Changes Made

Build-AgentSkills.ps1: Selective copying

• Copy only files declared in each skill's SKILL.md @references/ section
• CLI: 3 files (behavioral-rules, anti-patterns, workflows)
• MCP: 11 files (above + 8 excel_* guides)
• 50% CLI package size reduction

.gitignore: Correct handling

• Preserve skills/shared/ (source files, not generated)
• Ignore skills/*/references/*.md (generated by build)
• Keep skill-specific files (README.md, claude-desktop.md)

Testing Performed

• Verified selective copying: CLI gets 3 files, MCP gets 11
• Build produces zero warnings
• Package contents verified via ZIP inspection

Test Commands

# Build with populated references
./scripts/Build-AgentSkills.ps1 -PopulateReferences

# Verify CLI only has 3 shared files
ls skills/excel-cli/references/

# Verify MCP has 11 shared files
ls skills/excel-mcp/references/

# Build packages
./scripts/Build-AgentSkills.ps1

# Inspect package contents
unzip -l artifacts/skills/excel-cli-skill-v*.zip | grep references/
unzip -l artifacts/skills/excel-mcp-skill-v*.zip | grep references/

Core Commands Coverage Checklist ⚠️

Does this PR add or modify Core Commands methods? [x] No

Checklist

• Code follows project style guidelines
• Self-review of code completed
• Code builds with zero warnings
• Follows Excel COM best practices from copilot-instructions.md

Additional Notes

Architecture clarification: skills/shared/ and MCP prompts (src/ExcelMcp.McpServer/Prompts/Content/) serve different purposes:

• skills/shared/: Verbose, educational content for agent skills (all platforms)
• MCP prompts: Concise, server-specific guidance for MCP protocol
• Both maintained separately with intentionally different styles
• No sync needed or wanted between them

Original prompt

We currently share references in skills for cli and mcp server. I think this leads to problems. Please investigate and evaluate and fix if needed.

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Dependency Review

✅ No vulnerabilities or license issues or OpenSSF Scorecard issues found.

Scanned Files

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