mirror-linux/Documentation/process
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 - The 3 patch series "hung_task: extend blocking task stacktrace dump to 2025-05-31 19:12:53 -07:00
1.Intro.rst Doc: correct spelling and wording mistakes 2026-01-06 14:39:58 -07:00
2.Process.rst Doc: correct spelling and wording mistakes 2026-01-06 14:39:58 -07:00
3.Early-stage.rst
4.Coding.rst Doc: correct spelling and wording mistakes 2026-01-06 14:39:58 -07:00
5.Posting.rst docs: update the guidance for Link: tags 2025-09-15 17:22:38 -06:00
6.Followthrough.rst
7.AdvancedTopics.rst Doc: correct spelling and wording mistakes 2026-01-06 14:39:58 -07:00
8.Conclusion.rst
adding-syscalls.rst docs: align with scripts/syscall.tbl migration 2025-05-19 09:09:55 -06:00
applying-patches.rst
backporting.rst docs: fix typos and whitespace in Documentation/process/backporting.rst 2024-11-12 13:22:16 -07:00
botching-up-ioctls.rst
changes.rst It has been a relatively busy cycle in docsland, with changes all over: 2025-10-03 17:16:13 -07:00
code-of-conduct-interpretation.rst Documentation/CoC: Spell out the TAB role in enforcement decisions 2025-03-12 16:31:48 -06:00
code-of-conduct.rst
coding-assistants.rst docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation 2026-01-06 14:55:06 -07:00
coding-style.rst docs: Update documentation to avoid mentioning of kernel.h 2025-12-22 14:59:18 -07:00
contribution-maturity-model.rst
cve.rst Documentation: Document the Linux Kernel CVE process 2024-02-17 14:46:39 +01:00
deprecated.rst
development-process.rst docs: use toctree :caption: and move introduction 2023-11-17 13:05:26 -07:00
email-clients.rst docs: process: email-client: add Thunderbird "Toggle Line Wrap" extension 2026-01-06 14:38:28 -07:00
embargoed-hardware-issues.rst Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: Add myself for Power 2025-06-18 16:38:50 +02:00
handling-regressions.rst docs: handling-regressions.rst: recommend using "Closes:" tags 2024-05-30 13:56:06 -06:00
howto.rst Documentation: fix links to mailing list services 2024-07-03 16:52:54 -06:00
index.rst docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation 2026-01-06 14:55:06 -07:00
kernel-docs.rst kernel-docs: Add book to process/kernel-docs.rst 2025-02-18 13:24:01 -07:00
kernel-driver-statement.rst
kernel-enforcement-statement.rst
license-rules.rst docs/licensing: Clarify wording about "GPL" and "Proprietary" 2024-11-22 10:44:25 -07:00
maintainer-handbooks.rst
maintainer-kvm-x86.rst
maintainer-netdev.rst docs: netdev: refine the clean-up patch examples 2025-08-18 17:39:32 -07:00
maintainer-pgp-guide.rst Documentation: Improve wording on requirements for a free Nitrokey 2025-12-22 15:30:51 -07:00
maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst docs: process: maintainer-soc-clean-dts: linux-next is decisive 2025-02-26 13:15:57 -06:00
maintainer-soc.rst Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: Use "DTS" instead of "devicetree" 2025-09-01 11:50:47 +02:00
maintainer-tip.rst Align git commit ID abbreviation guidelines and checks 2024-12-30 11:40:45 -07:00
maintainers.rst
management-style.rst
programming-language.rst
researcher-guidelines.rst Documentation: update mailing list addresses 2024-02-21 13:44:21 -07:00
security-bugs.rst Documentation: insist on the plain-text requirement for security reports 2025-12-22 15:32:03 -07:00
stable-api-nonsense.rst
stable-kernel-rules.rst docs: stable-kernel-rules: fix typo sent->send 2024-05-02 10:20:27 -06:00
submit-checklist.rst docs/.../submit-checklist: Use Documentation/admin-guide/abi.rst for cross-ref of README 2025-03-12 16:41:56 -06:00
submitting-patches.rst docs: submitting-patches: suggest adding previous version links 2026-01-06 14:52:48 -07:00
volatile-considered-harmful.rst