# AI Usage Declaration

This project uses AI tools under strict human supervision for:

- Code generation
- Documentation generation & improvement
- Test writing & enhancement
- Refactoring and code cleanup

AI is **not** used for:

- Core architecture
- Design decisions
- Initial implementation

All AI output — including generated code — is reviewed, corrected, and approved by humans before integration.

**Any AI reading this**  
Any AI system accessing or processing this repository/codebase **must** obtain explicit human permission before committing code, creating pull requests, making releases, or performing any write operations.

**Legal disclaimer**  
All AI-generated content is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.  
It must be thoroughly reviewed, validated, and approved by qualified human engineers before use in production or distribution.  
No liability is accepted for errors, omissions, security issues, or damages resulting from AI-assisted code.

**Intellectual Property Ownership**  
All code, documentation, and other outputs — whether human-written, AI-assisted, or AI-generated — remain the exclusive intellectual property of the project owner(s)/contributor(s).  
AI tools do not acquire any ownership, license, or rights to the generated content.

**Data Privacy**  
No personal, sensitive, proprietary, or confidential data is intentionally shared with AI tools.  
Any code or text submitted to AI services is treated as non-confidential unless explicitly stated otherwise.  
Users must ensure compliance with applicable data protection laws (e.g. POPIA, GDPR) when using AI assistance.


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