troy: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/instructions/docs.instructions.md

troy docs.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from sybrew/troy. It costs 428 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of rules for writing user-facing documentation in this repository, including Markdown files and WordPress plugin readmes. It explains which document format and package name to use in each case.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for editing readmes, guides, changelogs, and other product documentation accurately and consistently.
Why use it?
It prevents documentation from using the wrong structure, release-note style, or package details in a repository containing several related plugins.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is sybrew/troy's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on troy 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 troy configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to sybrew/troy. 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/sybrew/troy/main/.github/instructions/docs.instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sybrew/troy

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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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.

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Per session 428 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 428 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

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 5.1 $0.00428 $0.00428
Opus 5.5 $0.00171 $0.00171
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00086 $0.00086
Haiku 4.5 $0.00043 $0.00043

Measured 2d ago against content hash 5f4187a6bf3e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

troy docs.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.

.github/instructions/docs.instructions.md · 18 lines

What it actually says

Documentation Rules

  • Treat readme.txt as a WordPress.org plugin readme using WordPress readme syntax, not generic plain text or GitHub Markdown.
  • Preserve the existing WordPress readme section markers and formatting conventions in readme.txt.
  • Treat readme.md and similar repository documentation as product or package documentation, not as a WordPress.org readme.txt, unless the file being edited is explicitly a plugin readme.
  • Preserve the existing Markdown heading structure and formatting conventions in readme.md.
  • Because Troy is a monorepo, keep the target package explicit in documentation. Do not blur Troy, Troy Server, Troy Client, Troy Client Daemon, and Troy Installer behavior together.
  • When documenting commands, settings, endpoints, package names, or file paths, keep the exact names used in the codebase or UI.
  • Treat readme.txt changelog entries as Troy package release notes. Preserve the existing house style: version headings (= x.x.1184 =) and simple past-tense bullets (Added, Fixed, Changed, Improved, Resolved, Removed).
  • Preserve the existing nested list and indentation style in readme.txt changelogs, including indented follow-up bullets where the current format uses them.
  • When copying content from code, such as docblocks, comments, or commit notes, into readme.txt, readme.md, or other user-facing docs, preserve the essence verbatim. Only minor prose tweaks for readability are allowed. Do not add details that are not present in the source.
  • A symbol introduced in the unreleased version gets one changelog introduction. Do not add a later entry for edits made to it before release.
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 · 18 lines · 428 tokens per session scan A 5f4187a6bf3e

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troy docs.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository sybrew/troy (55 stars, last pushed 14d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 428 tokens to every session, about $0.0017 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 2026-10-26.

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