Weekly Summary of AI topics

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Overview

This week’s AI conversations on Meta centered on AI-powered content management, UI refinements, and under-the-hood fixes. Key themes included:

  1. AI-driven topic splitting: The launch of Using forum researcher to help organize and split large topics (Community, ai) sparked side-by-side comparisons of manual vs AI-assisted workflows, with JammyDodger sharing detailed manual-splitting advice.
  2. Enhanced AI persona visibility: Discussions in Create a more noticeable link for AI persona (Support, ai) explored placing a larger chatbot icon in the UI and even swapping out custom images for greater prominence.
  3. Homepage transformation: The idea to turn the landing page into an AI bot interface was prototyped in How to set the home page to be an AI bot? ex: ask.discourse.com (Support, ai), with Lilly suggesting group-invite automations.
  4. Artifact data-passing: In How do I pass data to an artifact? (Feature, ai-artifacts), sam introduced a postMessage-based API fix, later merged as a pull request.
  5. Schema and payload fixes: A critical bug in JSON parsing was resolved in Summarize Topic with AI loads indefinitely, Invalid JSON Payload Received? (Bug, ai) via tweaks to the Gemini schema handler.
  6. UX positioning tweaks: Adjustments to avoid the floating AI Docs button overlapping native controls were outlined in Misplaced AI Docs Overlay button (UX, accessibility, ai).
  7. Cost considerations: Warnings about expensive model calls surfaced in Problems manually configuring perplexity sonar deep research (Dev, ai), noting that a single reply could cost upwards of $0.70.
  8. Extended topic-splitting workflows: Follow-up posts in Using forum researcher to help organize and split large topics tested the tool on other “kitchen sink” threads.
  9. Additional persona enhancements: Community members iterated on Lilly’s approach in Create a more noticeable link for AI persona, building custom components via the Discourse Custom Components plugin.
  10. Backend patch tracking: Further fixes were tracked through PR updates in How do I pass data to an artifact? and margin-tweaks in Misplaced AI Docs Overlay button.

Interesting Topics

  • Using forum researcher to help organize and split large topics (topic 366188, Community, ai)
    sam demoed a disabled-by-default AI persona for deep research, showcasing automated outlines for the Kanban Board topic.

  • Create a more noticeable link for AI persona (topic 365884, Support, ai)
    Angela_MRS asked how to enlarge the chatbot icon, and Lilly shared sidebar and menu-drop-down hacks.

  • Misplaced AI Docs Overlay button (topic 366138, UX, accessibility, ai)
    SvenPuschmann reported the floating AI Docs button obstructing iOS controls, with pmusaraj suggesting simple CSS margin fixes.

  • How do I pass data to an artifact? (topic 350791, Feature, ai-artifacts)
    A sandboxing-necessary postMessage solution was implemented by sam, tracked in PR #1346.

  • Summarize Topic with AI loads indefinitely, Invalid JSON Payload Received? (topic 365587, Bug, ai)
    Roman_Rizzi confirmed that adjusting the JSON schema format in PR #1340 resolved infinite-loading errors.

  • Problems manually configuring perplexity sonar deep research (topic 365572, Dev, ai)
    Setup hurdles and per-token costs were flagged by aas after quoting sam’s caution on expenses.

  • How to set the home page to be an AI bot? ex: ask.discourse.com (topic 365126, Support, ai)
    Proposals included Automation scripts for auto-enrolling via custom user fields, demonstrated by Lilly.

Activity

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69

Overview

This week the community dove into improving AI workflows and tooling across Meta Discourse. Key initiatives included exploring persistent JSON data storage in AI artifacts to empower user‐bound data management, crafting a roadmap for an official Model Context Protocol (MCP) to standardize AI tool integrations, and resolving an audio playback issue in the AI Helper that was interrupting uploaded mp3 streams. We also saw experiments with Discord search integration, tackled subcategory slug bugs in the AI bot’s outputs via Category listing for AI does not return full slugs, and refined content organization using the forum researcher tool. Best practices for Discourse AI examples, discussions on AI‐driven moderation, and proposals to empower the SQL helper rounded out an active week of collaboration.

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Activity

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Overview

Over the past week on #meta.discourse.org, the community’s focus centered on the rollout and configuration of Discourse AI’s new Forum Researcher persona, alongside vital bug fixes, self-hosting guidance, and customization requests. Administrators and power users dove into the Forum Researcher AI Persona guide to fine-tune their LLM settings, while several support threads detailed troubleshooting—ranging from mobile UI scroll issues to JSON parsing errors in the researcher tool. Conversations also spanned best practices for self-hosters (spam, #AI-detection), implementing local LLMs, automating AI replies, and renaming or removing default AI personas. This variety of discussions highlights both the excitement around AI-powered features and the community’s dedication to smooth deployment and customization.

Interesting Topics

  • Announcing the Forum Researcher Announcements ai
    sam unveiled the new Forum Researcher persona, a powerful ai-bot tool for in-depth analysis of forum content. The initial announcement ref showcased sample executive reports, and MachineScholar lauded its potential for research workflows ref.

  • Forum Researcher AI Persona guide #Site Management how-to ai ai-bot
    In this comprehensive guide, sam walked administrators through enabling the persona, selecting appropriate Large Language Models, and debugging research tasks ref.

