Very cool! I want to try this out On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 2:27 AM Justin Mclean <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I've been experimenting with an LLM skill that answers Incubator > questions. It routes each question to a real source rather than answering > from memory, using the existing MCP servers for podlings.xml, the health > reports, Incubator reports, general@ and the ASF policy documents. > > Things you can ask it are questions like: > - When is our next report due? > - We're preparing our first release, what do we have to do differently > from a normal Apache project? > - Can we name our project Apache Foo? > - Is Pegasus still incubating? > - What does a podling actually have to show to graduate? > - Which of the podlings I mentor haven't reported recently? > - Does a podling need a DISCLAIMER in every release? > > It tries to pitch the answer at whoever is asking, so the same question > gets a different reply for a first-time contributor than for a mentor as > long > as it knows who you are. > > It's in the Incubator repo under tools/concierge. See: > https://github.com/apache/incubator/tree/master/tools/concierge > > You need an MCP client and the Incubator MCP servers configured, then: > cd incubator/tools/concierge > make package > > Install the generated .skill file in your client and ask it things in > plain English. > > There are some eval suites in evals/ if you want to see what it is tested > against. > > This is an experiment, so it can be wrong, so please don't expect it to be > 100% authoritative. As always, our policy pages are still the authority. > > Comments and feedback welcome. > > Kind regards, > Justin
