# conda: AI-friendly with conditions

> Generative AI tools are welcome. Contributors are responsible for reviewing and understanding AI output, must respect the licence and CLA, and may not use agents to submit or review autonomously. In review, contributors should engage directly rather than paste AI responses.

- What it is: A cross-platform, language-agnostic package and environment manager. (Developer tool)
- Homepage: https://docs.conda.io/
- Repository: https://github.com/conda/conda
- Overall stance: AI-friendly with conditions (Mostly friendly). AI-assisted contributions are accepted with extra rules, such as disclosing AI use, or AI is banned for issues or written text.
- Last classified: 2026-10-09 (manual review, medium confidence)
- Policy last changed: 2026-10-09
- Web page: https://areweaifriendly.com/projects/conda/

## Policy by area

- **Code contributions**: AI-friendly with conditions (Contributor takes full responsibility; A human must review the output; Output must be license-compatible; No autonomous agents)
- **Issues & bug reports**: No AI policy
- **AI-written text**: Not AI-friendly (Only minor help (autocomplete, grammar))

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "You’re welcome to use generative AI tools when contributing to conda." (https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/dev-guide/contributing.html)
- Code contributions: "You are responsible for all of your contributions. Review and understand any AI-generated content before including it in a Pull Request." (https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/dev-guide/contributing.html)
- Code contributions: "You have read and understood the conda license and conda contributor license agreement, especially in terms of submitting your contribution as an original work of authorship." (https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/dev-guide/contributing.html)
- Code contributions: "Do not use AI agents or similar automated systems to submit your contributions or review Pull Requests autonomously." (https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/dev-guide/contributing.html)
- AI-written text: "Be prepared to engage during contribution review. Reviewers expect to discuss the changes with you directly. Do not copy and paste AI responses." (https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/dev-guide/contributing.html)

## Sources

- [Contributing to conda](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/dev-guide/contributing.html), fetched 2026-10-09