From 4ba9c4b1a5a73aaa92f840e291bfa466ac5994f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tayou Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:16:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md Co-authored-by: Rachel Powers <508861+Ryex@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Tayou --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index a77fab72e..11ed2eebd 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -11,6 +11,41 @@ We expect authentic engagement in our community. Make sure you have added value based on your personal competency to your contributions. Just taking some input, feeding it to an AI and posting the result is not of value to the project. To preserve precious core developer capacity, we reserve the right to rigorously reject seemingly AI generated low-value contributions. +Adapted from the [Linux Kernal](https://www.kernel.org/doc./html/next/process/coding-assistants.html): + +### Signed-off-by and Developer Certificate of Origin + +AI agents MUST NOT add Signed-off-by tags. Only humans can legally certify the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO). The human submitter is responsible for: + + - Reviewing all AI-generated code + - Ensuring compliance with licensing requirements + - Adding their own Signed-off-by tag to certify the DCO + - Taking full responsibility for the contribution + +See [Signing your work](#signing-your-work) for more information. + + +### Attribution + +When AI tools contribute to development, proper attribution helps track the evolving role of AI in the development process. Contributions should include an Assisted-by tag in the commit message with the following format: + +``` +Assisted-by: AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION [TOOL1] [TOOL2] +``` + +Where: + + - `AGENT_NAME` is the name of the AI tool or framework + - `MODEL_VERSION` is the specific model version used + - `[TOOL1] [TOOL2]` are optional specialized analysis tools used (e.g., coccinelle, sparse, smatch, clang-tidy) + +Basic development tools (git, gcc, make, editors) should not be listed. + +Example: + +``` +Assisted-by: Claude:claude-3-opus coccinelle sparse +``` ## Code style