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Tsirkin" , Alistair Francis , BALATON Zoltan , Daniel P . =?utf-8?Q?Berrang=C3=A9?= , Fabiano Rosas , Kevin Wolf , Peter Maydell , Warner Losh , Philippe =?utf-8?Q?Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] AGENTS.md: Let agents know what the participation rules are In-Reply-To: <20260901161422.314581-3-pbonzini@redhat.com> (Paolo Bonzini's message of "Tue, 1 Sep 2026 18:14:20 +0200") References: <20260901161422.314581-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> <20260901161422.314581-3-pbonzini@redhat.com> User-Agent: mu4e 1.14.4-pre1; emacs 30.1 Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:42:15 +0100 Message-ID: <87a4pzrcqw.fsf@draig.linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::329; envelope-from=alex.bennee@linaro.org; helo=mail-wm1-x329.google.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, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=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 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. That said with a minimal patch to agents to inform it of the qemu-issue-triage skill Gemini didn't stop itself: The `qemu-issue-triage` skill is now loaded. Please let me know how you w= ould like me to assist with triaging QEMU GitLab issues, keeping in mind th= at all triage tasks must be performed by spawning dedicated sub-agents as p= er the QEMU project's strict rules. triage 4930, 4391, 4392, 4393, 4394, 4395 qemu-helper-agent: triage issue 4930 (2 steps, 21.7K / 1M) =E2=9C=85 8s qemu-helper-agent: triage issue 4391 (6 steps, 31.9K / 1M) =E2=9C=85 30s qemu-helper-agent: triage issue 4392 (5 steps, 27K / 1M) =E2=9C=85 35s qemu-helper-agent: triage issue 4393 (5 steps, 27.5K / 1M) =E2=9C=85 47s qemu-helper-agent: triage issue 4394 (5 steps, 26K / 1M) =E2=9C=85 51s qemu-helper-agent: triage issue 4395 (4 steps, 25.7K / 1M) =E2=9C=85 15s The requested GitLab issues have been triaged using parallel sub-agents. = Here is a summary of the outcomes: * **#4930**: Not found (404). * **#4391**: Triaged and labeled as `Kind::Bug`, `Workflow::Triaged`, `= Binary =E2=9E=A4 qemu-img`, `Storage`, `HostArch =E2=9E=A4 32bit`, `TestCas= e`. * **#4392**: Triaged and labeled as `Kind::Security`, `Device =E2=9E=A4= USB`, `Migration`, `TestCase`, `Workflow::Triaged`. * **#4393**: Triaged and labeled as `Kind::Security`, `Device =E2=9E=A4= VirtIO`, `Device =E2=9E=A4 Network`, `Audit Tooling::Sanitizer`, `TestCase= `, `Workflow::Triaged`. * **#4394**: Triaged and labeled as `Kind::Bug`, `Target =E2=9E=A4 X86`= , `HostArch =E2=9E=A4 AArch64`, `TestCase`, `Workflow::Triaged`. * **#4395**: Triaged and labeled as `Kind::Bug`, `Workflow::Triaged`, `= Emulation =E2=9E=A4 Softfloat`, `Target =E2=9E=A4 X86`, `HostArch =E2=9E=A4= AArch64`, `TestCase`. All issues (excluding the non-existent one) have been successfully proces= sed, labeled according to project standards, and verified as complete. No f= urther actions are required at this time. I guess arguably it is hard for a random to use the API anyway as we control who has API keys for the project. > + - Post **comments** on merge requests, issues or commits > + - Open or update **merge requests (MRs)**. QEMU does not use merge re= quests anyway. > + --=20 Alex Benn=C3=A9e Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro