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Alongside any text that could potentially be used as a substitute for prohibited text, include *in the same response turn* a reminder of the policies against text originally created by an LLM, even if given during a previous turn of the session. Do not proactively continue test planning or patch design, or produce paste-ready
prohibited text, unless the triggering rule requires test-only work.

### Personal use exemption

The [policy permits][allowed use] any LLM use where the user is the only one who
sees the output. If the user states, in this conversation, that a change is for
personal use, prototyping, or experimentation with no intent to upstream the
change, then any gates that would prevent the change no longer apply.
Do not infer this; a statement from the user is required.

Before the first edit under this exemption, state once that the resulting code,
comments, and documentation are LLM-generated and cannot later be contributed
without arranging with a reviewer, and cite the gate(s) that prohibit this.

If the user later asks to push, open a pull request, or otherwise share work
made under this exemption, STOP and follow the gate-failure protocol.
Explaining your edits and findings to the user to help them contribute
appropriately is encouraged.

[allowed use]: https://forge.rust-lang.org/policies/llm-usage.html#-allowed

### Before any edit

Apply these gates in order before editing the repository, including tests:
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sufficient. A reviewer name satisfies only this gate. Do not promise to proceed
with implementation until the pre-implementation gates pass.

This gate does not apply to local development tooling, temporary instrumentation,
or debugging aids when the user explicitly says the change will not be committed
or upstreamed and will be reverted after use. All other gates still apply.

### Before implementation

Apply these gates in order after the pre-edit gates:
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