This week, AI discussions spanned search UX improvements, localization quirks, embeddings configuration, and bug fixes post-upgrade. Administrators and developers delved into making AI search results more discoverable, tweaking Gemini embeddings settings, and resolving errors introduced in the 3.6.0 beta. Community members also explored using Discourse for niche groups, tested local LLM integrations, and reported composer glitches with pasted images. Major themes hit #ai-support, ai-search, Bug, Community, and UX.
“We just deployed a big improvement to the underlying tech that powers semantic search…” — Falcoref
“Many users are still wary of AI so they don’t toggle the switch…” — RBoyref
Interesting Topics
Hiding XX results found using AI—enable toggle by default (Supportaiai-search) RBoy kicked off the thread by noting that AI search results were hidden by default. NateDhaliwal pointed to existing docs ref, and Falco explained how it now auto-toggles when native results are missing ref. A temporary theme script to force the toggle was also shared ref.
Falsche Übersetzung, wenn post locale = UI locale (Bugaidynaloccontent-localization) Jakob_Naumann reported that English posts were showing up in German after a default-locale change ref. Falco recommended purging and re-creating the localization cache ref.
Gemini API Embedding Configuration Clarification (Supportai) RBoy asked what sequence length maps to in the embedding settings and how to throttle API backfills to avoid 429 errors ref. Falco confirmed sequence length equals the model’s token capacity (2048) and pointed out the hidden ai_embeddings_backfill_batch_size setting ref.
Exploring Reranking Options for Discourse AI (Supportai)
In a longer-running thread, Falco rolled out a major semantic search improvement ref, expected to reduce reliance on external rerankers. tpetrov queried support for uploaded RAG documents versus forum topics ref, and Falco confirmed the change covers all embedding use cases ref.
Would this work for a community of women over 45+ (Communityai) bessnlj wondered if Discourse with AI-powered search fits a niche dating/coaching site ref. tobiaseigen clarified that meta.discourse.org is for Discourse hosts but encouraged spinning up a trial for custom use ref and pointed to existing communities for inspiration ref.
Local Ollama is not working with the Plugin (Supportai) Tikkel faced an “Internal Server Error” when Discourse called the Ollama service, despite successful cURL tests ref. Falco asked for container logs ref, and Tikkel confirmed that adjusting DISCOURSE_ALLOWED_INTERNAL_HOSTS syntax to use pipes solved it ref.
Gemini Embeddings Issue After Discourse Update to 3.6.0 Beta 2 (Supportai)
Upgrading to 3.6.0.beta2 broke embedding tests for RBoy, who spotted that Gemini’s old embedding-001 model was retired ref. He fixed it by switching to gemini-embedding-001 in the plugin settings ref.
Embedding error with 3.6.0 beta 2 (Bugai)
A related bug, reported by RBoy, showed “invalid input syntax for type halfvec: “[NULL]”” when querying embeddings post-upgrade ref. This points to null-vector handling issues in the new release.
After sending the image, add this to the beginning of the message: [object InputEvent] (Bugai) kuaza discovered that copy-pasting images into the composer prepends an [object InputEvent] string ref. Uploading via the file selector avoids the glitch, leading to further UX tweaks.
How to solve discourse ai: No endpoints found that support tool use (Supportai) whitewaterdeu saw a 404 “No endpoints found that support tool use” error testing OpenRouter’s qwen3-8b model ref. Disabling native tool integration resolved the issue ref.
Weekly AI Activity Summary: 2025-10-20 → 2025-10-27
Overview
This week’s ai discussions on Meta spanned API troubleshooting, content localization, user feedback on translations, and plugin bug fixes.
In the Support category, Enit kicked off a deep dive by encountering a 400 Bad Request Using API error when trying to create a topic via the REST API. supermathie pointed them to the Discourse REST API documentation and requested authentication details ref. Moin then asked for log excerpts ref and clarified whether this was purely an API issue or tied to the AI plugin ref. Ultimately, the mystery was solved when the proper logs surfaced under /logsref.
On the #Site Management front, the Content Localization - Manual and Automatic with Discourse AI discussion saw cmdntd propose making the tl URL parameter available to all users, not just guests ref. Falco clarified that it currently applies globally across the site ref. wenqin then tested the feature and suggested a “default (no translation)” option for multilingual learners ref, and Moin helped locate the toggle for viewing original content ref. Wenqin confirmed the solution worked perfectly ref.
400 Bad Request Using API (Supportrest-apiai): Enit’s API call returned 400 Bad Request, leading supermathie and Moin through authentication checks, log diagnostics, and plugin context clarifications.
我已关闭Discobot,但它仍然运行 (Supportai): A misidentified Discobot issue was resolved when NateDhaliwal explained it was the AI Search Discoveries feature, toggleable in preferences.
Enit: spearheaded the API deep dive with five posts—initial report ref, plugin context clarification ref, log details ref, solution confirmation ref, and broader AI memory discussion ref.
Weekly AI Activity Summary: 2025-10-27 to 2025-11-03
Overview
This week on meta.discourse.org saw vibrant discussions across ai, content-localization, Feature, and Support. From multilingual translation preferences and concerns over undisclosed auto-translation, to hidden configuration settings and feature requests for AI-powered formatting, the community dove deep into how Discourse AI can be more flexible and transparent. Contributors also tackled LLM errors, debated structured output requirements, sought cost estimates for AI features, and explored token limits for embeddings. Overall, the focus remained on improving user control, enhancing reliability, and broadening provider support.
I think discourse-ai API needs a regression (aiDev) MoRanYue proposed dropping structured output for broader provider support in I think discourse-ai API needs a regression. Falco explained why structured output matters in post 2, and MoRanYue offered XML-like separators as an alternative in post 3.
Over the past week, the community dove into several translation and rate-limit challenges, as well as fresh plugin releases and AI helper configuration issues. Key themes included:
AI Persona Stability: Reports of the AI bot entering infinite loops and spamming highlighted the need to calibrate LLM temperature parameters (AI bot infinite loop and spamming).
Plugin Spotlight: The new llms.txt generator plugin promises to make forum content discoverable by LLMs (Discourse llms.txt Generator Plugin).
Rate Limits & Budget Errors: Discussions surfaced around Gemini Pro’s thinking budget constraints and cost-input minimums, uncovering unexpected validation errors in both free and paid tiers (Gemini Pro thinking budget error, AI model cost input restriction).
Below are the 10 most interesting topics from the week, followed by a breakdown of who said what.
AI bot infinite loop and spamming (Supportai-bot) wisewords reported that after creating a new persona the AI began delaying responses and posting repetitive spam in AI bugging out, having a mental breakdown, and Falco explained it was due to the LLM hitting an infinite generation loop at certain temperature settings in post 2.
Staff override for translation max age (Featuretranslationaicontent-localization) jrgong requested the ability for staff to bypass the AI translation backfill max age days setting when manually translating older posts in post 1, and Falco tested and confirmed the manual translation button already overrides this backfill restriction in post 3.
Resetting Proofreader settings (Supportai-helper) bksubhuti sought guidance on restoring missing Proofreader options in the AI helper menu in post 1, and Moin and OP resolved it by rebuilding after correcting trust level configurations in post 4.
Missing language switcher after auto-translation (Supportaicontent-localization)
After successfully backfilling translations, EasyChen could not see the language switcher on translated posts in post 1, with nat guiding them through enabling the site setting and checking post locale detection in post 2 and post 7.
LLM and Discourse AI settings hidden (Supportai) Nima1 reported missing LLM tabs in the AI plugin on a Persian-locale site in post 1, and nat clarified that the “Discourse AI enabled” setting must be saved first to reveal the rest in post 2.
Default LLM model dropdown empty (Supportai) undasein was unable to select a default model due to an empty dropdown in post 1, and NateDhaliwal pointed them to configure LLMs under “Plugins > AI > LLMs” in post 2.
