Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to sharpninja/McpServer. 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/sharpninja/McpServer/main/.github/copilot-instructions.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sharpninja/McpServerWrote 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/sharpninja/mcpserver/copilot-instructions)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/sharpninja/mcpserver/copilot-instructions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/sharpninja/mcpserver/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/sharpninja/mcpserver/copilot-instructions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/sharpninja/mcpserver/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 | $0.01097 | $0.01097 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00439 | $0.00439 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00219 | $0.00219 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00110 | $0.00110 |
Grade A, and why
McpServer 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 21d 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 — 82 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Copilot Instructions — QBrainAi
Agent Identity: When posting to the MCP session log, use the agent's actual identity in Pascal-Case for sourceType and the session ID prefix. Do not use inaccurate aliases, lowercase names, or legacy placeholders. Example: Codex.
For specific operational instructions (session bootstrap, turn logging lifecycle, helper command order), follow AGENTS-README-FIRST.yaml.
Response Formatting
- Do not use table-style output in responses.
- Use concise bullets or short paragraphs instead.
Terminal Usage
- Do NOT set focus to the terminal window.
- Do NOT write multiline commands to the terminal; use temporary scripts instead.
- Use only
pwsh.exe(PowerShell 7+). Do not invokepowershell.exe(Windows PowerShell 5.1) for scripts, examples, or tooling.
Session Logging Requirements
- Follow
AGENTS-README-FIRST.yamlfor workflow and helper command order. - Persist session log changes immediately after each meaningful update; do not batch unsaved turn changes.
- For each turn, include as much detail as available: interpretation, response/status, actions (type/status/filePath), files modified, design decisions, requirements discovered, blockers, and context references.
Build, Test, Lint
# Build (via Nuke)
./build.ps1 Compile
# or: dotnet build src\QBrainAi.Support.Mcp -c Debug
# Run all unit tests (via Nuke)
./build.ps1 Test
# or individual projects:
# dotnet test tests\QBrainAi.Support.Mcp.Tests -c Debug
# dotnet test tests\QBrainAi.Client.Tests -c Debug
# dotnet test tests\Build.Tests -c Debug
# Run integration tests (uses CustomWebApplicationFactory, in-memory EF)
dotnet test tests\QBrainAi.Support.Mcp.IntegrationTests -c Debug
# Run a single test by fully-qualified name
dotnet test tests\QBrainAi.Support.Mcp.Tests -c Debug --filter "FullyQualifiedName~TodoServiceTests.QueryAsync_NoFilters_ReturnsAllItems"
# Run tests in a single class
dotnet test tests\QBrainAi.Support.Mcp.Tests -c Debug --filter "FullyQualifiedName~TodoServiceTests"
# Validate appsettings config (via Nuke)
./build.ps1 ValidateConfig
# or: pwsh.exe -NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive -File ./scripts/Validate-McpConfig.ps1
# Validate requirements traceability
./build.ps1 ValidateTraceability
# Markdown lint (docs only)
# CI uses markdownlint-cli2 with .markdownlint-cli2.yaml
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.
- 21d ago Changed · +6 tokens per session 1c68065a2826
- 2mo ago First seen · 82 lines · 1,091 tokens per session scan A 16afd5baaecd
McpServer copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository sharpninja/McpServer (5 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 1,097 tokens to every session, about $0.0044 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.
McpServer copilot-instructions.md compared with instructions from other repositories
| Mod | Type | Stars | Last push | Licence | Scan | Tokens | Works with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McpServer copilot-instructions.mdsharpninja/McpServer | Instructions file | 5 | today | Apache-2.0 | A | 1,097 | GitHub Copilot |
| vibetags com-example-config-AsyncTestConfig.instructions.mdPIsberg/vibetags | Instructions file | 25 | yesterday | MIT | A | 82 | GitHub Copilot |
| vscode buildNext.instructions.mdmicrosoft/vscode | Instructions file | 195k | yesterday | MIT | A | 9,719 | GitHub Copilot |
| next.js AGENTS.mdvercel/next.js | Instructions file | 143k | yesterday | MIT | A | 7,461 | Codex, OpenCode |
| langchain AGENTS.mdlangchain-ai/langchain | Instructions file | 149k | yesterday | MIT | A | 4,680 | Codex, OpenCode |
| vscode oss-third-party-notices.instructions.mdmicrosoft/vscode | Instructions file | 195k | yesterday | MIT | A | 5,516 | GitHub Copilot |
| vscode copilot-instructions.mdmicrosoft/vscode | Instructions file | 195k | yesterday | MIT | A | 3,093 | GitHub Copilot |