github-copilot-instructions conventional-commit.instructions.md

A workflow for writing Conventional Commits, a standard format for commit messages that labels changes such as features, fixes, tests, and documentation. It includes steps for reviewing, staging, and committing Git changes.

In plain words
What is it for?
Inspecting changed files, choosing a commit type and scope, writing structured messages, staging files, and creating Git commits.
Why use it?
It makes commit history more consistent and easier to understand or use in automated release processes.

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/antiotaku/github-copilot-instructions/conventional-commit
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/antiotaku/github-copilot-instructions

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

Per session 608 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 608 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 $0.00608 $0.00608
Opus 5 $0.00304 $0.00304
Sonnet 5 $0.00122 $0.00122
Haiku 4.5 $0.00061 $0.00061

Measured yesterday against content hash da51f2b86afc, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

github-copilot-instructions conventional-commit.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 yesterday.

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/instructions/conventional-commit.instructions.md · 74 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 74 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Instructions

	<description>This file contains a prompt template for generating conventional commit messages. It provides instructions, examples, and formatting guidelines to help users write standardized, descriptive commit messages in accordance with the Conventional Commits specification.</description>
	<note>

Workflow

Follow these steps:

  1. Run git status to review changed files.
  2. Run git diff or git diff --cached to inspect changes.
  3. Stage your changes with git add <file>.
  4. Construct your commit message using the following XML structure.
  5. After generating your commit message, Copilot will automatically run the following command in your integrated terminal (no confirmation needed):
git commit -m "type(scope): description"
  1. Just execute this prompt and Copilot will handle the commit for you in the terminal.

Commit Message Structure

<commit-message>
	<type>feat|fix|docs|style|refactor|perf|test|build|ci|chore|revert</type>
	<scope>()</scope>
	<description>A short, imperative summary of the change</description>
	<body>(optional: more detailed explanation)</body>
	<footer>(optional: e.g. BREAKING CHANGE: details, or issue references)</footer>
</commit-message>

Examples

<examples>
	<example>feat(parser): add ability to parse arrays</example>
	<example>fix(ui): correct button alignment</example>
	<example>docs: update README with usage instructions</example>
	<example>refactor: improve performance of data processing</example>
	<example>chore: update dependencies</example>
	<example>feat!: send email on registration (BREAKING CHANGE: email service required)</example>
</examples>

Validation

<validation>
	<type>Must be one of the allowed types. See <reference>https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/#specification</reference></type>
	<scope>Optional, but recommended for clarity.</scope>
	<description>Required. Use the imperative mood (e.g., "add", not "added").</description>
	<body>Optional. Use for additional context.</body>
	<footer>Use for breaking changes or issue references.</footer>
</validation>

Read the full file on GitHub · 74 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. yesterday First seen · 74 lines · 608 tokens per session scan A da51f2b86afc

Subscribe to this mod's changes

github-copilot-instructions conventional-commit.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository antiotaku/github-copilot-instructions (1 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 608 tokens to every session, about $0.0030 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.

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