finfocus: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/instructions/.gemini.instructions.md

finfocus .gemini.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from rshade/finfocus. It costs 178 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A set of rules for files used by Gemini, Google's AI tools, in a project directory.

In plain words
What is it for?
Guiding work around Gemini configuration files: keep them unchanged, do not reference them in code, and exclude them from commits and code reviews.
Why use it?
It keeps Gemini-specific settings separate from the main codebase and prevents those files from being treated as application code.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is rshade/finfocus's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on finfocus itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything finfocus configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to rshade/finfocus. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rshade/finfocus/main/.github/instructions/.gemini.instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rshade/finfocus

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Per session 178 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 178 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00178 $0.00178
Opus 5.5 $0.00071 $0.00071
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00036 $0.00036
Haiku 4.5 $0.00018 $0.00018

Measured 1mo ago against content hash b7e711d4d4c6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

finfocus .gemini.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 1mo 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/instructions/.gemini.instructions.md · 30 lines

What it actually says

Gemini Directory Instructions

This directory contains Gemini AI-specific configuration and commands. These files are used by Gemini AI tools and should not be modified or referenced in the main codebase.

Guidelines for this directory:

  • Do not modify any files in this directory
  • Do not reference files from this directory in code
  • Do not commit changes to files in this directory
  • Do not copy content from this directory to other locations

Purpose:

  • Gemini AI tool configuration
  • AI-specific command definitions
  • Gemini workspace settings
  • AI tool integration files

When working with Gemini files:

  • Treat as read-only configuration
  • Do not use as reference for main codebase patterns
  • Ignore for code review and analysis
  • Keep separate from development workflow
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. 1mo ago First seen · 30 lines · 178 tokens per session scan A b7e711d4d4c6

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finfocus .gemini.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository rshade/finfocus (10 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 178 tokens to every session, about $0.0007 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 2026-08-31.

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