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AGENTS.md from github/awesome-copilot is an AGENTS.md file: the standing instructions coding agents read in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/AGENTS.md@git:20261025.ab01f8a

Pins git:20261025.ab01f8a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind
AGENTS.md file
Repository
github/awesome-copilot
Path
AGENTS.md
Versions recorded
7
Latest version
git:20261025.ab01f8a, committed Oct 25, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 3, 2026
Size
17,710 bytes
Repository stars
40,629
License
MIT

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# AGENTS.md

## Project Overview

The Awesome GitHub Copilot repository is a community-driven collection of custom agents and instructions designed to enhance GitHub Copilot experiences across various domains, languages, and use cases. The project includes:

- **Agents** - Specialized GitHub Copilot agents that integrate with MCP servers
- **Instructions** - Coding standards and best practices applied to specific file patterns
- **Skills** - Self-contained folders with instructions and bundled resources for specialized tasks
- **Hooks** - Automated workflows triggered by specific events during development
- **Workflows** - [Agentic Workflows](https://github.github.com/gh-aw) for AI-powered repository automation in GitHub Actions
- **Plugins** - Installable packages that group related agents, hooks, and skills around specific themes

## Repository Structure

```
.
├── agents/           # Custom GitHub Copilot agent definitions (.agent.md files)
├── instructions/     # Coding standards and guidelines (.instructions.md files)
├── skills/           # Agent Skills folders (each with SKILL.md and optional bundled assets)
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/AGENTS.md@sha256:7ad698efbcdabcac

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261025.ab01f8a, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Jul 3, 2026 and Oct 25, 2026, about one every 19 days.

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Audit of the latest version

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  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

github/awesome-copilot · 40,629 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_p3h7kitt7j7yjhgk
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=github/awesome-copilot/AGENTS.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7ad698efbcdabcacfdaafb4d668d5b7b61687eadc0a49ecd85952057014a1653

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