Gemini Pro thinking budget error (Bugai) RBoy encountered a “Budget 0 is invalid” error when setting a zero or negative budget for the gemini-pro-latest model in post 1, and the team acknowledged they will investigate in post 2.
AI model cost input restriction (Bugai) RBoy noted that the cost fields for AI model input and output prevent values below 0.1 in Can’t enter AI model cost of less than 0.1, overriding entries like 0.075 back to zero.
Weekly AI Activity Summary (2025-11-17 to 2025-11-24)
Overview
In the past week, the ai and ai-bot space on meta.discourse.org saw 36 new posts across 5 new topics, tackling integration errors, spam filtering, plugin flexibility, and content formatting. Highlights include:
Usage not showing LLM modelsBugai RBoy reported that the Usage tab lists raw model IDs instead of configured LLM names; sam acknowledged the request for clearer breakdowns.
Discourse explained what happens when you Run Out of AI credits (#Hosted_Customersexplanationai), detailing daily credit allotments, plan upgrade paths, and how to connect your own LLM to avoid service interruptions.
iamcapote proposed AI supporting Micro-Features (Featureai), advocating for per-persona auto-greetings, internal system notes, and richer AI menu metadata (display names, tooltips, docs links) to make each persona self-explanatory.
派蒙pm from the Chinese community shared screenshots and 502 errors in 有关ai的问题 (Supportai), asking for help troubleshooting AI connectivity, and offering to provide logs or configs for deeper analysis.
“If your AI is getting cutoff before writing everything, and you happen to be using AI Gateway from Cloudflare, the first step is to query the model API directly!”
— DevTeVe (post 8)
Interesting Topics
sam noticed that a persona-driven RAG search fails to return private content when using the main site search, Neil_Evans provided detailed logs to narrow down the issue, and Falco implemented a fix to pass the authenticated user to the search assistant (post 6, post 8, post 15)
RBoy proposed the ability to track usage per persona—including counts and resource consumption—for system optimization, and sam agreed this would require extending the stats table to include persona IDs (post 1, post 2)
pierregilles discovered that email notifications still use the original language when AI translation is enabled, resulting in mixed-language messages, and Moin pointed to an existing feature request for translated-post emails (post 1, post 2)
Shin_210 reported that the Discourse AI bot refuses to respond in the chat interface despite correct LLM configuration, sam suggested toggling the Responses API and updating the endpoint, and after an upgrade, the issue was resolved (post 1, post 4, post 24)
sam merged a PDF ingestion solution into the Discourse AI plugin, enabling forum content to be indexed directly from PDFs; users can preview the upcoming release via the linked PR (PR 36415, post 22)
DevTeVe uncovered a bot context exception when using the Discord Persona Bot integration, filed a PR to enforce the correct BotContext, and Yuuki_Mizukami inquired about support for new LLMs like DeepSeek, with Falco confirming existing compatibility (post 243, post 245)
Falco addressed a 403 error from the Stability.ai generator by linking to the improved image-generation support discussion, guiding users to the updated integration in the Discourse AI plugin (post 5)
Falco fixed an issue preventing entry of model costs below 0.1 by adjusting the input validation logic in the AI settings page (post 2)
Falco patched a bug where hidden tags were inadvertently exposed in AI-generated summaries, ensuring tag-level privacy is maintained (post 5)
DevTeVe traced incomplete AI responses to Cloudflare’s AI Gateway and confirmed that bypassing the gateway restored full outputs, popularizing a workaround for similar outages (post 8, post 9)
## Overview
Over the past week, the Discourse AI plugin saw significant enhancements, bug fixes, and community support discussions. Hosted customers can now use an in-house, open-weights LLM at no extra cost thanks to <a class="mention" href="/u/keegan">keegan</a>’s announcement in [Unlock All Discourse AI Features with Our Hosted LLM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390985/1?silent=true) #Announcements #ai. We also shipped **native PDF and document attachment support**—announced in [Native PDF and attachment support in Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391007/1?silent=true) and explained in [Using PDF and attachment support with AI bots](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391005/1?silent=true) #Site Management #how-to. Several bugs were triaged and resolved: preference toggling in [Toggling the "AI search discoveries" preference doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391135/1?silent=true) #Bug, a 400 error in AI bot requests fixed after [Ai bot 400 error on 2025.12.0-latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390794/1?silent=true) #Bug, missing moderator sentiment pages addressed in [Missing sentiment pages for moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391033/1?silent=true) #Bug, and a UI glitch on the LLM Usage page corrected as tracked in [Minor UI bug in LLM Usage page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391273/1?silent=true) #UX. Finally, the community dug into advanced topics like third-party model image support in [Qwen3-VL-8b Image Recognition Issues and Gemma3-27b Mixed Text Image Content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391017/1?silent=true) #Support and custom tokenizers in [How to use AI models with custom tokenizers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391238/1?silent=true) #Support, while <a class="mention" href="/u/RGJ">RGJ</a> revived a permissions bug in [Discourse AI does not respect the "everyone" group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/292048/5?silent=true) #Bug.
