From 83ab835bfd48b9fea3fefbf84f65ae898fedaffb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Ryan C. Gordon" <[EMAIL REDACTED]>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:22:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] AGENTS.md: Updated text with latest policy revisions.
Reference Issue #15350.
---
AGENTS.md | 25 ++++++++-----------------
CLAUDE.md | 25 +++++++------------------
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 7709baa11a1dd..f299237ae5dfd 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 c8408cf2c112a..f299237ae5dfd 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.