  • Discourse AI spam detection replaces Akismet plugin Announcements spam ai
    Self-hosting concerns emerged when patrickemin discovered Akismet was no longer bundled and asked about alternatives ref. Moin highlighted documentation gaps ref, and sam recommended free Discourse AI models or Gemini Flash 2.0 for self-hosters ref.

  • Mobile AI helper popup cannot be scrolled Bug mobile ai-helper
    NateDhaliwal reported that AI response popups on Android Chrome cut off long answers ref. keegan deployed a fix ref, which NateDhaliwal confirmed resolved the issue ref.

  • Unexpected error in Forum Researcher Bug ai ai-bot
    When noahl tested the new tool, they encountered a JSON parsing error ref. sam traced the issue to the hosted LLM’s capacity ref, and Falco explained the dropdown model access was for early testers ref.

  • Discourse AI – Summarize model upgrade question #Site Management ai-summarize
    Heliosurge asked if Discourse AI had moved from Gemini v1.5 to v2.0 ref. Falco confirmed support for Gemini 2 and 2.5 ref.

  • Configuring Discourse with a locally installed LLM Support ai
    Falco recommended DeepSeek V3, Qwen 3, and Llama 3.3 among top-tier models, and suggested a lightweight Hugging Face option for small communities ref.

  • How to generate AI replies for existing forum topics Support ai automation
    MihirR inquired about backfilling old topics with AI replies ref. satonotdead outlined using Discourse AI + Automation plugins ref, while sam advised this remains a manual API workflow for now ref.

  • Removing default AI personas/bots Support ai-bot
    satonotdead asked if default prompts could be removed via console ref, and Falco explained they’re part of plugin code but noted future support for custom texts ref.

  • Renaming “AI Persona” → “AI Agent” Feature ai
    iamcapote proposed renaming for clarity and requested an editable setting ref.

Activity

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71

Overview

Over the past week, the ai community on meta.discourse.org has been bustling with new capabilities, feature explorations, and troubleshooting discussions:

Interesting Topics

Activity

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Overview

This week’s AI discussions spanned enhancements to ai-artifacts, ai-captions, and ai-bot features, alongside self-hosting strategies, token transparency, and integration workflows. Notably, the AI Artifact User storage announcement catalyzed requests for wider artifact creation controls and led directly to An admin API for AI web artifact creation and editing. On the accessibility front, users in Is there any way to permanently disable AI captions as a user? uncovered a persistent prompting bug that sam acknowledged and keegan began investigating. The Support category also tackled user-level AI behaviors like reenabling search discoveries and clarifying what consumes API tokens. Meanwhile, #Self-Hosting advocates in Self-Hosting Sentiment and Emotion for DiscourseAI successfully deployed local models, and Feature contributors debated a “Model Context Protocol” in Is there an official Discourse Model Context Protocol (MCP). Lastly, routing and performance surfaced in Redirect logged-in users to conversations page and Job exception: Net::ReadTimeout during custom tool usage.

Interesting Topics

Activity

Below is a rundown of contributors and the threads they engaged with this week:

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73

Overview

Over the week of June 23–30, 2025, the ai section on Meta Discourse buzzed with new Feature proposals, deep technical dives, and swift resolutions of Bug and Support threads. Key highlights included community efforts to define a dedicated administration endpoint for AI Web Artifacts via An admin API for AI web artifact creation and editing, renewed exploration of embedding-based search in Support for Vanilla Embedding Search, and fresh calls for a native Model Context Protocol server in Is there an official Discourse Model Context Protocol (MCP). Data aficionados dissected sentiment analytics in Joining classification_results table to other tables support request, while plugin maintainers and self-hosters tackled issues from Gemini AI image analysis errors to Bootstrap migrations with the AI plugin and group-based summarization controls via personas in Managing user groups for summarization features. The long-standing announcement Announcing: AI Web Artifacts also saw spinoff questions from iamcapote and sam about admin-only artifact creation flows. Even UI tweaks like Redirect logged-in users to conversations page and image embedding quirks in Discourse AI image didn’t load correctly kept the conversation lively.

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Activity

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Weekly AI Activity Summary
Start Date: 2025-06-30
End Date: 2025-07-07

Overview
This week’s ai conversations on meta.discourse.org covered environmental concerns, plugin flexibility, feature customization, and bug fixes. pHneutre spearheaded a green-computing debate in AI-free Discourse (see post #2 for merefield’s response).
The stability of the vision model was checked in Quick welfare check on the AI caption bot with resolution steps at post #2 and post #3.
Admins refined persona controls in Is it possible to enable only one AI persona? as Falco detailed toggles at post #2.
Summarization flexibility evolved via Can you customize the Ai Summarize prompt? and Customizing AI summarizer to use non-English languages, with follow-ups at 372448/2 and 372644/2.
Context extension through RAG was explored in Another added context for AI Bot (details at post #2).
Key bugfixes included the “no implicit conversion of Array into String” error in Error “no implicit conversion of Array into String” (resolved at post #5), optional fields resetting in Small bug in AI Persona Editor, and model label omissions in Model name not showing in AI bot.
Automation and search integration threads gained traction in Discourse AI - AI triage and Discourse AI - AI search.

