UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/instructions/prompts.instructions.md

UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit prompts.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from UKHO/UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit. It costs 804 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of rules for naming and describing GitHub Copilot prompt files. Prompt files are reusable instruction documents that guide Copilot through a task.

In plain words
What is it for?
Creating, renaming, or substantially reorganizing files under .github/prompts/, including choosing action-based lowercase names and matching front matter.
Why use it?
It keeps prompt files consistent and easy to understand from their names and short descriptions, especially as a repository grows.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is UKHO/UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit 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 UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to UKHO/UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit. 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/UKHO/UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit/main/.github/instructions/prompts.instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/UKHO/UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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Per session 804 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 804 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 $0.00804 $0.00804
Opus 5.5 $0.00322 $0.00322
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00161 $0.00161
Haiku 4.5 $0.00080 $0.00080

Measured 1mo ago against content hash f4b5ba916bce, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit prompts.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 1mo 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/prompts.instructions.md · 72 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 72 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Copilot prompt naming rules

Overview

These instructions define how to name and describe Copilot prompt files in this repository. They help contributors keep prompt assets brief, consistent, and easy to understand from the file name and front matter alone.

Scope

Applies to: .github/prompts/**/*.prompt.md

  • Applies when creating, renaming, or substantially restructuring prompt files under ./.github/prompts/.
  • Does not apply to non-prompt markdown files that do not use the *.prompt.md naming pattern.

Instructions

MUST

  • Name prompt files using lowercase kebab-case.
  • Name prompt files using the pattern <verb>-<subject>[-<qualifier>].prompt.md.
  • Start prompt file names with a clear action verb that describes the primary task the prompt performs.
  • Use a subject that identifies the main artifact, outcome, or target of the prompt.
  • Keep the front matter name field aligned with the file name stem.
    • Example: create-instructions.prompt.md MUST use name: create-instructions.
  • Ensure the file name, front matter name, and prompt purpose describe the same outcome.
  • Keep prompt names brief enough to scan quickly while still distinguishing the prompt from nearby files.
  • Use front matter description to state the prompt's intended outcome in one clear sentence.

SHOULD

  • Prefer prompt names with two to four terms before the .prompt.md suffix.
  • Prefer a controlled verb set such as create, update, review, analyse, generate, refactor, validate, summarise, or troubleshoot when those verbs match the intended task.
  • Add a qualifier only when it materially improves distinction.
    • Examples: security, playwright, csharp, edge-cases.
  • Prefer folder structure to carry broad categorization so file names can stay focused on the prompt's specific purpose.
  • Use the shortest subject wording that remains unambiguous within the prompts folder.
  • When a prompt defines a planning or project-update workflow, prefer explicit instructions that tell contributors to review relevant docs/wiki/ pages before proceeding and to refresh the wiki after any resulting change.

Read the full file on GitHub · 72 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. 1mo ago First seen · 72 lines · 804 tokens per session scan A f4b5ba916bce

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UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit prompts.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository UKHO/UKHO.GitHubCopilot.ToolKit (1 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 804 tokens to every session, about $0.0032 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 2026-08-31.

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