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sqlite AGENTS.md

Simon Willison · May 27, 2026 · Governance & Policy

SQLite formally refuses agentic code contributions and created a separate AI bug report forum

“SQLite does not accept agentic code. However the project will accept agentic bug reports that include a reproducible test case.”

SQLite added an AGENTS.md file explicitly banning agentic code contributions, and strengthened that language by removing the word 'currently' to make the policy permanent. The project was simultaneously flooded with AI-generated bug reports, prompting the creation of a dedicated SQLite Bug Forum to handle them separately. This represents a notable open-source governance moment: a foundational infrastructure project drawing a hard line against AI-generated code while pragmatically accommodating AI-assisted bug discovery.

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