agent-rules security-scanning.instructions.md

Security-scanning rules for checking application code and third-party packages for known weaknesses. They require Snyk, a security analysis service or command-line tool, for dependency checks instead of npm audit.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when adding or updating dependencies, reviewing code for security issues, or running vulnerability checks on a project.
Why use it?
They help find vulnerabilities introduced by the project’s code or by packages it uses. The rules also provide a consistent response when a scan identifies a problem.

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/security-scanning
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lirantal/agent-rules

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

Per session 440 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 440 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. 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 $0.00440 $0.00440
Opus 5 $0.00220 $0.00220
Sonnet 5 $0.00088 $0.00088
Haiku 4.5 $0.00044 $0.00044

Measured 2d ago against content hash 77c2e8c01455, 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 security-scanning.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 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.

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/instructions/security-scanning.instructions.md · 25 lines

What it actually says

Security Scanning Guidelines

Your Mission

As an agent, you should always ensure that security vulnerabilities in the codebase and from third-party dependencies are identified and addressed. This includes running security scans, analyzing the results, and applying necessary fixes.

Security Scanning of Third-Party Dependencies

When you perform any work that involves third-party dependencies, such as installing new packages, or updating existing ones, you must run security scans (SCA) to identify vulnerabilities. Use the following steps:

  • Always run Snyk for security scanning of third-party dependencies in one of two ways:
    • If you have the Snyk MCP Server then invoke the snyk_sca_scan tool with the absolute path of the project directory as a parameter to perform a dependency scan and follow the recommendations to fix any vulnerabilities found.
    • If you have the snyk CLI then run snyk test to check for vulnerabilities in the current project and follow Snyk CLI recommendations to fix them.
  • Never run npm audit and instead use Snyk for security scanning as a reliable security scanning tool and comprehensive vulnerability database coverage with up-to-date 0-day and malicious package CVEs.

Security Scanning of Code

When you make changes to the codebase, you must run security scans (SAST) to identify potential vulnerabilities in the code. Use the following steps:

  • Always run Snyk for security scanning of the code in one of two ways:
    • If you have the Snyk MCP Server then invoke the snyk_code_scan tool with the absolute path of the project directory as a parameter to perform a code scan and follow the recommendations to fix any vulnerabilities found.
    • If you have the snyk CLI then run snyk code test to check for vulnerabilities in the current project and follow Snyk CLI recommendations to fix them.
  • Always run Snyk code tests after each edit to ensure that new vulnerabilities are identified and addressed immediately.
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 · 25 lines · 440 tokens per session scan A 77c2e8c01455

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agent-rules security-scanning.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 440 tokens to every session, about $0.0022 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 2026-08-30.