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+# Substrate
+
+- 🔒️ed lines are reviewed by 2 team leads, one of them must be in @paritytech/locks-review and the other in @paritytech/polkadot-review.
+- PRs that do not touch locked lines require 2 positive reviews from @paritytech/core-devs. Both teams' members will be notified by default.
+
+# Polkadot
+
+- 🔒️ed lines are reviewed by 2 team leads, one of them must be in @paritytech/locks-review and the other in @paritytech/polkadot-review. Both teams' members will be notified by default.
+- The following files are reviewed by 2 team leads, one of them must be in @paritytech/locks-review and the other in @paritytech/polkadot-review.
+  - `/runtime/{kusama|polkadot}/src/*.rs`, except weight files. Both teams' members will be notified by default.
+- PRs that do not touch locked lines or specially mentioned files require 2 positive reviews from @paritytech/core-devs.
+
+# Cumulus
+
+- 🔒️ed lines are reviewed by 2 team leads, one of them must be in @paritytech/cumulus-locks-review and the other in @paritytech/polkadot-review. Both teams' members will be notified by default.
+- The following files are reviewed by 2 team leads, one of them must be in @paritytech/cumulus-locks-review and the other in @paritytech/polkadot-review.
+  - `/polkadot-parachains/{statemine|statemint}/src/*.rs`, except weight files. Both teams' members will be notified by default.
+- PRs that do not touch locked lines or specially mentioned files require 2 positive reviews from @paritytech/core-devs.