# Projects **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/projects/236.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Projects category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-projects-category/407807)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-projects-category/407807 "2026-07-16T15:40:06Z")
See what projects we’re working on or have recently completed. Share your questions and feedback along the way. Board view --- ## [Built-in MCP server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/built-in-mcp-server/411504)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/built-in-mcp-server/411504 "2026-09-18T10:43:37Z")
We are adding an MCP server built directly into core, served at /mcp, which will replace the current client side MCP and enable cloud harnesses (where the existing client side tool cannot be installed) to integrate with … --- ## [AI discoveries and search UX](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-discoveries-and-search-ux/409317)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-discoveries-and-search-ux/409317 "2026-09-18T10:22:35Z")
We want to improve the search experience on Discourse, with “AI discover search” enabled out of the box on our hosting, and a user experience that encourages using natural language where they can be more descriptive abou… --- ## [New site admin experience](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-site-admin-experience/411460)
**Author:** [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-site-admin-experience/411460 "2026-09-02T09:56:41Z")
We’re working to improve the experience for admins of new Discourse sites, with the goal of helping them build engaged communities and succeed with Discourse. We started by mapping the end-to-end admin journey to find a… --- ## [Kanban v2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/kanban-v2/407811)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/kanban-v2/407811 "2026-09-02T04:18:32Z")
We’re working on a new Kanban plugin that will be more feature rich than the existing theme component and give us a more solid foundation on which to build and improve going forward. Some of the features we’re planning … --- ## [Data Explorer refresh](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-refresh/411155)
**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-refresh/411155 "2026-08-28T14:57:49Z")
Data Explorer is one of our most powerful features for understanding your community’s health and value. We want to make it easier to use for all customers, particularly those who are just getting started with Discourse. … --- ## [Trial upgrades for Pro → Business](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trial-upgrades-for-pro-business/411154)
**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trial-upgrades-for-pro-business/411154 "2026-08-28T14:50:46Z")
We are working to allow customers on our hosting to trial higher plan tiers for free so they can determine whether the plan is a good fit for their community before committing to the upgrade. We’re starting out with Pro … --- ## [Improving our Salesforce integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-our-salesforce-integration/411153)
**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-our-salesforce-integration/411153 "2026-08-28T14:42:26Z")
We’re working on improving our existing Salesforce integration so that organizations can analyze the impact of community engagement on their customers and, as a result, better understand the value of the community and so… --- ## [Creating a 'Blocks' API for injecting content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-blocks-api-for-injecting-content/411090)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-blocks-api-for-injecting-content/411090 "2026-08-27T18:35:44Z")
Discourse themes are often used to add self-contained areas of content to the Discourse UI. Historically, ‘Plugin Outlets’ have been the only way to achieve this, with some theme-components providing pluggable systems li… --- ## [Improving JS 'model' system](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-js-model-system/411089)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-js-model-system/411089 "2026-08-27T18:30:03Z")
We’re working on upgrades to Discourse’s internal representation of data ‘models’ in the frontend. This will improve the developer experience for core, theme and plugin developers. We’re aiming to use Warp Drive (previo… --- ## [Building a new REST API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-a-new-rest-api/411086)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-a-new-rest-api/411086 "2026-08-27T18:21:39Z")
We’re working on creating a new and improved REST API for Discourse. This will provide a more consistent and better-documented interface for integrating with Discourse, as well as theme, plugin and core developers. We’r… --- ## [AI translations for everyone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-translations-for-everyone/409364)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-translations-for-everyone/409364 "2026-08-05T12:53:33Z")
We want to see more communities using AI translations who would benefit from making it easier for their users to participate in multilingual conversations or from having their content be discoverable in other languages. …