Update AI usage policy and review guidelines #5227
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More description in the overview, detailing how we might close PRs if an interaction 'feels' like it is not productive from lack of understanding (whether due to AI usage or not).
IAlibay
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Feb 10, 2026
| AI tools may be used in limited cases, for example when it is used for small amounts of AI-assisted code (e.g. autocompletion using copilot, cursor, etc...) | ||
| or for language translation purposes. **Such uses must always be declared.** | ||
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| Please understand the reviewing capacity is very limited for the project, so large PRs which appear to not have the requisite understanding might not get reviewed, and eventually closed or redirected. |
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Bike shedding a bit, I think this might be general enough to include in the previous section after line 13.
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| Please understand the reviewing capacity is very limited for the project, so large PRs which appear to not have the requisite understanding might not get reviewed, and eventually closed or redirected. | ||
| Understanding from authors about what code they are contributing and how it fits into the larger picture is crucial. | ||
| If reviewers feel there is a lack of understanding from looking at the code, PR descriptions or just general interactions with a contributor, we reserve the right to close the PR to save time and resources. |
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Do you want a "even if you say you aren't using AI" bit here? Would it help us?
RMeli
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BTW, sometimes just asking more details about the PR and its motivation is enough ;): metatensor/metatrain#1036 |
Co-authored-by: Rocco Meli <r.meli@bluemail.ch>
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More description in the overview, detailing how we might close PRs if an interaction 'feels' like it is not productive from lack of understanding (whether due to AI usage or not). This was discussed in the AI policy meeting.
LLM / AI generated code disclosure
LLMs or other AI-powered tools (beyond simple IDE use cases) were used in this contribution:\ no
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Issue raised/referenced?Tests updated/added?Documentation updated/added?package/CHANGELOGfile updated?package/AUTHORS? (If it is not, add it!)Developers Certificate of Origin
I certify that I can submit this code contribution as described in the Developer Certificate of Origin, under the MDAnalysis LICENSE.
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