SaturnZap: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

SaturnZap copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from lqwdtech/SaturnZap. It costs 1,176 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository instructions for SaturnZap, a command-line, non-custodial Bitcoin Lightning wallet for AI agents. They describe its Python setup, main modules, commands, tests, and coding conventions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Installing dependencies, running checks and tests, understanding the wallet’s modules, and following its JSON command-line interface conventions.
Why use it?
They give contributors the project’s expected commands and structure, reducing setup mistakes and inconsistent changes.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is lqwdtech/SaturnZap's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on SaturnZap 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 SaturnZap configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to lqwdtech/SaturnZap. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lqwdtech/SaturnZap/main/.github/copilot-instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lqwdtech/SaturnZap

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SaturnZap 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.

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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

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 74 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SaturnZap — Copilot Instructions

CLI-first, non-custodial Lightning Network wallet for AI agents. Python 3.12, LDK Node, mainnet default.

Build & Test

uv sync                              # Install deps (never pip)
uv run ruff check src/ tests/        # Lint
uv run pytest tests/ -v              # Unit tests (-m "not live" to skip droplet tests)
uv build                             # Build wheel

After code changes, run uv sync to reinstall the package before testing.

Architecture

All source lives in src/saturnzap/. Key modules:

Module Role
cli.py Typer CLI entry point (sz). Each command → JSON output
node.py LDK Node lifecycle. _require_node() lazy-starts; _use_ipc() auto-detects daemon
output.py ok(**fields) → stdout JSON, error(code, msg) → stderr JSON + exit
config.py TOML config + Esplora fallback resolver (3s probe timeout)
keystore.py BIP39 seed + Fernet encryption (PBKDF2, 600K iterations, 16-byte salt)
ipc.py Unix Domain Socket daemon. Newline-delimited JSON, 23 methods, threading.Lock
payments.py BOLT11 invoices, keysend, spending caps, history
l402.py HTTP 402 interceptor, token cache (SHA256-hashed URL)
liquidity.py Channel health scoring (0–100), recommendations
lqwd.py LQWD peer directory — 18 regions + agent-focused AI-Grid (LSPS1/LSPS2 JIT), default on mainnet
mcp_server.py FastMCP stdio server, 25 tools
service.py Systemd service generator

See docs/architecture.md for diagrams and IPC protocol details.

Conventions

  • Output is always JSON: {"status": "ok", ...} or {"status": "error", "code": "...", "message": "..."}. Never print plain text. Use output.ok() / output.error().
  • IPC routing: CLI commands check _use_ipc() first. If daemon is running, route through UDS; otherwise start ephemeral node.
  • Network-namespaced paths: ~/.local/share/saturnzap/<network>/ — each network (signet, bitcoin) has separate seed, socket, config.
  • Passphrase: SZ_PASSPHRASE env var or interactive prompt. No caching.
  • Module-level singletons: _node, _ipc_mode, _active_network, _pretty — use global with # noqa: PLW0603.
  • Mainnet safety: _confirm_mainnet(yes) gate on any command touching bitcoin network.
  • LDK Node v0.7.0: Vendored wheel at vendor/. API: builder.set_entropy_bip39_mnemonic(mnemonic, None), generate_entropy_mnemonic(None).
  • Commit messages: Plain English, no conventional-commit prefixes (feat:, fix:, chore:). Lead with the outcome. Avoid alarm words (fix, bug, warning, error, vulnerability). Examples: Add smart health alerts for payments and balances, Security hardening — payment proofs, graceful shutdown, and integrity checks. Bodies may include technical detail.

Read the full file on GitHub · 74 lines

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SaturnZap copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository lqwdtech/SaturnZap (7 stars, last pushed 26d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,176 tokens to every session, about $0.0047 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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