From 0beb4bb900243a307f7209183813ad9bbb1fa837 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Landrum Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:47:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mention AI tools in the contrib guidelines (#9224) * mention AI tools in the contrib guidelines * response to review --------- Co-authored-by: = <=> --- Docs/Book/GettingStartedWithContributing.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Docs/Book/GettingStartedWithContributing.md b/Docs/Book/GettingStartedWithContributing.md index 1b4a29a31..c19cc8a11 100644 --- a/Docs/Book/GettingStartedWithContributing.md +++ b/Docs/Book/GettingStartedWithContributing.md @@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ This guide aims to serve a couple of purposes: - To act as a reminder for more established contributors, especially those who submit irregularly - Provide another weapon in the arsenal against Greg's "hit by a bus" problem, and hopefully make the maintainers lives easier by producing better first time submissions! +## Acknowledging the usage of AI tools + +If you make significant use of AI tools beyond auto-complete when creating your +contribution, please acknowledge that, and mention which tool you used, in the +description of your PR. We encourage everyone to use the tools that make them +maximally productive, but we also want to be completely transparent about the +source of contributions. Your name will be associated with the code change, so +please review any generated code before posting it and make sure that you +understand what it is doing. Please do not submit any code that has not been +reviewed by a human first. + ## What and How to Contribute ### If You Are Not a Developer