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Activity

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OverviewOver the past week, our ai category on #meta.discourse.org featured a major rollout of Content Localization and Automatic Translations with the announcement and a comprehensive manual guide, sparking discussions on language selector UX (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/6?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/7?silent=true) and translation flags (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/9?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/11?silent=true). Meanwhile, the Forum Researcher AI Persona was dissected in a thread on custom prompt filters and hallucination handling (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/9?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/12?silent=true). Contributors also tackled Discourse AI plugin issues across the asset pipeline troubleshooting and AWS Bedrock integration. Administrators grappled with sporadic500/504 errors in semantic search (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373769/1?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373769/4?silent=true), inspected truncated spam detection logs (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373460/1?silent=true), restored missing LLM settings after update (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373367/1?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373367/2?silent=true), and polished persona fields in the AI bot editor (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373176/2?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373151/2?silent=true). A handful of translatability gaps surfaced in inferred concept settings (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373346/1?silent=true), underscoring ongoing efforts to ensure a fully multilingual AI experience.## Interesting Topics- nat announced the release of content-localization with Content Localization and Automatic Translations for Your Community on2025-07-10, detailing sitewide multilingual support and kicking off deep-dive conversations on UX and moderator flows (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/6?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/7?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/8?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/9?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/10?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/11?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/12?silent=true).- nat provided an in-depth Content Localization - Manual and Automatic with Discourse AI guide, walking admins through setup, category localization, and bulk API considerations (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/2?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/3?silent=true).- sam and jrgong examined the Feature Forum Researcher AI Persona guide, debating the need for external docs on custom search parameters (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/7?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/8?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/9?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/10?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/11?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/12?silent=true).- productdeploy flagged an SCSS compile error post-plugin install in the Plugin Discourse AI thread, prompting discussions on stable vs tests-passed branches and AWS integration (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/213?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/214?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/215?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/216?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/217?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/218?silent=true).- Moin opened a Site feedback Frequent Error500 after searching thread on random500/504 modals during semantic search, confirmed by patrickemin and gormus (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373769/1?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373769/2?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373769/3?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373769/4?silent=true).- sam caught a minor bug in the Bug AI Persona Editor, where optional fields persisted after save, and joffreyjaffeux quickly merged a fix (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373176/2?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373176/4?silent=true).- Cédric_Brunet reported missing LLM settings post-update in Support Discourse AI, leading to a discussion on restoring vs streamlining settings (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373367/1?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373367/2?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373367/3?silent=true).- per1234 noted that Bug spam detection scan logs are truncated, clarifying expectations for the admin test dialog (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373460/1?silent=true).- Moin highlighted the need for translatable labels in the #translations settings inferred concepts feature to aid non-English admins (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373346/1?silent=true).- sam suggested renaming LLM users to control display names in the Bug AI bot, an idea validated by MachineScholar (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373151/2?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373151/3?silent=true).## Activity- nat (64 likes,11 posts) led the Content Localization announcement, refined UX in https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/6?silent=true & https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/9?silent=true, authored the manual guide and bulk API response (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/2?silent=true), and clarified translation flags in https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/10?silent=true & https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/11?silent=true.- Moin (15 likes,5 posts) probed moderator flags in https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/9?silent=true, stress-tested translation flags (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/11?silent=true), reported semantic search errors, flagged infer settings gaps (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373346/1?silent=true), and explained plugin pinning (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/216?silent=true).- sam (5 likes,8 posts) debugged the Researcher AI Persona (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/9?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/10?silent=true, https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/12?silent=true), fixed the SCSS pipeline in https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/214?silent=true, and restored missing settings in https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373367/2?silent=true.- Simon_Manning (4 likes,2 posts) raised UX considerations in https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/6?silent=true and supported dual-language selectors (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/8?silent=true).- Falco (3 likes,1 post) recommended the default release channel in https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/218?silent=true.- joffreyjaffeux (2 likes,1 post) merged the optional fields fix in https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373176/4?silent=true.- putty (2 likes,1 post) inquired about bulk localization via API in https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/2?silent=true.- gerryfw (2 likes,3 posts) discussed SEO impacts (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/16?silent=true), confirmed translator plugin status (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/13?silent=true), and noted hreflang flags (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370000/21?silent=true).- jrgong (2 likes,2 posts) sought docs for prompt filters (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/8?silent=true) and API reproduction of filters (https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368942/11?silent=true).- gormus (1 like,2 posts) documented repeated search failures in https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373769/3?silent=true & https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/373769/4?silent=true.Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again next week! :slight_smile:

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Weekly AI Activity Summary (2025-07-14 – 2025-07-21)

Overview

This past week on Meta saw deep dives into content localization, AI tooling, and site reliability. The community explored fully automated workflows in Content Localization and Automatic Translations for Your Community (Announcements, ai, content-localization) and introduced per-language moderator roles via Content Localization - Manual and Automatic with Discourse AI (#Site Management, ai, content-localization). Administrators triaged hidden configuration calls in AI helper model site setting is hidden now but still in use (Bug, ai) and patched summarizer errors after You need to select a model before the AI Summarizer Persona works (Bug, ai-summarize). There was hands-on troubleshooting around bot customization in Discourse AI - AI bot (#Site Management, ai-bot), while backfill translation roadblocks surfaced in AI translation backfill not working after all settings configured (Support, content-localization) and The usage problem after using AI translation (Support, ai). Reliability issues in Frequent Error 500 after searching (#Site feedback, ai-search) led to error-tracking improvements, and new sentiment analytics were unveiled in AI sentiment and emotion analysis reports (#Data & reporting, ai-sentiment). Lastly, UI tweaks for category/tag suggestions were covered in AI helper icon not appearing for category and tags field (Support, ai-helper).

