sqlalchemy/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing to SQLAlchemy

For general developer guidelines, please see out current Developer Guide at Develop.

Note on use of AI, agents and bots

Some of us here use large language models (LLM) to help us with our work, and some of us are even employer mandated to do so. Getting help whereever you need is fine.

However we must ask that AI/LLM generated content is not spammed onto SQLAlchemy discussions, issues, or PRs, whether this is cut and pasted, fully automated, or even just lightly edited. Please use your own words and don't come off like you're a bot, because that only makes you seem like you're trying to gamify our organization for unearned gain.

In particular, users who post content that appears to be trolling for karma / upvotes / vanity commits / positive responses, whether or not this content is machine generated, will be banned. We are not a casino and we're not here to be part of gamification of any kind.