EasyBuild
A software build and installation framework for HPC systems.
Mostly friendly. Welcome, with extra rules.
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.
Policy by area
- Code contributionsPatches, pull requests and other changes written with AI tools.
- Mostly friendly
- AI use must be disclosed
- A human must review the output
- Issues & bug reportsBug reports, security reports and issues found or written with AI tools.
- Mostly friendly
- AI use must be disclosed
- A human must review the output
- AI-written textPull request descriptions, issue comments and summaries written by AI.
- Mostly friendly
- 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;
Keep a "human in the loop" when using AI.
Issues & bug reports
GitHub issues;
AI-written text
Messages in EasyBuild Slack;
Sources
- EasyBuild AI Policydocs.easybuild.io/policies/ai/Snapshot 9 Oct 2026