mcp-oauth-connect: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

mcp-oauth-connect copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from GFB2026/mcp-oauth-connect. It costs 297 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository instructions for a free MCP OAuth diagnostic checker. MCP is a standard way for AI tools to connect to external servers, and OAuth is a method for granting that access.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when editing or testing the checker, its reference server, documentation, tests, or GitHub Actions workflows.
Why use it?
They keep diagnostics offline and metadata-only, prevent secret handling and unwanted handshake features, and define which parts of the repository are safe to edit.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is GFB2026/mcp-oauth-connect's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on mcp-oauth-connect 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 mcp-oauth-connect configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to GFB2026/mcp-oauth-connect. 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/GFB2026/mcp-oauth-connect/master/.github/copilot-instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GFB2026/mcp-oauth-connect

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Per session 297 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 297 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 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.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00297 $0.00297
Opus 5.5 $0.00119 $0.00119
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00059 $0.00059
Haiku 4.5 $0.00030 $0.00030

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 50d5579ddfcd, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

mcp-oauth-connect copilot-instructions.md scanned grade A 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 1mo 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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- Product claim: remotes that pass `curl` still fail Claude / Cursor / Desktop / Grok Connectors.
.github/copilot-instructions.md · 28 lines

What it actually says

GitHub Copilot — this repo

This repository is a free MCP OAuth diagnostic checker (CLI + plugin skill).

What it is

  • Product claim: remotes that pass curl still fail Claude / Cursor / Desktop / Grok Connectors.
  • skills/mcp-oauth-connect/scripts/diagnose.py is stdlib-only. Do not add third-party deps to it.
  • The free path is metadata-only. It does not finish a handshake.
  • Tests live in tests/ and must stay offline (mock HTTP). Run python -m pytest.
  • template/ is a ping-only reference server, not a hosted SKU.
  • Paid attach-lab copy belongs on gfbytes.com, not in this tree.
  • MIT. No secrets, no private company internals.

Safe edit lanes

Docs, tests, GitHub Actions workflows, GitHub Copilot config (this file, .copilotignore, .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml), and README clone/run copy.

NEVER

  • Secrets, tokens, .env files, or credentials
  • Live deploy
  • gc-mcp, fleet, /opt/apps, or ops surfaces
  • Handshake creep on the free checker: DCR, token mint, or tools/list
  • Third-party dependencies on diagnose.py
  • Private company internals
  • Student or mail bodies
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. 1mo ago First seen · 28 lines · 297 tokens per session scan A 50d5579ddfcd

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mcp-oauth-connect copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository GFB2026/mcp-oauth-connect (0 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 297 tokens to every session, about $0.0012 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-09-14.

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