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Activity

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# Weekly AI Activity Summary on meta.discourse.org  
**Period:** 2025-07-21 to 2025-07-28  
**New posts:** 43 · **New topics:** 16  

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## Overview  
This week saw a mix of technical troubleshooting, feature requests, and roadmap discussions around Discourse’s AI offerings. Key themes included:

- **Update & build issues** caused by an outdated Chinese npm mirror #Bug #ai.  
- **Spam protection tuning**, with private communities disabling AI spam filters #Bug #ai.  
- **Bundling the Discourse AI plugin** into core and related integration questions #Plugin #official #included-in-core #ai.  
- **Translation workflows**, covering re-translation of AI-generated posts and caching quirks #ai #ai-helper.  
- **Bot behavior control**, from response limits to trigger options #Support #ai-bot.  
- **Third-party LLM integrations** (Azure OpenAI, IBM WatsonX) and RAG uploads #Integrations #ai #ai-bot.  
- **Persona engineering**, including converting Slack logs and exploring sub-agents #SiteManagement #ai-bot.  
- **Model Context Protocol (MCP)** adoption discussions #Feature #ai.  

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## Interesting Topics  

- Build failures during Discourse updates due to a Chinese npm mirror mismatch  
  ([最新版更新出错](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376095/1?silent=true)) #Bug #ai  

- Overactive AI spam filter in private communities and how to disable it  
  ([Overactive spam filter?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/375475/1?silent=true)) #Bug #ai  

- Official bundling of the Discourse AI plugin into core and upgrade notes  
  ([Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/219?silent=true)) #Plugin #official #included-in-core #ai  

- Retranslating AI-generated content and dealing with stale translations  
  ([Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/221?silent=true)) &  
  ([AI helper does not always use user's locale](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/298867/6?silent=true)) #ai #ai-helper  

- Controlling AI helper response triggers, limits per topic or per user  
  ([Controlling AI responses in forum discussions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376066/1?silent=true)) #Support #ai-bot  

- Configuring Azure OpenAI API keys and troubleshooting 500 errors  
  ([Configure API Keys for Azure OpenAI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/282442/7?silent=true)) #Integrations #ai  

- Designing and managing AI personas using external knowledge sources  
  ([AI bot - Personas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/16?silent=true)) #SiteManagement #ai-bot  

- Roadmap and adoption status of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)  
  ([Is there an official Discourse Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/16?silent=true)) #Feature #ai  

- Customizing the AI robot icon in the header and sidebar  
  ([Replacing the robot icon in header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/375472/1?silent=true)) #Support #ai  

- Programmatic uploads for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows  
  ([Programmatic RAG uploads?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/374408/3?silent=true)) #Support #ai-bot  

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## Activity  
Here’s who posted this week and where:

- <a class="mention" href="/u/cshll">cshll</a> opened an issue on the npm mirror error in [最新版更新出错 (post #1)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376095/1?silent=true) and added follow-up details in [post #3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376095/3?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> suggested a console rebuild in [最新版更新出错 (post #2)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376095/2?silent=true), chimed in on spam filter configuration in [Overactive spam filter? (post #5)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/375475/5?silent=true), and confirmed locale caching in [AI helper does not always use user's locale (post #6)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/298867/6?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/david">david</a> clarified missing package errors in [最新版更新出错 (post #5)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376095/5?silent=true) and celebrated plugin bundling in [Discourse AI (post #219)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/219?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/Moin">Moin</a> pointed out translation caching issues in [最新版更新出错 (post #6)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376095/6?silent=true) and shared how to disable AI spam handling in [Overactive spam filter? (post #3)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/375475/3?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/Lhc_fl">Lhc_fl</a> recommended using non-China servers or proxies in [最新版更新出错 (post #8)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376095/8?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/NateDhaliwal">NateDhaliwal</a> asked about install type in [最新版更新出错 (post #4)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376095/4?silent=true) and inquired about logs for Azure setup in [Configure API Keys for Azure OpenAI (post #8)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/282442/8?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/Seth_Godin">Seth_Godin</a> reported a private-community spam block in [Overactive spam filter? (post #1)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/375475/1?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/Jagster">Jagster</a> offered a system-prompt override in [Overactive spam filter? (post #4)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/375475/4?silent=true) and example prompts in [Controlling AI responses (post #5)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376066/5?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/nat">nat</a> checked mirror usage with Lhc_fl in [最新版更新出错 (post #7)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376095/7?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/jrgong">jrgong</a> praised Sam’s helper guide in [Why is my AI forum helper struggling? (post #2)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/352848/2?silent=true) and asked about log-based persona structure in [AI bot - Personas (post #16)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/16?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/Falco">Falco</a> explained deleting translations via console in [Discourse AI (post #222)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/222?silent=true), addressed IBM WatsonX API compatibility in [LLM settings page (post #17)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/319903/17?silent=true), and clarified bot triggers in [Controlling AI responses (post #3)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376066/3?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/RBoy">RBoy</a> sought controls on bot reply limits in [Controlling AI responses (post #1)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376066/1?silent=true), [post #2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376066/2?silent=true), and [post #6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376066/6?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/satonotdead">satonotdead</a> suggested staged human hand-off prompts in [Controlling AI responses (post #4)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376066/4?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/Wurzelseppi">Wurzelseppi</a> asked about creating RAG upload references in [Programmatic RAG uploads? (post #3)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/374408/3?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/Goalina">Goalina</a> inquired on retranslation counts in [Discourse AI (post #221)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/221?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/ばこん">ばこん</a> reported a missing AI prefs page in [Discourse AI - AI search (post #16)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/282420/16?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/EricGT">EricGT</a> proposed “Sub-Agent” terminology in [Renaming AI Persona → AI Agent (post #7)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/368198/7?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/CraigW">CraigW</a> asked about IBM WatsonX integration in [LLM settings page (post #16)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/319903/16?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/MachineScholar">MachineScholar</a> followed up on MCP maturity in [Is there an official Discourse MCP (post #16)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/16?silent=true).  

