What can an AI agent do with Discourse?

A Discourse AI agent can monitor new and trending topics, search for unanswered questions, read individual threads, look up user activity, draft replies, and open new topics - all on a schedule or triggered on demand. Write actions like posting always require your approval.

Can the AI agent post or reply without my approval?

No. Any write action - creating a topic or posting a reply - requires your explicit approval before it goes live. Read-only actions like browsing topics or fetching user profiles are shown to you before they run.

Does it work with private or restricted categories?

Yes, as long as the API key you connect has access to those categories. The agent operates with exactly the permissions granted to the key you provide.

Can I use this for a developer community or support forum?

Absolutely. It works well for any Discourse forum - open-source project communities, SaaS support forums, and internal team knowledge bases all benefit from automated monitoring and triage.

Communication

Discourse, run by an agent.

An AI agent that monitors, engages, and moderates your Discourse community.

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What needs your approval

Discourse never changes anything without you.

Anything that creates, edits or deletes in Discourse waits for your approval. Approve a recurring task once and it runs unattended after that.

Connecting Discourse

About 5 minutes

Auth: API key
Setup: About 5 minutes

Where to get access

Enter your Discourse credentials as JSON: {"url": "https://your-forum.com", "key": "your-api-key", "username": "your-username"}. Create an API key in Discourse under Admin > API.

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Example tasks

Real work people hand to an agent that uses Discourse.

monitor new topics daily and post a digest summary to your team's Slack channel
detect unanswered support questions older than 24 hours and draft suggested replies
track trending discussions each week and surface insights for your community report
welcome new members with a personalized reply when they post their introduction