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Paracle Code of Conduct

Our Pledge

We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in the Paracle community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.

Our Standards

Positive Behaviors

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment:

  • Being respectful - Using welcoming and inclusive language
  • Being collaborative - Focusing on what is best for the community
  • Being constructive - Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
  • Being empathetic - Showing empathy towards other community members
  • Being accountable - Accepting responsibility and apologizing for mistakes
  • Being helpful - Helping newcomers and answering questions patiently

Unacceptable Behaviors

Examples of unacceptable behavior:

  • Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
  • Public or private harassment
  • Publishing others' private information without explicit permission
  • The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances
  • Conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting
  • Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior

Enforcement Responsibilities

Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

Community leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned with this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.

Scope

This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, including:

  • GitHub repositories (issues, pull requests, discussions, code reviews)
  • Discord server and chat channels
  • Community forums and mailing lists
  • Social media interactions
  • Community events (online and in-person)
  • Direct communications related to the project

This Code of Conduct also applies when an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces.

Reporting

How to Report

If you experience or witness unacceptable behavior, please report it by:

  1. Email: [email protected]
  2. GitHub: Open a private security advisory
  3. Discord: Contact a moderator directly

What to Include

When reporting, please include:

  • Your contact information
  • Names (real, nicknames, or pseudonyms) of any individuals involved
  • Description of the behavior
  • Date, time, and location of the incident
  • Any additional context or evidence

Confidentiality

All reports will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly. All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter.

Enforcement Guidelines

Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining consequences:

1. Correction

Community Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional.

Consequence: A private, written warning providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.

2. Warning

Community Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.

Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved for a specified period. This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.

3. Temporary Ban

Community Impact: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior.

Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period. No public or private interaction with the people involved is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.

4. Permanent Ban

Community Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.

Consequence: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community.

AI Agent Considerations

As Paracle is an AI agent framework, we extend this Code of Conduct to include:

Responsible AI Development

  • Build agents that respect user privacy and data protection
  • Ensure agents do not generate harmful, discriminatory, or misleading content
  • Implement appropriate safeguards and human oversight
  • Document agent capabilities and limitations clearly

Ethical Tool Usage

  • Do not use Paracle agents for harassment, surveillance, or harm
  • Respect rate limits and terms of service of integrated APIs
  • Do not use agents to generate spam, misinformation, or malicious content
  • Report any misuse of the framework

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.1, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct.html.

Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder.

Questions

For questions about this Code of Conduct, please contact:

Version: 1.0.0 Last Updated: January 2026 Review Cycle: Annually