Cilium
eBPF-based networking, security and observability for Kubernetes.
Mostly friendly. Welcome, with extra rules.
Generative AI may help explain code, autocomplete, refactor, brainstorm and draft tests, as long as contributors review everything, take full responsibility, respect licensing and report non-trivial AI use. Messages substantially written by AI are not acceptable in community spaces, though translation help is understood.
Policy by area
- Code contributionsPatches, pull requests and other changes written with AI tools.
- Mostly friendly
- AI use must be disclosed
- Contributor takes full responsibility
- A human must review the output
- Output must be license-compatible
- Issues & bug reportsBug reports, security reports and issues found or written with AI tools.
- Unfriendly
- Only minor help (autocomplete, grammar)
- AI-written textPull request descriptions, issue comments and summaries written by AI.
- Unfriendly
- Only minor help (autocomplete, grammar)
In their own words
Code contributions
Whether or not Generative AI tools were involved, you are fully accountable for the correctness, security, and clarity of your contributions.
Human review is required for all code, including code generated or assisted by Generative AI tools.
Report the use of Generative AI tools for non-trivial preparation of submissions
Ensure the output adheres to project guidelines and licensing requirements; and
Issues & bug reports
Communicate in any Cilium community space with content that is substantially written using Generative AI tools.
AI-written text
For example, it is not acceptable to send such text on Slack or GitHub, whether initiating or responding to discussion with other community members.
Sources
- Cilium Generative AI Policygithub.com/cilium/community/blob/main/AI-POLICY.mdSnapshot 9 Oct 2026