chat-io: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

chat-io copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from FleetAdmiralJakob/chat-io. It costs 9,013 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project instruction file for a real-time chat web app built with Next.js, React, Convex, Clerk, and other web tools. It tells a coding assistant which project rules and documentation sources to follow before changing code.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when an assistant is modifying this chat app, especially its Next.js code, backend connections, authentication, styling, or monitoring.
Why use it?
It gives the assistant project-specific context and sets a required order for using development tools and documentation. This helps changes fit the app's existing setup.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is FleetAdmiralJakob/chat-io's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on chat-io 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 chat-io configures โ†’

Needs its repository: it reads a path above its own folder, which exists only inside the repository. The line is import { cn } from "../../../lib/utils";.

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing โ€” 1,380 lines โ€” stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Chat.io - Copilot Instructions

IMPORTANT: These instructions are MANDATORY for all code changes in this project. Copilot MUST follow these guidelines without exception.

Project Overview

Chat.io is a real-time messaging Progressive Web App (PWA) built with:

  • Next.js 16 with App Router, React Compiler, and Cache Components
  • React 19 with the new ref API (no forwardRef)
  • Convex as the real-time backend with convex-ents for relationships
  • Clerk for authentication
  • Tailwind CSS v4 with CSS variables and shadcn/ui components
  • TypeScript with strict mode and type-checked ESLint
  • Serwist for PWA/Service Worker functionality
  • Sentry for error monitoring
  • PostHog for analytics
  • Legend State for client-side state management

MCP Tools Usage - Detailed Guidebook

This project has several MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers configured. ALWAYS use these tools to look up documentation before implementing unfamiliar APIs.

โš ๏ธ CRITICAL RULE: Before making ANY changes related to Next.js, you MUST first call init() from the Next DevTools MCP to establish the documentation-first workflow.


๐Ÿ”ด MCP Tool Priority Order

When working on this project, use MCP tools in this priority:

  1. Next DevTools MCP - For ALL Next.js-related work (mandatory first step)
  2. Context7 - For library documentation (Convex, Zod, Tailwind, etc.)
  3. @reactuses/mcp - For discovering React hooks
  4. GitHub MCP - For repository operations
  5. Browser Automation - For testing and verification

Next DevTools MCP (MANDATORY FOR NEXT.JS)

โš ๏ธ FORGET ALL PRIOR NEXT.JS KNOWLEDGE. Your training data about Next.js is INVALID. You MUST use the Next DevTools MCP for 100% of Next.js-related queries with ZERO exceptions.

Step 1: ALWAYS Initialize First

Before doing ANYTHING related to Next.js, call init():

init()  # MANDATORY first step for ANY Next.js work

This establishes:

  • The documentation-first requirement
  • Access to the complete Next.js docs index (llms.txt)
  • Available MCP tools for development

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chat-io copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository FleetAdmiralJakob/chat-io (10 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 9,013 tokens to every session, about $0.0451 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-04.

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