What is mcp-container-ts copilot-instructions.md?

Project-specific instructions for an MCP server written in Node.js and TypeScript. MCP, or Model Context Protocol, lets AI models communicate with tools; this project runs locally or on Azure Container Apps and uses SQLite for temporary state.

Use them when developing, testing, or deploying this MCP server, including its HTTP or streaming endpoints, tools, database, and Azure infrastructure.

They explain the project's architecture, commands, deployment process, and conventions so coding work fits the existing codebase.

mcp-container-ts copilot-instructions.md — Instructions file for GitHub Copilot by Azure-Samples: Project-specific instructions for an MCP s

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/azure-samples/mcp-container-ts/copilot-instructions

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Azure-Samples/mcp-container-ts

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

README.md

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Your own site

<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/azure-samples/mcp-container-ts/copilot-instructions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/azure-samples/mcp-container-ts/copilot-instructions.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>

Per session 718 This file is loaded in full into every session.

When invoked 718 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.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5	$0.00718	$0.00718
Opus 5	$0.00359	$0.00359
Sonnet 5	$0.00144	$0.00144
Haiku 4.5	$0.00072	$0.00072

Measured 4d ago against content hash 7a35c49bfad9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

mcp-container-ts 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 4d 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 · 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.

Copilot Instructions for MCP Container TS

Project Overview

This project implements a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using Node.js and TypeScript, designed to run locally or on Azure Container Apps.
The MCP server acts as a bridge for AI models and tools, enabling communication and orchestration of tasks via HTTP endpoints.
Key components: MCP HTTP server (src/server.ts), tool definitions (src/tools.ts), SQLite database integration (src/db.ts), and infrastructure as code (infra/).

Architecture & Data Flow

The server exposes endpoints for tool execution (add, list, complete, delete TODOs) and streams results using HTTP or SSE.
Tools interact with an in-memory SQLite DB for state management.
Configuration for local and remote servers is managed via .vscode/mcp.json.
Deployment to Azure is automated using Bicep files and the Azure Developer CLI (azd).

Developer Workflows

Local Development:
- Install dependencies: npm install
- Start server: npm run dev (default port: 3000)
- Database is ephemeral (in-memory SQLite).
Azure Deployment:
- Provision and deploy: azd up
- Clean up: azd down --purge --force
Testing:
- Use MCP Inspector (npm run inspect) or VS Code MCP client integration via .vscode/mcp.json.
- Authentication uses a demo token (abc).

Project-Specific Conventions

Tool outputs are always structured as { content: string[] } for consistency.
All tool logic is centralized in src/tools.ts and follows a simple input/output schema.
Server configuration (local/remote, tokens) is managed in .vscode/mcp.json.
Infrastructure is defined in Bicep (infra/), with parameters in main.parameters.json.
No persistent database; all state is lost on server restart unless customized.

Integration Points

External communication via HTTP/SSE endpoints (/mcp, /sse).
Azure Container Apps for cloud deployment; local Docker support via Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml.
MCP Inspector and VS Code MCP client for tool invocation and inspection.

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.

4d ago First seen · 74 lines · 718 tokens per session scan A 7a35c49bfad9

Subscribe to this mod's changes

mcp-container-ts copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Azure-Samples/mcp-container-ts (49 stars, last pushed 9d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 718 tokens to every session, about $0.0036 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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