Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator. 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/jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator/main/.github/instructions/github-actions.instructions.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jonathan-vella/apex-acceleratorWrote 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/jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator/github-actions)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator/github-actions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator/github-actions/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/jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator/github-actions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator/github-actions.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 | $0.00922 | $0.00922 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00369 | $0.00369 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00184 | $0.00184 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00092 | $0.00092 |
Grade A, and why
apex-accelerator github-actions.instructions.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 83 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
GitHub Actions Workflow Standards
Standards for creating and maintaining CI/CD workflows in this repository. For general GitHub Actions best practices, rely on GitHub Actions documentation.
Project Conventions
Runner and Node.js
- Runner:
ubuntu-latestfor all jobs - Node.js: Version
24withnpmcaching — never use20or older (Node.js 20 reached EOL April 2026) - Dependencies:
npm ci(notnpm install); reuse the composite./.github/actions/setup-node-repoaction instead of repeating setup steps
Permissions and Triggers
- Set
permissionsat workflow level (least privilege); defaultcontents: read - Scope triggers with
paths:and includeworkflow_dispatchfor on-demand runs - Add
concurrency(${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }},cancel-in-progress: true)
Action Versions
- Pin to major version tags (e.g.,
@v7), never@mainor@latest - Current versions:
| Action | Version |
|---|---|
actions/checkout |
@v7 |
actions/setup-node |
@v7 |
actions/setup-python |
@v7 |
actions/upload-artifact |
@v7 |
actions/download-artifact |
@v8 |
actions/cache |
@v4 |
actions/github-script |
@v8 |
actions/dependency-review-action |
@v5 |
peter-evans/create-pull-request |
@v8 |
Existing Workflows
| Workflow | Purpose | Trigger |
|---|---|---|
ci.yml |
Independent repository, external-tool and secret-scan jobs | PR + push to main/feature + manual |
branch-enforcement.yml |
Contributor branch naming and change-scope checks | PR to main |
validate-devcontainer-base.yml |
Validate the devcontainer base and compare verdicts | Relevant same-repository PR changes + manual |
consumer-template-checks.yml |
Validate inactive consumer workflows | Template changes + manual |
upstream-skill-drift.yml |
Keep one issue with upstream azure-skills drift | Weekly schedule + manual |
dependency-security.yml |
Dependency review and npm/pip audit gates | Dependency or workflow changes + weekly + manual |
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.
- 6d ago Changed · +7 lines · +114 tokens per session b5f52c86593a
- 18d ago Changed · +2 lines · +47 tokens per session 0e94153f4aed
- 1mo ago Changed · -37 lines · -333 tokens per session 5ad7efe2b1d7
- 1mo ago Changed · +2 lines · +40 tokens per session 6baaab060127
- 1mo ago Changed · +2 lines · -20 tokens per session 4ed8714bdd77
- 1mo ago First seen · 107 lines · 1,074 tokens per session scan A acdfee5bc1ae
apex-accelerator github-actions.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator (50 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 922 tokens to every session, about $0.0037 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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