# AI supporting Micro-Features

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-supporting-micro-features/389987
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** ai
**Created:** [November 30, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-supporting-micro-features/389987 "2025-11-30T19:17:40Z")
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### Author: ![iamcapote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/46a35a/32.png) [@iamcapote](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamcapote)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-supporting-micro-features/389987/1 "2025-11-30T19:17:40Z")

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> AI personas: auto-greeting + richer AI menu metadata

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### 1. Persona auto-greeting / first message

Need per-persona fields in the admin UI:

- `Internal note / thoughts`: system-level instructions that specify how bot is meant to behave respond and use tools.
- `Initial assistant message`: first visible message, sent automatically when:
  - A user starts a DM with that persona, or
  - A user switches to that persona in the AI composer (configurable toggles).

Example:

```plaintext
Internal note:
“I run inside this forum and must use tools when relevant, grounding answers in forum content.”

Initial message:
“Hi, I’m the Forum Researcher. I search and summarize topics. Paste a link or describe what you’re investigating.”

```

This makes each persona self-explanatory without extra docs.

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### 2. Configurable AI menu metadata (no theme/plugin)

Directly in Discourse AI admin settings:

- Per model:
  - `Display name` (friendly label)
  - `Short description` (tooltip/subtext)
  - Optional `Docs URL` (info icon/link)

- Per persona:
  - `Tagline` (one-line description in the menu)
  - `Tooltip / description` (multi-line, on hover/info icon)
  - Optional `Docs URL` (link to a topic explaining the persona)

This keeps the built-in AI menu but makes models and personas understandable for non-technical users, without themes or plugins.