On 12/19/25 10:41 AM, Frode Nordahl wrote:
> The Assisted-by tag is used to disclose the use of AI assistants in
> creating patches. This tag was already mentioned in the AI-assisted
> Contributions section but was not documented in the Tags section.
> 
> Following review and discussion in the community A/V meeting, the
> tag should include underlying model name, if known, and only the
> name of the AI assistant, not an email address.
> 
> Assisted-by: claude-sonnet-4.5, GitHub Copilot CLI
> Signed-off-by: Frode Nordahl <[email protected]>
> ---

Hi Frode,

This looks good to me, thanks!

>  .../contributing/submitting-patches.rst         | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst 
> b/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst
> index bc54e8297..193f21a1a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/internals/contributing/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -320,6 +320,23 @@ Examples of common tags follow.
>    appropriate to cite the URL to the report in a Reported-at
>    tag.  Use a Reported-by tag to acknowledge the reporters.
>  
> +``Assisted-by: Name of model, and/or AI Code Assistant``
> +
> +  When a patch has been created with the assistance of an AI tool,
> +  this tag should be used to disclose that fact.  Provide the name
> +  of the underlying model used, if known.  For the name of the tool,
> +  only include the name, not an email address.  For
> +  example:
> +
> +  ::
> +
> +      Assisted-by: model-name-42.0, OVN-Code-Assistant-Pro-9.0
> +
> +  The author of the patch remains fully responsible for the content
> +  and must ensure it complies with the Developer's Certificate of
> +  Origin.  See the "AI-assisted Contributions" section for more
> +  information.
> +
>  Developer's Certificate of Origin
>  ---------------------------------
>  

Acked-by: Dumitru Ceara <[email protected]>

Regards,
Dumitru

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