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| author | Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> | 2025-12-23 15:21:10 +0300 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2026-01-07 00:55:06 +0300 |
| commit | 78d979db6cef557c171d6059cbce06c3db89c7ee (patch) | |
| tree | 79cc95dc310fc833856b8db09ec6768f1a8d6d8b /README | |
| parent | 57a63f6549aa57dc007151b398f5b64dd95a41c6 (diff) | |
| download | linux-78d979db6cef557c171d6059cbce06c3db89c7ee.tar.xz | |
docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation
Add guidance for AI assistants and developers using AI tools for kernel
contributions, per the consensus reached at the 2025 Maintainers Summit.
Create Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst with detailed guidance
on licensing, Signed-off-by requirements, and attribution format. The
README points AI tools to this documentation.
This will allow coding assistants to easily parse these instructions and
comply with guidelines set by the community.
Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1049830/
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20251223122110.2496946-1-sashal@kernel.org>
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@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Find your role below: * Maintainer - Leading subsystems and reviewing patches * Hardware Vendor - Writing drivers for new hardware * Distribution Maintainer - Packaging kernels for distros +* AI Coding Assistant - LLMs and AI-powered development tools For Specific Users @@ -144,6 +145,17 @@ Package and distribute the kernel: * Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst * Tainted Kernels: Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst +AI Coding Assistant +------------------- + +CRITICAL: If you are an LLM or AI-powered coding assistant, you MUST read and +follow the AI coding assistants documentation before contributing to the Linux +kernel: + +* Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst + +This documentation contains essential requirements about licensing, attribution, +and the Developer Certificate of Origin that all AI tools must comply with. Communication and Support |