Ghostty Project's AI Usage Policy: Transparency and Human Oversight Requirements
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Summary
The article presents Ghostty's AI usage policy, which requires full disclosure of any AI assistance in contributions, mandates that contributors must fully understand all code they submit (even if AI-assisted), and requires human review of AI-generated content in issues and discussions. The policy emphasizes transparency and human oversight in AI-assisted development for the Ghostty terminal emulator project.
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The human-in-the-loop must fully understand all code. If you can't explain what your changes do and how they interact with the greater system without the aid of AI tools, do not contribute to this project.
Issues and discussions can use AI assistance but must have a full human-in-the-loop. This means that any content generated with AI must have been reviewed and
👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration. - ghostty-org/ghostty
