Code of Conduct

Agentic Premier League 2026 🚀

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Welcome to the official Agentic Premier League 2026 Hackathon.

The Agentic Premier League is committed to building a collaborative, inclusive, innovative, and respectful environment for all participants across the GitHub Organization and team repositories.

This Code of Conduct applies to:

• Participants
• Team Leads
• Mentors
• Organizers
• Judges
• Volunteers
• Sponsors
• Community Members

By participating in this hackathon and contributing to any repository under the organization, you agree to follow these guidelines.

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Our Mission

We aim to:

• Encourage innovation and experimentation
• Promote open-source collaboration
• Build impactful and responsible AI systems
• Create a positive developer community
• Help participants learn real-world engineering workflows
• Foster teamwork, creativity, and ethical development

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Expected Behavior

All participants are expected to:

✅ Be respectful and professional ✅ Collaborate positively with teammates and mentors ✅ Encourage learning and knowledge sharing ✅ Provide constructive feedback ✅ Respect diverse opinions and backgrounds ✅ Follow repository contribution workflows ✅ Maintain professionalism during demos, discussions, and reviews ✅ Build responsibly using ethical AI practices ✅ Keep repositories clean, organized, and properly documented

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Repository & GitHub Standards

Each team repository must maintain:

• A proper README.md
• Setup and installation instructions
• Project architecture overview
• Team member details
• Screenshots or demo assets
• Clean and meaningful commit history

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Branching & Contribution Rules

Teams are expected to follow proper GitHub workflows.

Recommended Workflow

main
  ↓
feature branch
  ↓
pull request
  ↓
review
  ↓
merge

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Branch Naming Convention

Use descriptive branch names:

feature-auth-system
feature-ai-agent
fix-dashboard-ui
docs-project-readme

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Commit Naming Convention

Use meaningful commit messages:

feat: added AI career assistant
fix: resolved authentication bug
ui: improved dashboard responsiveness
docs: updated setup guide
ai: integrated Gemini API
refactor: optimized API structure

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Pull Request Guidelines

Before creating a Pull Request:

✅ Ensure the project runs correctly ✅ Update documentation if required ✅ Remove unnecessary files and logs ✅ Verify no secrets/API keys are committed ✅ Ensure commit history is clean and meaningful

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Security & API Key Policy

Participants must NEVER commit:

❌ .env files ❌ API keys ❌ Database credentials ❌ Access tokens ❌ Private certificates

Instead:

✅ Use .env.example files ✅ Store secrets securely ✅ Rotate exposed keys immediately if leaked

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Unacceptable Behavior

The following behaviors will NOT be tolerated:

❌ Harassment or discrimination ❌ Hate speech or offensive content ❌ Bullying or personal attacks ❌ Plagiarism without attribution ❌ Spamming repositories or discussions ❌ Uploading malicious or harmful code ❌ Intentionally sabotaging another team’s work ❌ Unauthorized access attempts ❌ Creating unethical or unsafe AI systems ❌ Sharing illegal, harmful, or abusive content

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AI & Open Source Ethics

Participants must ensure:

• Responsible use of AI tools and APIs
• Proper attribution for open-source libraries and assets
• Respect for intellectual property
• No misuse of private or sensitive data
• Compliance with API/platform terms of service
• Transparent AI workflows where applicable

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Collaboration Rules

Teams may:

✅ Learn from tutorials, frameworks, and public resources ✅ Use open-source tools with attribution ✅ Discuss ideas with mentors and other participants

Teams may NOT:

❌ Copy full projects without meaningful contribution ❌ Re-upload another team’s work ❌ Misrepresent AI-generated work as fully original

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Repository Hygiene

To maintain clean repositories:

❌ Do not upload node_modules/ ❌ Do not upload large datasets or unnecessary binaries ❌ Do not commit build folders unless required ❌ Do not spam commits with meaningless messages

Recommended:

✅ Use .gitignore properly ✅ Keep repositories lightweight and organized ✅ Upload large videos/assets externally if needed

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Fair Play Policy

The spirit of this hackathon is:

• Learning
• Innovation
• Collaboration
• Community Building

Winning matters, but responsible development, teamwork, and creativity matter more.

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Reporting Issues

If you experience or witness behavior violating this Code of Conduct, contact the organizers immediately.

Organizers reserve the right to:

• Issue warnings
• Remove content
• Restrict repository access
• Disqualify teams
• Remove participants from the event if necessary

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Final Note

Build products that solve meaningful problems. Support your teammates. Respect the community. Create responsibly.

Let’s build the future of Agentic AI together 🚀

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Organized with ❤️ by GDG Nagpur