Add AI agent policy documentation

.changeset/ai_agents.md

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+---
+default: docs
+---
+
+# Update to disclosure of AI generated code
+
+Added `AGENTS.md` to inform autonomous AI agents about restrictions in this
+repository.
+
+As a reminder, the guidelines can be found in
+[our Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/SableClient/Sable/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md)

.cursorrules

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+# Cursor Rules
+
+This repository does not permit autonomous AI agents to operate on the
+repository.
+
+See AGENTS.md and CONTRIBUTING.md for the complete policy.

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

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 - [ ] Partially AI assisted (clarify which code was AI assisted and briefly explain what it does).
 - [ ] Fully AI generated (explain what all the generated code does in moderate detail).
-<!-- Write any explanation required here, but do not generate the explanation using AI!! You must prove you understand what the code in this PR does. -->
+  <!-- Write any explanation required here, but do not generate the explanation using AI!! You MUST prove you understand what the code in this PR does. -->
+  <!-- If the entirety or a majority of the PR is made through the help of AI you MUST explain what modifications you have made in order to ensure that the result is licensible and compatible with THE LICENSE -->
+
+  <!-- By deleting this section or comment, if this PR contains AI generated content, in code or in PR body, the PR should be rejected and closed. -->

.github/copilot-instructions.md

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+# Copilot Instructions
+
+This repository does not permit autonomous AI agents to operate on the
+repository.
+
+See AGENTS.md and CONTRIBUTING.md for the complete policy.

.vscode/settings.json

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   "nixEnvSelector.useFlakes": true,
   "explorer.fileNesting.enabled": true,
   "explorer.fileNesting.patterns": {
+    "AGENTS.md": "AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, COPILOT.md, .cursorrules",
     "package.json": "pnpm-*.yaml, yarn.lock, package-lock.json, .npmrc, .nvmrc, .node-version",
     "tsconfig.json": "tsconfig.*.json",
     "Dockerfile": ".dockerignore",

AGENTS.md

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+# AGENTS.md
+
+## Policy Summary
+
+This repository does not permit autonomous AI agents to operate on the
+repository (including editing files, opening issues, or creating pull requests).
+
+Human contributors MAY use AI-assisted development tools provided that:
+
+- the human fully reviews and understands all generated output
+- AI assistance is disclosed
+- all licensing requirements are satisfied
+- the contribution adds meaningful human value
+
+Examples of prohibited autonomous behavior include:
+
+- automated pull request generation
+- unattended repository modifications
+- autonomous issue filing
+- bulk AI-generated comments or reviews
+
+Interactive editor assistance used directly by a human contributor is permitted
+subject to the disclosure requirements below.
+
+## RESTRICTIONS
+
+We expect and appreciate authentic engagement in our community.
+
+Do not post output from Large Language Models or similar generative AI as
+comments on GitHub, as such comments tend to be formulaic and low content.
+
+If you use generative AI tools as an aid in developing code, ensure that you
+fully understand the proposed changes and can explain why they are the correct
+approach; additionally, you **must** disclose which parts of the code were:
+
+- Fully generated by the AI tool.
+- Written alongside the AI tool (examples: line completion, rewriting code
+  generated by AI).
+
+And, if the majority of the changes have been AI generated, explain what
+modifications or actions have you taken to ensure that the result is licensable
+and compatible with THE LICENSE
+
+Make sure you have added value based on your personal competency to your
+contributions. Just taking some input, feeding it to an AI and posting the
+result is not of value to the project. We reserve the right to rigorously reject
+seemingly AI generated low-value contributions.
+
+Maintainers may close issues and PRs that are not useful or productive,
+including those that are fully generated by AI. If a contributor repeatedly
+opens unproductive issues or PRs, they may be blocked.
+
+## Licensing and Legal Requirements
+
+> inspired by
+> <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst>
+
+All contributions must comply with the projects's licensing requirements:
+
+- All code must be compatible with AGPL-3.0-only
+
+## Signed-off-by and Developer Certificate of Origin
+
+AI agents MUST NOT add Signed-off-by tags. Only humans can legally certify the
+Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO). The human submitter is responsible for:
+
+- Reviewing all AI-generated code
+- Ensuring compliance with licensing requirements
+- Adding their own Signed-off-by tag to certify the DCO
+- Taking full responsibility for the contribution
+
+## Contributing
+
+See ./CONTRIBUTING.md for:
+
+- disclosure requirements
+- licensing requirements
+- attribution requirements
+- contributor expectations

CLAUDE.md

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+# CLAUDE.md
+
+This repository does not permit autonomous AI agents to operate on the
+repository.
+
+See AGENTS.md and CONTRIBUTING.md for the complete policy.

