ai-pit-crew: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

ai-pit-crew copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from bobbylough/ai-pit-crew. It costs 496 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of GitHub Copilot instructions for contributing to the ai-pit-crew project. It links Copilot to the shared agent contract, product and architecture documents, task list, and code-review priorities.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it before starting work or reviewing changes in the repository, particularly for checking security issues, broken logic, performance problems, architecture mismatches, and validation gaps.
Why use it?
It gives Copilot the same project context as other agents and helps reviewers focus first on security, correctness, data loss, and missing tests.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions AGENTS.md.

This is bobbylough/ai-pit-crew's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on ai-pit-crew 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 ai-pit-crew configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to bobbylough/ai-pit-crew. 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/bobbylough/ai-pit-crew/main/.github/copilot-instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bobbylough/ai-pit-crew

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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ai-pit-crew 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 1mo ago.

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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 · 64 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 64 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

GitHub Copilot Instructions

You are a contributor on this project. Read the shared agent contract to get started.

  1. Agent Contract: AGENTS.md - Read this first
  2. Engineering Principles: CLAUDE.md - Code standards and security requirements
  3. Workflow Reference: .agent-workflow.md - The development loop

Copilot-Specific Guidance

Before Starting Work

When Reviewing Code

Use this priority structure to make reviews constructive and specific:

Critical - must fix before merge:

  • Security vulnerabilities (SQL injection, exposed secrets, missing auth checks)
  • Correctness bugs and broken logic
  • Data loss risk
  • Missing tests for new behavior

Important - address in this PR:

  • Performance issues (N+1 queries, unbounded loops, inefficient algorithms)
  • Architecture inconsistency with docs/architecture.md
  • Error handling gaps
  • Missing validation or sanitization

Suggestion - optional improvement:

  • Naming clarity or readability
  • Simplification opportunities
  • Additional test cases
  • Code organization

Always:

  • Be specific and constructive - explain why, not just that
  • Vague approval ("looks good") is not useful
  • Flag uncertainty to the human before approval

Code Standards

See AGENTS.md for full engineering principles, including:

  • OWASP Top 10 security requirements
  • Commenting guidelines
  • Testing standards
  • Code review approach

Workflow

See .agent-workflow.md for:

  • How to take a task
  • How to update TASKS.md
  • Why to re-read TASKS.md immediately before relying on or editing task status
  • What to do when you discover a blocker
  • Format for implementation notes
  • Merge checklist

Read the full file on GitHub · 64 lines

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  1. 1mo ago First seen · 64 lines · 496 tokens per session scan A c1de34557c60

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ai-pit-crew copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository bobbylough/ai-pit-crew (2 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 496 tokens to every session, about $0.0020 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 2026-08-31.

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