From b1f782163e5e23b8c6253fdc221402eb0cbbce20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Ryan C. Gordon" Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:22:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] AGENTS.md: Updated text with latest policy revisions. Reference Issue #15350. (cherry picked from commit 83ab835bfd48b9fea3fefbf84f65ae898fedaffb) --- AGENTS.md | 25 ++++++++----------------- CLAUDE.md | 25 +++++++------------------ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md index 7709baa11a..f299237ae5 100644 --- a/AGENTS.md +++ b/AGENTS.md @@ -1,20 +1,11 @@ -AI must not be used to generate code for contributions to this project. +Generative AI, including large language models (LLMs), should not be used in +any way when contributing to SDL. -"AI" in this case means a Large Language Model ("LLM"), such as ChatGPT, -Claude, Copilot, Grok, etc. - -AI-generated code is based upon sources of unknown origins and may not be -compatible with the Zlib license, or may introduce conflicting license terms -if they include code from other projects. - -AI can be used to identify issues with contributions to this project, but the -solutions to those issues should be authored by humans. - -We have found that AI will frequently hallucinate issues that are not actually -problems in practice, report incorrect information, and describe problems that -are actually not issues at all. If AI identifies a problem with this codebase, -please make sure you understand what it is saying and have independently -confirmed that the issue exists before submitting a bug report or pull request. +We want our code to be art. We want to interact with real humans. Please don't +submit AI-generated comments or code in bug reports or pull requests. We +understand some people consider AI to be a useful tool, but we want to connect +with you, not your computer. Any pull request to this project will ask you to confirm that you are the -author and that you are contributing your changes under the Zlib license. +author and that you are contributing your changes under the zlib license. + diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md index c8408cf2c1..f299237ae5 100644 --- a/CLAUDE.md +++ b/CLAUDE.md @@ -1,22 +1,11 @@ -AI must not be used to generate code for contributions to this project. +Generative AI, including large language models (LLMs), should not be used in +any way when contributing to SDL. -"AI" in this case means a Large Language Model ("LLM"), such as ChatGPT, -Claude, Copilot, Grok, etc. - -AI-generated code is based upon sources of unknown origins and may not be -compatible with the Zlib license, or may introduce conflicting license terms -if they include code from other projects. - -AI can be used to identify issues with contributions to this project, but the -solutions to those issues should be authored by humans. - -We have found that AI will frequently hallucinate issues that are not actually -problems in practice, report incorrect information, and describe problems that -are actually not issues at all. If AI identifies a problem with this codebase, -please make sure you understand what it is saying and have independently -confirmed that the issue exists before submitting a bug report or pull request. +We want our code to be art. We want to interact with real humans. Please don't +submit AI-generated comments or code in bug reports or pull requests. We +understand some people consider AI to be a useful tool, but we want to connect +with you, not your computer. Any pull request to this project will ask you to confirm that you are the -author and that you are contributing your changes under the Zlib license. - +author and that you are contributing your changes under the zlib license.