# curl: AI-friendly with conditions

> Code written with AI help is accepted if it meets the normal standards. AI-found bug and security reports must say so and be verified by a human, and pasted AI-generated reports and explanations are discouraged.

- What it is: Command-line tool and library for transferring data with URLs. (Developer tool)
- Homepage: https://curl.se/
- Repository: https://github.com/curl/curl
- 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, high confidence)
- Policy last changed: 2026-10-09
- Web page: https://areweaifriendly.com/projects/curl/

## Policy by area

- **Code contributions**: AI-friendly
- **Issues & bug reports**: AI-friendly with conditions (AI use must be disclosed; A human must review the output)
- **AI-written text**: Not AI-friendly (Only minor help (autocomplete, grammar))

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "We can accept code written with the help of AI into the project, but the code must still follow coding standards, be written clearly, be documented, feature test cases and adhere to all the normal requirements we have." (https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTE.md)
- Issues & bug reports: "If you asked an AI tool to find problems in curl, you must make sure to reveal this fact in your report." (https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTE.md)
- Issues & bug reports: "You must also double-check the findings carefully before reporting them to us to validate that the issues are indeed existing and working exactly as the AI says." (https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTE.md)
- AI-written text: "Do not lazily paste massive, AI-generated explanations;" (https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/master/docs/VULN-DISCLOSURE-POLICY.md)
- AI-written text: "If you actually find a problem with an AI and you have verified it yourself to be true: write the report yourself and explain the problem as you have learned it." (https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTE.md)

## Sources

- [Contributing to the curl project](https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTE.md), fetched 2026-10-09
- [curl vulnerability disclosure policy](https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/master/docs/VULN-DISCLOSURE-POLICY.md), fetched 2026-10-09