Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Other LLM-related topics - tags, newcomers, etc

On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 09:59:36AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > Folks like Greg have, in the recent past, said that it is useful even
> > without specific product-name information:
> > 
> >  https://lore.kernel.org/all/2026070227-payroll-eradicate-8f66@gregkh/
> 
> No disagreement it would help reviews, but there's no need to carry it in the
> git history after it's merged, so no reason for it to be a tag I think.
> 
> Should we move it to under the scissor line? Or move to something along the
> lines of:
> 
> 	[PATCH AI] abc: zzzz

Ew, no. :) The subject line is already super overloaded.

I can suggest putting it as a footer, same as base-commit,
prerequisite-patch-id, etc, e.g.:

| ---
| base-commit: abcd...1234
| change-id: 20260717-great-balls-of-fire-abcd1234
| assisted-by: LLM [planning, tests, codegen, tests]

I can easily put this into b4, and if we do add an AGENTS.md file, this can be
described there as well, so series created by LLMs will be more likely to
automatically carry this footer.

-K