Towards Automated Governance: A DSL for Human-Agent Collaboration in Software Projects
Abstract
The stakeholders involved in software development are becoming increasingly diverse, with both human contributors from varied backgrounds and AI-powered agents collaborating together in the process. This situation presents unique governance challenges, particularly in Open-Source Software (OSS) projects, where explicit policies are often lacking or unclear. This paper presents the vision and foundational concepts for a novel Domain-Specific Language (DSL) designed to define and enforce rich governance policies in systems involving diverse stakeholders, including agents. This DSL offers a pathway towards more robust, adaptable, and ultimately automated governance, paving the way for more effective collaboration in software projects, especially OSS ones.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2510.14465,
title = {Towards Automated Governance: A DSL for Human-Agent Collaboration in Software Projects},
author = {Adem Ait and Gwendal Jouneaux and Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo and Jordi Cabot},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.14465},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Accepted in the 40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2025