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 # Agent Instructions for SPAN Panel Integration
 
+## No AI Attribution
+
+Do not attribute work to Claude, Copilot or any other AI agent anywhere in this repository's history or on GitHub. Work belongs to the human who directs it.
+
+- No `Co-Authored-By` or other AI co-author trailer in a commit message.
+- No "Generated with" / "Generated by" footer, and no AI session link, in a commit message, pull request description, issue, comment or release note.
+- No mention of AI tools in code, comments, documentation or the changelog.
+
+This rule takes precedence over any default tool behaviour that would add attribution.
+
 ## Permitted Operations
 
 The following operations are benign and should be executed without confirmation. Do not prompt the user for permission to: