radicle-mcp: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

radicle-mcp copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from fovi-llc/radicle-mcp. It costs 375 tokens per session, scanned C, original, Apache-2.0.

Project instructions for building radicle-mcp, an MCP server that lets AI assistants use Radicle, a peer-to-peer network for sharing and collaborating on code repositories.

In plain words
What is it for?
Developing MCP tools around Radicle’s command-line program, including repositories, patches, issues, remotes, and syncing copies of code.
Why use it?
They explain the project’s Radicle concepts and set rules for safe, documented tool implementations.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is fovi-llc/radicle-mcp's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on radicle-mcp 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 radicle-mcp configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to fovi-llc/radicle-mcp. 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/fovi-llc/radicle-mcp/main/.github/copilot-instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fovi-llc/radicle-mcp

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Per session 375 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 375 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan C 1 finding. 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

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00375 $0.00375
Opus 5 $0.00187 $0.00187
Sonnet 5 $0.00075 $0.00075
Haiku 4.5 $0.00038 $0.00038

Measured 7d ago against content hash 0863c2d85f8f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

radicle-mcp copilot-instructions.md scanned grade C with 1 finding 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 7d 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.

Hidden instructionshighPrompt injection

Directives inside HTML comments, invisible characters or bidirectional overrides are read by the model and not by the person reviewing the file.

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What it actually says

Copilot Instructions for Radicle MCP Server

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server project for Radicle, a peer-to-peer code collaboration network.

Project Context

  • This MCP server provides tools for interacting with Radicle repositories
  • It wraps Radicle CLI commands as MCP tools for use by AI assistants
  • The server uses Python's mcp library with FastMCP for easy tool definition
  • All Radicle operations are performed through subprocess calls to the rad CLI

Key Guidelines

  1. Tool Functions: Each MCP tool should be async and use the @mcp.tool() decorator
  2. Error Handling: Always handle subprocess errors gracefully and provide meaningful error messages
  3. Command Safety: Validate all user inputs before passing to CLI commands
  4. Documentation: Include clear docstrings with parameter descriptions for all tools
  5. Radicle CLI: Use the official rad command-line interface for all operations

Radicle Concepts

  • RID: Repository ID - unique identifier for Radicle repositories
  • Patches: Similar to pull requests in Git-based systems
  • Issues: Bug reports and feature requests
  • Remotes: Other nodes hosting copies of the repository
  • Sync: Synchronizing with the Radicle network
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. 7d ago First seen · 31 lines · 375 tokens per session scan C 0863c2d85f8f

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radicle-mcp copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository fovi-llc/radicle-mcp (0 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 375 tokens to every session, about $0.0019 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 1 finding (hidden instructions). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-01.

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