- <a class="mention" href="/u/zabin">zabin</a> shared a Bitnami-Postgres workaround for plugin migration in [Bootstrap error with AI plugin (post #6)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/371514/6?silent=true) and logged Azure test failures in [Configure API Keys for Azure (post #9)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/282442/9?silent=true).  

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Thanks for reading, and I'll see you again next week! :slight_smile:
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Weekly AI Activity Summary (2025-08-04 to 2025-08-11)

Overview

Over the past week, the Discourse AI ecosystem saw multiple fronts of progress:

Interesting Topics

Activity

Below is a breakdown of contributions by user, with links to topics and posts they engaged in last week:

Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again next week! :slight_smile:

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# Weekly AI Activity Summary on meta.discourse.org
**Period:** 2025-08-11 to 2025-08-18  
**New posts:** 32 • **New topics:** 3  
**Top users:** <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> (14 likes, 9 posts), <a class="mention" href="/u/pfaffman">pfaffman</a> (7 likes, 1 post), <a class="mention" href="/u/mcwumbly">mcwumbly</a> (7 likes, 3 posts), <a class="mention" href="/u/jrgong">jrgong</a> (4 likes, 2 posts), <a class="mention" href="/u/Roman">Roman</a> (3 likes, 2 posts), <a class="mention" href="/u/Lilly">Lilly</a> (3 likes, 1 post), <a class="mention" href="/u/maiki">maiki</a> (2 likes, 1 post), <a class="mention" href="/u/Lee_Ars">Lee_Ars</a> (2 likes, 2 posts), <a class="mention" href="/u/awesomerobot">awesomerobot</a> (2 likes, 2 posts), <a class="mention" href="/u/ozkn">ozkn</a> (2 likes, 1 post)  

## Overview
This week’s discussions spanned new #Feature requests, #Bug reports, and #Plugin tweaks across Discourse’s AI stack. Key themes included:
- *Housekeeping & history management* on Ask Discourse  
- *Answer reliability*, with calls to eliminate “hallucinated” links  
- *Retrospective spam cleanup* using AI  
- Provider-specific configuration fixes in the core #ai plugin  
- Challenges in *self-hosting sentiment/emotion* models on CPU  
- A #Bug in the admin usage page’s custom date-range UI  
- A minor #UX enhancement converting the AI icon to a link  
- Expanded translator support via LLM providers  
- An emerging *Model Context Protocol* initiative  
- A bug where the Proofread helper unintentionally alters quoted text  

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## Interesting Topics
- **Improve managing history on Ask Discourse** (#Feature, #ai, #ask-discourse)  
  <a class="mention" href="/u/jrgong">jrgong</a> requested the ability to delete/archive Ask conversations in [post 1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378924/1?silent=true), <a class="mention" href="/u/mcwumbly">mcwumbly</a> suggested surfacing search/bookmarks in [post 2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378924/2?silent=true) and pointed to a sidebar search prototype in [post 3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378924/3?silent=true), while <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> proposed emulating ChatGPT’s delete-conversation UI in [post 4](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378924/4?silent=true).

- **Feedback for Ask Discourse returning invalid links** (#Feature, #feedback, #ai, #ask-discourse)  
  <a class="mention" href="/u/one1">one1</a> highlighted AI answers linking to non-existent posts in [post 8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/8?silent=true); <a class="mention" href="/u/Canapin">Canapin</a> confirmed the issue in [post 10](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/10?silent=true); <a class="mention" href="/u/one1">one1</a> proposed validating links against actual posts in [post 11](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/11?silent=true); <a class="mention" href="/u/mcwumbly">mcwumbly</a> urged flagging poor results in [post 12](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/12?silent=true); <a class="mention" href="/u/Lee_Ars">Lee_Ars</a> praised the overall flow in [post 13](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/13?silent=true); <a class="mention" href="/u/NateDhaliwal">NateDhaliwal</a> compared to AI Search in [post 14](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/14?silent=true); and <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> revisited Ask history controls in [post 15](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/15?silent=true).

- **Spam: Retroactively get AI to review recent posts and delete spam** (#Sysadmins, #ai, #spam)  
  <a class="mention" href="/u/pfaffman">pfaffman</a> detailed a Rails-based workflow to flag/remove ~30 spam posts/hour by running AI over a backup site in [post 1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378956/1?silent=true).

