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How to run the best comment section on the web: our five-step playbook for publishers! blog.discourse.org/2026/10/h…

Our 2027 vision for Discourse: one open-source home where your people and AI agents build together - and you own it outright. blog.discourse.org/2026/10/d…

.@thsottiaux is posting one @OpenAI ship-a-day for 28 days! @samsaffron built a Discourse Workflow that adds each post to a single table on the OpenAI Developer Community. Developers can find every release on one page and talk about each one there. Here's how we did it: blog.discourse.org/2026/10/h…

Discourse Workflows is our new native visual builder that puts routine admin on autopilot! Want to see what’s possible? Watch our launch video and see Workflows in action! youtu.be/Hes9lsc4QYM

Managing a thriving community just got much easier. Today, we’re launching Discourse Workflows, our native visual automation builder. From tailored onboarding messages to auto-rewarding your top contributors and streamlining every report, Workflows let you easily chain triggers and actions right inside Discourse. Unlock the power to scale your community’s culture while you focus on the big picture. Read more: blog.discourse.org/2026/09/i…

The full walkthrough, including our prompt and tool scripts, is on Meta: meta.discourse.org/t/you-can… 9/9

Every hosted Discourse plan includes credits for our preconfigured hosted LLMs, so you can try this without setting up a model provider. 8/9

For ask.discourse.com, we ask the bot to search before it answers, link to its sources, and be transparent when it doesn't know rather than guess. It's a solid starting point to shape around your own community. 7/9

Under the hood, it's an agent you set up in the Discourse AI plugin: a system prompt, the LLM of your choice, and custom tools that search and read topics on your forum. You can add URL sources too, like your pricing page. 6/9

The natural fit is support. Your forum can power a separate ask subdomain that helps customers find answers without digging through search results. 5/9

You can also add anonymous users to the AI bot allowed groups. They'll see a preview of the page, and if they ask something, they're prompted to log in. Their question is still waiting for them when they're back. 4/9

There's a new "AI bot conversations" option for your default homepage. Turn on the AI bot, choose that option, and visitors land straight in a conversation. Anyone without bot access falls back to your usual homepage. 3/9

Your forum already holds years of answers. Point an AI bot at it, and people can ask a question in plain language and get a reply grounded in what your community has actually written. 2/9

You can now run your own AI Q&A site on Discourse, the same setup behind ask.discourse.com. If you're on the latest release channel, the settings are already there waiting for you! 🧵 1/9

Can't wait to jump in? Check out what the Discourse community are building with Workflows: meta.discourse.org/t/webinar…

Webinar registrations are open! Discourse Workflows are a new way to build powerful, multi-step automations directly in your community platform. Join us for a complete overview and real-world examples. Secure your spot: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…

Your default settings haven't changed, so nothing will shift unless you want it to. We hope these updates make navigating your conversations smoother and more enjoyable. Log in and try the new options! Find more details here: meta.discourse.org/t/introdu… 5/5

You've also got new sorting capabilities to keep things tidy. You can arrange each section alphabetically, by recent activity, or by priority, bringing your mentions and unread messages to the top. 4/5

Now, you can set specific preferences for each section of your chat sidebar, including public channels, direct messages, and starred channels. You'll be able to easily filter these sections by all channels, active only, unread, or just your mentions. 3/5

Until now, your channels were sorted automatically - public channels alphabetically and direct messages by priority. While this was a good baseline, we wanted to give you more control to customize your sidebar the way you want. 2/5