Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to drvoss/everything-copilot-cli. 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/drvoss/everything-copilot-cli/main/.github/copilot-instructions.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/drvoss/everything-copilot-cliWrote 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/drvoss/everything-copilot-cli/copilot-instructions)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/drvoss/everything-copilot-cli/copilot-instructions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/drvoss/everything-copilot-cli/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/drvoss/everything-copilot-cli/copilot-instructions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/drvoss/everything-copilot-cli/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 | $0.00913 | $0.00913 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00365 | $0.00365 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00183 | $0.00183 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00091 | $0.00091 |
Grade A, and why
everything-copilot-cli 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 today.
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 — 86 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
GitHub Copilot Instructions
Concise runtime instructions for GitHub Copilot. For the fuller human-facing reference guide, see
COPILOT-INSTRUCTIONS.mdin the repository root.
Project Context
This is everything-copilot-cli — a reference repository defining agents, skills, rules, orchestration patterns, and MCP configurations for GitHub Copilot CLI. Content is Markdown and JSON configuration, not application code.
Essential Rules
- Use YAML frontmatter in all agent and skill files
- Use kebab-case for all filenames (e.g.,
build-error-resolver.md) - Use conventional commits (
feat:,fix:,docs:,chore:) - Run validation before committing:
npm run validate && npm run lint:md && npm test - Don't mix concerns — one agent/skill/rule per file, one topic per PR
Directory Structure
| Directory | Contents |
|---|---|
agents/ |
Agent definitions with persona, tools, model, behavior |
skills/ |
Source skill library. Each skill lives at skills/<category>/<skill-name>/SKILL.md |
skills/copilot-exclusive/ |
Copilot-only capabilities such as plan mode, fleet, background agents, and session memory |
skills/development/, skills/workflow/, skills/security/, skills/testing/, skills/documentation/, skills/product/, skills/content/ |
Portable domain skills grouped by category |
rules/common/ |
Universal behavioral rules |
rules/languages/ |
Language-specific coding standards |
rules/frameworks/ |
Framework-specific guidance |
orchestration/ |
Multi-agent coordination (patterns/, configs/, examples/, skills/, templates/) |
contexts/ |
Execution context definitions |
mcp-configs/ |
MCP server configurations |
examples/ |
Example copilot-instructions per project type (nextjs-app/, python-api/, dotnet-webapp/, monorepo/) |
Agent Type Selection
Use the right Copilot agent type for each task:
| Task Type | Agent Type | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding code/configs | explore |
"What agents are defined?", "How does orchestration work?" |
| Running builds/tests/lints | task |
"Validate all configs", "Run the test suite" |
| Complex multi-step changes | general-purpose |
"Add a new agent with skills and tests", "Refactor rule structure" |
| Reviewing changes | code-review |
"Review this PR", "Check for issues in staged changes" |
| Parallel independent work | Fleet mode | "Create example configs for all 4 project types" |
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.
- today Changed · -1 lines · -23 tokens per session 91baf64d0b03
- 1mo ago First seen · 87 lines · 936 tokens per session scan A 0d2d1d12dd85
everything-copilot-cli copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository drvoss/everything-copilot-cli (49 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 913 tokens to every session, about $0.0037 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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