pretalx-local-mcp: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

pretalx-local-mcp copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from kevinnz/pretalx-local-mcp. It costs 2,019 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of instructions for pretalx-mcp, a local-only connector that lets coding agents use the official Pretalx API. Pretalx is software for managing conferences, including their events and schedules.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when developing or maintaining pretalx-mcp, especially its configuration, repository structure, tests, formatting, and Pretalx API integration.
Why use it?
It enforces how the connector should run and communicate, including keeping it local and preventing it from exposing a network service.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is kevinnz/pretalx-local-mcp's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on pretalx-local-mcp 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 pretalx-local-mcp configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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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.

.github/copilot-instructions.md · 225 lines

How it starts

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GitHub Copilot Instructions — pretalx-local-mcp

Project overview

pretalx-mcp is a local-only MCP server that lets local MCP clients (GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and others) interact with a pretalx conference-management instance through the official pretalx REST API.

The server runs as a child process of the MCP client and communicates over stdio only. It must never expose a network service.


Tech stack

Tool Purpose
Python ≥ 3.11 Runtime
fastmcp MCP server framework
httpx Async HTTP client (outbound to pretalx only)
pydantic Response models
pydantic-settings Environment-based configuration
python-dotenv Local .env file support
pytest Test runner
respx Mock HTTP calls in tests
ruff Linting and formatting
mypy Optional type checking
uv Package management and script runner

Repository structure

pretalx-mcp/
├── README.md
├── pyproject.toml
├── .env.example
├── .gitignore
├── src/
│   └── pretalx_mcp/
│       ├── __init__.py
│       ├── server.py          # FastMCP entrypoint — stdio only
│       ├── config.py          # pydantic-settings Settings class
│       ├── pretalx_client.py  # Outbound httpx client
│       ├── safety.py          # Read-only guardrail
│       ├── tools/
│       │   ├── __init__.py
│       │   ├── events.py
│       │   ├── submissions.py
│       │   ├── speakers.py
│       │   ├── schedule.py
│       │   └── reviews.py
│       └── models/
│           ├── __init__.py
│           ├── common.py      # compact_* helpers, truncate_text
│           ├── event.py
│           ├── submission.py
│           ├── speaker.py
│           └── schedule.py
├── tests/
│   ├── test_config.py
│   ├── test_pretalx_client.py
│   ├── test_events_tools.py
│   ├── test_submissions_tools.py
│   └── test_schedule_tools.py
└── docs/
    ├── SECURITY.md
    └── MCP_CLIENT_SETUP.md

Hard constraints — enforce every time

Read the full file on GitHub · 225 lines

Changes

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pretalx-local-mcp copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository kevinnz/pretalx-local-mcp (0 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,019 tokens to every session, about $0.0101 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 2026-08-31.

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