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## Interesting Topics
- **Hosted, open-weights LLM for all tiers**
<a class="mention" href="/u/keegan">keegan</a> unveiled the “CDCK Hosted Small LLM” enabling Starter through Enterprise customers to access every Discourse AI feature without third-party dependencies in [Unlock All Discourse AI Features with Our Hosted LLM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390985/1?silent=true). <a class="mention" href="/u/mcmcclur">mcmcclur</a> inquired about API access in post [2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390985/2?silent=true), and <a class="mention" href="/u/Falco">Falco</a> confirmed it won’t be offered for self-hosters in post [3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390985/3?silent=true). #Announcements #ai
- **Native PDF & attachment support for AI bots**
<a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> delivered the long-awaited ability to upload PDFs and other documents in AI conversations in [Native PDF and attachment support in Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391007/1?silent=true), with detailed configuration in [Using PDF and attachment support with AI bots](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391005/1?silent=true). #ai #how-to
- **“AI search discoveries” preference toggle bug**
<a class="mention" href="/u/Moin">Moin</a> reported that changing the **AI search discoveries** setting didn’t stick in [Toggling the "AI search discoveries" preference doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391135/1?silent=true). Core maintainer <a class="mention" href="/u/zogstrip">zogstrip</a> proposed a PR with a new `valueTransformer` in post [7](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391135/7?silent=true), incorporating feedback from <a class="mention" href="/u/david">david</a> in post [6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391135/6?silent=true). #Bug
- **AI bot 400 error after 2025.12.0 update**
<a class="mention" href="/u/MachineScholar">MachineScholar</a> discovered that every AI bot request returned a `400 Unknown parameter` error in [Ai bot 400 error on 2025.12.0-latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390794/1?silent=true). <a class="mention" href="/u/Falco">Falco</a> noted recent refactors in post [2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390794/2?silent=true), and <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> issued a fix (PR 36572) in post [6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390794/6?silent=true), confirmed resolved by post [8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390794/8?silent=true). #Bug #ai-bot
- **Missing sentiment pages for moderators**
<a class="mention" href="/u/putty">putty</a> noted that moderators couldn’t see sentiment reports in the sidebar in [Missing sentiment pages for moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391033/1?silent=true). <a class="mention" href="/u/awesomerobot">awesomerobot</a> quickly merged a sidebar fix in post [2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391033/2?silent=true). #ai-sentiment #Bug
- **Minor UI glitch on LLM Usage page**
<a class="mention" href="/u/RBoy">RBoy</a> spotted that new LLMs show up unnamed under `llm_validator` in [Minor UI bug in LLM Usage page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391273/1?silent=true). <a class="mention" href="/u/zogstrip">zogstrip</a> confirmed PR 36694 will correct the dropdown in post [2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391273/2?silent=true). #UX #pr-welcome
- **Qwen3-VL-8b image recognition limitations**
<a class="mention" href="/u/Ivan_Rapekas">Ivan_Rapekas</a> explored how non-Anthropic/OpenAI/Google models handle images in [Qwen3-VL-8b Image Recognition Issues and Gemma3-27b Mixed Text Image Content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391017/1?silent=true). <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a> clarified that LMStudio lacks PDF support in post [2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391017/2?silent=true), with a follow-up comment from Ivan marking it solved in post [3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391017/3?silent=true). #ai #Support
