The No AI badge
Tell visitors that a person made this, start to finish. The No AI badge is a simple, free way to say your writing, art or code was created without generative AI.
fix-wifi
Turns your router off and on again. That's the whole tool.
Install
npm install -g fix-wifi
Usage
Run it, wait 30 seconds, then tell everyone you fixed it.
Put it in a footer, an about page, the top or bottom of a post, or a project README. It's a plain image link, so there's no JavaScript to load. Using Claude Code, Cursor or another AI tool? Let it pick the badge
What is the No AI badge?
The No AI badge is a free image you add to a website, blog post, portfolio or project README to say the work was made by people, without generative AI. It covers the substance of the work: the words, images, audio and code. If no AI tool drafted, generated or rewrote any of it, the No AI badge fits. Spell check and basic grammar fixes don't count against it, because they don't create anything. The badge is part of AI Honesty Badge, a free set of three AI disclosure badges: No AI, AI Assisted and AI Generated. You add it by pasting a short HTML or Markdown snippet, and it links back to aihonestybadge.com so readers can see what it means. Nothing is verified. It's a self-declared label that builds trust by being upfront about how the work was made.
When to use the No AI badge
- You wrote, drew, designed or coded the work yourself.
- No generative AI tool produced any of the words, images or code.
- You want to be clear about that for readers, clients or collaborators.
Not quite right? If an AI tool drafted, generated or rewrote part of the work, even if you edited it afterwards, the AI Assisted or AI Generated badge will describe it more honestly.
No AI vs AI Assisted vs AI Generated
| Badge | Who made it | What AI did | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| A person, start to finish | None, beyond spell check and basic grammar fixes | A blog post you wrote and edited yourself |
 | A person, with AI helping | Ideas, drafts, images or code, even most of the output, shaped by the person's direction | An app you designed and directed while an AI tool wrote the code |
 | AI, from a person's brief | Made the work. The person asked, picked and checked, without much shaping | An article or image you prompted once and published as it came |
Tricky cases
- “I used AI to translate my writing”
- AI Assisted. The ideas and the original words are yours, and AI changed the language.
- “AI made the header image, but I wrote every word”
- AI Assisted for the post as a whole. If the distinction matters to your readers, say which part AI made.
- “A grammar tool rewrote some of my sentences”
- Fixing spelling and grammar is still No AI. Rewriting sentences for you makes it AI Assisted.
- “An AI coding assistant wrote my project”
- AI Assisted if you decided what to build, directed it and reviewed the result, even if AI wrote all the code. AI Generated if you described what you wanted and shipped what it built.
- “I heavily edited an AI-generated image”
- AI Assisted. You shaped it. If you'd published the first result as it came, that would be AI Generated.
- “I only used prompts and never edited it by hand”
- Prompts count. If you rejected versions, redirected and decided what stayed, you led the work, so it's AI Assisted. One prompt and publish is AI Generated.
- “AI wrote the first draft and I reworked it”
- AI Assisted, if the ideas are yours and you shaped it until it says what you mean.
Who uses the No AI badge
- Firefox Decrypt
An open-source tool for recovering passwords from Firefox profiles. The No AI badge sits in its README next to its build status.
- Baystation12
A long-running Space Station 13 game server. Its README is clear: "Generative AI is not welcome here."
