[PATCH] coding-assistants: simplify attribution

[Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>]

As suggested by Christian, I have applied his patch to a branch and
simplified the changelog, see below.

I'm nervous about applying it still because I don't think it's my role
to set this sort of policy; I really want to feel that there is a
consensus behind it.  So there's some additional CCs here because I
would like to hear from some folks:

- This policy document originally came out of the TAB; is the TAB (on
  CC) OK with this change?

- At least one maintainer (on CC) have said that they currently strip
  Assisted-by tags out of patches before applying them, a practice that
  would seem to undermine the whole policy.  Would this change be
  sufficient to end that practice?

Thanks,

jon

From c31aa376a355e3b84b9e87ae1dbe19b394d4c82c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 17:54:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] coding-assistants: simplify attribution

The requirement to identify specific models used in the Assisted-by tag
provides free advertising to proprietary software companies while adding
little or no useful information.  Change the requirement to simply:

  Assisted-by: LLM

to capture the fact that an LLM was used without tracking which one.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
Message-ID: <20260701-work-coding-assistants-v1-1-a20a94d1d606@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
---
 Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
index 899f4459c52d..fe34f3e7e828 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
@@ -43,12 +43,8 @@ When AI tools contribute to kernel development, proper attribution
 helps track the evolving role of AI in the development process.
 Contributions should include an Assisted-by tag in the following format::
 
-  Assisted-by: AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION [TOOL1] [TOOL2]
+  Assisted-by: LLM [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)
 
@@ -56,4 +52,4 @@ Basic development tools (git, gcc, make, editors) should not be listed.
 
 Example::
 
-  Assisted-by: Claude:claude-3-opus coccinelle sparse
+  Assisted-by: LLM coccinelle sparse
-- 
2.55.0