copilot-instructions artifact-layout.instructions.md

copilot-instructions artifact-layout.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from ThiagoGuislotti/copilot-instructions. It costs 510 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of instructions for organizing generated build and deployment files in a software repository. It assigns temporary outputs to `.build/` and deployment-ready outputs to `.deployment/`.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to decide where build files, generated clients, test or coverage exports, packaged releases, and deployment staging files should go.
Why use it?
It keeps generated files out of source folders and prevents projects from accumulating inconsistent artifact directories. Ignoring these folders in Git also keeps generated output out of version control.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add instructions/thiagoguislotti/copilot-instructions/artifact-layout
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ThiagoGuislotti/copilot-instructions

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Opus 5 $0.00255 $0.00255
Sonnet 5 $0.00102 $0.00102
Haiku 4.5 $0.00051 $0.00051

Measured 5d ago against content hash 150c9153667b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

copilot-instructions artifact-layout.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 5d 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/artifact-layout.instructions.md · 48 lines

What it actually says

Build And Deployment Artifact Layout

Purpose

  • Standardize non-versioned repository outputs so generated files do not spread across ad-hoc folders.
  • Keep build, publish, packaging, generated client, coverage, and deployment-ready outputs in predictable non-versioned locations.

Canonical Directories

  • .build/
    • transient build outputs
    • generated intermediate files
    • generated client assets such as .http files
    • local diagnostics that are useful during development but are not deployment packages
  • .deployment/
    • deployment-ready publish outputs
    • packaged artifacts intended for runtime validation, containerization, or release staging
    • test and coverage exports when they represent deployment/release evidence rather than source assets

Hard Rules

  • Do not invent new top-level non-versioned artifact folders when .build/ or .deployment/ is sufficient.
  • Do not scatter generated outputs under source folders when the artifact is not source of truth.
  • Keep both folders ignored by Git.
  • Keep source trees clean after builds, tests, code generation, and packaging.

Usage Guidance

  • Use .build/ for local build-oriented outputs that can be regenerated cheaply.
  • Use .deployment/ for publish/release/package outputs that represent what would be deployed or attached to delivery artifacts.
  • Keep nested organization explicit, for example:
    • .build/generated/
    • .build/http/
    • .build/logs/
    • .deployment/release/
    • .deployment/tests/
    • .deployment/packages/

.NET Guidance

  • Redirect generated and publish outputs to .build/ or .deployment/ whenever the project or script supports explicit output paths.
  • Prefer:
    • dotnet build -o .build/... for temporary build outputs
    • dotnet publish -o .deployment/... for deployable outputs

Maintenance Guidance

  • Use scripts/maintenance/clean-build-artifacts.ps1 to clean .build/, .deployment/, bin/, and obj/.
  • When creating new scripts or templates that emit generated files, default their outputs into one of these canonical directories unless repository context requires a stronger exception.
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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  1. 5d ago First seen · 48 lines · 510 tokens per session scan A 150c9153667b

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copilot-instructions artifact-layout.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository ThiagoGuislotti/copilot-instructions (2 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 510 tokens to every session, about $0.0026 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.

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