the-nexus/CONTRIBUTORING.md

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