What is directus-mcp-server copilot-instructions.md?

Instructions for developing a TypeScript Model Context Protocol server that manages Directus data, structure, and workflows. They describe the project layout, development process, and tools such as tests and linting.

Use them when adding or changing Directus schema, content, flow, validation, client, or test code.

They give coding agents the repository context and rules needed to make compatible changes.

directus-mcp-server copilot-instructions.md — Instructions file for GitHub Copilot by Skeyelab: Instructions for developing a TypeScript Mod

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods

npx agentmods add instructions/skeyelab/directus-mcp-server/copilot-instructions

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Skeyelab/directus-mcp-server

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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README.md

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Sonnet 5	$0.00487	$0.00487
Haiku 4.5	$0.00243	$0.00243

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Security

Grade A, and why

directus-mcp-server 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 4d 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 · 345 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 345 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

GitHub Copilot Instructions

Project Overview

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides comprehensive tools for managing Directus schema and content. It enables AI assistants and other MCP clients to interact with Directus instances programmatically.

Key Technologies:

TypeScript (ES2022, Node16 modules)
Model Context Protocol SDK (@modelcontextprotocol/sdk)
Directus SDK (@directus/sdk)
Zod for runtime validation
Vitest for testing
ESLint for linting

Project Structure

src/
├── index.ts                    # Main MCP server entry point
├── directus-client.ts          # Directus API client with auth & resource factories
├── directus-client.test.ts     # Client tests
├── tools/                      # MCP tool implementations & utilities
│   ├── tool-helpers.ts         # Helper functions for creating tools
│   ├── validators.ts           # Shared Zod schemas and validators
│   ├── schema-tools.ts         # Collection, field, relation management
│   ├── schema-tools.test.ts
│   ├── content-tools.ts        # CRUD operations for items
│   ├── content-tools.test.ts
│   ├── flow-tools.ts           # Directus flow management
│   └── flow-tools.test.ts
└── types/                      # TypeScript type definitions
    └── index.ts

Development Workflow

Building

npm run build          # Compile TypeScript to dist/
npm run dev           # Watch mode for development

Testing

npm test              # Run all tests with Vitest
npm run test:watch    # Watch mode
npm run test:coverage # With coverage report

Linting

npm run lint          # Check for issues
npm run lint:fix      # Auto-fix issues

Code Style and Conventions

TypeScript

Use ES2022 features with Node16 module resolution
Strict mode is enabled - leverage full type safety
Use explicit return types for exported functions
Avoid any types (allowed in tests only)
Use interface for public API types, type for unions/intersections

Read the full file on GitHub · 345 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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directus-mcp-server copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Skeyelab/directus-mcp-server (0 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,433 tokens to every session, about $0.0122 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 2026-09-01.

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