gpt-rag-mcp: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/instructions/release.instructions.md

gpt-rag-mcp release.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from Azure/gpt-rag-mcp. It costs 222 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Release instructions for the Azure/gpt-rag-mcp project, including versioning, changelogs, dependency locks, branches, and GitHub releases.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them to prepare and validate a versioned release, while keeping package versions and generated dependency files consistent.
Why use it?
They reduce mistakes when preparing a release and prevent private information from being published.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot ✓ vendor

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is Azure/gpt-rag-mcp's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on gpt-rag-mcp 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 gpt-rag-mcp configures →

About the project

Azure/gpt-rag-mcp is a Python server that exposes GPT-RAG capabilities through the Model Context Protocol. It is deployed with Azure resources and consumed by GPT-RAG through its MCP strategy, while the catalogue provides instructions, skills, and agents for operating it.

Azure/gpt-rag-mcp · 22 stars · on GitHub

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to Azure/gpt-rag-mcp. 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/gpt-rag-mcp/main/.github/instructions/release.instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Azure/gpt-rag-mcp

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Per session 222 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 222 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 $0.00222 $0.00222
Opus 5.5 $0.00089 $0.00089
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00044 $0.00044
Haiku 4.5 $0.00022 $0.00022

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 1f36efa4d478, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

gpt-rag-mcp release.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 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/instructions/release.instructions.md · 22 lines

What it actually says

Component release surfaces

  • Follow .github/copilot-instructions.md and load component-release.
  • Use release/x.y.z for the branch and vX.Y.Z for the changelog heading, Git tag, and GitHub Release title.
  • Keep VERSION and project.version in pyproject.toml equal to X.Y.Z.
  • Regenerate uv.lock from the exact committed pyproject.toml; do not hand-edit dependency resolution.
  • Keep Keep a Changelog categories and semantic-version impact aligned with observable behavior.
  • Validate the exact release commit and identify the corresponding Azure/GPT-RAG component pin when coordinated platform work is required.
  • Never infer versions from stale prose or a previous release.
  • Never publish private Azure validation names, credentials, tokens, or personal data.
  • A tag, GitHub Release, package, image, or deployment requires explicit human approval.
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 · 22 lines · 222 tokens per session scan A 1f36efa4d478

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gpt-rag-mcp release.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Azure/gpt-rag-mcp (22 stars, last pushed 10d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 222 tokens to every session, about $0.0009 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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