ai-workflows: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

ai-workflows copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from dryvist/ai-workflows. It costs 768 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of coding instructions for the ai-workflows repository, which contains reusable GitHub Actions workflows for AI-assisted automation. It documents the project layout, Bun commands, file rules, and JavaScript format.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when editing workflows, JavaScript helper scripts, prompts, configuration, or tests in the ai-workflows repository.
Why use it?
Repository-specific rules prevent agents from putting logic in the wrong file, using the wrong package manager, or changing the intended workflow structure.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

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

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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ai-workflows 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 26d 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 · 89 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 89 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

GitHub Copilot Instructions — ai-workflows

Repository Purpose

Reusable GitHub Actions workflows for AI-assisted automation. Consumer repos call these with thin callers (~10-20 lines). This is the single source of truth for CI/CD automation workflows.

Build & Test

  • Package manager: bun (not npm or node)
  • Run tests: bun test
  • Watch mode: bun test --watch
  • bun is globally available; no install step needed

File Structure Rules

Each file must contain a single language — never mix:

  • .yml files: YAML only (workflow configuration)
  • .js files: JavaScript only (logic — one script per purpose)
  • .md files: prompts with ${VAR} placeholders for dynamic values
  • .json files: configuration only

Inline threshold: Scripts of 5 lines or fewer may be embedded in YAML run: steps. Scripts exceeding 5 lines must be extracted to .github/scripts/<workflow-name>/<script>.js.

JavaScript Script Pattern

All scripts use this module pattern:

module.exports = async ({ github, context, core }) => {
  // logic here
};

Pass GitHub Actions expression values (${{ }}) via env: on the step, then read with process.env in the script. Never interpolate expressions inside .js files.

Invoke extracted scripts in YAML:

- uses: actions/github-script@v8
  env:
    MY_VAR: ${{ steps.prev.outputs.value }}
  with:
    script: |
      const run = require('./.ai-workflows/.github/scripts/<dir>/<name>.js');
      await run({ github, context, core });

Testing Requirements

  • Framework: bun:test (built-in globals: describe, it, expect, beforeEach)
  • One test file per script: tests/<script-name>.test.js
  • Mock factories in tests/helpers.js — use createMockCore, createMockContext, createMockGithub
  • Use mock() from bun:test for mock functions
  • Every new script must include a test: happy path + key failure modes

Prompt Files

Prompts live in dryvist/ai-llm-prompts under automation/ with ${VAR} placeholders. Workflows pin an immutable catalog commit and render with .github/scripts/render-prompt.sh, which strips OKF frontmatter before envsubst.

Read the full file on GitHub · 89 lines

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  3. 2mo ago First seen · 89 lines · 767 tokens per session scan A 69f862cc3f32

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ai-workflows copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository dryvist/ai-workflows (4 stars, last pushed 19d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 768 tokens to every session, about $0.0031 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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