AI Dev Gallery is an open-source Windows application that teaches developers how to add AI features using local models and APIs. Windows developers use its interactive samples to explore models and export C# Visual Studio projects.
Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to microsoft/ai-dev-gallery. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/ai-dev-gallery/main/.github/instructions/adding-samples.instructions.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/ai-dev-galleryWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/microsoft/ai-dev-gallery/adding-samples)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/microsoft/ai-dev-gallery/adding-samples"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/microsoft/ai-dev-gallery/adding-samples/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/microsoft/ai-dev-gallery/adding-samples"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/microsoft/ai-dev-gallery/adding-samples.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.01034 | $0.01034 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00414 | $0.00414 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00207 | $0.00207 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00103 | $0.00103 |
Grade A, and why
ai-dev-gallery adding-samples.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 2mo 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 172 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Sample Implementation Instructions
When reviewing or creating sample code in AIDevGallery/Samples/:
Required Class Structure
Every sample MUST:
- Inherit from
BaseSamplePage - Have the
[GallerySample]attribute with required properties - Override
LoadModelAsync(SampleNavigationParameters)orLoadModelAsync(MultiModelSampleNavigationParameters) - Register cleanup in constructor via
this.Unloaded += (s, e) => CleanUp(); - Call
sampleParams.NotifyCompletion()when model is ready
[GallerySample] Attribute
Required properties:
Name: Display nameModel1Types: Array ofModelTypevaluesId: Unique GUID stringIcon: Segoe MDL2 glyph code
Optional properties:
Scenario: Reference aScenarioTypefromscenarios.jsonModel2Types: For dual-model samplesNugetPackageReferences: Required packagesSharedCode: Array ofSharedCodeEnumvaluesAssetFilenames: Asset files needed by the sample
Language Model Samples (IChatClient)
For samples using language models (LLMs):
protected override async Task LoadModelAsync(SampleNavigationParameters sampleParams)
{
try
{
chatClient = await sampleParams.GetIChatClientAsync();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ShowException(ex);
}
sampleParams.NotifyCompletion();
}
Windows ML
For samples using ONNX models with Windows ML / ONNX Runtime:
Initialization Flow
- Ensure certified EPs - Install/register hardware acceleration packages (DML, QNN, etc.)
- Create SessionOptions - Call
RegisterOrtExtensions()for additional operators - Honor WinMlSampleOptions - Use
Policyfor auto-selection orEpName/DeviceTypefor specific EP - Create InferenceSession - Optionally use compiled model for faster subsequent runs
- Call NotifyCompletion - Hide loading spinner when ready
LoadModelAsync Pattern
protected override async Task LoadModelAsync(SampleNavigationParameters sampleParams)
{
try
{
await InitializeModelAsync(sampleParams.ModelPath, sampleParams.WinMlSampleOptions);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ShowException(ex, "Failed to load model.");
}
sampleParams.NotifyCompletion();
}
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.
- 2mo ago First seen · 172 lines · 1,034 tokens per session scan A f65b80b594be
ai-dev-gallery adding-samples.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository microsoft/ai-dev-gallery (1,515 stars, last pushed 12d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,034 tokens to every session, about $0.0041 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 2026-08-30.
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