# Contribution & Review Policy

## Branch Protection Rules

All repositories must enforce these rules on the `main` branch:
- ✅ Pull Request Required for Merge
- ✅ Minimum 1 Approved Review
- ✅ CI/CD Must Pass
- ✅ Dismiss Stale Approvals
- ✅ Block Force Pushes
- ✅ Block Deletion

## Review Requirements

All pull requests must:
1. Be reviewed by @perplexity (QA gate)
2. Be reviewed by @Timmy for hermes-agent
3. Get at least one additional reviewer based on code area

## CI Requirements

- hermes-agent: Must pass all CI checks
- the-nexus: CI required once runner is restored
- timmy-home & timmy-config: No CI enforcement

## Enforcement

These rules are enforced via Gitea branch protection settings. See your repo settings > Branches for details.

For code-specific ownership, see .gitea/Codowners