- **Custom tokenizer configuration**
<a class="mention" href="/u/RBoy">RBoy</a> asked whether Discourse AI can use a custom tokenizer for moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct in [How to use AI models with custom tokenizers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391238/1?silent=true). <a class="mention" href="/u/Falco">Falco</a> recommended choosing the closest built-in tokenizer and adjusting the context window in post [2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391238/2?silent=true). #Support #ai
- **AI group-permission bug: “everyone” not respected**
<a class="mention" href="/u/RGJ">RGJ</a> revived an old issue where setting **AI bot allowed groups** to `everyone` still blocks the bot in [Discourse AI does not respect the "everyone" group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/292048/5?silent=true), and pointed out the faulty `allowed_groups_map` check in core. #Bug
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## Activity
Below is a breakdown of contributions by our most active community members over the last week:
- **<a class="mention" href="/u/sam">sam</a>**
• Announced native PDF & attachment support in [391007/1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391007/1?silent=true) and authored the how-to [391005/1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391005/1?silent=true).
• Fixed the AI bot 400 error in [390794/6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390794/6?silent=true) and confirmed the resolution in [390794/8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390794/8?silent=true).
• Clarified Qwen3-VL-8b image support in [391017/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391017/2?silent=true).
- **<a class="mention" href="/u/Falco">Falco</a>**
• Advised that the hosted LLM API won’t be available for self-hosters in [390985/3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390985/3?silent=true).
• Helped diagnose the 400 error on AI bots in [390794/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390794/2?silent=true).
• Guided on custom tokenizers in [391238/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391238/2?silent=true).
- **<a class="mention" href="/u/keegan">keegan</a>**
• Launched the CDCK hosted LLM in [390985/1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390985/1?silent=true) and detailed configuration in [390985/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390985/2?silent=true).
- **<a class="mention" href="/u/stephtara">stephtara</a>**
• Shared expertise on multilingual translations in [381120/36](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/381120/36?silent=true).
• Offered community-building advice in [385877/8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/385877/8?silent=true).
- **<a class="mention" href="/u/zogstrip">zogstrip</a>**
• Proposed the core `valueTransformer` for the preference bug in [391135/5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391135/5?silent=true).
• Approved the UI fix for LLM Usage filters in [391273/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391273/2?silent=true).
- **<a class="mention" href="/u/RGJ">RGJ</a>**
• Highlighted the “everyone” group permission bug in [292048/5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/292048/5?silent=true).
- **<a class="mention" href="/u/awesomerobot">awesomerobot</a>**
• Fixed missing moderator sentiment links in [391033/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391033/2?silent=true).
- **<a class="mention" href="/u/putty">putty</a>**
• Reported the missing sentiment pages for moderators in [391033/1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391033/1?silent=true).
- **<a class="mention" href="/u/david">david</a>**
• Advised on a core approach for preference value transformation in [391135/6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/391135/6?silent=true).
- **<a class="mention" href="/u/MachineScholar">MachineScholar</a>**
• Reported the AI bot 400 error in [390794/1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390794/1?silent=true) and confirmed it was resolved in [390794/8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/390794/8?silent=true).