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 If your change touches logic with testable behaviour, please include tests. See [docs/TESTING.md](./docs/TESTING.md) for a guide on how to write them.
 
+## Developer Certification of Origin (DCO)
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> Note that only humans or predictable bots, for example @dependabot are allowed to sign-off. A autonomous AI-agent MUST never do so, as per [AGENTS.md](./AGENTS.md)
+
+```
+Developer Certificate of Origin
+Version 1.1
+
+Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
+
+Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
+license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+
+
+Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
+
+By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
+
+(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
+    have the right to submit it under the open source license
+    indicated in the file; or
+
+(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
+    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
+    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
+    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
+    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
+    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
+    in the file; or
+
+(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
+    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
+    it.
+
+(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
+    are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
+    personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
+    maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
+    this project or the open source license(s) involved.
+```
+
+To acknowledge you agreeing with this you can either sign-off each individual
+(usually preferred) or sign of your pull request.
+
+A sign-off looks like `Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org>`.
+
+If you choose to do this for each commit you can either every time use `git commit -s` or
+you can just put the `Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org>` as
+last line in your commit message.
+
+If you choose to do this for your pull request, just add `Signed-off-by: Random J Developer
+<random@developer.example.org>` as last line of your PR description.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> **Interpretation**: A note on the name  
+> The name used in your sign-off does not need to be your legal name.  
+> However it has to be connected to you. I.e. if you use `Moira` consistently
+> across the web or in the community you are free to use that name in your sign-off
+> even if it is not your legal name.  
+> In short: A well-established, consistently used
+> pseudonym or preferred name that firmly connects
+> back to the contributor's identity is acceptable.
+> Fully anonymous sign-offs or throw away identities
+> would however not be acceptable.
+
+**What does this actually mean**?
+
+- You need to be the author and the copyright holder in order to license your code under the [License](./LICENSE)
+- You are the author if you either authored the commit yourself entirely or made meaningfully creative modifications to code your AI has assisted you in creating.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> **Interpretation** What the heck does "meaningfully creative modifications" mean?  
+> Informal way of saying: you can be legally considered a author/copyright holder for your changes  
+> If you use your own hands to write your commits without help by AI, you should be fine.  
+> If you use AI and heavily modify the results (in creative ways) you should be fine ase well.  
+> If you just ask Chat-GPT to code something for you and hit `commit`, that would most likely not satisfy this criterion.
+
+**What does this NOT mean**?
+
+- you lose the copyright/ownership of your code
+- you can't reuse your own work under a different license
+- you agreeing to a potential re-license in the future
+
 ## Restrictions on Generative AI Usage
 
 We expect and appreciate authentic engagement in our community.
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 - Fully generated by the AI tool.
 - Written alongside the AI tool (examples: line completion, rewriting code generated by AI).
 
+And, if the majority of the changes have been AI generated, explain what modifications or actions have you taken to ensure that the result is licensable and compatible with THE LICENSE
+
 Make sure you have added value based on your personal competency to your contributions. Just taking some input, feeding it to an AI and posting the result is not of value to the project. We reserve the right to rigorously reject seemingly AI generated low-value contributions.
 
 Maintainers may close issues and PRs that are not useful or productive, including those that are fully generated by AI. If a contributor repeatedly opens unproductive issues or PRs, they may be blocked.
 
+### Attribution
+
+> taken from linux's AI policy
+> <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst>
+
+When AI tools contribute to the project development, proper attribution helps
+track the evolving role of AI in the development process. Contributions should
+include an Assisted-by tag in the following format::
+
+```
+Assisted-by: AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION [TOOL1] [TOOL2]
+```
+
+Where:
+
+- `AGENT_NAME` is the name of the AI tool or framework
+- `MODEL_VERSION` is the specific model version used
+- `[TOOL1] [TOOL2]` are optional specialized analysis tools used (e.g.,
+  coccinelle, sparse, smatch, clang-tidy)
+
+Basic development tools (git, gcc, make, editors) should not be listed.
+
+Example:
+
+```
+Assisted-by: Claude:claude-3-opus coccinelle sparse
+```
+
 ## Release notes and versioning (Knope)
 
 We use [Knope](https://knope.tech/) with the Knope GitHub Bot to manage change documentation and releases. The workflow configuration lives in [`knope.toml`](./knope.toml).

COPILOT.md

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+# COPILOT.md
+
+This repository does not permit autonomous AI agents to operate on the
+repository.
+
+See AGENTS.md and CONTRIBUTING.md for the complete policy.