accordo copilot-instructions.md

A set of instructions for GitHub Copilot, Microsoft’s coding assistant, when working in the Accordo repository.

In plain words
What is it for?
It guides Copilot through workflow discovery and execution for code changes, debugging, testing, validation, and other multi-step work.
Why use it?
It requires a consistent workflow for larger coding tasks, reducing the risk of starting work without the required planning or checks.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add instructions/andurilcode/accordo/copilot-instructions
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AndurilCode/accordo

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

Per session 821 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 821 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00821 $0.00821
Opus 5 $0.00411 $0.00411
Sonnet 5 $0.00164 $0.00164
Haiku 4.5 $0.00082 $0.00082

Measured 2d ago against content hash 2e0cc09e1864, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

accordo 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 2d 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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

.github/copilot-instructions.md · 89 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 89 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

GitHub Copilot Instructions

Task Execution Guidelines

🚨 MANDATORY WORKFLOW COMPLIANCE 🚨

Before starting ANY task, evaluate it using these criteria:

Use Workflow Tools When:
  • Task involves multiple steps or phases
  • Task requires coordination across multiple files
  • Task involves creating, modifying, or analyzing code structures
  • Task requires planning, analysis, or systematic approach
  • Task involves debugging, testing, or validation
  • Task creates new features, components, or systems
  • When in doubt, ALWAYS use workflows
Only Skip Workflows For:
  • Single mathematical calculations
  • One-line explanations or definitions
  • Direct copy/paste operations
  • Immediate answers to factual questions

🔄 MANDATORY WORKFLOW ENTRY PROCESS

⚠️ NON-NEGOTIABLE: For ALL qualifying tasks, you MUST follow this exact sequence:

STEP 1: DISCOVER (REQUIRED FIRST STEP)
workflow_discovery(task_description="[Exact user request]")

Purpose: View all available YAML workflows and their capabilities Result: List of workflows with descriptions and suitability assessment

STEP 2: CHOOSE AND START (REQUIRED SECOND STEP)
workflow_guidance(action="start", context="workflow: [Selected Workflow Name]")

Purpose: Initialize the selected workflow session Result: Workflow begins with first phase instructions

STEP 3: FOLLOW SCHEMA (ONGOING)
workflow_guidance(action="next", context='{"choose": "[option]", "criteria_evidence": {"criterion": "detailed evidence"}}')

Purpose: Navigate through workflow phases using YAML-defined transitions with detailed evidence Result: Structured progression through the complete workflow with work tracking

🎯 Decision Framework

Use this exact decision tree for EVERY user request:

  1. Is this a single, immediate action?

    • YES: Proceed directly (rare cases only)
    • NO: Go to Step 2
  2. Does the task involve ANY of these?

    • Multiple files or components? → USE WORKFLOW
    • Planning or analysis phase? → USE WORKFLOW
    • Code creation or modification? → USE WORKFLOW
    • Testing or validation? → USE WORKFLOW
    • Debugging or troubleshooting? → USE WORKFLOW
    • Documentation or explanation? → USE WORKFLOW

Read the full file on GitHub · 89 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 89 lines · 821 tokens per session scan A 2e0cc09e1864

Subscribe to this mod's changes

accordo copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository AndurilCode/accordo (5 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 821 tokens to every session, about $0.0041 per session on Opus 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.