Thanks for reading, and I'll see you again next week! :slight_smile:
祁同伟 explored integrating NVIDIA’s embedding models via the NIM API, shared API key details, and encountered case-sensitive model naming quirks before Falco posted a working configuration screenshot. 希望ai插件可以支持nvidia的嵌入向量模型 (Featureai)
Jason_Hsia celebrated the launch of the Discourse MCP moderation framework and envisioned Cursor integration, while sam reminded users to simply enable it via the MCP config. Discourse MCP is here! (blogaimcp)
per1234 — suggested linking to the AI bot profile on #391531/3, outlined alternate link destinations on #391531/5, and emphasized false-positive transparency on #391531/8.
Moin — advocated permission-based link visibility on #391531/7 and stressed clear AI messaging on #391531/9.
joo — initiated the threaded-AI feature on #391875/1.
祁同伟 — tested NVIDIA embedding models on #391833/1 and shared failure logs on #391833/3.
Questions around localization support in the new Discourse Moderation Companion (MCP), where jrgong asked about pulling German content with an English translation, sparking a side-request for a locale parameter in the REST API (Discourse MCP is here!).
A caching/UI bug in the LLM Usage page that prevented time-range changes from refreshing model lists, reported by RBoy (Bug in LLM Usage UI).
Glitches in the Daily Summary tool, where summaries appear as copy blocks and mis-categorize posts, highlighted by Heliosurge (Daily Summary (On Meta)).
These threads cover Feature requests, Bug fixes, and improvements in ai-summarize, mcp, UX, and #site-management.
jrgong praised the MCP but inquired about a locale argument to fetch German-to-English translations, leading to a suggestion to add a parameter to the read tool (Discourse MCP is here!, support request) ai, mcp.
RBoy discovered a persistent caching issue in the LLM Usage UI where selecting “Last 24 hours” still showed last month’s models (Bug in LLM Usage UI, see earlier minor UI bug) Bug, UX, ai.
Heliosurge reported two Daily Summary anomalies: summaries posted as copy blocks and incorrect classification of a plugin as a theme component (Daily Summary (On Meta), original report here, follow-up here) Bug, #site-management, automation.
jrgong posted twice in the MCP thread—first asking about locale support at post 12 and later linking to the REST API request at post 14—garnering 2 likes.
Falco contributed a key suggestion at post 13 on how to implement a locale parameter (2 likes).
RBoy reported the LLM Usage UI bug in post 1, receiving 1 like.
## Overview
This week on #ai the community tackled a range of topics from integration and setup to bug fixes and feature requests. In #Marketplace, <a class="mention" href="/u/Geenicetea">Geenicetea</a> sought help with [DiscourseConnect & AI setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393147/1?silent=true), prompting guidance from <a class="mention" href="/u/jahan_gagan">jahan_gagan</a> [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393147/2?silent=true) and <a class="mention" href="/u/itsbhanusharma">itsbhanusharma</a> [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393147/3?silent=true).
In #Bug, the mysterious appearance of external links in Discobot search results was diagnosed as an address-replacement quirk by <a class="mention" href="/u/Moin">Moin</a> [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393260/3?silent=true) after <a class="mention" href="/u/Lilly">Lilly</a> reported unexpected OOPS pages [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393260/1?silent=true).
On #Support, users dove deep into configuring Discourse AI for *internal-only* usage [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393030/1?silent=true) and uncovered hidden web-search costs that led one admin to switch providers [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393030/7?silent=true). Meanwhile, a curious 403 error when logged out of AI credits status surfaced in #Bug #ai-summarize [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393261/1?silent=true).
Feature requests spanned automation improvements—triggering AI replies only for topic creators [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393157/1?silent=true)—and deeper control over AI bot attachments in #Feature #ai-bot [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393178/1?silent=true).
> “Is there a way to fully restrict file upload for the AI bot?”
—<a class="mention" href="/u/m_terenui">m_terenui</a>
For a deep dive on SSO, refer to our [Marketplace thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393147/1?silent=true).
You can also revisit the [internal-only Discourse AI discussion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393030/1?silent=true).
And while investigating UI bugs, see [this console error report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392652/3?silent=true).
