# EasyBuild: AI-friendly with conditions

> Contributors must declare any AI use, naming the tool, model and extent, and keep a human in the loop. This covers pull requests, issues, documentation, chat messages, mailing list posts and talks.

- What it is: A software build and installation framework for HPC systems. (Developer tool)
- Homepage: https://easybuild.io/
- Repository: https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
- 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/easybuild/

## Policy by area

- **Code contributions**: AI-friendly with conditions (AI use must be disclosed; A human must review the output)
- **Issues & bug reports**: AI-friendly with conditions (AI use must be disclosed; A human must review the output)
- **AI-written text**: AI-friendly with conditions (AI use must be disclosed; A human must review the output)

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "Declare when they have used AI in a contribution;" (https://docs.easybuild.io/policies/ai/)
- Code contributions: "Keep a "human in the loop" when using AI." (https://docs.easybuild.io/policies/ai/)
- Issues & bug reports: "GitHub issues;" (https://docs.easybuild.io/policies/ai/)
- AI-written text: "Messages in EasyBuild Slack;" (https://docs.easybuild.io/policies/ai/)

## Sources

- [EasyBuild AI Policy](https://docs.easybuild.io/policies/ai/), fetched 2026-10-09