This project has strict rules for AI usage:
- All AI usage in any form must be disclosed. You must state the tool you used (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, Amp) along with the extent that the work was AI-assisted.
- The human-in-the-loop must fully understand all code. If you can't explain what your changes do and how they interact with the greater system without the aid of AI tools, do not contribute those changes.
- Issues and discussions can use AI assistance but must have a full human-in-the-loop. This means that any content generated with AI must have been reviewed and edited by a human before submission. AI is very good at being overly verbose and including noise that distracts from the main point. The author must do their research and trim this down.
- No AI-generated media is allowed (art, images, videos, audio, etc.). Text and code are the only acceptable AI-generated content, per the other rules in this policy.
- Bad AI drivers may be blocked People who produce bad contributions that are clearly AI (slop) may be blocked from making future contributions. We love to help junior developers learn and grow, but if you're interested in that, don't use AI and we'll help you. We're sorry that bad AI drivers have ruined this for you.
Please remember that this project is maintained by humans.
Every discussion, issue, and pull request is read and reviewed by humans (and sometimes machines, too). It is a boundary point at which people interact with each other and the work done. It is rude and disrespectful to approach this boundary with low-effort, unqualified work, since it puts the burden of validation on the maintainer.
In a perfect world, AI would produce high-quality, accurate work every time. But today, that reality depends on the driver of the AI. And today, many drivers of AI do not use it well. So, until that changes, we need to have strict rules to protect maintainers.
This project is accepting of AI assistance, and many maintainers use AI tools as a productive part of their workflow. As a project, we welcome AI as a tool!
Our reason for the strict AI policy is not due to an anti-AI stance, but instead due to the number of poor contributions written by AI. It's misuse of the tools, not the tools themselves, that is the problem.
This section is included to be transparent about the project's usage of AI for people who may disagree with it, and to address the misconception that this policy is anti-AI in nature.
This policy is adapted and modified from the Ghostty Project.