copilot-instructions: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/instructions/feedback-changelog.instructions.md

copilot-instructions feedback-changelog.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from ThiagoGuislotti/copilot-instructions. It costs 401 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A workflow for recording code changes and the feedback that led to them in a CHANGELOG, a file that documents project history. It also covers version numbers, dates, issue references, and release tags.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when turning reported issues into instruction updates, writing release notes, tracking affected projects, and preparing tagged versions.
Why use it?
It prevents feedback, fixes, and compatibility changes from being lost or documented inconsistently.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is ThiagoGuislotti/copilot-instructions's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on copilot-instructions 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 copilot-instructions configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to ThiagoGuislotti/copilot-instructions. 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/ThiagoGuislotti/copilot-instructions/main/.github/instructions/feedback-changelog.instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ThiagoGuislotti/copilot-instructions

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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Security

Grade A, and why

copilot-instructions feedback-changelog.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 8d 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/feedback-changelog.instructions.md · 50 lines

What it actually says

Feedback Integration

Use changelog-entry-template.md with feedback integration section; document issue + context + problem + solution in CHANGELOG format; semantic versioning with date; consolidate feedback tracking in version history. Do not assemble a final CHANGELOG entry directly from this instruction file; use .github/templates/changelog-entry-template.md as the concrete structure and treat examples here as illustrative only.

CHANGELOG Format

  • Format [version] YYYY-MM-DD
  • Changed (existing modifications)
  • Added (new rules)
  • Fixed (corrections)
  • Removed (discontinued)
  • Breaking (compatibility break)
  • Use changelog-entry-template.md template
## [2.0.1] - 2025-09-03

### Fixed
- .github/instructions/frontend.instructions.md handleApiError(): automatic retry added
- LoadingButton: improved loading state

### Feedback Integration
- Issue context: GitHub issue #123
- Problem identified: Copilot missing retry pattern
- Solution applied: exponential backoff retry
- Workspace impact: 15 of 59 NetToolsKit projects

Workflow

Issue identification → modify instruction pattern → document CHANGELOG → git tag copilot-vX.Y.Z.

GitHub Issues

Optional for complex discussions; prefer direct CHANGELOG documentation for instruction improvements; use standard GitHub issue templates when needed.

Semantic Versioning

  • Major (restructuring/breaking)
  • Minor (new instructions)
  • Patch (corrections/adjustments)

Communication

Breaking changes in README.md with migration instructions; discontinuation timeline.

Mandatory Formatting

NEVER leave empty lines at end of CHANGELOG files; remove trailing newlines; end with content on last line; check all related files.

Feedback Tracking Format

File | context | problem | solution | workspace-impact within CHANGELOG entries.

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. 8d ago First seen · 50 lines · 401 tokens per session scan A 9cd56add9f7c

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copilot-instructions feedback-changelog.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository ThiagoGuislotti/copilot-instructions (2 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 401 tokens to every session, about $0.0020 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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