On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 03:08:41PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 09:56:25AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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. > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > 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 > > > > 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 ;) > > Can we make that an official project script too, such that it is > something that is reviewed and thus "blessed" as acceptable ?
Once we have a policy that allows including AI written code, sure. > I'm pretty uncomfortable with the idea of policy that allows for > arbitrary AI agents processing issues with no independent review > of what they're doing until after they've already done it. > > The issue agent Alex runs, while useful, also makes a decent number > of mistakes and wierd assertions in comments it adds. To some degree > that is unavoidable for AI based tools doing this work, but IMHO it > justifies the extra review to ensure the community is broadly happy > with the tradeoff in the tool in question. > > With regards, > Daniel At least my script does not do anything like this. It just implements the security workflow. Does not add comments. -- MST
