CookHero: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

CookHero copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from Decade-qiu/CookHero. It costs 364 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A project instruction file for CookHero that sets standards for code quality, task planning, version compatibility, and Git operations.

In plain words
What is it for?
Guiding complex task breakdowns, implementation decisions, error handling, modular code structure, and changes where backward compatibility is not guaranteed.
Why use it?
It gives the coding agent consistent rules for making changes that are clear, reliable, maintainable, and compatible with the project’s policy.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is Decade-qiu/CookHero's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on CookHero 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 CookHero configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to Decade-qiu/CookHero. 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/Decade-qiu/CookHero/main/.github/copilot-instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Decade-qiu/CookHero

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Per session 364 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 364 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.
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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 $0.00364 $0.00364
Opus 5.5 $0.00146 $0.00146
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00073 $0.00073
Haiku 4.5 $0.00036 $0.00036

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 651587cac364, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

CookHero 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.

.github/copilot-instructions.md · 32 lines

What it actually says

Global Instructions

0. General Code Quality Requirements

  • Clarity and Simplicity: Write clean, self-documenting code with meaningful names and consistent formatting. Prefer straightforward solutions; avoid unnecessary abstraction or complexity.
  • Reliability and Correctness: Ensure code is robust and predictable. Handle errors gracefully, validate inputs, and include tests where appropriate.
  • Maintainability and Modularity: Structure code to be easy to understand, modify, and extend. Minimize coupling between modules and keep related functionality cohesive.
  • Consistency and Standards: Follow established project conventions and language best practices consistently. Avoid introducing special cases without strong justification.

1. Task Decomposition & Planning

  • For complex or multi-step tasks, carefully analyze and plan before proceeding.
  • Break down tasks into a prioritized to-do list of executable steps.
  • Process each subtask sequentially by priority, ensuring logical progression and clarity.

2. Version Compatibility Policy

  • No backward compatibility guarantee — Feel free to break old formats to prioritize new features and improvements.
  • Allow destructive updates, prioritize code quality and architectural soundness over maintaining legacy support.

3. Git Operations

  • Never automatically execute git commit after making code changes.
  • Perform git operations (e.g., commit, push) only when explicitly instructed by the user.

Python Project Instructions

1. Python Environment Management

  • Always activate the virtual environment in the project root before running or testing code.
  • Activation command: source .venv/bin/activate

Frontend Project Instructions

1. Frontend Build Process

  • After modifying frontend code, always run the following command to compile and check for errors: npm run build.
  • Ensure the build succeeds before proceeding with other operations to maintain code consistency and stability.
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 · 32 lines · 364 tokens per session scan A 651587cac364

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CookHero copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Decade-qiu/CookHero (624 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 364 tokens to every session, about $0.0015 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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