spacecat-api-service: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

spacecat-api-service copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from adobe/spacecat-api-service. It costs 1,644 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

Instructions for reviewing pull requests in Adobe's Spacecat API service, with required sections and three issue levels: Critical, Major, and Minor.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them to review a pull request, classify its problems, summarize its health, and suggest tests or concrete fixes.
Why use it?
They make code reviews consistent and focus attention on behavior-breaking bugs, security gaps, and missing tests before style concerns.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot ✓ vendor

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is adobe/spacecat-api-service's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on spacecat-api-service itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything spacecat-api-service configures →

About the project

SpaceCat API Service is an HTTP API for working with SpaceCat data, including a server-side proxy for the Semrush AIO API and a PostgreSQL-backed data service. Developers and operators use it to access and run the Edge Delivery services data system.

adobe/spacecat-api-service · 10 stars · on GitHub

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to adobe/spacecat-api-service. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adobe/spacecat-api-service/main/.github/copilot-instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/adobe/spacecat-api-service

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Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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Grade A, and why

spacecat-api-service copilot-instructions.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.github/copilot-instructions.md · 273 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 273 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Copilot PR Review Instructions

1. Review Goals and Priorities

Your primary purpose is to identify behavior-breaking defects, security/auth gaps, and missing tests for changed behavior. When such issues are present, prioritize them above all other considerations (performance, cost, style).

Use three severities:

  • Critical – Bugs, regressions, security issues, missing required validation, or missing tests for changed behavior. Respond with: “This PR should not be merged until this is fixed.”
  • Major – Missing documentation, missing but non-blocking tests, realistic performance or cost concerns.
  • Minor – Stylistic suggestions or optional improvements. Only list Minor issues if no Critical issues exist.

If you find any Critical issue, list it first and deprioritize all other feedback.


2. Output Format (Always Required)

Respond using the following structure:

Summary

1–3 sentences describing the overall health of the PR.

Issues

Critical
  • List each issue, quoting relevant code and suggesting a concrete fix.
Major
  • As above.
Minor
  • As above. Only include if there are no Critical issues.

Suggested Tests

  • Describe which tests should be added or updated (if applicable). If no test changes are needed, state that clearly.

3. Core Checks (Apply to Every PR)

3.1 Bug & Regression Scan

Look for defects including:

  • Missing or incorrect null/undefined checks.
  • Incorrect async/await handling.
  • Miswired routes or controller mismatches.
  • Incorrect DTO usage or leaking internal models.
  • Logic changes without corresponding test updates.

If you see changed behavior without new or updated tests, mark as Critical.


3.2 Security & Authorization

For any controller returning tenant-specific data:

If:

  • The controller does not instantiate AccessControlUtil.fromContext(ctx), or
  • It does not call hasAdminAccess() or hasAccess(entity, subService, productCode),

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  1. 1mo ago First seen · 273 lines · 1,644 tokens per session scan A 8e789b6cd3d6

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spacecat-api-service copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository adobe/spacecat-api-service (10 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 1,644 tokens to every session, about $0.0066 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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