symkit-mcp: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

symkit-mcp copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from LBurny/symkit-mcp. It costs 419 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A set of project instructions for GitHub Copilot Agent Mode, covering design documents, tests, software structure, governance and Python environments.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when developing the symkit-mcp project, especially before changing behavior, adding tests, managing Python packages or committing code.
Why use it?
It gives coding agents consistent project rules to follow, reducing accidental architecture changes, missing tests and unmanaged dependencies.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

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

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Per session 419 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 419 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
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.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00419 $0.00419
Opus 5.5 $0.00168 $0.00168
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00084 $0.00084
Haiku 4.5 $0.00042 $0.00042

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 36760ee5cb73, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

symkit-mcp 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 1mo 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.

.github/copilot-instructions.md · 74 lines

What it actually says

Copilot Custom Instructions

This document provides project context for VS Code GitHub Copilot Agent Mode.


Development Philosophy

  • Write or update design docs before changing behavior.
  • Add tests to tests/ for any new logic.
  • Keep the Domain Layer free of external dependencies.

Governance

You must follow this hierarchy:

  1. Constitution: CONSTITUTION.md — top-level principles, must not be violated
  2. Bylaws: .github/bylaws/*.md — detailed rules

Architecture Principles

  • Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
  • Data Access Layer (DAL) must be independent
  • Dependency direction: Presentation → Application → Domain ← Infrastructure

See .github/bylaws/ddd-architecture.md for details.


Python Environment (uv preferred)

  • Prefer uv for package and virtual environment management.
  • New projects must create pyproject.toml + uv.lock.
  • Do not install packages globally.
# Initialize environment
uv venv
uv sync --all-extras

# Install dependencies
uv add package-name
uv add --dev pytest ruff

See .github/bylaws/python-environment.md for details.


Git Workflow

Before committing, run this checklist:

  1. ✅ Run tests: uv run pytest
  2. ✅ Run lint: uv run ruff check src/ tests/
  3. ✅ Run type check: uv run mypy src/
  4. 📖 Update README if user-facing behavior changed
  5. 📋 Update CHANGELOG if applicable
  6. 🗺️ Update ROADMAP if progress was made

See .github/bylaws/git-workflow.md for details.


Project Notes

  • SymKit is a domain-agnostic symbolic formula derivation engine.
  • It exposes 45 MCP tools for math, derivation sessions, assumptions, verification, and orchestration.
  • Respond in Simplified Chinese when the user writes in Chinese.
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.

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  2. 1mo ago Changed d48e34209598
  3. 2mo ago First seen · 74 lines · 419 tokens per session scan A 8fd370b7253e

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symkit-mcp copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository LBurny/symkit-mcp (13 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 419 tokens to every session, about $0.0017 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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