From 4cd10063e2aa0cc22d5f6f008bc292012cd8e91d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joshua Hoblitt Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:25:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: allow commit trailers that credit AI tooling The AI guidelines said that listing AI tooling in a commit with a `co-authored-by`, `assisted-by`, or `generated-by` trailer was not necessary, which read as discouragement and left contributors unsure whether such a trailer was welcome at all. The maintainers have since agreed that these trailers are fine, so say so. What the guidelines require is unchanged: sign-off is the human contributor's, and AI assistance is disclosed in the pull request description. Signed-off-by: Joshua Hoblitt (cherry picked from commit 44fec7aeff674a64a72ecac6d3a07e65ea31709c) --- Documentation/Contributing/ai-guidelines.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/Contributing/ai-guidelines.md b/Documentation/Contributing/ai-guidelines.md index af7ea64bf..400fd2b22 100644 --- a/Documentation/Contributing/ai-guidelines.md +++ b/Documentation/Contributing/ai-guidelines.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ In order to ensure legal guidelines, Rook requires human involvement and engagem ## Transparency requirements 1. Contributors should disclose in pull request descriptions how AI tools assisted in development. E.g., generating substantial functions, documentation, and/or unit tests. -2. Rook requires human sign-off. Signing commits using an AI tool, or listing AI tooling in commits using `co-authored-by`, `assisted-by`, `generated-by`, or using similar commit trailers is not necessary. +2. Rook requires human sign-off. Sign commits with your own identity rather than an AI tool's. Commit trailers that credit AI tooling, such as `co-authored-by`, `assisted-by`, or `generated-by`, are permitted but not required. ## Best practices to respect maintainer time