Instruction file imported from microsoft/MLOS (.github/instructions/json.instructions.md). Copyright stays with the author.

JSON language instructions

• Include instructions from default.instructions.md for all languages.

• Files with a .json extension that are ARM templates or JSON schema files should be well formatted and valid JSON, without any comments, trailing commas, etc.

• Files with a .json extension that are VSCode settings files (e.g., inside the .vscode) or .devcontainer directories) should be well formatted and valid JSON, but may contain comments, trailing commas, etc.

• Files with a .jsonc or .json5 extension should be well formatted and valid JSON5 or JSONC or JSON, and can include comments, trailing commas, etc.

• If a file is an mlos_bench config, it should have a .mlos.jsonc of .mlos.json or .mlos.json5 extension, and should generally match the schemas defined in the mlos_bench/configs/schemas/ directory (e.g., mlos-bench-config-schema.json), unless it is a test config under the tests/configs/schemas directory.