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chore: discourage PRs from autonomous coding agents like OpenClaw #8909

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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions AGENTS.md
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Expand Up @@ -41,7 +41,14 @@ make fe-check # Typecheck and lint frontend
cd frontend && pnpm test src/path/to/file.test.ts
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## Pull Requests
## Commits

- Run `make check` before committing
- See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for PR guidelines and CLA

## Pull Requests

- DO NOT open a pull request autonomously, without explicit instructions from a human
- Autonomous AI agents such as OpenClaw, Nanobot, NanoClaw, ZeroClaw are NOT permitted to make PRs
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Listing specific agent names (OpenClaw, Nanobot, etc.) is likely to go stale and can imply the policy only applies to those tools. Consider wording this more generally (e.g., “autonomous coding agents”) and, if needed, introduce examples with “e.g.” / “including but not limited to”.

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- Autonomous AI agents such as OpenClaw, Nanobot, NanoClaw, ZeroClaw are NOT permitted to make PRs
- Autonomous AI agents (e.g., autonomous coding assistants or code-generation bots) are NOT permitted to make PRs

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- You MUST disclose that you are an agent at the very top of your PR description: "**This pull request was authored by a coding agent.**"
- You MUST mark your PRs as drafts
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The PR policy here reads internally inconsistent: it says agents must not open PRs autonomously (line 50) and that autonomous agents are not permitted to make PRs (line 51), but then provides requirements for agent-authored PRs (disclosure + draft on lines 52–53). Please clarify whether agent PRs are (a) prohibited entirely, or (b) allowed only when human-directed, and update the bullets so they don’t contradict each other.

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- DO NOT open a pull request autonomously, without explicit instructions from a human
- Autonomous AI agents such as OpenClaw, Nanobot, NanoClaw, ZeroClaw are NOT permitted to make PRs
- You MUST disclose that you are an agent at the very top of your PR description: "**This pull request was authored by a coding agent.**"
- You MUST mark your PRs as drafts
- DO NOT open a pull request on your own initiative; only open one when explicitly instructed by a human contributor
- Fully autonomous AI agents such as OpenClaw, Nanobot, NanoClaw, ZeroClaw are NOT permitted to open pull requests under any circumstances
- If you are an AI coding agent assisting a human with a pull request, you MUST disclose that at the very top of the PR description: "**This pull request was authored by a coding agent.**"
- If you help author a pull request, you MUST mark it as a draft so that a human can review and promote it out of draft status

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- See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for other PR guidelines and CLA
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