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Document project expectations for AI-assisted contributions so contributors understand when AI use is acceptable and when it creates review or moderation burden. Link to the document directly from the new PR and issues helptext.
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AI Policy
Using AI (i.e. LLMs) as tools for coding is welcome, provided that such use adheres to the following policy, adds value, and does not waste the community's time.
A high bar is held for all contributions to this project.
AI should not be used to generate comments when communicating with maintainers and other contributors. Comments are expected to be written by humans. Comments that are believed to be written by AI may be moderated.
If you are opening an issue, you should be able to describe the problem in your own words.
You should only open a pull request if you:
- know the language the code is written in
- could have written the code yourself
- understand the existing surrounding code and the effect of the suggested changes
You must also be able to explain the pull request changes in your own words. This includes the pull request body and responses to questions. Do not copy responses from the AI when replying to questions from reviewers.
This project requires a human author in the loop who understands the work produced by AI. Pull requests should not be opened or driven by autonomous agents. A human author must choose the work, understand the change, and be responsible for the contribution. Pull requests that appear in violation of this can be closed without notice.
If you wish to include context from an interaction with AI in your comments, it must be disclosed as such. It must be accompanied by human commentary explaining the relevance and implications of the context.
Questions or proposed changes to this policy can be discussed in bitcoin-core/meta.
This policy was adapted from ripgrep's AI policy, which was adapted from uv's AI policy.