turn-based-game-mcp: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

turn-based-game-mcp copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from chrisreddington/turn-based-game-mcp. It costs 662 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of coding instructions for a monorepo that contains a turn-based games platform. A monorepo keeps multiple related projects—such as shared libraries, a web app, and a service—in one repository.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when changing the shared game library, Next.js web app, MCP server, SQLite storage, or cross-package workflows.
Why use it?
It explains the repository layout and required build, lint, and test order, helping agents avoid breaking dependencies between packages.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is chrisreddington/turn-based-game-mcp's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on turn-based-game-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 turn-based-game-mcp configures →

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.github/copilot-instructions.md · 79 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 79 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Turn-Based Games Platform

Purpose

These instructions guide Copilot across all files in this monorepo. Language-specific and framework-specific rules are in separate instruction files under .github/instructions/.

Repository Structure

  • shared/ - Core game logic, types, and SQLite storage (TypeScript library)
  • web/ - Next.js 15 frontend with API routes (React + TailwindCSS)
  • mcp-server/ - Model Context Protocol server providing AI opponents (Node.js service)

Code Standards

Required Before Each Commit

  • Run npm run lint to check for linting issues
  • Run npm run test to ensure all tests pass
  • Build shared package first when making cross-package changes

Development Flow

  • Build shared: npm run build --workspace=shared (always run first)
  • Dev web: npm run dev --workspace=web (starts Next.js on port 3000)
  • Dev MCP: npm run dev --workspace=mcp-server (starts MCP server via stdio)
  • Full test: npm run test (runs all workspace tests)
  • Full lint: npm run lint (runs all workspace linting)

Database

  • SQLite file location: web/games.db (default)
  • Controlled by GAMES_DB_PATH environment variable

Architecture Guidelines

Service Boundaries

  • MCP server communicates with web app via HTTP calls to /api/games/* endpoints
  • MCP server never accesses the database directly
  • Web app uses direct SQLite access via shared/src/storage/sqlite-storage.ts

Game Interface

All games implement Game<TGameState, TMove> interface in shared/src/types/game.ts:

// Required methods for all game implementations
validateMove(state, move)   // Check if move is legal
applyMove(state, move)      // Apply move and return new state
checkGameEnd(state)         // Determine win/draw/continue
getValidMoves(state)        // Get available moves
getInitialState(config)     // Create starting game state

API Routes Pattern

  • Create/list games: web/src/app/api/games/[game-type]/route.ts
  • Make moves: web/src/app/api/games/[game-type]/[id]/move/route.ts

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turn-based-game-mcp copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository chrisreddington/turn-based-game-mcp (31 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 662 tokens to every session, about $0.0033 per session on Opus 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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