Update report.md: recommend safe-outputs filtering for mentions and backlinks

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Scheduled reports that reference issues, PRs, or users inadvertently generate notifications (@mentions) and cross-reference backlinks (#123) on the referenced items — adding noise to those items every time the report runs.

Changes

• Avoiding Mentions and Backlinks — adds a new section recommending the built-in safe-outputs filtering options to suppress mentions and backlinks automatically, rather than manually escaping content:
  • mentions: false — escapes all @mentions in AI-generated output so no notifications are sent
  • allowed-github-references: [] — escapes all #123 / owner/repo#123 references so no backlinks are created
  • max-bot-mentions: 0 — neutralizes bot-trigger phrases such as fixes #123 or closes #456

safe-outputs:
mentions: falseallowed-github-references: []max-bot-mentions: 0create-issue:
title-prefix: "Weekly Status:"labels: [report]close-older-issues: trueexpires: 30

Original prompt

Update the report.md prompt to recommend disabling mentions and escaping github automatic references to avoid generate back links

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[pelikhan]

@copilot the prompt should recommend the builtin filtering features, not the change the prompt. Safe outputs does the filtering.

[Copilot]

@copilot the prompt should recommend the builtin filtering features, not the change the prompt. Safe outputs does the filtering.

Updated in 8247637. The section now recommends the built-in safe-outputs filtering options (mentions: false, allowed-github-references: [], max-bot-mentions: 0) with an example config snippet, rather than instructing the AI to manually escape content.

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Pull request overview

This PR adds a new section to the report generation guidelines that recommends using built-in safe-outputs filtering options to prevent unwanted notifications and backlinks when reports reference issues, PRs, or users.

Changes:

• Adds "Avoiding Mentions and Backlinks" section with recommendations for using mentions: false, allowed-github-references: [], and max-bot-mentions: 0 to suppress automatic GitHub behavior
• Provides YAML configuration example showing these options integrated with typical report settings
• Explains that these options apply globally to all safe-output types

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