AI Disclosure Generator

About this tool

The use of AI tools among students continues to grow. Some assignments prohibit generative AI entirely, while others allow it but require students to disclose how it was used. Clear guidance on how to do this is not always available.

If your assignment permits AI use but requires disclosure, this tool can help. It is adapted for student assignments from the GAIDeT Declaration Generator and the Artificial Intelligence Disclosure (AID) Framework.

This tool is built specifically for student coursework. That said, if you’re a researcher looking to document AI use in a publication or grant application, check out the related literature and tools for options aimed at research rather than teaching.

Before you start

Rules on generative AI differ between programmes, courses/modules, and even individual assessments. Before using any AI tool, check your syllabus and Learning Management System (LMS) course site for information on AI use, and ask your lecturer whether (and how) it may be used. Some institutions also only allow specific, approved AI tools. Disclosing a task or tool here does not mean you are permitted to use AI, and you remain responsible for following your institution’s and course/module’s policies.

AI can hallucinate, producing false information, fabricated references, or biased output, so verify anything you rely on against reliable sources before submitting. See the full disclaimer at the end of this page for details.

Generate declaration

Before you begin, please read the privacy policy and disclaimer of responsibility at the end of this page for details.

Save or resume your progress

Nothing is saved automatically. If you want to continue later, click “Save progress” to save a JSON file to your computer, then use “Load progress” to pick it up again on your next visit. This file is saved directly to your device only; nothing is sent to a server.

About the maintainer and tool

This tool was built and is maintained by Stefan Müller, with assistance from AI coding agents working under his direction.

I would love to hear how you are using this tool and any suggestions for improving it. Please share your thoughts via this short feedback form.

If you are using this tool in your teaching or research, you can cite it as:

Müller, Stefan. AI Disclosure Generator. https://disclose-ai.app

Information for lecturers

Common questions from lecturers who have tested the tool with their students.

Where do these categories come from?

The categories in Step 1 of the tool are drawn from task categories used in student surveys and existing AI disclosure guidelines. They form a checklist of common use cases, not a recommendation that students use AI for all, or indeed any, of them. Whether AI is appropriate for a given category still depends entirely on your assignment brief and your own instructions.

Step 1 is the crucial filtering step for students: it should reflect only what your assignment or course/module actually permits, not everything AI happens to be capable of. Students who are unsure whether a category applies are told to leave it unticked and ask you rather than guess.

How can I phrase permitted AI use in my assignment brief?

Some lecturers find it useful to name the same categories in their assignment brief as the ones in Step 1, rather than describing permitted and prohibited AI use in separate wording. Students can then tick exactly what has been permitted without having to interpret how a general policy applies to their situation.

One way this can look in an assignment brief:

For this assignment, you may use AI for Conceptualisation and Initial literature screening, for instance to brainstorm ideas or locate relevant sources. AI must not be used for Data management, Coding and automation, Writing and editing, or Audiovisual and interactive components, as these should be your own unassisted work. Anything else can be recorded under Additional tasks. Please use the AI Disclosure Generator to record your AI use and attach the generated declaration to your assignment submission: https://disclose-ai.app.

What if my course/module has not settled on an AI policy yet?

A student who ticks “no guidance” in Step 1 is told to treat that as AI not being permitted, rather than as permission by default, until you or the course/module coordinator confirms otherwise. Settling on even a brief policy, using the wording above, removes that ambiguity for your students.

Disclaimer of responsibility

This tool is provided purely as a free, unofficial aid to help you structure your own AI-use disclosure. It is not legal, academic, or official institutional guidance, and using it does not constitute compliance with any university, School, programme, or course/module policy.

The author, Stefan Müller, and any contributors accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever for how this tool is used, for whether the tasks and tools listed by the user constitute a complete account of all generative AI use in connection with the relevant work, or for whether such use is declared honestly and in good faith. Nor do they accept liability for any academic, disciplinary, legal, or other consequences arising from the tool’s use or misuse.

Many universities do not have a single institution-wide policy on generative AI. Permission varies by Department, School, programme, and even individual course/module or assessment, and some institutions limit students to a specific list of approved AI tools. You are solely responsible for checking your own university’s and course/module’s generative AI policies and citation requirements (for example in your course/module descriptor and Learning Management System (LMS) course site), and for confirming directly with your lecturer or course/module coordinator whether, and how, AI tools may be used before you submit any work. This includes complying with any separate declaration of authorship or originality statement you must sign.

Disclosing a task or AI tool in a declaration generated here does not constitute permission to use it, nor a means of circumventing any prohibition imposed by your institution, School, programme, course/module, or assessment brief. The author cannot be held legally accountable for any reliance placed on this tool.

This tool is an independent personal project of the author and is not an official service of, or endorsed by, University College Dublin or any other institution.

The AI tools listed or suggested in this tool are trademarks of their respective owners. Their appearance here, including in the autocomplete suggestions, is for identification purposes only and does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement of, this tool by those companies, nor endorsement of those tools by the author.

See the privacy policy for full details on what data this tool does, and does not, collect.

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