- **Discourse AI Azure endpoint missing settings** (#Plugin, #official, #included-in-core, #ai)  
  <a class="mention" href="/u/Roman">Roman</a> noted Falco’s fix covers both Azure/OpenAI in [post 233](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/233?silent=true); <a class="mention" href="/u/ozkn">ozkn</a> found the setting still absent after choosing Azure in [post 234](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/234?silent=true); and Roman merged provider-specific options in [post 235](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/235?silent=true).

- **Self-Hosting Sentiment and Emotion for DiscourseAI** (#Self-Hosting, #ai, #ai-sentiment)  
  <a class="mention" href="/u/Lee_Ars">Lee_Ars</a> hit a CPU-only EC2 brick wall loading HF models in [post 8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/334451/8?silent=true), and <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> confirmed plans to offload sentiment analysis to LLMs like Gemini Flash in [post 9](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/334451/9?silent=true).

- **Discourse AI admin usage page – custom date range issues** (#Bug, #ai)  
  <a class="mention" href="/u/Lilly">Lilly</a> demonstrated that selecting off-current date ranges requires two refreshes to render correct metrics in [post 1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378959/1?silent=true).

- **Change AI Bot Icon to Link Element** (#Feature, #ai, #ai-bot, #completed)  
  <a class="mention" href="/u/maiki">maiki</a> thanked <a class="mention" href="/u/awesomerobot">awesomerobot</a> for PR #98d594a moving the icon into a link in [post 3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/377435/3?silent=true), confirmed in [post 5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/377435/5?silent=true).

- **Allow LLM providers for discourse-translate plugin** (#translator, #completed, #ai)  
  <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> announced completion of LLM-backed translation support in [post 6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/319383/6?silent=true) and pointed to the new localization hub.

- **Official Discourse Model Context Protocol (MCP)** (#Feature, #ai)  
  <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> launched the MCP repo in [post 18](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/18?silent=true), with <a class="mention" href="/u/EricGT">EricGT</a> urging stars and review in [post 19](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/19?silent=true).

- **Proofread breaks quotes** (#Bug, #pr-welcome, #ai, #ai-helper)  
  <a class="mention" href="/u/bksubhuti">bksubhuti</a> reported quoted text getting rewritten in [post 6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/365102/6?silent=true); <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> labeled it a bug and added #pr-welcome in [post 7](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/365102/7?silent=true) & [post 8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/365102/8?silent=true); and <a class="mention" href="/u/Jagster">Jagster</a> weighed scope in [post 9](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/365102/9?silent=true).

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## Activity
- <a class="mention" href="/u/jrgong">jrgong</a> contributed to [Improve managing history on Ask Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378924/1?silent=true) and [AI bot - Personas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/17?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/mcwumbly">mcwumbly</a> engaged in [Improve managing history on Ask Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378924/2?silent=true), [sidebar search proto](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378924/3?silent=true), and [feedback for Ask Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/12?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> posted in [Improve managing history on Ask Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378924/4?silent=true), [feedback for Ask Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/15?silent=true), [Self-Hosting Sentiment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/334451/9?silent=true), [admin API for AI artifacts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/371297/8?silent=true), [MCP repo kickoff](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/18?silent=true), [Proofread breaks quotes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/365102/7?silent=true), [Proofread teardown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/365102/8?silent=true), and [persona engineering tips](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/376342/9?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/pfaffman">pfaffman</a> shared the AI spam cleanup workflow in [Spam review & delete](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378956/1?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/one1">one1</a> filed AI link bugs in [feedback for Ask Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/8?silent=true) and [invalid link proposal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/11?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/Lee_Ars">Lee_Ars</a> tested AI results in [feedback for Ask Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/13?silent=true) and self-hosted sentiment in [Self-Hosting Sentiment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/334451/8?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/Lilly">Lilly</a> reported the admin usage date-range bug in [custom range issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378959/1?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/maiki">maiki</a> confirmed the AI icon link change in [AI Bot Icon PR](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/377435/3?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/awesomerobot">awesomerobot</a> merged the AI bot link tweak in [AI Bot Icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/377435/5?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/ozkn">ozkn</a> diagnosed missing Azure settings in [Discourse AI plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/234?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/Roman">Roman</a> updated provider options in [Discourse AI plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/233?silent=true) and merged fixes in [provider-specific PR](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/259214/235?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/EricGT">EricGT</a> called for stars & support in [MCP repo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/19?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/bksubhuti">bksubhuti</a> opened the Proofread-quote bug in [post 6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/365102/6?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/Jagster">Jagster</a> debated quoted-text scope in [post 9](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/365102/9?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/NateDhaliwal">NateDhaliwal</a> requested PM deletion rights in [feedback for Ask Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/14?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/Canapin">Canapin</a> echoed link-hallucination issues in [feedback for Ask Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/336805/10?silent=true).  
- <a class="mention" href="/u/pi_dwg">pi_dwg</a> briefly posted in [Content Localization & Automatic Translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/14?silent=true).

