From 0bbf22bcb97794ea0d18893560d9a1450f5d4e50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bugsmith Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:03:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update stance on autonomous AI agents --- content/docs/automation-guidelines.md | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/docs/automation-guidelines.md b/content/docs/automation-guidelines.md index e2c71b8..a58277b 100644 --- a/content/docs/automation-guidelines.md +++ b/content/docs/automation-guidelines.md @@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ Automation should not be used to affect the voting system in the instance. The v ## 2. Bots -These guidelines are specific to bot usage. This means accounts that exist solely to be automated to do things (tldr bot, remindme bot, reply bots, etc.) or that do specific things without any form of human intervention in the chain +These guidelines are specific to bot usage. This means accounts that exist solely to be automated to do things (tldr bot, remindme bot, reply bots, etc.) or that do specific things without any form of human intervention in the chain. This also includes accounts designed to be driven by autonomous artificial intelligence agents. > Examples of things in this category: > > - Automatically posting things from an rss feed > - Automatically generating tldrs of articles posted to a community > - Automatically posting a link to an alternate frontend for a site when theres a link to the site +> - Having OpenClaw and similar software act run an account that posts and replies autonomously. ### 2.1. Mark Bots as Bots @@ -50,7 +51,11 @@ Before using a bot in a community allow the mod to opt in to the bots. If a bot is deemed to be a well behaving bot that brings net good to the instance it can override this rule as long as it has been approved by an admin. If this happens mods should still be able to opt out of use of your bot. -For sites that are not separated into communities (e.g. the main feed of a microblog), you only need mod permission if the account is hosted on the instance. +For sites that are not separated into communities (e.g. the main feed of a microblog), you only need mod permission if the account is hosted on the instance + +The account profile of the bot **must** list the communities which have opted in, including the username of the moderator that did so. + +For accounts hosted on this instance, the previous point also extends to externally hosted communities. ## 3. Tools -- 2.45.3