Azure SDK for .NET is a repository containing the actively developed C# libraries that applications use to work with Azure services. It is for .NET developers building software that connects to Azure storage, management, and other cloud services.
Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to Azure/azure-sdk-for-net. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/main/AGENTS.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-netWrote 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.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/azure/azure-sdk-for-net/agents-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/azure/azure-sdk-for-net/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/azure/azure-sdk-for-net/agents-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/azure/azure-sdk-for-net/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/azure/azure-sdk-for-net/agents-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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 5.1 | $0.02836 | $0.02836 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.01134 | $0.01134 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00567 | $0.00567 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00284 | $0.00284 |
Grade A, and why
azure-sdk-for-net AGENTS.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 21d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 337 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Azure SDK for .NET - AI Agent Guidelines
This document provides guidelines for AI agents (e.g., GitHub Copilot, MCP-based assistants, LLM-based tools) working with the Azure SDK for .NET repository. It defines safe and effective patterns for agent interactions with this codebase, automation workflows, and development processes.
Repository Overview
Purpose and Scope
The Azure SDK for .NET repository contains:
- Data plane client Libraries: SDKs for interacting with Azure services at application runtime
- Management plane Libraries: SDKs for provisioning and managing Azure resources
- Code Generators: Tools that generate Azure Data Plane and Management Plane SDKs
- Build Infrastructure: Common engineering systems and tooling for SDK development
Repository Structure
/sdk # Individual Azure service SDKs
/eng/packages/http-client-csharp # Azure Data Plane SDK generator
/eng/packages/http-client-csharp-mgmt # Azure Management Plane SDK generator
/eng # Build, test, and automation infrastructure
/doc # Documentation
For detailed developer instructions, see CONTRIBUTING.md.
Agent Interaction Guidelines
Supported Agent Actions
AI agents may assist with the following activities:
Code Development
- Reading and Understanding Code: Navigating source files, understanding SDK patterns, and explaining implementations
- Code Generation Support: Assisting with SDK code generation using AutoRest and TypeSpec
- Test Creation: Writing unit tests and integration tests following existing patterns
- Bug Fixes: Identifying and fixing issues in SDK code
- API Review: Preparing code for API reviews and ensuring adherence to design guidelines
Documentation
- README Updates: Improving SDK documentation and code samples
- Code Comments: Adding inline documentation
- Migration Guides: Creating guides for breaking 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.
- 21d ago Changed 7412d375738b
- 1mo ago First seen · 337 lines · 2,836 tokens per session scan A cb9d995556b2
azure-sdk-for-net AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Azure/azure-sdk-for-net (6,074 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 2,836 tokens to every session, about $0.0113 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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