[llvm] 055afb7 - [llvm][docs] Forbid AI use for "good first issue" issues (#172515)

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Author: Timm Baeder
Date: 2025-12-18T07:47:41+01:00
New Revision: 055afb7db3b2388b00a0cd3392b7d25fdda30448

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/055afb7db3b2388b00a0cd3392b7d25fdda30448
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/055afb7db3b2388b00a0cd3392b7d25fdda30448.diff

LOG: [llvm][docs] Forbid AI use for "good first issue" issues (#172515)

Those issues are supposed to help newcomers get familiar with the code
base and find some low-hanging fruit to work on. Using AI to fix them
makes no sense.

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Modified: 
    llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst

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diff  --git a/llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst b/llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst
index bfec74303520d..a1c8cf77b91ff 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/DeveloperPolicy.rst
@@ -1500,3 +1500,9 @@ review all generated code before sending it for review to verify its
 correctness and to understand it so that they can answer questions during code
 review. Reviewing and maintaining generated code that the original contributor
 does not understand is not a good use of limited project resources.
+
+The one exception we reserve is for GitHub issues labelled with the
+"good first issue" label. These issues are selected by LLVM contributors
+to help newcomers get familiar with the code base. Thus, it makes no sense to
+fix them using AI tools. **Using AI tools to fix issues labelled as
+"good first issues" is forbidden**.