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Tsirkin" To: Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=2E_Berrang=E9?= Cc: Alex =?iso-8859-1?Q?Benn=E9e?= , Paolo Bonzini , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Alistair Francis , BALATON Zoltan , Fabiano Rosas , Kevin Wolf , Peter Maydell , Warner Losh , Philippe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu-Daud=E9?= Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] AGENTS.md: Let agents know what the participation rules are Message-ID: <20260902095523-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20260901161422.314581-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> <20260901161422.314581-3-pbonzini@redhat.com> <87a4pzrcqw.fsf@draig.linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=mst@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 02:47:57PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 02:42:15PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: > > Paolo Bonzini writes: > > > > > Humans seem to be extremely unreliable in following rules around this, > > > even after being told directly and repeatedly. Telling agents what to > > > do seems to yield better results. > > > > > > This document is based on GStreamer's AGENTS.md file, as of its commit > > > d08375499c279a56c0e77c928fbeae0d80cdf937. However, GStreamer's agent > > > instructions are "effective" enough to require an explicit carve-out > > > for maintainers. I actually believe that such a carve-out is a sign of > > > going too far, especially given the good quality of some suspected-AI > > > contributions we've received. > > > > > > > > diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md > > > new file mode 100644 > > > index 00000000000..8fb96ebfc38 > > > --- /dev/null > > > +++ b/AGENTS.md > > > @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ > > > +# Agent Guidelines for the QEMU Project > > > + > > > +QEMU is a cross-platform emulator and virtualizer. Due to the complexity > > > +of the domain and codebase, and the interactions therein, the QEMU > > > +project relies extensively on the effort of **human reviewers**, which > > > +is **a scarce resource**. > > > + > > > +There are strictly-enforced rules for you, the agent, to participate in the > > > +project. > > > + > > > +## Interactions with maintainers must be human-human > > > + > > > +The QEMU project has strict rules on what AI-generated material can > > > +reach the maintainers. > > > + > > > +### No automated posting > > > + > > > +- Agents **must not** use any API, CLI, or web UI automation to: > > > + - Interact with the QEMU mailing lists > > > + - Create, edit, or close **issues ("work items")** > > > > The others I'm fine with but I currently use an agent to do triage on > > un-tagged issues. It only updates labels and occasionally posts a > > comment when more information or a human input is required. > > While this is technically something you're doing via your personal > gitlab account, I none the less view the agent triage bot as something > run as an "official" project service. > > IMHO the AGENTS.md policy primarily applies to actions done in an > individual capacity (whether contributor or maintainer). > > If the project wants to deploy project level services that utilize > AI in some manner and that conflicts with AGENTS.md that's acceptable, > provided we discuss & agree that the project service in question is > desirable. > > Perhaps this is me saying that the issue triage bot should be made > more official as a service, committed to git, etc > > With regards, > Daniel well I have a script that uses gitlab API to run the security process workflow. But it's... how do I put it... AI assisted ;) > -- > |: https://berrange.com ~~ https://hachyderm.io/@berrange :| > |: https://libvirt.org ~~ https://entangle-photo.org :| > |: https://pixelfed.art/berrange ~~ https://fstop138.berrange.com :|