# pip: AI-friendly with conditions

> LLM tools may be used, but a human must own the copyright, understand the code and take full responsibility for every line. LLMs may not be listed as co-authors and unsupervised agents are banned. LLM-generated comments must be accurate and stood behind.

- What it is: The package installer for Python. (Developer tool)
- Homepage: https://pip.pypa.io/
- Repository: https://github.com/pypa/pip
- 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/pip/

## Policy by area

- **Code contributions**: AI-friendly with conditions (Contributor takes full responsibility; Output must be license-compatible; No autonomous agents)
- **Issues & bug reports**: No AI policy
- **AI-written text**: AI-friendly (Contributor takes full responsibility; A human must review the output)

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "If you used LLM tools during development, you may still submit – but you must remove any LLM co-author tags and take full ownership of every line." (https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md)
- Code contributions: "Every contribution has to be backed by a human who unequivocally owns the copyright for all changes." (https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md)
- Code contributions: "Absolutely no unsupervised agentic tools like OpenClaw." (https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md)
- AI-written text: "LLM-generated comments must be concise and accurate, and you must be prepared to stand by them." (https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md)
- AI-written text: "When using these tools, it's your responsibility to ensure that the output is correct, and useful." (https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md)

## Sources

- [pip Generative AI / LLM Policy](https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md), fetched 2026-10-09