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/copilot-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/copilot-instructions)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/microsoft/ai-dev-gallery/copilot-instructions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/microsoft/ai-dev-gallery/copilot-instructions/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/copilot-instructions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/microsoft/ai-dev-gallery/copilot-instructions.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 | $0.01211 | $0.01211 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00484 | $0.00484 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00242 | $0.00242 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00121 | $0.00121 |
Grade A, and why
ai-dev-gallery 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 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 — 147 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
AI Dev Gallery - GitHub Copilot Custom Instructions
Repository Overview
AI Dev Gallery is a WinUI 3 desktop application showcasing local AI capabilities for Windows developers. It features interactive samples powered by local AI models, and enables exporting standalone Visual Studio projects.
Tech Stack: C#, WinUI 3, Windows App SDK, ONNX Runtime, WinML, .NET 9.0
PR Review Focus Areas
Security
- Check for hardcoded secrets, API keys, or credentials
- Verify Limited Access Features (LAF) tokens are not committed
- Ensure model URLs point to trusted sources (HuggingFace, GitHub)
- Verify telemetry events don't log sensitive data (user paths, usernames)
Performance
- Ensure model inference runs on background threads (
Task.Run) - Verify proper disposal of
InferenceSessionand other resources - Check for memory leaks in image processing code
Sample Implementation Standards
When reviewing PRs that add or modify samples:
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Class Structure
- Must inherit from
BaseSamplePage - Must have
[GallerySample]attribute with all required properties - Must override
LoadModelAsync(SampleNavigationParameters)orLoadModelAsync(MultiModelSampleNavigationParameters) - Must register
Unloadedevent handler for cleanup
- Must inherit from
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[GallerySample] Attribute Requirements
Name: Display name (required)Model1Types: Array of supported model types (required)Scenario: Must reference a ScenarioType from scenarios.jsonId: Unique GUID (required)Icon: Segoe MDL2 glyph (required)NugetPackageReferences: Array of needed packagesSharedCode: Array of SharedCodeEnum values if using shared utilities
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Model Loading Pattern
- Call
sampleParams.NotifyCompletion()when initialization finishes - Use
await sampleParams.GetIChatClientAsync()for language models - Use
sampleParams.WinMlSampleOptionsfor WinML EP configuration - Handle exceptions with
ShowException(ex, message)
- Call
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Resource Cleanup
public MySample() { this.Unloaded += (s, e) => CleanUp(); this.InitializeComponent(); } private void CleanUp() { _session?.Dispose(); _cts?.Cancel(); _cts?.Dispose(); }
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 · 147 lines · 1,211 tokens per session scan A 46412d8b6f57
ai-dev-gallery copilot-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 1,211 tokens to every session, about $0.0048 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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