Thanks for reading, and I'll see you again next week! :)
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## Overview

Over the past week, the #meta.discourse.org AI category saw **lively discussions** across three broad areas:

1. **New and evolving features** – from the community-driven design of a Discourse Model Context Protocol ([MCP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/20?silent=true)) to improvements in ask.discourse history management and AI-driven content localization.  
2. **Plugin innovation** – with the release of a customizable summary-gist plugin and ongoing work around AI bot personas, PDF support, and potential persistent memory enhancements.  
3. **Bug fixes and stability** – several #Bug reports addressed AI spam misclassifications, embedding toggle errors, and a critical 500 Internal Server Error during manual AI configuration.

Below are the **10 most interesting topics** from August 18–25, followed by a breakdown of **who posted where**.

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## Interesting Topics

- **[Is there an official Discourse Model Context Protocol (MCP)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/20?silent=true)**  
  In this #Feature #ai thread, <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> kicked things off on August 18 with a request for MCP use-cases ([post 20](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/20?silent=true)). <a class="mention" href="/u/MachineScholar">MachineScholar</a> outlined an open-source cognitive agent desire ([post 21](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/21?silent=true)), while <a class="mention" href="/u/EricGT">EricGT</a> proposed “chat-with-forum” and morning briefs ([post 22](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/22?silent=true)). <a class="mention" href="/u/jrgong">jrgong</a> requested dev-centric MCP docs ([post 23](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/23?silent=true)), and <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> published initial MCP configs on GitHub ([post 24](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/24?silent=true), [post 25](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/25?silent=true)), then clarified fall-back behavior ([post 27](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/27?silent=true)).

- **[What is stopping you from trying out Discourse AI?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306059/32?silent=true)**  
  In this #Community #ai discussion, <a class="mention" href="/u/eisammy">eisammy</a> asked about model learning and caching ([post 32](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306059/32?silent=true)), <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> clarified that Discourse AI doesn’t train on forum data ([post 33](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306059/33?silent=true)), and <a class="mention" href="/u/Lee_Ars">Lee_Ars</a> shared cost-tracking and trust concerns ([post 35](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306059/35?silent=true), [post 38](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306059/38?silent=true), [post 40](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306059/40?silent=true)). 

- **[AI spam bot says it is not spam but scan log says it is spam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/1?silent=true)**  
  A #Bug #ai report by <a class="mention" href="/u/J-Ha_Hasegawa">J-Ha_Hasegawa</a> detailed a spam post passing through despite a “SPAM” scan log ([post 1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/1?silent=true)). <a class="mention" href="/u/Roman">Roman</a> diagnosed TL and test-code issues ([post 2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/2?silent=true)), pushed a fix in PR 34442, and clarified post-skip conditions ([post 5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/5?silent=true), [post 8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/8?silent=true)). After using a TL0 account, <a class="mention" href="/u/J-Ha_Hasegawa">J-Ha_Hasegawa</a> confirmed it now works as expected ([post 9](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/9?silent=true)).

- **[AI bot – Personas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/18?silent=true)**  
  Under #Site Management #how-to #ai #ai-bot, <a class="mention" href="/u/jrgong">jrgong</a> hit a 100-post limit ([post 18](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/18?silent=true)), <a class="mention" href="/u/MachineScholar">MachineScholar</a> suggested the Forum Researcher persona ([post 19](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/19?silent=true)), and <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> recommended switching personas for image and author-filter use cases ([post 21](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/21?silent=true), [post 23](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/23?silent=true)). <a class="mention" href="/u/jrgong">jrgong</a> also proposed a “read only topic owner” checkbox ([post 24](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/24?silent=true)).

- **[Custom Summary Gist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380060/1?silent=true)**  
  In this #Plugin #ai announcement, <a class="mention" href="/u/Lhc_fl">Lhc_fl</a> introduced a plugin to customize AI summary blocks ([post 1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380060/1?silent=true)), linking to <https://github.com/Lhcfl/discourse-custom-summary-gist> and noting dependency on [Summarize – Gists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-gists/340269), with an install guide at [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157).

- **[Impossible to disable AI embeddings when models have been removed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380088/1?silent=true)**  
  A #Bug #ai report by <a class="mention" href="/u/RGJ">RGJ</a> showed an error when toggling off embeddings without a selected model ([post 1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380088/1?silent=true)). <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> tagged <a class="mention" href="/u/Roman">Roman</a> for a quick look ([post 2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380088/2?silent=true)), and <a class="mention" href="/u/Roman">Roman</a> investigated config validations in [embeddings_module_validator.rb](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/plugins/discourse-ai/lib/configuration/embeddings_module_validator.rb#L10) ([post 3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380088/3?silent=true)).

- **[Content Localization – Manual and Automatic with Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/15?silent=true)**  
  Under #Site Management #ai #content-localization, <a class="mention" href="/u/tvavrda">tvavrda</a> noted untranslated sidebar docs and unexpected auto-switching ([post 15](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/15?silent=true)), <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> assigned <a class="mention" href="/u/nat">nat</a> to track sidebar translations ([post 16](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/16?silent=true)), and <a class="mention" href="/u/nat">nat</a> linked a related feature topic on user-bio translations ([post 17](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-translated-user-bios/378908?silent=true)). <a class="mention" href="/u/tvavrda">tvavrda</a> shared a video and further edge cases ([post 18](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/18?silent=true), [post 19](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/19?silent=true)), and <a class="mention" href="/u/nat">nat</a> pointed to outdated-translation indicators ([post 20](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/20?silent=true), [post 21](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/21?silent=true)).

