Incorrect AI contributor "claude Claude" showing in repository

[hephaex]

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Repository: https://github.com/hephaex/mecab-ko

"claude Claude" incorrectly appears in the Contributors section (showing 2 contributors), but this should not be there.

Evidence

1. GitHub API shows only 1 contributor:
   gh api repos/hephaex/mecab-ko/contributors
   Returns: only "hephaex" (295 commits)

2. No commits by claude user:
   gh api repos/hephaex/mecab-ko/commits?author=claude
   Returns: 0 results

3. Git log shows only Mario Cho:
   All 310 commits are authored by Mario Cho <hephaex@gmail.com>

4. No Co-authored-by trailers mention Claude or Anthropic

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[Contributors showing "claude Claude" incorrectly]

Question

How can I remove this incorrect contributor entry? The API and UI are inconsistent.

[jayDevCodes]

This usually comes from commit/automation/bot metadata — the commit author name/email or an integration may be set to something like "claude".

Check the repository’s Contributors graph and recent commit history, and review Actions / third-party apps in Settings → Integrations to see if a bot or CI is making commits.

If commit author metadata is wrong, you can fix it locally with tools like git filter-repo or git rebase --interactive to rewrite author info, then force-push — but coordinate with your team because this changes history.

If GitHub’s UI is incorrectly attributing an AI contributor (a platform bug), gather a screenshot and repo details and report it to GitHub Support.

[itxashancode]

This is GitHub's AI contribution attribution feature incorrectly flagging code as AI-generated. I've seen this happen with Claude-named contributions before.

Go to your repo Settings → Code security and analysis → scroll to "AI-powered features" → disable "AI contribution attribution".

That setting adds an "AI" contributor when GitHub's detection thinks code was AI-generated. Since your logs show no actual claude user commits, it's a false positive from the analysis. Disabling it removes the entry.

The API and UI inconsistency happens because the contributor list includes this synthetic AI entry, while the raw contributor API doesn't.

[hephaex]

Thank you so much for your help! Disabling the *'AI contribution attribution'* setting as you suggested completely resolved the issue. I really appreciate you clarifying the inconsistency between the UI and the API. Your explanation was incredibly helpful! Thanks. Mario Cho. 2026년 4월 8일 (수) 오전 6:48, Ashan Abdur Rehman Zahid ***@***.***>님이 작성:

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This is GitHub's AI contribution attribution feature incorrectly flagging code as AI-generated. I've seen this happen with Claude-named contributions before. Go to your repo Settings → Code security and analysis → scroll to "AI-powered features" → disable "AI contribution attribution". That setting adds an "AI" contributor when GitHub's detection thinks code was AI-generated. Since your logs show no actual claude user commits, it's a false positive from the analysis. Disabling it removes the entry. The API and UI inconsistency happens because the contributor list includes this synthetic AI entry, while the raw contributor API doesn't. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#188915 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA43KTUPQIVOMNKH4AXFKST4UVZTPAVCNFSM6AAAAACWKXUDJ2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTMNBYGE3TCNQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>