APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from Azure-Samples/APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample. It costs 1,404 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for an Azure sample that demonstrates an AI gateway built with Azure API Management. It describes the sample's purpose, deployment assumptions, and technology choices.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when modifying this sample so changes follow its educational scope, deployment model, and documented project conventions.
Why use it?
It tells an AI coding assistant that the repository is a learning demo with fresh deployments and no existing production data. That prevents it from adding unnecessary migration or enterprise safeguards.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is Azure-Samples/APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample 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 APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to Azure-Samples/APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample. 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/Azure-Samples/APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample/main/.github/copilot-instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Azure-Samples/APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample 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 9d 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

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.github/copilot-instructions.md · 135 lines

How it starts

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GitHub Copilot Instructions

This file provides guidance to GitHub Copilot when working on code changes in this repository.

Repository Context - SAMPLE/DEMO

This is a SAMPLE repository designed for learning and demonstration purposes.

  • NOT a production application - Does not implement production-level security, scalability, or reliability patterns
  • Fresh deployments only - Users deploy with azd up to create new infrastructure from scratch
  • No existing state - There is no production data, no existing users, no live infrastructure to preserve
  • No migration scenarios - Users tear down and redeploy; there is nothing to migrate from
  • Breaking changes welcome - Each deployment is independent; no backward compatibility needed
  • Simplified patterns - Prioritizes clarity and learning over enterprise complexity

When implementing changes:

  • Focus on clean, understandable code that demonstrates concepts
  • Do NOT add enterprise patterns (feature flags, gradual rollouts, A/B testing) unless specifically requested
  • Do NOT plan migration phases or assume existing infrastructure
  • Do NOT add production hardening unless it's core to the feature being demonstrated

Project Knowledge

Deployment Model

This sample uses Azure Developer CLI (azd) to provision infrastructure via Terraform:

  1. main.tfvars.json defines variable values for azd
  2. azd passes these values to Terraform via variables.tf

CRITICAL: Variable names must match exactly (case-sensitive) between main.tfvars.json and variables.tf.

main.tfvars.json          variables.tf
─────────────────         ────────────────
"resourceGroup"    →      variable "resourceGroup"
"location"         →      variable "location"

Tech Stack

  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform >= 1.7.0, Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
  • Cloud Platform: Microsoft Azure
    • Azure API Management (APIM)
    • Azure AI Foundry (AI Services API 2025-06-01)
    • Azure OpenAI Service (GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini)
    • Azure Cognitive Services
    • Azure Application Insights
    • Azure Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
  • Terraform Providers: azurerm ~> 3.114, azuread ~> 2.49, azapi >= 2.7.0, random ~> 3.6, local ~> 2.5
  • DevOps & Automation: Azure Developer CLI (azd), PowerShell 7+, REST Client
  • AI Models & APIs:
    • Azure OpenAI (GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini)
    • Azure AI Foundry (Phi-4 model v7)
    • Google Gemini 2.0 Flash (external API)
  • API Management: Circuit breakers, load balancing, JWT authentication, managed identities
  • Policy Languages: APIM policy XML (C# 7 syntax compliant)

Read the full file on GitHub · 135 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. 9d ago First seen · 135 lines · 1,404 tokens per session scan A c88052932c6d

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APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Azure-Samples/APIM-Unified-AI-Gateway-Sample (14 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,404 tokens to every session, about $0.0070 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 2026-08-30.

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