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commit 0e478d8f54b0a18735450b59d80ecc4dce13b012
Author: Ed Seidl <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon May 4 14:16:20 2026 -0700
docs: Add guidance for AI assisted submissions to CONTRIBUTING.md (#9892)
# Which issue does this PR close?
None
# Rationale for this change
Arrow and Datafusion provide this guidance, it's high time we do as
well.
# What changes are included in this PR?
Add links to the Arrow and ASF AI policies.
# Are these changes tested?
Docs only
# Are there any user-facing changes?
Only to project documentation
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CONTRIBUTING.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 83ee468c32..48075c5ef7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -256,3 +256,21 @@ If sometimes you want to commit without checking, just run
`git commit` with `--
```bash
git commit --no-verify -m "... commit message ..."
```
+
+## AI Generated Submissions
+
+This project follows the guidance for AI generated submissions used by the
+[Arrow
Project](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/dev/developers/overview.html#ai-generated-code).
+As such, it is expected that you will:
+
+- Only submit a PR if you are able to debug and own the changes yourself -
review all generated
+ code to understand every detail
+- Match the style and conventions used in the rest of the codebase, including
PR titles and descriptions
+- Be upfront about AI usage and summarise what was AI-generated
+- If there are parts you don’t fully understand, leave comments on your own PR
explaining what steps you took to verify correctness
+- Watch for AI’s tendency to generate overly verbose comments, unnecessary
test cases, and incorrect fixes
+- Break down large PRs into smaller ones to make review easier
+
+It is also important for submitters to be aware of potential copyright issues.
See the ASF's
+[guidance](https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html) on
AI-generated code for further
+information on licensing considerations.
