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AI Usage Policy

The go-signs project has strict rules for AI usage. This policy is nearly identical to that of the Ghostty project. We have huge respect for Mitchell Hashimoto and appreciate him setting the tone about this topic.

  • 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.

  • Pull requests created in any way by AI can only be for existing issues. Drive-by pull requests that do not reference an existing issue will be closed. If AI isn't disclosed but a maintainer suspects its use, the PR will be closed.

  • Pull requests created by AI must have been fully verified with human use. AI must not create hypothetically correct code that hasn't been tested. Importantly, you must not allow AI to write code for platforms or environments you don't have access to manually test on.

  • 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. Humans 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 will be ignored. You've been warned. We love to help junior developers learn and grow, but if you're interested in that then don't use AI, and we'll help you. I'm sorry that bad AI drivers have ruined this for you.

These rules apply only to outside contributions. Maintainers are exempt from these rules and may use AI tools at their discretion; they've proven themselves trustworthy to apply good judgment.

There are Humans Here

Please remember that go-signs 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, most drivers of AI are just not good enough.

AI is Welcome Here

go-signs is written with plenty of AI assistance, and we embrace AI in development 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 highly unqualified people using AI. It's the people, not the tools, that are the problem.