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## Interesting Topics
- **DiscourseConnect & AI single sign-on** (#Marketplace #wp-discourse #discourseconnect #ai)
<a class="mention" href="/u/Geenicetea">Geenicetea</a> asked for SSO guidance in [Can someone help me set up discourseconnect & ai](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393147/1?silent=true).
- **Discobot search showing external links** (#Bug #search #ai)
<a class="mention" href="/u/Lilly">Lilly</a> flagged [The “Discobot discoveries” search results on Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393260/1?silent=true) returning non-Meta URLs, with <a class="mention" href="/u/Moin">Moin</a> explaining the URL rewriting [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393260/3?silent=true).
- **Internal-only Discourse AI configuration** (#Support #ai)
<a class="mention" href="/u/Thefacto">Thefacto</a> explored [How to set up Discourse AI for internal-only usage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393030/1?silent=true) and discovered hidden web-search costs [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393030/7?silent=true).
- **403 error on AI credits status** (#Bug #ai-summarize)
<a class="mention" href="/u/Moin">Moin</a> reported [403 errors for /discourse-ai/credits/status?features[]=topic_summaries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393261/1?silent=true) when logged out.
- **AI automation only for topic owners** (#Feature #automation #ai)
<a class="mention" href="/u/kuaza">kuaza</a> suggested [AI Automation For Topic Creators Only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393157/1?silent=true) so that automated replies only trigger for the topic author.
- **Discourse MCP enhancements** (#Blog #ai #mcp)
<a class="mention" href="/u/jrgong">jrgong</a> proposed permission arguments in [Discourse MCP is here!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/386983/15?silent=true).
- **Bug in LLM Usage UI** (#UX #ai)
<a class="mention" href="/u/zogstrip">zogstrip</a> fixed cache handling in [Bug in LLM Usage UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392652/3?silent=true).
- **Restricting file uploads in AI bot** (#Feature #ai-bot)
<a class="mention" href="/u/m_terenui">m_terenui</a> asked about removing file-upload capabilities in [Exploring blocking file upload while interacting with AI bot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393178/1?silent=true).
- **Filtering AI conversations** (#Feature #ai)
<a class="mention" href="/u/kuaza">kuaza</a> revisited [Listing conversations with artificial intelligence on a separate page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/362711/10?silent=true).
- **Support for AI modes in source code** (#Support #ai)
<a class="mention" href="/u/toanvoc">toanvoc</a> asked if Discourse supports various AI modes in [Does the Discourse source code support AI modes and AI overviews?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392260/10?silent=true).
- **AI contextual menu not updating** (#Support #ai-helper #bug)
<a class="mention" href="/u/mcmcclur">mcmcclur</a> described menu-refresh issues in [AI contextual_menu does not update reliably](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392930/1?silent=true).
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## Activity
- <a class="mention" href="/u/Geenicetea">Geenicetea</a> initiated the SSO integration thread [Can someone help me set up discourseconnect & ai](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393147/1?silent=true?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/jahan_gagan">jahan_gagan</a> offered assistance in [Can someone help me set up discourseconnect & ai](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393147/2?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/itsbhanusharma">itsbhanusharma</a> also chimed in on SSO setup in [Can someone help me set up discourseconnect & ai](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393147/3?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/Lilly">Lilly</a> reported the Discobot search anomaly in [The “Discobot discoveries” search results on Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393260/1?silent=true) and contributed to the internal-only AI setup thread in [How to set up Discourse AI for internal-only usage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393030/2?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/Moin">Moin</a> explained the URL rewrite in Discobot search [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393260/3?silent=true) and reported the 403 error in [403 error for /discourse-ai/credits/status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393261/1?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/Thefacto">Thefacto</a> led the **internal-only AI** discussion in [How to set up Discourse AI for internal-only usage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393030/1?silent=true), iterated through posts [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393030/3?silent=true), [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393030/5?silent=true), and closed the loop with a solution [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393030/7?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/kuaza">kuaza</a> made two feature requests: AI automation for authors in [AI Automation For Topic Creators Only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393157/1?silent=true) and filtering AI conversations in [Listing conversations with artificial intelligence on a separate page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/362711/10?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/Falco">Falco</a> reviewed PR possibilities in [Discourse MCP is here!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/386983/15?silent=true) and welcomed further contributions [ref](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/386983/16?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/zogstrip">zogstrip</a> addressed caching in [Bug in LLM Usage UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392652/3?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/Bruce5051">Bruce5051</a> suggested “AI hallucination?” in [The “Discobot discoveries” search results on Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393260/2?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/merefield">merefield</a> asked for clarification in [Does the Discourse source code support AI modes and AI overviews?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392260/11?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/toanvoc">toanvoc</a> inquired about AI mode support in [Does the Discourse source code support AI modes and AI overviews?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392260/10?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/mcmcclur">mcmcclur</a> reported AI menu issues in [AI contextual_menu does not update reliably](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392930/1?silent=true).
