AI workers for Discourse

What is an AI worker for Discourse?

An AI worker for Discourse is an AI worker assigned to read and work with the discussions, member context and capabilities enabled by a hosted Discourse community. This setup supports vendor-hosted discourse.group sites. Custom-domain and self-hosted sites need a separately configured private MCP connection, and every site's enabled tools can differ. WorkerKit grants actions individually; the vendor account and its permissions determine the data available.

What these workers do

Prepare a topic handoff

Collect permitted discussions on a defined subject with links and unresolved questions.

Review community activity

Summarize accessible topics and replies for selected categories and a defined time window.

Draft a forum response for review

Prepare a source-grounded reply and publish only when the assigned job includes the site's reply capability.

How an AI worker runs in Discourse

Choose the right data

Make the handoff useful

Control the actions

This setup supports vendor-hosted discourse.group sites. Custom-domain and self-hosted sites need a separately configured private MCP connection, and every site's enabled tools can differ.

Discourse questions, answered.

What can an AI worker for Discourse help with?

A worker can use Discourse to read and work with the discussions, member context and capabilities enabled by a hosted Discourse community. This setup supports vendor-hosted discourse.group sites. Custom-domain and self-hosted sites need a separately configured private MCP connection, and every site's enabled tools can differ.

What access is needed to connect Discourse?

A Discourse admin enables the built-in MCP server, exposes the required capabilities and allows the connecting group and WorkerKit client-metadata domain. The vendor account, role and plan determine the source data available. Connect the app and review its actual tools before relying on a recurring job.

Can the worker make changes through Discourse?

Enabled capabilities can create topics, reply, edit posts, upload files or perform moderation and site-setting actions. Inspect the actual site's tools and grants; a report does not need the authority to publish or administer the community. Review the tools granted to the worker and the vendor result before treating a proposed action as completed.