> maybe we should use the new LLMOperator form common.ai as an option
(hehe)!
Just joking, of course.

Crossed my mind :D

On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 10:20 AM Pavankumar Gopidesu <[email protected]>
wrote:

> This is really cool, Jarek. Thanks for sharing. A tool like this is
> definitely necessary given the current volume of AI slope and PRs being
> submitted without proper context.
>
> maybe we should use the new LLMOperator form common.ai as an option
> (hehe)!
> Just joking, of course.
>
> Regards,
> Pavan
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 9:17 AM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I think that we could later automate at least the dry-run execution of
> > the
> > script, along with Slack notification for highly-suspected issues/PRs.
> > Then, it would be easier for maintainers to react fast when needed.
> >
> > Yes. I would like to run it manually—ideally with several volunteer
> > maintainers - for a while to see how it works, improve and iterate and
> > possibly add more quality gates. When we have more confidence we could
> run
> > it automatically for some parts or even the whole process eventually
> > (especially for high-confidence/sensitive stuff), keeping the sensitive
> > parts with Human-In-The-Loop.
> >
> > But also (and this is my hope) - similarly to `breeze ci upgrade` it
> might
> > turn out that the process is so efficient and "nice" to follow that we
> > could continue trigger it manually, regularly, perhaps with a rotational
> > maintainer handling the triage. I think comments and actions coming from
> a
> > human maintainer have more value than those from a bot—even if the human
> > action is merely confirming what an automated system or LLM proposed.
> >
> > J.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 10:04 AM Shahar Epstein <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Amazing stuff Jarek!
> > > I think that we could later automate at least the dry-run execution of
> > the
> > > script, along with Slack notification for highly-suspected issues/PRs.
> > > Then, it would be easier for maintainers to react fast when needed.
> > >
> > > Looking forward for new AI-based features in breeze in particular, and
> > > Airflow in general :)
> > >
> > >
> > > Shahar
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 04:59 Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello everyone,
> > > >
> > > > While preparing for consensus on the assignment policy, I created PR
> > > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/62585. This PR adds a new
> > command
> > > > to
> > > > Breeze, `breeze issues unassign`, which unassigns anyone who is not a
> > > > committer or collaborator.
> > > >
> > > > I want this to be the first of several Breeze commands I plan to add
> to
> > > > help manage the AI overhead and burden on maintainers.
> > > >
> > > > I got inspired bu Hugo van Kamerade's (my friend, Python release
> > manager)
> > > > tool https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/gh-triage/.  He added the `gh`
> > plugin
> > > > that helps him manage spam coming to Python. I hope we can have very
> > > > similar set of commands and regular process of performing cleanup
> with
> > > the
> > > > issues/prs we are getting.
> > > >
> > > > BTW. I am using Claude Code to add those commands (so this is a bit
> > like
> > > > using AI to fight AI slop). But in a smart way.
> > > >
> > > > In our case we have `breeze` that we are already using for `ci
> upgrade`
> > > by
> > > > maintainers and I see no reason why we could not use our own CLI to
> > make
> > > us
> > > > far more efficient with assessing and quickly and efficiently
> > processing
> > > > incoming spam.
> > > >
> > > > Starting with AGENTS.md that describes what we expect (and instructs
> > > agents
> > > > to make good PRs) and changing our assignment process - I think we
> > should
> > > > proceed to implement step-by-step handling of the incoming traffic:
> > > >
> > > > a) Quickly assess how well PRs implement our expectations, point out
> > > > problems, and close them
> > > >
> > > > b) automatically telling the collaborators what is wrong with their
> PRs
> > > if
> > > > they are incomplete (for example when tests are failing, or when they
> > > need
> > > > a rebase)
> > > >
> > > > c) automatically responding to issues that they are incomplete and
> need
> > > > more information
> > > >
> > > > d) Allow filtering by area (so that maintainers focusing on a
> > particular
> > > > area can periodically review only the areas they are intereste
> > > > e) all that with some AI assistance (I plan to imlpement integration
> > with
> > > > some modern AI LLMs so that it is seamless for those maintainers who
> > > > already use some of those (including Cloud Code, GH Copilot
> > (maintainers
> > > > can apply for free access there), Codex and any models someone
> prefers
> > -
> > > > including local models).
> > > >
> > > > f) all that with maintainer in the driver's seat—we won't do those
> > things
> > > > fully automatically - but we will get reviewable action proposal in
> > bulk
> > > > that the maintainer will be able to accept, modify or reject.
> > > >
> > > > .... more...
> > > >
> > > > All that will be open to contribution and I will be happy to leading
> > > > introduction and disseminating those CLI options between maintainers
> to
> > > > make sure those get incorporated in our daily work - relieving some
> of
> > > the
> > > > burden we are all experiencing and sharing it between people.
> > > >
> > > > I think this is a viable approach to address our current burden
> > > > proactively, rather than waiting for others to act.
> > > >
> > > > This is also somewhat experimental since we haven't seen it done
> > before,
> > > so
> > > > suggestions, comments, ideas and PRs that could help us become more
> > > > efficient and better maintainers are most welcome.
> > > >
> > > > Let me know what you think.
> > > >
> > > > J.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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