ci: block Co-Authored-By: <AI> trailers, recommend Assisted-By

.github/workflows/commit-trailers.yml

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+name: commit-trailers
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  merge_group:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  no-ai-coauthor:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Reject AI Co-Authored-By trailers
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const pr = context.payload.pull_request;
+            if (!pr) return;
+            const commits = await github.paginate(github.rest.pulls.listCommits, {
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              pull_number: pr.number,
+            });
+            // Known AI coding agents that stamp a `Co-Authored-By:` trailer,
+            // matched by their vendor email or distinctive bot login. We key on
+            // bot identities (unambiguous), never on bare human names, so
+            // legitimate human co-authors are never blocked.
+            const AI_AGENTS = new RegExp([
+              'anthropic\\.com',             // Claude / Claude Code
+              'copilot-swe-agent',           // GitHub Copilot
+              '\\+copilot@users\\.noreply',  // GitHub Copilot
+              'devin-ai-integration',        // Devin (Cognition)
+              'cursoragent|@cursor\\.com',   // Cursor Agent
+              'google-labs-jules',           // Google Jules / Gemini
+              '@aider\\.chat',               // Aider
+              'windsurf|codeium',            // Windsurf / Codeium
+            ].join('|'), 'i');
+            const coAuthorLine = /^\s*co-authored-by:.*$/gim;
+            const offenders = commits
+              .filter((c) =>
+                (c.commit.message.match(coAuthorLine) || []).some((l) =>
+                  AI_AGENTS.test(l),
+                ),
+              )
+              .map((c) => c.sha.slice(0, 8));
+            if (offenders.length === 0) {
+              core.info('No AI Co-Authored-By trailers found.');
+              return;
+            }
+            const msg = [
+              `Commits ${offenders.join(', ')} carry a "Co-Authored-By: <AI agent>" trailer.`,
+              '',
+              'Under US copyright law (which governs CNCF projects) a Co-Authored-By',
+              'trailer naming an AI agent can attribute rights over the code to its',
+              'vendor. Use an informational "Assisted-By: <agent>" trailer instead — it',
+              'discloses AI assistance without transferring authorship.',
+              '',
+              'Rationale: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/66602',
+              '',
+              'Fix: rebase and amend the trailer, then force-push.',
+              'Prevent it at source: set includeCoAuthoredBy: false in your Claude Code settings.',
+            ].join('\n');
+            await core.summary.addRaw(msg).write();
+            core.setFailed(msg);