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.github/instructions/vscode_rules.instructions.md

autotask-mcp vscode_rules.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from WYRE-AI/autotask-mcp. It costs 369 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A set of guidelines for writing and maintaining VS Code rules, including their format, file scope, examples, and references to other files.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for creating new rules, documenting good and bad code examples, linking rules to source files, and removing outdated guidance.
Why use it?
It gives developers a consistent way to describe coding requirements and keep those requirements useful as the project changes.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is WYRE-AI/autotask-mcp's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on autotask-mcp 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 autotask-mcp configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to WYRE-AI/autotask-mcp. 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/WYRE-AI/autotask-mcp/main/.github/instructions/vscode_rules.instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WYRE-AI/autotask-mcp

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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When invoked 369 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 5.1 $0.00369 $0.00369
Opus 5 $0.00185 $0.00185
Sonnet 5 $0.00074 $0.00074
Haiku 4.5 $0.00037 $0.00037

Measured 6d ago against content hash d5e733c130ec, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

autotask-mcp vscode_rules.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 6d 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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

3 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

.github/instructions/vscode_rules.instructions.md · 52 lines

What it actually says

  • Required Rule Structure:

    ---
    description: Clear, one-line description of what the rule enforces
    globs: path/to/files/*.ext, other/path/**/*
    alwaysApply: boolean
    ---
    
    - **Main Points in Bold**
      - Sub-points with details
      - Examples and explanations
    
  • File References:

  • Code Examples:

    • Use language-specific code blocks
    // ✅ DO: Show good examples
    const goodExample = true;
    
    // ❌ DON'T: Show anti-patterns
    const badExample = false;
    
  • Rule Content Guidelines:

    • Start with high-level overview
    • Include specific, actionable requirements
    • Show examples of correct implementation
    • Reference existing code when possible
    • Keep rules DRY by referencing other rules
  • Rule Maintenance:

    • Update rules when new patterns emerge
    • Add examples from actual codebase
    • Remove outdated patterns
    • Cross-reference related rules
  • Best Practices:

    • Use bullet points for clarity
    • Keep descriptions concise
    • Include both DO and DON'T examples
    • Reference actual code over theoretical examples
    • Use consistent formatting across rules
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. 6d ago First seen · 52 lines · 369 tokens per session scan A d5e733c130ec

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autotask-mcp vscode_rules.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository WYRE-AI/autotask-mcp (50 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 369 tokens to every session, about $0.0018 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 2026-08-30.

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