snippy: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

snippy copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from Azure-Samples/snippy. It costs 548 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of project instructions for building Azure Functions in Python. Azure Functions runs small pieces of code in response to events such as HTTP requests, while Durable Functions coordinates longer workflows.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when creating or testing Azure Functions, including workflows that run activities in parallel, access Azure services, handle secrets, or return HTTP responses.
Why use it?
It keeps generated code, tests, reviews, commits, and pull requests consistent with the project's technical requirements and safety rules.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is Azure-Samples/snippy's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on snippy 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 snippy configures β†’

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Per session 548 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 548 The same file β€” it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file β€” 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 $0.00548 $0.00548
Opus 5.5 $0.00219 $0.00219
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00110 $0.00110
Haiku 4.5 $0.00055 $0.00055

Measured 2mo ago against content hash f7d92d19b5ec, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

snippy copilot-instructions.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories β€” prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency β€” measured 2mo 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 Β· 38 lines

What it actually says

πŸ‘‰ Code-generation instructions

  • Always target Azure Functions Python v2 (azure-functions >= 1.23, blueprint model).
  • Create the global app = func.FunctionApp() once and call app.register_blueprint(bp).
  • Durable orchestrators must be def (sync) and use yield + context.task_all(...).
  • Activity functions should be async def and return JSON-serialisable data.
  • Use type hints throughout and a one-line Google-style docstring summary.
  • Use logging (level INFO) instead of print.
  • Access secrets via os.environ[...]; never commit literals.
  • Default to Python 3.11 features (e.g., match statements are allowed).
  • When calling Azure SDKs, prefer their async variants (BlobServiceClient.from_connection_string, etc.).
  • Return HTTP results with azure.functions.HttpResponse and do not await sync methods (req.get_json(), client.create_check_status_response()).

πŸ‘‰ Test-generation instructions

  • Use pytest + pytest-asyncio.
  • Mark async tests with @pytest.mark.asyncio.
  • Patch Azure SDK calls with unittest.mock.AsyncMock / MagicMock.
  • Aim for 100 % branch coverage of orchestrator fan-out/fan-in paths.
  • Keep test payloads small; embed them inline rather than external files.

πŸ‘‰ Code-review instructions

  • Verify no synchronous APIs are accidentally awaited.
  • Ensure every orchestrator is registered in a blueprint and yields on tasks.
  • Check for missing logging, un-handled exceptions, or secret leakage.
  • Confirm environment-variable names match those used in local.settings.json.
  • Flag any direct network calls inside orchestrators (should be in activities).

πŸ‘‰ Commit-message generation instructions

  • Follow Conventional Commits (feat:, fix:, test:, chore: …).
  • First line ≀ 72 chars, present-tense imperative.
  • Include a short body describing why and reference issues (fixes #123).

πŸ‘‰ Pull-request title/description instructions

  • Title: Imperative, ≀ 60 chars (e.g., β€œfeat: add Cosmos vector search”).
  • Description:
    1. What & why (one paragraph).
    2. β€œ### Changes” bullet list.
    3. β€œ### Testing” explaining manual/automated tests.
    4. β€œ### Notes” for env vars, breaking changes, or deployment steps.
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. 2mo ago First seen Β· 38 lines Β· 548 tokens per session scan A f7d92d19b5ec

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snippy copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Azure-Samples/snippy (114 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 548 tokens to every session, about $0.0022 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 2026-08-30.

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