apm python.instructions.md

A set of guidelines for writing Python code, including type hints, PEP 8 formatting, and detailed docstrings.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps developers write functions with declared input and output types, document their code, follow common Python style, and reuse shared decisions from their designated source.
Why use it?
It keeps Python code consistent, easier to understand, and easier to check for mistakes.

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/microsoft/apm/python
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/apm

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

Per session 78 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 78 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 $0.00078 $0.00078
Opus 5 $0.00039 $0.00039
Sonnet 5 $0.00016 $0.00016
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00008

Measured yesterday against content hash 8acd2bb824eb, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

apm python.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 yesterday.

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/python.instructions.md · 11 lines

What it actually says

Use type hints for all function parameters and return values. Follow PEP 8 style guidelines. Write comprehensive docstrings.

Before computing a shared decision (accepted targets, install outcome, hook shape, integrity hash, resolved credential) locally, route through its canonical owner instead of duplicating it; see architecture.instructions.md.

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. yesterday First seen · 11 lines · 78 tokens per session scan A 8acd2bb824eb

Subscribe to this mod's changes

apm python.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository microsoft/apm (3,668 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 78 tokens to every session, about $0.0004 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.