Re: [MAINTAINERS / KERNEL SUMMIT] AI patch review tools

[Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2025 at 02:04:26PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote:
> Claude really needs aggressive use of checklists to get it to stay
> focused, other AIs may need other tricks.

So very very true. "I did the high priority stuff; I'm finished now".

Your prompts are very detailed! Have you been able to use a feedback loop
at all to have it update its own prompts to help you clarify its results?
I've found that pretty helpful for development-oriented prompting. i.e.
"Compare the foo.md file to what you now know about the foo process
and update it to reflect anything that needs to be added, removed,
or changed."

Additionally, have you been able to build any patterns from existing
bugs? The "Pattern ID" stuff feels like you built this from specific
instances?

I'm really curious if the "CONTEXT MANAGEMENT" section actually works? I
never considered tell it to discard specific context like you have,
"Discard non-essential details after each phase to manage token limits"
I'm going to try that immediately -- I just have to figure out how to
give it, uh, context about the context I want dropped.

And the semcode MCP sounds very interesting! I look forward to finding
out more about that. :)

Awesome!

-Kees

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Kees Cook