# Pallets (Flask, Jinja, Click): Not AI-friendly

> New contributors may not use LLM or AI tools at all, and contributions that look AI-generated are closed with the author likely blocked. Trusted contributors' work must still be understood and created personally. The policy covers all interactions, and AI may not be used to translate or improve what you write.

- What it is: The organization behind Flask, Jinja, Click, Werkzeug and other Python web libraries. (Framework)
- Homepage: https://palletsprojects.com/
- Repository: https://github.com/pallets
- Overall stance: Not AI-friendly (Unfriendly). AI-generated contributions are not accepted; at most minor help such as autocomplete or grammar fixes.
- Last classified: 2026-10-09 (manual review, high confidence)
- Policy last changed: 2026-10-09
- Web page: https://areweaifriendly.com/projects/pallets/

## Policy by area

- **Code contributions**: Not AI-friendly (Contributor takes full responsibility; Only minor help (autocomplete, grammar))
- **Issues & bug reports**: Not AI-friendly
- **AI-written text**: Not AI-friendly

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "If you are a new contributor, do not use LLM or AI tools to contribute at all; you do not have the trust or experience to take responsibility for what is generated." (https://palletsprojects.com/contributing/llm-ai)
- Code contributions: "your contribution must still genuinely be understood and created personally by you, regardless of what tools you may use to assist you." (https://palletsprojects.com/contributing/llm-ai)
- Code contributions: "If your contribution appears generated by LLM or AI tools, or you attempt to obfuscate that, it will be closed and you are likely to be blocked." (https://palletsprojects.com/contributing/llm-ai)
- Issues & bug reports: "This policy applies to all interactions with our projects and community, not only code and pull requests." (https://palletsprojects.com/contributing/llm-ai)
- AI-written text: "Do not use LLM tools to translate or "improve" what you say and do." (https://palletsprojects.com/contributing/llm-ai)
- AI-written text: "This includes code, documentation, tests, PR descriptions, comments, reviews, answers, and all other interactions." (https://palletsprojects.com/contributing/llm-ai)

## Sources

- [Pallets LLM and AI Policy](https://palletsprojects.com/contributing/llm-ai), fetched 2026-10-09