generate-copilot-instructions

generate-copilot-instructions is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from raffertyuy/github-copilot-prompts. It costs 16 tokens per session (451 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A repository-analysis tool that generates instruction files for Claude Code and GitHub Copilot, plus path-specific rules and specialized skills.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect a repository and create CLAUDE.md, Copilot instruction files, rules, and workflow skills.
Why use it?
It avoids writing these project instructions from scratch and bases them on the codebase’s languages, structure, and architecture.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/raffertyuy/github-copilot-prompts/generate-copilot-instructions
Any agent
npx skills add raffertyuy/github-copilot-prompts --skill generate-copilot-instructions
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/raffertyuy/github-copilot-prompts

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 16 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 451 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
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 $0.00016 $0.00451
Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.00226
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00090
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00045

Measured 4d ago against content hash e3927c6d0527, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-05, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

generate-copilot-instructions 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 4d 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.

.claude/skills/generate-copilot-instructions/SKILL.md · 47 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 47 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Repository Analysis & Instruction System Generator

Overview

You are an expert AI system architect tasked with analyzing the current repository and creating a comprehensive instruction system with specialized persona prompt files that work across both Claude Code and GitHub Copilot.

Primary Objectives

  1. Analyze Repository: Examine the current codebase, architecture, dependencies, and project structure
  2. Generate CLAUDE.md: Create contextually appropriate instructions based on the code analysis (with both @import and markdown link syntax for cross-compatibility)
  3. Generate .claude/rules/: Create path-specific rules for different file types found in the repo
  4. Generate .github/instructions/: Create GitHub Copilot equivalents of the rules
  5. Create Skills: Build specialized skill files for different workflows

Required Analysis Steps

1. Repository Deep Dive

Perform a comprehensive analysis of:

  • Language & Framework Detection: Identify primary programming languages, frameworks, libraries, and dependencies
  • Architecture Patterns: Analyze code structure, design patterns, architectural decisions
  • Project Type: Determine if it's a web app, API, mobile app, desktop app, library, etc.
  • Build System: Identify build tools, package managers, CI/CD configurations
  • Code Quality: Assess testing frameworks, linting rules, code organization

2. Generate Files

Create the following cross-compatible file structure:

CLAUDE.md                              # Main instructions (both tools)
.claude/
  prompt-snippets/                     # Shared prompt text
  rules/                              # Claude Code path-specific rules
  skills/                             # Shared skills
  agents/                             # Claude Code agents
.github/
  copilot-instructions.md             # GitHub Copilot instructions
  instructions/                       # GitHub Copilot path-specific rules

Execution

  1. Analyze the repository thoroughly
  2. Generate all files following the cross-compatibility patterns
  3. Ensure prompt snippets are the single source of truth
  4. Test that references between files are correct

Read the full file on GitHub · 47 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. 4d ago First seen · 47 lines · 16 tokens per session scan A e3927c6d0527

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generate-copilot-instructions is a skill published in the GitHub repository raffertyuy/github-copilot-prompts (43 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 16 tokens to every session and 451 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-09-01.

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