AI policy files are becoming a thing - here's a generator

The problem

AI coding agents are everywhere. Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex -- they're writing code in repos with no AI policy.

Most repos have a LICENSE file. Many have CONTRIBUTING.md. Almost none have an AI policy.

Can a contributor submit AI-generated code? Does it need review? Can agents modify CI pipelines? Should the project opt out of training data collection?

What projects are doing about it

A few projects already check these files into their repos:

AI_POLICY.md declares how AI tools interact with the codebase -- what's permitted, how AI-generated code is handled, training data preferences.

AGENTS.md gives AI coding agents their operating instructions -- code style, testing requirements, restricted paths, commit conventions. The AGENTS.md spec is already supported by Codex, Copilot, and Cursor.

CLAUDE.md configures Claude Code specifically, referencing the AGENTS.md rules.

Projects like CloudNativePG, Kyverno, and Kubewarden already ship these files.

aipolicy: a generator for these files

aipolicy.1mb.dev generates all three files from presets.

Three presets:

• Permissive -- AI tools welcome, no restrictions
• Standard -- AI-assisted code requires human review
• Strict -- AI tools restricted, explicit maintainer approval

The URL encodes your configuration, so you can share a direct link to your exact setup:

https://aipolicy.1mb.dev/?preset=standard&ai_usage=restricted&training_optout=yes

CLI works too:

curl -O https://aipolicy.1mb.dev/presets/standard/{AI_POLICY,AGENTS,CLAUDE}.md

Why bother?

Even for solo projects:

• Contributors and AI agents know the rules before submitting code
• The project's training data position is explicit, not assumed

For teams, it turns the "should we allow Copilot on this repo?" conversation into a file that's checked in next to your LICENSE.

AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md aren't just documentation -- agents actually read them. It's closer to .editorconfig than to a code of conduct.

The tool itself

No framework, no build step, no backend. Vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript running on GitHub Pages. MIT licensed.

• Web: aipolicy.1mb.dev
• Source: github.com/1mb-dev/aipolicy