Sasha Levin 78d979db6c 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>

2026-01-06 14:55:06 -07:00

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debugging

Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2025-05-31-15-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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1.Intro.rst

Doc: correct spelling and wording mistakes

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2.Process.rst

Doc: correct spelling and wording mistakes

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3.Early-stage.rst

Documentation/process: use scripts/get_maintainer.pl on patches

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4.Coding.rst

Doc: correct spelling and wording mistakes

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5.Posting.rst

docs: update the guidance for Link: tags

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6.Followthrough.rst

docs: remove the tips on how to submit patches from MAINTAINERS

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7.AdvancedTopics.rst

Doc: correct spelling and wording mistakes

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8.Conclusion.rst

docs: process: remove outdated submitting-drivers.rst

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adding-syscalls.rst

docs: align with scripts/syscall.tbl migration

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applying-patches.rst

Documentation: describe how to apply incremental stable patches

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backporting.rst

docs: fix typos and whitespace in Documentation/process/backporting.rst

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botching-up-ioctls.rst

Documentation: Fix typos

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changes.rst

Merge tag 'docs-6.18' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

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code-of-conduct-interpretation.rst

Documentation/CoC: Spell out the TAB role in enforcement decisions

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code-of-conduct.rst

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coding-assistants.rst

docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation

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coding-style.rst

docs: Update documentation to avoid mentioning of kernel.h

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contribution-maturity-model.rst

Documentation/process: Add Linux Kernel Contribution Maturity Model

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cve.rst

Documentation: Document the Linux Kernel CVE process

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deprecated.rst

docs: deprecated.rst: Update an example

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development-process.rst

docs: use toctree :caption: and move introduction

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email-clients.rst

docs: process: email-client: add Thunderbird "Toggle Line Wrap" extension

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embargoed-hardware-issues.rst

Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: Add myself for Power

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handling-regressions.rst

docs: handling-regressions.rst: recommend using "Closes:" tags

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howto.rst

Documentation: fix links to mailing list services

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index.rst

docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation

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kernel-docs.rst

kernel-docs: Add book to process/kernel-docs.rst

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kernel-driver-statement.rst

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kernel-enforcement-statement.rst

Documentation: drop optional BOMs

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license-rules.rst

docs/licensing: Clarify wording about "GPL" and "Proprietary"

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maintainer-handbooks.rst

Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: add clean platforms profile

2023-08-12 14:04:51 +02:00

maintainer-kvm-x86.rst

Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86

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maintainer-netdev.rst

docs: netdev: refine the clean-up patch examples

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maintainer-pgp-guide.rst

Documentation: Improve wording on requirements for a free Nitrokey

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maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst

docs: process: maintainer-soc-clean-dts: linux-next is decisive

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maintainer-soc.rst

Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: Use "DTS" instead of "devicetree"

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maintainer-tip.rst

Align git commit ID abbreviation guidelines and checks

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maintainers.rst

doc-rst: Programmatically render MAINTAINERS into ReST

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management-style.rst

Documentation: management-style: Fix formatting of emphsized word

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programming-language.rst

docs: programming-language: add Rust programming language section

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researcher-guidelines.rst

Documentation: update mailing list addresses

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security-bugs.rst

Documentation: insist on the plain-text requirement for security reports

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stable-api-nonsense.rst

doc: process: GPL -> GPL-compatible

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stable-kernel-rules.rst

docs: stable-kernel-rules: fix typo sent->send

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submit-checklist.rst

docs/.../submit-checklist: Use Documentation/admin-guide/abi.rst for cross-ref of README

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submitting-patches.rst

docs: submitting-patches: suggest adding previous version links

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volatile-considered-harmful.rst

Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentation

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