Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to chefallan/awesome-context-engine. 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/chefallan/awesome-context-engine/main/.github/copilot-instructions.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/chefallan/awesome-context-engineWrote 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/chefallan/awesome-context-engine/copilot-instructions)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/chefallan/awesome-context-engine/copilot-instructions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/chefallan/awesome-context-engine/copilot-instructions/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/chefallan/awesome-context-engine/copilot-instructions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/chefallan/awesome-context-engine/copilot-instructions.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 | $0.00517 | $0.00517 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00207 | $0.00207 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00103 | $0.00103 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00052 | $0.00052 |
Grade A, and why
awesome-context-engine 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 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 46 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
awesome-context-engine Integration
- Read
.awesome-context/ai-context.mdfirst — it is the repo brain (rules, memory, module index, workflows). - For the full module catalog and architecture map, read
.awesome-context/repo-brain.md. - Use
.awesome-context/project-map.mdand.awesome-context/workflows.md. - Preserve preferences from
.awesome-context/preferences.md. - After each completed prompt result that changed files, run
ace syncto refresh context. - Suggest updates to
.awesome-context/memory.mdafter meaningful changes. - Never store secrets, tokens, credentials, or private keys in memory files.
When to fire ACE commands
| Situation | Command |
|---|---|
| Starting work on a file | ace context:pack <file> |
| Finished making changes | ace sync |
| User says remember/note/keep in mind | ace genesis capture --note "<lesson>" |
| User asks what was decided / do you remember | ace genesis recall "<topic>" |
| User asks impact of changing a file | ace context:impact <file> |
| User adds a rule or preference | ace memory add "<content>" |
| Fresh session, no context loaded | ace context:pack <entry-file> |
| Your draft violates a stored rule or preference | Revise before sending; then ace genesis capture --note "<lesson>" |
Never run ace auto — it is a RAM-heavy background watcher, not for agent use.
Self-Healing Protocol
This runs automatically — no commands needed. Before sending every response:
- Re-read the
## Persistent Memorysection of.awesome-context/ai-context.md(already loaded in your context). - Check your draft against every
[rule]and[warning]item. - If any rule is violated — silently revise your draft before sending. Do not mention the check unless the user asks.
Copilot Instructions
- Read .awesome-context/ai-context.md first.
- Use .awesome-context/project-map.md for repo structure.
- Use .awesome-context/workflows.md and .awesome-context/skills/ for repeatable tasks.
- Preserve preferences from .awesome-context/preferences.md.
- After completing tasks, suggest updates to .awesome-context/memory.md.
- Never store secrets, tokens, credentials, or private keys in memory files.
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.
- 2mo ago First seen · 46 lines · 517 tokens per session scan A a2eb126450b9
awesome-context-engine copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository chefallan/awesome-context-engine (2 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 517 tokens to every session, about $0.0021 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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