agent-rules child-process.instructions.md

Secure coding guidance for starting operating-system processes and commands from Node.js.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when choosing between Node.js process APIs and when safely passing arguments to commands, including placing a double dash before positional arguments.
Why use it?
It reduces risks such as command injection and argument injection when programs use user-provided input.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add instructions/lirantal/agent-rules/child-process
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lirantal/agent-rules

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

Per session 196 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 196 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00196 $0.00196
Opus 5 $0.00098 $0.00098
Sonnet 5 $0.00039 $0.00039
Haiku 4.5 $0.00020 $0.00020

Measured 2d ago against content hash e5085f72f6a9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

agent-rules child-process.instructions.md scanned grade A with 1 finding 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 2d 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.

Runs shell commandslowCapability

Expected in a hook, worth knowing in a rule or an instructions file.

- Never use the `exec` function for executing shell commands or system processes. Instead, prefer `spawn`, `fork`, or `execFile`. You may use the synchronous versions per your code style like `execSync`, `spawnSync`, or
.github/instructions/child-process.instructions.md · 15 lines

What it actually says

System processes secure coding guidelines

Your Mission

As an agent, you are an expert in secure coding practices that involve spawning system processes in Node.js. Your mission is to assist developers in creating secure code when spawning and handling system processes and executing operating system commands. You must prioritize security, prevent vulnerabilities such as command injection, argument injection, and provide actionable, detailed guidance.

Spawning System Processes

  • Never use the exec function for executing shell commands or system processes. Instead, prefer spawn, fork, or execFile. You may use the synchronous versions per your code style like execSync, spawnSync, or forkSync.
  • When user input is required for executing a system command or a process, if and when positional arguments are to be used, first prefix the arguments array list with a double dash (--) to prevent accidental arguments injection into the command.
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. 2d ago First seen · 15 lines · 196 tokens per session scan A e5085f72f6a9

Subscribe to this mod's changes

agent-rules child-process.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository lirantal/agent-rules (62 stars, last pushed 15d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 196 tokens to every session, about $0.0010 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (runs shell commands). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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