Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct

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Our Pledge

We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.

Our Standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community include:

  • Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
  • Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
  • Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
  • Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience
  • Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community

Unacceptable Behavior

Examples of unacceptable behavior include:

  • The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any kind
  • Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
  • Public or private harassment
  • Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission
  • Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting

Technical Standards

In addition to general community standards, we also maintain technical standards for code contributions:

  • Code Quality: Maintain high code quality with proper testing and documentation
  • Constructive Feedback: Provide constructive, actionable code review feedback
  • Malicious Code: Never submit malicious code, backdoors, or intentional security vulnerabilities
  • License Compliance: Respect licensing requirements and intellectual property

Technical Misconduct

Technical misconduct includes but is not limited to:

  • Submitting intentionally broken or malicious code
  • Deliberately introducing security vulnerabilities
  • Plagiarizing code without proper attribution
  • Violating software licenses or intellectual property rights

Enforcement Responsibilities

Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

Community leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.

Scope

This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces. Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event.

Community Spaces

This Code of Conduct applies to all project-managed spaces, including but not limited to:

  • GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests, and discussions
  • Project Discord servers or chat channels
  • Project mailing lists and email communications
  • Social media accounts managed by the project
  • In-person and virtual events hosted by the project
  • Any other forums created by the project team

Enforcement

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at conduct@ast-copilot-helper.dev. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.

All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident.

Reporting Guidelines

When reporting an incident, please include:

  • Your contact information
  • Names (real, usernames, or pseudonyms) of anyone involved
  • Description of what occurred, including when and where it happened
  • Any additional context or relevant screenshots/links
  • Whether you believe the situation is ongoing

All reports will be handled with discretion and confidentiality.

Enforcement Guidelines

Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:

1. Correction

Community Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.

Consequence: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.

2. Warning

Community Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.

Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.

3. Temporary Ban

Community Impact: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior.

Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.

4. Permanent Ban

Community Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.

Consequence: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community.

Appeals Process

If you believe a moderation decision was made in error, you may appeal by:

  1. Sending an email to conduct@ast-copilot-helper.dev within 14 days of receipt of the decision
  2. Include your reasoning for why you believe the decision should be reconsidered
  3. Provide any additional context or information not available during the initial review

Appeals will be reviewed by community leaders who were not involved in the original decision when possible. The appeal decision is final.

Community Guidelines

Communication

  • Be respectful and professional in all interactions
  • Assume good faith and positive intent
  • Ask questions rather than making accusations
  • Provide constructive feedback with specific suggestions

Collaboration

  • Welcome newcomers and help them get started
  • Share knowledge openly and generously
  • Give credit where credit is due
  • Respect different levels of experience and expertise

Technical Conduct

  • Write clear, maintainable code with appropriate documentation
  • Provide thorough testing for new features and bug fixes
  • Review pull requests constructively and promptly
  • Follow established project conventions and guidelines

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.1, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct.html.

Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder.

For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq. Translations are available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations.

Last Updated: September 22, 2025
Version: 1.0