AI / LLM Usage Policy

The short version

You are responsible for every line you submit. If a maintainer asks you about any part of your change, you must be able to answer. If you can't, the PR will be closed.

Ownership

The contributor — not the AI — is the author of the contribution. Using an LLM to generate code, tests, or documentation does not transfer responsibility to the tool. You are expected to:

• Understand every line of your change well enough to discuss it in review
• Have actually run and tested the code yourself
• Be able to explain why the change is correct, not just what it does

The LLM types for you. It doesn't think for you.

Disclosure

You are encouraged (but not required) to disclose when AI tools contributed to your work. A short note in the PR description is enough — e.g. "Tests were initially drafted with an LLM and then reviewed and adjusted by me."

Disclosure is not a liability. It helps maintainers calibrate their review. Hiding it when it's obvious wastes everyone's time.

Slop

Pull requests that are clearly AI-generated without meaningful human review — cosmetically formatted but logically incorrect, missing context, or unrelated to any real issue — will be closed as spam without further discussion.

If you're not sure whether your PR meets the bar: re-read it line by line, run it, and ask yourself whether you can defend every decision in it.

Questions or disagreements

This policy is intentionally minimal and open to refinement. If you think something here is wrong or missing, open an issue.