# Maintainers

Patina is currently maintained by:

- `@devswha` — project owner, release authority, and final reviewer for security-sensitive changes.

## Maintainer responsibilities

- Keep the core skill pipeline aligned with the project mission: remove AI-sounding packaging while preserving meaning.
- Require before/after examples for pattern edits.
- Keep version-bearing files synchronized when preparing a release.
- Review benchmark, corpus, and false-positive changes with extra care because they affect public quality claims.
- Avoid merging security-sensitive installer or provider changes without local verification.

## Handoff rule

If a new maintainer is added, update this file in the same PR that grants repository permissions.
