# AI Usage Policy

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.

## There are Humans Here

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.

## AI is Welcome Here

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.

## Credits

This policy is adapted and modified from the [Ghostty Project](https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md).

