---
type: Policy
id: https://w3id.org/ktl/linkml-sidecar/knowledge/policies/ai-covenant
title: AI covenant
description: "Community norms for AI use: contributors own what they submit whatever tools helped, AI review comments are suggestions, AI systems must not post comments or replies in issues, discussions, chat or mail, and AI co-authorship in commit messages is discouraged."
resource: AI_COVENANT.md
tags:
  - ai
  - contributing
  - disclosure
sources:
  - resource: AI_COVENANT.md
  - resource: CONTRIBUTING.md
generated:
  by: process:ktl-librarian
  at: "2026-10-21T22:30:32Z"
status: draft
verified:
  - by: process:ktl-librarian
    at: "2026-10-22T18:19:05Z"
---

# Overview

`AI_COVENANT.md` sets the norms for AI use in this repository. Its core principle: everything you contribute is yours, whatever tools helped create it. You are responsible for understanding it, verifying it, defending it in review, and meeting the project's standards.

- **Reviews.** AI review tools provide automated quality checks, not human reviews. Their comments are suggestions, a pull request owner may close them without response, and a pull request still needs human approval.
- **Discussions.** AI tools may help you prepare, but AI systems must not directly post comments, replies or messages in GitHub issues or discussions, shared Slack channels, or mailing lists and email threads.
- **Disclosure.** Disclose AI origin when proposing a fix to code you do not fully understand. Routine AI use needs no disclosure, and AI co-authorship in commit messages is actively discouraged.

`CONTRIBUTING.md` adds that an agent may not take part in discussion on your behalf.