- **[Improve managing history on Ask discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378924/5?silent=true)**  
  In this #Feature #ai #ask-discourse topic, <a class="mention" href="/u/awesomerobot">awesomerobot</a> reported progress porting Ask’s custom implementation over to `/discourse-ai/ai-bot/conversations` ([post 5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378924/5?silent=true)), referencing PR 28 on GitHub (https://github.com/discourse/discourse-ask-theme/pull/28), the unified conversations sidebar, and the existing [ask-discourse tag](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/ask-discourse).

- **[PDF support in Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/352829/19?silent=true)**  
  Under #Site Management #how-to #ai, <a class="mention" href="/u/MachineScholar">MachineScholar</a> asked about RAG “chat-with-your-PDFs” support ([post 19](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/352829/19?silent=true)), referenced Sam’s earlier “wait a few more weeks” advice ([post 5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/352829/5?silent=true)), and posted additional details on upload limits ([post 20](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/352829/20?silent=true)).

- **[Internal Server Error 500 – Manual configuration [ Discourse AI]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379557/1?silent=true)**  
  In this #Support #ai case, <a class="mention" href="/u/viswanatha">viswanatha</a> reported a 500 error when setting up Manual LLMs ([post 1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379557/1?silent=true)). <a class="mention" href="/u/Roman">Roman</a> suggested checking `/logs` and API key quirks ([post 2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379557/2?silent=true)), and <a class="mention" href="/u/viswanatha">viswanatha</a> shared an error trace pointing to `chat_gpt.rb` ([post 3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379557/3?silent=true)), with code available in [chat_gpt.rb on GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/plugins/discourse-ai/lib/completions/dialects/chat_gpt.rb).

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## Activity

Below is a rundown of **who posted where** from August 18–25 (all links include `?silent=true`):

- <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> (9 posts, 21 likes) contributed to:  
  • [MCP Protocol](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/20?silent=true), [24](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/24?silent=true), [25](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/25?silent=true), [27](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/27?silent=true)  
  • [Discourse AI adoption](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306059/33?silent=true)  
  • [AI bot Personas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/21?silent=true), [23](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/23?silent=true)  
  • [Content Localization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/16?silent=true)  
  • [AI embeddings toggle bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380088/2?silent=true)

- <a class="mention" href="/u/jrgong">jrgong</a> (5 posts, 9 likes) participated in:  
  • [MCP Protocol](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/23?silent=true)  
  • [AI bot Personas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/18?silent=true), [20](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/20?silent=true), [22](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/22?silent=true), [24](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/24?silent=true)

- <a class="mention" href="/u/Roman">Roman</a> (5 posts, 8 likes) helped resolve:  
  • [AI spam bot issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/2?silent=true), [5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/5?silent=true), [8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/8?silent=true)  
  • [AI embeddings bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380088/3?silent=true)  
  • [500 Error debug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379557/2?silent=true)

- <a class="mention" href="/u/Lee_Ars">Lee_Ars</a> (3 posts, 8 likes) shared insights in [Discourse AI adoption](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306059/35?silent=true), [38](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306059/38?silent=true), [40](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306059/40?silent=true).

- <a class="mention" href="/u/Lhc_fl">Lhc_fl</a> (1 post, 7 likes) unveiled [Custom Summary Gist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380060/1?silent=true).

- <a class="mention" href="/u/nat">nat</a> (3 posts, 3 likes) tracked localization: [370969/17](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-translated-user-bios/378908?silent=true), [370969/20](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/20?silent=true), and supported [Translator summaries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380067/2?silent=true).

- <a class="mention" href="/u/J-Ha_Hasegawa">J-Ha_Hasegawa</a> (4 posts, 3 likes) tested AI spam handling in [379375/1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/1?silent=true), [4](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/4?silent=true), [6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/6?silent=true), [9](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379375/9?silent=true).

- <a class="mention" href="/u/RGJ">RGJ</a> (1 post, 3 likes) reported [AI embeddings toggle bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380088/1?silent=true).

- <a class="mention" href="/u/awesomerobot">awesomerobot</a> (1 post, 3 likes) updated Ask.discourse history via [378924/5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/378924/5?silent=true).

- <a class="mention" href="/u/tvavrda">tvavrda</a> (3 posts, 3 likes) surfaced localization edge cases in [370969/15](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/15?silent=true), [18](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/18?silent=true), [19](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/370969/19?silent=true).

- <a class="mention" href="/u/BrianC">BrianC</a> (1 post) inquired about [AI persistent memory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380054/1?silent=true).

- <a class="mention" href="/u/viswanatha">viswanatha</a> (2 posts) debugged a 500 error in [379557/1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379557/1?silent=true) and [379557/3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379557/3?silent=true).

- <a class="mention" href="/u/MachineScholar">MachineScholar</a> (4 posts) explored MCP use-cases ([364859/21](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/364859/21?silent=true)), PDF support ([352829/19](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/352829/19?silent=true), [352829/20](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/352829/20?silent=true)), and bot personas ([306099/19](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/306099/19?silent=true)).

- <a class="mention" href="/u/jimkleiber">jimkleiber</a> (1 post) asked about extending the gist plugin at [380060/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380060/2?silent=true).

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Thanks for reading, and I'll see you again next week!  :slight_smile: