spotify-skill: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

spotify-skill copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from fabioc-aloha/spotify-skill. It costs 9,988 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A documented example of a Claude Desktop Skill: a self-contained package that adds a Spotify API integration and teaches developers how to build similar packages.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to learn how to create, validate, package, document, or extend skills that connect Claude to services such as Spotify.
Why use it?
It provides a working reference for the package format, official specification, development tools, templates, and troubleshooting practices.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is fabioc-aloha/spotify-skill's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on spotify-skill 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 spotify-skill configures →

Needs its repository: it runs a file that does not travel with it, so clone the repository first. The line is python tools/init_skill.py my-new-skill --path ./.

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to fabioc-aloha/spotify-skill. 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/fabioc-aloha/spotify-skill/main/.github/copilot-instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fabioc-aloha/spotify-skill

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Copilot Instructions - Spotify Skill Project

Project Overview

This project is an example of Claude Desktop Skills - specifically demonstrating how to create production-ready skills that extend Claude's capabilities. The Spotify API Skill serves as a comprehensive reference implementation for building API integration skills.

What This Project Is

  • Primary Purpose: Educational example and template for creating Claude Desktop Skills
  • Secondary Purpose: Production-ready Spotify API integration skill
  • Audience: Developers learning to create custom Claude skills
  • Status: Complete, production-ready, fully documented

Project Type

This is a Complete Skill Development Toolkit that includes:

  1. A complete working skill (Spotify API integration)
  2. Automated development tools (init, validate, package) - NEW!
  3. Official specifications (Agent Skills Spec v1.0) - NEW!
  4. Comprehensive guides for creating any type of skill
  5. Interactive workbooks and templates
  6. Advanced patterns and examples
  7. Best practices and troubleshooting

What Are Claude Desktop Skills?

Definition

Skills are modular, self-contained packages that extend Claude's capabilities by providing:

  • Specialized workflows for specific domains
  • Tool integrations (APIs, file formats, services)
  • Domain expertise and procedural knowledge
  • Bundled resources (scripts, references, assets)

Official Documentation: For up-to-date information on creating custom skills, see:

Skill Architecture

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md                    # Required: Main documentation with YAML frontmatter
├── scripts/                    # Optional: Executable Python/JS code
│   ├── main_script.py
│   └── helper_script.py
├── references/                 # Optional: Reference documentation
│   ├── api_reference.md
│   └── authentication_guide.md
└── assets/                     # Optional: Templates, images, etc.
    └── template.docx

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spotify-skill copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository fabioc-aloha/spotify-skill (18 stars, last pushed 11mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 9,988 tokens to every session, about $0.0400 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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