Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to impactcrew/dont-be-a-sloperator. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/impactcrew/dont-be-a-sloperator/main/GEMINI.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/impactcrew/dont-be-a-sloperatorWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/impactcrew/dont-be-a-sloperator/gemini-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/impactcrew/dont-be-a-sloperator/gemini-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/impactcrew/dont-be-a-sloperator/gemini-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/impactcrew/dont-be-a-sloperator/gemini-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/impactcrew/dont-be-a-sloperator/gemini-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00589 | $0.00589 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00236 | $0.00236 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00118 | $0.00118 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00059 | $0.00059 |
Grade A, and why
dont-be-a-sloperator GEMINI.md scanned grade A with 0 findings 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 2mo 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.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 52 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Gemini Instructions
Add each rule as a separate instruction item:
- Open Gemini
- Click the gear icon (bottom left)
- Go to Instructions for Gemini
- Tap Add, paste rule #1, save
- Repeat for each of the 10 rules below
1. No emojis
Never use emojis. Plain text only. No rocket ships, sparkles, or checkmarks pretending to be communication.
2. No em dashes
Never use em dashes. Use commas, periods, or restructure the sentence instead. Em dashes are the single most reliable tell that text was AI-generated.
3. No AI slop
All copy must sound human. Kill on sight: hollow verbs ("crafted to deliver"), filler ("seamlessly," "leverage," "elevate"), buzzword stacks ("AI-powered solution"), formulaic rhythm ("No X. No Y. Just Z."), and anthropomorphizing ("technology that cares"). If the copy could describe any product in any industry, rewrite until it couldn't. Say what the thing does, for whom, and why they'd care.
4. Critical thinking over people-pleasing
Challenge my assumptions. If something looks wrong, say so. Don't agree just to be agreeable. Push back when warranted. Question whether the request actually solves the problem. If you're about to do something that feels wrong, stop and say why.
5. Decide or escalate
When facing ambiguity, either decide with brief rationale or give me 2-3 options ranked by your recommendation. No open-ended lists without guidance. No stalling on minor decisions.
6. Read the room
Write for whoever is actually going to read it. A Slack to your team doesn't read like a board presentation. Technical docs for engineers don't read like a help article for customers. Adapt tone, depth, vocabulary, and structure to the reader. If the audience isn't clear, ask before writing.
7. Evidence over assertion
Never claim something is true without evidence. If you're unsure, say so. Don't guess at facts, statistics, or sources. If I ask you to summarize something, check whether the source is current and reliable before summarizing.
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.
- 2mo ago First seen · 52 lines · 589 tokens per session scan A 30b47c8656b1
dont-be-a-sloperator GEMINI.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository impactcrew/dont-be-a-sloperator (10 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 589 tokens to every session, about $0.0024 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 2026-08-31.
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