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drift drift-release-automation.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from mick-gsk/drift. It costs 563 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Instructions for managing Drift releases with python-semantic-release, a tool that determines software versions from Conventional Commit messages. It describes the CI release process and a local fallback.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when preparing commits or handling automated and local releases for the Drift project.
Why use it?
It explains how commits, tests, version numbers, changelogs, tags, packages, and GitHub releases fit together, reducing manual release work and versioning mistakes.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is mick-gsk/drift's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on drift 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 drift configures →

Needs its repository: it runs a file that does not travel with it, so clone the repository first. The line is python scripts/release_automation.py --full-release.

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to mick-gsk/drift. 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/mick-gsk/drift/main/.github/instructions/drift-release-automation.instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mick-gsk/drift

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Security

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drift drift-release-automation.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 8d 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.

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What it actually says

Drift Release Automation (python-semantic-release)

Releases werden vollständig durch python-semantic-release in CI verwaltet. Workflow: .github/workflows/release.yml — läuft bei jedem Push auf main.

Diese Datei ist nur fuer Release-, Commit- und Push-Entscheidungen relevant. Fuer normale Implementierungsarbeit ohne Release-Frage muss sie nicht geladen werden.

Was Agenten tun müssen

  1. Conventional Commits verwenden — PSR leitet Version aus Commit-Messages ab:
    • feat: ... → MINOR (0.x.0)
    • fix: ... → PATCH (0.0.x)
    • BREAKING CHANGE: ... / BREAKING: ... → MAJOR (x.0.0)
  2. Tests lokal ausführen vor dem Commit:
    make test-fast
    
  3. Committen — PSR übernimmt nach Push alles Weitere

Was PSR automatisch macht (in CI)

  1. Analysiert Commits seit letztem Tag
  2. Berechnet nächste Version (SemVer)
  3. Aktualisiert pyproject.toml + CHANGELOG.md
  4. Erstellt Release-Commit (chore: Release X.Y.Z)
  5. Erstellt Git Tag (vX.Y.Z)
  6. Erstellt GitHub Release
  7. Baut Wheel + Sdist → publiziert zu PyPI

Lokaler Fallback (nur bei CI-Ausfall)

python scripts/release_automation.py --full-release
Fehler Aktion
Tests schlagen fehl Fehler beheben, dann neu committen. CI startet Release nicht bei fehlenden releasable Commits.
PSR findet keine releasable Commits Normal — kein feat/fix/breaking → kein Release.
PyPI Publikation schlägt fehl GitHub Release existiert. PyPI kann über publish.yml (workflow_dispatch) nachgetriggert werden.

Konfiguration

  • PSR-Config: pyproject.toml[tool.semantic_release]
  • CI-Workflow: .github/workflows/release.yml
  • PyPI-Secret: PYPI_RELEASE im GitHub Environment pypi

Wichtig: Agenten müssen KEINEN manuellen Release-Befehl mehr ausführen. Conventional Commits + Push auf main genügt.

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. 8d ago First seen · 55 lines · 563 tokens per session scan A b72e1395799a

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drift drift-release-automation.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository mick-gsk/drift (15 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 563 tokens to every session, about $0.0028 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.

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