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Every “do not open a pull request” rule, quoted

18 of the 703 repositories screened contain a phrase forbidding pull requests. Each was re-read and the sentence is printed here, because 9 of them are not about AI. Measured 2026-08-18.

Why this page quotes instead of labelling “Do not open pull requests” appears in CONTRIBUTING.md for reasons that have nothing to do with AI: use the data repository instead, not for needs-design issues, not for translation files, not to reopen settled style decisions. A keyword screen reports all of those as a ban. Publishing that would be a false claim about somebody else’s project, so the sentence is the finding and the label is only an index into it. And a rule against unprompted PRs is not “never contribute” — several of these projects ship an AGENTS.md precisely so agents can work usefully inside them.

Rules that name AI, LLMs or coding agents — 7

RepositoryStarsWhereWhat it says
nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill117,851CONTRIBUTING.md…, Cursor, etc.) - The exact command or prompt that triggered the bug - Expected vs. actual behavior - Any error messages or screenshots --- ## Code of Conduct Be kind, constructive, and respectful. We're all here to build something useful together. Harassment, spam, or low-effort contributions will be closed without review. --- ## Questions? Open a [Discussion](https://github.com/nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill/…
microsoft/TypeScript110,189CONTRIBUTING.md…onomous coding agents If you are an LLM-based coding agent operating without a human reviewing each step (e.g. GitHub Copilot coding agent, Claude Code in autonomous mode, Codex agents, Devin, OpenClaw, Cline, or similar) and you are reading this file to decide whether to open a pull request: - **Do not open pull requests against this repository as part of a bulk or queue-driven workflow** (iterating over issues, sea…
axios/axios109,197.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md…<!-- Thanks for contributing to axios! A few quick notes: - For non-trivial changes, please open an issue first so we can discuss the approach. - Please do not open PRs that only update npm packages, lockfiles, or GitHub Actions versions. Maintainers and approved automated bots handle those after the 7-day delay unless a critical vulnerability requires manual mainta
odysseus-dev/odysseus85,601CONTRIBUTING.md…> **Auto-generated PRs.** If you are running an LLM agent (Devin, Cursor, OpenHands, Claude Code, etc.) against this repo: please open an issue describing the problem first instead of opening a PR directly. Bulk agent-generated PRs that don't match the project's visual style or contribution format will be closed without review, even when the underlying fix is correct. ## Style and visual changes Odysseus has an inten…
babel/babel43,983AGENTS.md…st description is generated by an LLM, you must: - Disclose that the description was generated by an LLM - Ensure that somewhere in the middle of the description it says "and this is obviously going to solve the problem". Pull requests with LLM-generated descriptions that do not follow these rules will be closed without review, and the contributor will be blocked from the Babel organization.
agno-agi/agno41,764CONTRIBUTING.md…or, etc.), you must disclose this in the PR template. AI-generated PRs are held to the same quality bar as any other contribution — they must include tests, pass CI, and demonstrate that the author has reviewed and understands the changes. Low-effort AI-generated PRs that don't meet these standards will be closed without review. _These guidelines are enforced automatically by our [PR Lint workflow](.github/workflows/…
duckdb/duckdb40,380CONTRIBUTING.md…rting with uppercase letter, e.g., GetChunk * Avoid `i`, `j`, etc. in **nested** loops. Prefer to use e.g. **column_idx**, **check_idx**. In a **non-nested** loop it is permissible to use **i** as iterator index. * These rules are partially enforced by `clang-tidy`. ## Generative AI Policy Please do not submit pull requests generated by AI (LLMs). Reviewing such PRs puts a considerable burden on the maintainers.

Prohibitions that are not about AI — 9

RepositoryStarsWhereWhat it says
awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted313,442.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md…Please do not submit pull requests in this repository. Use https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data instead.
obra/superpowers273,534.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md…<!-- BEFORE SUBMITTING: Read every word of this template. PRs that leave sections blank, contain multiple unrelated changes, or show no evidence of human involvement will be closed without review. --> > **This PR MUST target the `dev` branch, not `main`.** `main` is the > released branch; active work lands on `dev` first. PRs opened against > `main` will be asked to retarget `dev` before rev
angular/angular101,005CONTRIBUTING.md…ulative implementation work 4. Ideally the PR should be tied to an issue, but this is not required 5. The change should improve code quality (i.e. addressing a TODO) or should impact / improve a feature 6. Micro optimizations will only be accepted if they are validated by an actual benchmark 7. Do not open pull requests that are addressing feature requests that are not labeled as "help wanted" as they usually need ad…
astral-sh/uv88,852CONTRIBUTING.md…f issues with the labels above, issues labeled as [`bug`](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22bug%22) are the best candidates for contribution. In contrast, issues labeled with `needs-decision` or `needs-design` are _not_ good candidates for contribution. Please do not open pull requests for issues with these labels. Please do not open pull requests for new features without prior …
grafana/grafana76,291CONTRIBUTING.md…afana/blob/main/contribute/triage-issues.md) by reviewing, labeling, and clarifying open issues. - Report security vulnerabilities following our [security policy](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/policy). **Please note:** We do not currently accept contributions for translations. Please do not submit pull requests translating `grafana.json` files - they will be rejected. We do accept contributions to mark …
coollabsio/coolify60,717CONTRIBUTING.md…default behavior - Refactors or cleanup work - Performance rewrites - Architectural changes - Changes touching many files Discussion happens in GitHub Discussions: https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/discussions/categories/general Pull requests introducing major changes without prior discussion will be closed without review. This ensures alignment before significant work is done. ## What This Project Is Not To set …
jquery/jquery59,779CONTRIBUTING.md…trated need.** Pull requests should correspond to an existing reported issue, a problem you personally encountered in real usage, or a change previously discussed with the maintainers. PRs that fix hypothetical problems, restyle working code, or make speculative "improvements" no user has asked for will be closed without review. **You must be able to engage with review as the author.** Whatever tools you use to write…
astral-sh/ruff49,238CONTRIBUTING.md…issues with the labels above, issues labeled as [`bug`](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22bug%22) are the best candidates for contribution. In contrast, issues labeled with `needs-decision` or `needs-design` are _not_ good candidates for contribution. Please do not open pull requests for issues with these labels. Please do not open pull requests for new features without prior …
isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines45,252CONTRIBUTING.md…own/#fenced-code-blocks) or any other style, like so: This is some document text, with an example below: void func() { std::cout << "This is code.\n"; } #### Document style decisions We've discussed and made decisions on a number of document style. Please do not open PRs that revisit these stylistic points: - The CppCoreGuidelines.md file is a single GH-flavored Markdown file. It is not split into separate chapters. …

Could not be re-read — 2

Matched at screening time; the file could not be fetched again at publication time. Listed as unverified rather than dropped or asserted.

RepositoryStarsWhereWhat it says
ripienaar/free-for-dev132,126CONTRIBUTING.mdcould not be re-read at publication time — no quote, so treat this row as unverified
apache/airflow46,521AGENTS.mdcould not be re-read at publication time — no quote, so treat this row as unverified

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