nestjs-starter: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

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nestjs-starter copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from hmake98/nestjs-starter. It costs 4,492 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A coding guide for a NestJS starter application using PostgreSQL, Redis, background job processing, and token-based login. NestJS is a Node.js framework for organising server applications; the guide also documents the project layout and module wiring rules.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when adding features, controllers, database access, queues, caching, authentication, or other changes to this NestJS application.
Why use it?
It gives an agent the application structure and technology choices needed to place changes correctly and preserve how modules, authentication, and shared services connect.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

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NestJS Starter — GitHub Copilot Instructions

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Stack

NestJS 11 · Prisma 7 + @prisma/adapter-pg (pg Pool, no binary engine) · PostgreSQL · Redis ioredis · BullMQ · JWT (passport-jwt + argon2) · nestjs-pino · nestjs-i18n · Sentry · Swagger (non-prod only) · TypeScript 6 · Node ≥20

Directory Layout

src/
├── app/
│   ├── app.module.ts              root module
│   ├── config/                    registerAs() factories (index.ts barrel)
│   │   ├── app.config.ts          'app.*'
│   │   ├── auth.config.ts         'auth.accessToken.*' / 'auth.refreshToken.*'
│   │   ├── redis.config.ts        'redis.*'
│   │   ├── doc.config.ts          'doc.*'
│   │   └── seed.config.ts         'seed.admin.*'
│   ├── controllers/health.controller.ts
│   └── enums/app.enum.ts
├── common/
│   ├── common.module.ts           imports all infra; exports DatabaseModule + CacheModule only
│   ├── bullmq/bullmq.module.ts    shared BullMQ Redis connection
│   ├── cache/services/cache.service.ts
│   ├── database/
│   │   ├── database.module.ts     provides+exports DatabaseService, UserRepository
│   │   ├── services/database.service.ts
│   │   ├── repositories/user.repository.ts
│   │   ├── interfaces/user.interface.ts   UserEntity, CreateUserInput, UpdateUserInput
│   │   └── enums/role.enum.ts            re-exports Prisma Role as UserRole
│   ├── doc/decorators/
│   │   └── doc.api-endpoint.decorator.ts  @ApiEndpoint (only decorator for controller methods)
│   ├── request/
│   │   ├── request.module.ts      registers ThrottlerGuard → JwtAccessGuard → RolesGuard
│   │   ├── decorators/auth-user.decorator.ts    @AuthUser()
│   │   ├── decorators/public.decorator.ts       @PublicRoute()
│   │   ├── decorators/roles.decorator.ts        @AllowedRoles([...])
│   │   ├── guards/jwt-access.guard.ts
│   │   ├── guards/jwt-refresh.guard.ts
│   │   └── interfaces/request.interface.ts      IAuthUser = { userId, role }
│   └── response/
│       ├── dtos/response.success.dto.ts    ApiSuccessResponseDto<T>
│       ├── dtos/response.generic.dto.ts    ApiGenericResponseDto
│       ├── filters/response.exception.filter.ts
│       └── interceptors/response.interceptor.ts
├── modules/
│   ├── auth/                      public: login, signup, refresh
│   └── user/                      public: profile CRUD; admin: delete
└── workers/schedulers/            Cron schedulers (MidNightScheduleWorker)

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nestjs-starter copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository hmake98/nestjs-starter (64 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 4,492 tokens to every session, about $0.0180 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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