adsense-mcp-server: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

adsense-mcp-server copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from AppsYogi-com/adsense-mcp-server. It costs 686 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for an MCP server that lets AI clients access Google AdSense through the AdSense API. MCP is a standard way for AI tools to call outside services.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when developing the AdSense MCP server, its command-line setup and diagnostics, authentication, API tools, or resources.
Why use it?
They explain the server structure, authentication choices, request flow, caching, and rate limiting so changes fit the existing design.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is AppsYogi-com/adsense-mcp-server's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on adsense-mcp-server 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 adsense-mcp-server configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to AppsYogi-com/adsense-mcp-server. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AppsYogi-com/adsense-mcp-server/main/.github/copilot-instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AppsYogi-com/adsense-mcp-server

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.github/copilot-instructions.md · 78 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 78 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AdSense-MCP Copilot Instructions

Project Overview

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides Google AdSense API access to AI clients (Claude, Cursor, VS Code Copilot). It's distributed as a CLI tool via npm (adsense-mcp) with OAuth/service account authentication.

Architecture

src/
├── index.ts          # Public exports for programmatic use
├── types.ts          # TypeScript types (single source of truth)
├── cli/              # Commander-based CLI (`adsense-mcp init|doctor|run`)
├── server/           # MCP server implementation
│   ├── index.ts      # Server factory with stdio transport
│   ├── tools/        # MCP tools organized by domain
│   └── resources/    # MCP resources
├── adsense/
│   ├── client.ts     # AdSense API wrapper with all operations
│   ├── rateLimiter.ts # Rate limiting with exponential backoff
│   └── cache.ts      # SQLite cache with TTL
└── auth/             # OAuth2 + service account auth, token storage

Key data flows:

  1. CLI commands → createServer() → MCP stdio transport
  2. Tool calls → handleToolCall() routes to domain handlers → AdSenseClient → Google API
  3. Tokens stored via keytar (OS keychain) with file fallback; config in env-paths directories

Development Commands

npm run build      # tsup build (ESM, Node 18+)
npm run dev        # Watch mode
npm run typecheck  # tsc --noEmit
npm run lint       # eslint src/
adsense-mcp doctor # Check auth and API access

Code Conventions

Adding New MCP Tools

  1. Create tool definition in src/server/tools/<domain>.ts following the pattern:
    • Export handler function like handle<Action>(args)
  2. Register in src/server/tools/index.ts:
    • Add tool schema to registerTools() array
    • Add case to handleToolCall() switch
  3. Tool names use underscore notation: adsense_earnings_summary, adsense_list_sites

Type Definitions

  • Define types in src/types.ts
  • Tool input schemas use plain JSON Schema format for MCP

Read the full file on GitHub · 78 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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  1. 2mo ago First seen · 78 lines · 686 tokens per session scan A 551778701623

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adsense-mcp-server copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository AppsYogi-com/adsense-mcp-server (5 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 686 tokens to every session, about $0.0027 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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