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.
npx agentmods add instructions/mrlesk/backlog.md/copilot-instructionsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MrLesk/Backlog.mdWhat 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 | $0.00467 | $0.00467 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00234 | $0.00234 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00093 | $0.00093 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00047 | $0.00047 |
Grade A, and why
Backlog.md 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 3d 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.
What it actually says
⚠️ IMPORTANT
- Read the README.md
- Read the agent-guidelines.md
Commands
Development
bun i- Install dependenciesbun test- Run testsbun run format- Format code with Biomebun run lint- Lint and auto-fix with Biomebun run check- Run all Biome checks (format + lint)bun run build- Build the CLI toolbun run cli- Uses the CLI tool directly
Testing
bun test- Run all testsbun test <filename>- Run specific test file
Configuration Management
bun run cli config list- View all configuration valuesbun run cli config get <key>- Get a specific config value (e.g. defaultEditor)bun run cli config set <key> <value>- Set a config value with validation
Core Structure
- CLI Tool: Built with Bun and TypeScript as a global npm package (
npm i -g backlog.md) - Source Code: Located in
/srcdirectory with modular TypeScript structure - Task Management: Uses markdown files in
backlog/directory structure - Workflow: Git-integrated with task IDs referenced in commits and PRs
Code Standards
- Runtime: Bun with TypeScript 5
- Formatting: Biome with tab indentation and double quotes
- Linting: Biome recommended rules
- Testing: Bun's built-in test runner
- Pre-commit: Husky + lint-staged automatically runs Biome checks before commits
The pre-commit hook automatically runs biome check --write on staged files to ensure code quality. If linting errors
are found, the commit will be blocked until fixed.
Git Workflow
- Branching: Use feature branches when working on tasks (e.g.
tasks/task-123-feature-name) - Committing: Use the following format:
TASK-123 - Title of the task
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.
- 3d ago First seen · 51 lines · 467 tokens per session scan A da9d8a091136
Backlog.md copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository MrLesk/Backlog.md (6,602 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 467 tokens to every session, about $0.0023 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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