Is it possible to configure the homepage of this site to directly feature AI, similar to this example: https://ask.discourse.com/ ? A few additional questions: (If it is paid, perhaps someone could offer a solution) Can we enable AI access for non-registered users? Is there any logical justificatio…

[image] kuaza: Is it possible to configure the homepage of this site to directly feature AI It should be possible, yes — in the AI plugin we’ve added a new setting called AI bot enable dedicated UX that links to a page like https://meta.discourse.org/discourse-ai/ai-bot/conversations I haven…

I attempted this, yet I was unable to modify the homepage in any way: Custom Homepage for Groups I also tried to do the same with regular pages, but it was unsuccessful. I will try again, perhaps I made some mistakes. Thank you for your response.

@kuaza Perhaps with something like this? [image] AI Bot - New Question Modal Theme component information_source Summary AI Bot - New Question Modal hammer_and_wrench Repository GitHub - VaperinaDEV/aibot-new-question-modal question Install Guide How to…

If you are self-hosting, I think you can use a simple redirect using a proxy like Nginx.

I’ve managed to get it to work. After enabling AI bot enable dedicated UX in the DiscourseAI settings, I created a group called “Bot Test” (bot-test) and set it as the primary for a test user. then i used the custom-homepage-for-groups theme component and set the group page map setting to bot-test:…

[image] Lilly: The problem is that “back to forum” links break and clicking the logo Not a problem anymore, removed that button yesterday, you need to update your instance.

I was unable to get it to work in any way; this is unusual. Could it possibly be due to a plugin? For example, I am doing it this way, but the normal homepage still appears: trust_level_0:/discourse-ai/ai-bot/conversations trust_level_1:/discourse-ai/ai-bot/conversations trust_level_2:/discourse-…

[image] Custom Homepage for Groups This can be for all users, anon (non-logged in), mobile users, or according to a user’s primary group. I don’t think you can select the automatic group to be the primary group, can you? Did you check that the group is the user’s primary group? [Screenshot_2…

Wouldn’t the Custom default homepage component setting work for this if it’s meant to be for all trust levels?

i couldn’t get that setting to work with the link. i tried a permalink too. :woman_shrugging:

How to set the home page to be an AI bot? ex: ask.discourse.com

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) May 7, 2025, 11:11pm 5

@kuaza Perhaps with something like this?

Similar, but not quite.

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How to set the home page to be an AI bot? ex: ask.discourse.com

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