PCP: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

PCP copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from IsoCodeCrafter/PCP. It costs 658 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of instructions for AI coding tools working on the PCP repository. It explains where the project’s architecture, decisions, rules, tasks, and operating notes are stored.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to find repository context, review past technical decisions, follow project rules, and check active work and operating procedures.
Why use it?
It gives an AI contributor the project background before it changes code, reducing confusion when work continues across sessions or contributors.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is IsoCodeCrafter/PCP's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on PCP 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 PCP configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Security scan A 0 findings. 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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Opus 5 $0.00329 $0.00329
Sonnet 5 $0.00132 $0.00132
Haiku 4.5 $0.00066 $0.00066

Measured 3d ago against content hash a5cebb275f7c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

PCP copilot-instructions.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 3d 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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

3 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

.github/copilot-instructions.md · 47 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 47 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

📌 Project Context Protocol (PCP) Directives

Automatically synced by PCP CLI (v0.1.2). Do not edit between boundary markers.

This repository adheres to the Project Context Protocol (PCP) standard for preserving, organizing, and maintaining persistent project continuity across human and AI contributors.

🧭 Context Location & Architecture

  • Canonical Entry Point: context/manifest.yaml
  • Core Knowledge Components:
    • context/ARCHITECTURE.md: Structural boundaries, component domains, and non-negotiable architectural constraints.
    • context/DECISION_LOG.md: Historical architectural decision records (ADRs) with rationale and consequences.
    • context/KNOWLEDGE.md: Durable domain rules, business invariants, and technical conventions.
    • context/OPEN_WORK.md: Active tasks, priority backlog items, and technical debt tracking.
    • context/OPERATIONAL_GUIDE.md: Setup, testing, contribution, deployment, and operational runbooks.

🤖 AI Contributor Protocol

  1. Session Handshake (Cold-Start Briefing):
    • At the beginning of any session or upon first interaction, inspect context/manifest.yaml, the latest entry in context/DECISION_LOG.md, and active tasks in context/OPEN_WORK.md.
    • Provide a concise (3-4 lines max), token-friendly greeting card:
      [PCP Active | <project-name>]
      ⚡ Last Decision: DEC-XXXX (<title> - by <author>)
      📋 Active Task: WORK-XXXX (<title>)
      Ready. How should we proceed?
      
  2. Context-First Discovery:
    • Before suggesting architectural changes or writing code, consult the relevant context components.
    • Preserve established knowledge: Never rediscover or contradict past decisions in DECISION_LOG.md without an explicit rationale.
  3. Autonomous Context Synchronization (Gravity Matching):
    • Do NOT ask repetitive confirmation questions like "Should I record this decision?".
    • When introducing structural/architectural changes (new dependencies, schema changes, state management patterns, API contracts) or completing open tasks:
      • Compare against existing entries to match the appropriate abstraction level.
      • Proactively bundle the context update (DECISION_LOG.md, OPEN_WORK.md, or KNOWLEDGE.md) directly into the code change using valid RFC-0001 schema and sequential IDs.
      • Report the context update in your final response summary (e.g., "Context updated: DEC-0003 & WORK-0001 marked completed").
      • The human authorizes the change naturally via Git diff / PR review.
  4. Context Integrity Verification:
    • Ensure YAML frontmatters, IDs, and cross-references remain valid:
      npx @craftsolutions/pcp check
      
  5. Context Bundling:
    • For external reasoning or web chat review, active context can be compiled via:
      npx @craftsolutions/pcp pack -a
      

Read the full file on GitHub · 47 lines

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. 3d ago First seen · 47 lines · 658 tokens per session scan A a5cebb275f7c

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PCP copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository IsoCodeCrafter/PCP (0 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 658 tokens to every session, about $0.0033 per session on Opus 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 2026-09-09.

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