arbiterx copilot-instructions.md

arbiterx copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from NeelPrime/arbiterx. It costs 191 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

Coding rules for AI-generated software that require typed interfaces, input checks, error handling, safe file access, and small focused functions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when generating or reviewing code, especially code involving files, connections, SQL queries, secrets, exceptions, imports, or reusable functions.
Why use it?
They help prevent insecure code, hidden failures, unnecessary dependencies, and difficult-to-maintain implementations.

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/neelprime/arbiterx/copilot-instructions
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NeelPrime/arbiterx

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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README.md
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Per session 191 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 191 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 $0.00191 $0.00191
Opus 5 $0.00096 $0.00096
Sonnet 5 $0.00038 $0.00038
Haiku 4.5 $0.00019 $0.00019

Measured 3d ago against content hash 4ecc85b4c0ca, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

arbiterx 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.

.github/copilot-instructions.md · 28 lines

What it actually says

Engineering Rules (ArbiterX)

All generated code must follow these rules:

Required

  • Type hints on all function parameters and return values
  • Error handling for all I/O operations (try/except or context managers)
  • Named constants instead of magic numbers
  • Input validation at function entry
  • Context managers for files and connections (with open(...))
  • Functions under 30 lines

Forbidden

  • No hardcoded secrets or API keys
  • No bare except clauses
  • No string formatting in SQL queries (use parameterized)
  • No eval() or exec()
  • No TODO/FIXME comments — implement fully or skip
  • No functions longer than 30 lines
  • No unused imports or commented-out code

Prefer

  • Standard library over external dependencies
  • Early returns over deep nesting
  • Immutable data where possible
  • Specific exceptions over generic ones
  • str.join() over string concatenation in loops
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. 3d ago First seen · 28 lines · 191 tokens per session scan A 4ecc85b4c0ca

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arbiterx copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository NeelPrime/arbiterx (2 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 191 tokens to every session, about $0.0010 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 2026-08-31.