--- title: “AI contributions are demoralizing”: Godot bans coding... description: Godot Engine is updating its contribution policy to ban most AI-generated code from its repositories. The decision stems not only from the burden of reviewing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-contributions-are-demoralizing-godot-bans-coding-agents-to-save-its-mentoring-model-6oecdttap twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: “AI contributions are demoralizing”: Godot bans coding agents to save its mentoring model | daily.dev og:description: Godot Engine is updating its contribution policy to ban most AI-generated code from its repositories. The decision stems not only from the burden of reviewing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-contributions-are-demoralizing-godot-bans-coding-agents-to-save-its-mentoring-model-6oecdttap og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6oecDtTap.png og:image:alt: “AI contributions are demoralizing”: Godot bans coding agents to save its mentoring model og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # “AI contributions are demoralizing”: Godot bans coding agents to save its mentoring model **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 5 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Godot Engine is updating its contribution policy to ban most AI-generated code from its repositories. The decision stems not only from the burden of reviewing low-quality AI pull requests, but from a deeper concern: code review has historically served as a mentorship pipeline for future maintainers, and AI-authored contributions break that dynamic entirely. The Godot Foundation notes that feedback left on AI-generated PRs doesn't help train a human contributor, making the review effort feel pointless. Contributors may still use AI for narrow tasks like code completion or regex, with disclosure. New contributors must also get explicit approval before submitting large features. The policy mirrors similar bans adopted by Zig, Ghostty, and curl, and connects to broader industry concerns about AI eroding the junior developer talent pipeline. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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