- <a class="mention" href="/u/m_terenui">m_terenui</a> explored file-upload restrictions in [Exploring blocking file upload while interacting with AI bot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/393178/1?silent=true).
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Thanks for reading, and I'll see you again next week! :slight_smile:
Related Topics not translated (Support, ai, related-topics, content-localization) stance455 kicked off this thread by noting that auto-translated pages still showed English “related topics” ref, Lilly requested reproduction steps ref, Moin provided the #solution to set ai embeddings model to multilingual-e5-largeref, and stance455 confirmed all was well afterward ref.
Discourse MCP is here! (blog, ai, mcp) SkhemaDeveloper verified access to “write” tools after configuring the —allow_writes flag ref and later resolved the issue by regenerating an admin key as systemref. sam announced a new release with considerations for admin-only endpoints ref, while rey.riel proposed and submitted a PR for email and group access behind admin keys ref, later sharing the PR link ref and a doc-caveat on “single user = system” in key creation ref.
User Interface Preferences: include setting to disable AI nudges (UX, ai-summarize) conartist6 asked about disabling AI suggestion buttons via a user setting ref. Moin suggested a local CSS workaround ref. conartist6 then contemplated a PR for a new toggle ref, with Canapin noting the team’s caution on adding settings ref. conartist6 highlighted broader ethical concerns ref, chapoi recommended gauging community traction with a Feature request ref, awesomerobot pointed out the existing admin-level toggle ref, and conartist6 confirmed that hiding the button suffices for personal preference ref.
Self-Hosting an OpenSource LLM for DiscourseAI (#Self-Hosting, ai) pacharanero requested the ability to inject a custom HTTP header (e.g., SubscriptionKey) into LLM requests ref. pfaffman suggested either a Discourse plugin or an NGINX proxy workaround ref.
The “Discobot discoveries” search results on Meta (Bug, search, ai) ondrej reported that Discobot’s AI-powered suggestions pointed to a non-existent category ref, prompting discussion on whether to disable AI discoveries here ref.
AI bot – Custom tools (#Site Management, how-to, ai) jorge-gbs encountered a schema validation error when defining an array parameter in a custom tool ref and asked for known limitations or UI paths.
Improved Image Generation Support in Discourse AI (Announcements, ai, ai-helper) David_Ghost inquired about using Stability API keys in a custom tool for image generation ref.
Discourse AI (Plugin, official, included-in-core, ai) 祁同伟 shared a community-built Tampermonkey script integrating Twitter’s open-sourced recommendation algorithm into Discourse’s AI recommendations ref.
Is ‘in’ translateable in relative_reset_time? (#Translations, ai) zogstrip caught a missing %{in} translation key and linked to a fix PR ref, with Moin confirming multilingual behavior works for both time formats ref.
Feature request: improve Discourse AI LLM setup (model discovery) and add AI config import/export (Support, ai) tom_eric proposed UX enhancements for auto-discovering OpenAI-compatible models and adding import/export for AI configurations, to streamline multi-env admin workflows ref.