awesome-copilot/.github/risk-tiers.yml

# Merge risk tiers.
#
# Automation (eng/submission-gate.mjs) applies exactly one of `merge-risk:low`,
# `merge-risk:medium`, or `merge-risk:high` to every open PR and the
# `submission-gate` check enforces the approvals each tier requires.
# See docs/maintainers/submission-gate.md.
#
# Evaluation order:
#   1. high   if any changed file matches `high.paths`, any added line matches a
#             `high.capabilities` trigger, a `high.labels` label is present, or the
#             changes can't be fully scanned (GitHub truncated the file list, or a
#             text file in a capability's scope has no diff to scan).
#   2. low    if every changed file matches `low.paths`, or the PR only modifies
#             existing resource files (no added/removed/renamed files) and the total
#             change is at most `low.small_update.max_changed_lines`.
#   3. medium otherwise.
#
# This file is a review-policy file: changing it places a PR in merge-risk:high.

high:
  description: Privileged execution, automation, or review-policy change
  paths:
    # Review policy and automation
    - ".github/**"
    - "CODEOWNERS"
    - "docs/CODEOWNERS"
    # Build, release, and repository scripts
    - "eng/**"
    - "scripts/**"
    - "package.json"
    - "package-lock.json"
    # MCP server configuration
    - "**/mcp.json"
    - "**/.mcp.json"
    # Bundled executable scripts (hooks, skills, and plugins). Agentic workflow
    # sources (`workflows/**`) and hook metadata (`hooks/**`) are content; a hook
    # command in hooks.json is caught by the `mcp-server-command` capability.
    - "**/*.sh"
    - "**/*.bash"
    - "**/*.ps1"
    - "**/*.psm1"
    - "**/*.bat"
    - "**/*.cmd"
    - "**/*.py"
    - "skills/**/scripts/**"
    - "plugins/**/scripts/**"
    # Plugin marketplace sources for externally hosted code
    - "plugins/external.json"
  # Generated output that lives under a high-risk path but is safe to regenerate.
  exclude_paths:
    - ".github/plugin/marketplace.json"
  # Regexes matched against added lines of the diff. `files` limits where each applies.
  capabilities:
    - id: process-execution
      description: Spawns processes or evaluates code
      files: ["extensions/**", "plugins/**", "skills/**", "website/**"]
      pattern: "child_process|\\bexecSync\\(|\\bexecFile(Sync)?\\(|\\bspawn(Sync)?\\(|\\beval\\(|new Function\\(|node:vm|require\\(['\"]vm['\"]\\)"
    - id: remote-script-execution
      description: Pipes a downloaded script into a shell
      pattern: "(curl|wget)[^\\n|]*\\|\\s*(sudo\\s+)?(ba|z)?sh\\b|(iwr|irm|Invoke-WebRequest|Invoke-RestMethod)[^\\n|]*\\|\\s*(iex|Invoke-Expression)|Invoke-Expression"
    - id: mcp-server-command
      description: Declares an MCP server or hook command
      files: ["plugins/**/*.json", "extensions/**/*.json", "skills/**/*.json", "hooks/**/*.json"]
      pattern: "\"(mcpServers|command|bash|powershell)\"\\s*:"
  # Files whose missing diff is acceptable: binaries GitHub never diffs, and generated
  # documentation whose sources are scanned. Other files in a capability's scope without
  # a diff (binary or too large) fail closed to high because their added lines can't be scanned.
  unscanned_paths:
    - "docs/**"
    - "README.md"
    - ".github/plugin/marketplace.json"
    - "**/*.png"
    - "**/*.jpg"
    - "**/*.jpeg"
    - "**/*.gif"
    - "**/*.webp"
    - "**/*.ico"
    - "**/*.pdf"
    - "**/*.woff"
    - "**/*.woff2"
    - "**/*.ttf"
    - "**/*.otf"
    - "**/*.mp4"
    - "**/*.webm"
    - "**/*.zip"
  labels:
    # Applied by the Contributor Reputation Check writer.
    - "needs-review:HIGH"
  approvals:
    required: 1
    require_core: true

medium:
  description: New or substantially changed resource without privileged execution
  approvals:
    required: 1
    require_domain: true

low:
  description: Documentation, metadata, generated output, or a small update to an existing resource
  paths:
    - "docs/**"
    - "README.md"
    - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
    - "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md"
    - "SECURITY.md"
    - "SUPPORT.md"
    - "LICENSE"
    - ".all-contributorsrc"
    - ".github/plugin/marketplace.json"
    - "**/*.png"
    - "**/*.jpg"
    - "**/*.jpeg"
    - "**/*.gif"
    - "**/*.svg"
    - "**/*.webp"
  small_update:
    max_changed_lines: 40
    # Existing resources that may be updated in a small change and stay low risk.
    resource_paths:
      - "agents/**"
      - "instructions/**"
      - "skills/**"
      - "plugins/**"
      - "extensions/**"
  approvals:
    # One approval from an owner of the changed resource (its domain pool, or the core
    # pools for files outside every domain). Until pools are staffed, any approver with
    # write access counts.
    required: 1
    require_owner: true

# Areas used to pick the domain reviewer pool from .github/review-routing.yml.
# `pools` are routing pool keys. When a matching pool has no reviewers yet, any
# approver with write access satisfies the domain requirement.
domains:
  canvas:
    paths: ["extensions/**"]
    pools: ["canvas"]
  plugin:
    paths: ["plugins/**", ".github/plugin/**"]
    pools: ["plugin"]
  content:
    paths: ["agents/**", "instructions/**", "skills/**", "workflows/**", "hooks/**"]
    pools: ["content"]
  workshops:
    paths:
      - "website/**/cli-for-beginners/**"
      - "website/**/app-for-beginners/**"
      - "website/**/copilot-workshops/**"
    pools: ["workshops"]
# Files outside every domain (repository automation such as `.github/workflows/**`,
# `eng/**`, review policy, and docs) are owned by the core pools.

# Routing pools whose members count as core maintainers for high-risk approvals.
# Until those pools are staffed, users with admin or maintain permission on the
# repository count instead.
core_pools: ["core-maintainers"]