a-mcp-runmeter: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

a-mcp-runmeter copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from Aptica-Solutions/a-mcp-runmeter. It costs 679 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project instruction file for GitHub Copilot, Microsoft's AI coding assistant. It points Copilot to the project's conventions, onboarding rules, and MCP configuration.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to guide Copilot's coding behavior and tell it where the project's MCP server settings are stored.
Why use it?
It gives Copilot project context and prevents it from starting work before the required onboarding confirmation.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is Aptica-Solutions/a-mcp-runmeter's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on a-mcp-runmeter 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 a-mcp-runmeter configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to Aptica-Solutions/a-mcp-runmeter. 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/Aptica-Solutions/a-mcp-runmeter/main/.github/copilot-instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Aptica-Solutions/a-mcp-runmeter

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Per session 679 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 679 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00679 $0.00679
Opus 5 $0.00340 $0.00340
Sonnet 5 $0.00136 $0.00136
Haiku 4.5 $0.00068 $0.00068

Measured 6d ago against content hash a2b173553426, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

a-mcp-runmeter 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 6d 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 · 81 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 81 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

GitHub Copilot Instructions

Read _engineer/ENGINEER-README.md for full project conventions and guardrails. This file is a Copilot-specific summary. MCP servers are configured in .vscode/mcp.json.


ONBOARDING GATE — Read This First

Canonical template repository exception

Before applying this gate, determine whether the current checkout is the canonical template source. Both conditions must be true:

  1. .is-template-repo exists in the repository root.
  2. git remote get-url origin identifies Aptica-Solutions/a-repo-template or the legacy szeltneraptica/repo-template GitHub repository.

This read-only check is permitted before onboarding. If both conditions are true, the onboarding gate and the requirement to read AI-TASKS.md do not apply; template review, maintenance, and validation may proceed without project onboarding artifacts. Never rely on the marker alone because GitHub copies it into newly created repositories until initialization removes it.

Do not write code, create files, plan architecture, run scripts, or make any project decisions until ONBOARDING.md exists in the project root and the user has confirmed it is accurate.

If ONBOARDING.md is missing or empty:

"ONBOARDING.md not found. Complete the survey in _engineer/ONBOARDING.template.md and save it as ONBOARDING.md before I can begin any project work."

If ONBOARDING.md exists but has not been confirmed this session, ask once:

"Is ONBOARDING.md current and accurate? (yes to confirm / describe what changed)"


Project Context

TODO: Describe the project domain, tech stack, and primary users.


Code Conventions

  • Business logic in services/ — never in routes or components
  • Routes handle HTTP only
  • Validation in middleware/
  • Config from environment variables — never hardcoded
  • TypeScript strict mode
  • Structured JSON logging with correlation IDs

Security — Always

  • Never suggest hardcoded credentials, tokens, API keys, or connection strings
  • Secrets belong in .env (local) or Key Vault (deployed) — always via env vars
  • Validate all external inputs
  • Flag any code that could expose PHI, PII, or credentials

Read the full file on GitHub · 81 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. 6d ago First seen · 81 lines · 679 tokens per session scan A a2b173553426

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a-mcp-runmeter copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Aptica-Solutions/a-mcp-runmeter (0 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 679 tokens to every session, about $0.0034 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 2026-09-01.

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