# Code of Conduct
Cora is a small open-source project and we want it to stay a place people enjoy contributing to.
## The rules, briefly
- **Be respectful.** Disagreement is fine; rudeness, condescension, and personal attacks are not.
- **Assume good faith.** Most miscommunication isn't malicious — clarify before escalating.
- **Stay on topic.** Issues, PRs, and discussions are about Cora. Take off-topic conversations elsewhere.
- **No harassment.** Targeted insults, slurs, sustained disruption, sexualized comments, doxxing, or threats are not tolerated — anywhere, against anyone.
- **No spam.** That includes promotional links, irrelevant cross-posting, and AI-generated noise that doesn't engage with the actual conversation.
This applies to everything inside the project: issues, PRs, discussions, commits, and any community space we create later (Discord, etc.).
## Enforcement
If you see a violation — or experience one — email **hello@codecora.dev** with subject `[Cora conduct]`. Include links and context.
Maintainers may, at their discretion:
1. Edit or delete the offending content
2. Issue a private warning
3. Lock the thread
4. Block the account from the project
We default to the lightest action that resolves the situation. Severe or repeat violations skip steps.
## Scope
Maintainers act in this project's spaces. We don't police behavior outside the project, but we do consider patterns of behavior elsewhere when deciding on enforcement here.
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*This document is intentionally short. It is inspired by the [Contributor Covenant](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/) but kept compact for a small project.*