Hi Vaibhav, Thank you for initiating this discussion. +1 for this, we already had similar discussions on this topic offline.
So it will be great to introduce something similar and some guidelines. Let’s see what we can do here. Best, Giannis On Wed, 18 Mar 2026 at 6:29 PM, Vaibhav Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I wanted to start a discussion on a growing challenge across Apache > projects: AI-generated contributions. > > Other communities are already seeing increased maintainer burden from PRs > that require significant effort but add limited value. Some projects (e.g., > Iceberg, Flink) have started addressing this with files like AGENT.md to > better guide contributors and AI tools. > > Since Fluss is still in incubation, this could be a good opportunity to be > proactive and put some lightweight guardrails in place early. > > Some initial ideas: > > - Introducing an AGENT.md (similar to Iceberg/Flink) to guide > AI-assisted contributions > > This isn’t about discouraging AI usage, but about maintaining quality as > the project grows. > > What do others think? > > Worth addressing now during incubation? > > Regards, > Vaibhav >
