plan-forge azd.instructions.md

A set of written rules for projects using Azure Developer CLI, Microsoft's command-line tool for deploying applications to Azure.

In plain words
What is it for?
It guides the structure of azure.yaml, infrastructure files, services, environment state, tags, hooks, and pipelines.
Why use it?
It gives the coding agent a consistent project layout and configuration pattern, reducing confusion about where deployment settings and infrastructure belong.

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/srnichols/plan-forge/azd
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srnichols/plan-forge

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

Per session 1,499 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 1,499 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 $0.01499 $0.01499
Opus 5 $0.00749 $0.00749
Sonnet 5 $0.00300 $0.00300
Haiku 4.5 $0.00150 $0.00150

Measured 2d ago against content hash 3b0cdf5446a8, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

plan-forge azd.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 2d 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.

presets/azure-iac/.github/instructions/azd.instructions.md · 215 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 215 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Azure Developer CLI (azd) Best Practices

Required Structure

Every azd-compatible project requires:

project-root/
├── azure.yaml              ← service definition (required)
├── infra/                  ← IaC files (default; change with infra.path)
│   ├── main.bicep          ← or main.tf for Terraform
│   ├── main.parameters.json
│   └── modules/
├── .azure/                 ← azd environment state (git-ignored)
└── src/                    ← application source code (optional for pure infra)

azure.yaml

# azure.yaml — maps app services to provisioned Azure resources
name: myapp                       # must match infra resource naming

metadata:
  template: [email protected]           # optional: template origin tracking

# Infrastructure provider (default: bicep)
infra:
  provider: bicep                 # bicep | terraform
  path: infra                     # relative path to IaC files (default: infra)
  module: main                    # root module filename without extension (default: main)

services:
  api:
    project: ./src/api            # relative path to service source
    language: dotnet              # dotnet | js | ts | python | java
    host: containerapp            # appservice | containerapp | function | staticwebapp | aks
    docker:
      path: ./src/api/Dockerfile
      context: ./src/api

  web:
    project: ./src/web
    language: js
    host: staticwebapp
    dist: build                   # relative path to built artifacts

# Pipeline provider (default: github)
pipeline:
  provider: github                # github | azdo

Terraform Variant

name: myapp-terraform
infra:
  provider: terraform
  path: infra
services:
  api:
    project: ./src/api
    language: dotnet
    host: containerapp

Required Resource Tags for azd Auto-Discovery

When resourceName is NOT set in azure.yaml, azd discovers resources by tags:

// In your Bicep module — tag resources so azd can find them
resource containerApp 'Microsoft.App/containerApps@2024-03-01' = {
  tags: union(commonTags, {
    'azd-env-name':     environmentName   // ← required for azd discovery
    'azd-service-name': 'api'             // ← must match service key in azure.yaml
  })
}

Read the full file on GitHub · 215 lines

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. 2d ago First seen · 215 lines · 1,499 tokens per session scan A 3b0cdf5446a8

Subscribe to this mod's changes

plan-forge azd.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository srnichols/plan-forge (5 stars, last pushed 22d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,499 tokens to every session, about $0.0075 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.

Related

Other instructions, from other repositories

maf-doctor maf-deployment.instructions.md

Always-loaded production-deployment patterns for MAF 1.3.0. Auto-applies to Program.cs, DI registration files, and infra config. Covers ManagedIdentityCredential, MaxTokens caps, secret handling, OpenTelemetry wiring, and the analyzer rules that catch regressions at write time.

joslat/maf-doctor · 1,884 tokens

dotnet-skills AGENTS.md

Instructions for managedcode/dotnet-skills, covering agents.md, purpose, solution topology, rule precedence and path and linking rules.

managedcode/dotnet-skills · 13,592 tokens

optio CLAUDE.md

Instructions for jonwiggins/optio, covering claude.md, what is optio?, architecture, pod-per-repo with worktrees and worktree lifecycle.

jonwiggins/optio · 6,856 tokens

dotnet-skills copilot-instructions.md

Instructions for managedcode/dotnet-skills: Use AGENTS.md as the repository-wide source of truth for workflow, catalog structure, release policy, and skill maintenance rules.

managedcode/dotnet-skills · 97 tokens

apex-accelerator copilot-instructions.md

Instructions for jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator, covering apex - copilot instructions, azure defaults (canonical), default regions, required tags (azure policy enforced) and security baseline + avm mandate.

jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator · 1,889 tokens

apex-accelerator iac-terraform-best-practices.instructions.md

Terraform-specific IaC best practices for Azure templates. AVM-first, CAF naming, security baseline, provider pins.

jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator · 1,161 tokens