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security-best-practices — GitHub Copilot plugin

Q: How do I install security-best-practices in GitHub Copilot?

Run `copilot plugin install security-best-practices@awesome-copilot` in your Copilot CLI.

Audit AI prompts for safety vulnerabilities, bias, and performance inside GitHub Copilot. Helps refine prompts using structured testing methods.

Install into GitHub Copilot · Command from the source All methods and platforms ↓

copilot plugin install security-best-practices@awesome-copilot

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What security-best-practices does

This plugin introduces the /security-best-practices:ai-prompt-engineering-safety-review slash command to GitHub Copilot. It examines AI prompts for security flaws, bias patterns, and general effectiveness.

Inside are evaluation frameworks, testing methodologies, and educational references for code quality. Distributed under the MIT license through the Awesome Copilot project, it needs no external API tokens.

It makes sense to install this if you maintain user-facing prompts and want a fast way to verify them against common failure modes.

What it helps with

audit AI prompts for security flaws and bias
apply prompt testing methodologies to production instructions
review code quality and safety guidelines in Copilot
improve system prompts with structured feedback

Example prompts for the agent

/security-best-practices:ai-prompt-engineering-safety-review inspect our customer support prompt for injection risks
/security-best-practices:ai-prompt-engineering-safety-review review this SQL extraction prompt for bias and safety

How to install security-best-practices

Command from the source

copilot plugin install security-best-practices@awesome-copilot

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Questions about security-best-practices

How do I install security-best-practices in GitHub Copilot?

Run copilot plugin install security-best-practices@awesome-copilot in your Copilot CLI.

What does the ai-prompt-engineering-safety-review command do?

It runs a safety assessment on your prompts, surfacing bias, security risks, and structured recommendations for improvement.

Does security-best-practices require third-party API keys?

No, it runs directly inside GitHub Copilot under the MIT license without separate keys.

Source text

security-best-practices · MIT

# Security & Code Quality Plugin

Security frameworks, accessibility guidelines, performance optimization, and code quality best practices for building secure, maintainable, and high-performance applications.

## Installation

```bash
# Using Copilot CLI
copilot plugin install security-best-practices@awesome-copilot
```

## What's Included

### Commands (Slash Commands)

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `/security-best-practices:ai-prompt-engineering-safety-review` | Comprehensive AI prompt engineering safety review and improvement prompt. Analyzes prompts for safety, bias, security vulnerabilities, and effectiveness while providing detailed improvement recommendations with extensive frameworks, testing methodologies, and educational content. |

## Source

This plugin is part of [Awesome Copilot](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot), a community-driven collection of GitHub Copilot extensions.

## License

MIT