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 run automatically.

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.

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AI agent for Discourse

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

Your AI agent for Discourse reads topics, monitors discussions, tracks user activity, and helps moderate your community. An ideal AI agent for community management, support forums, and developer communities - it surfaces trending threads, flags issues, and drafts responses so your team stays on top of every conversation. Write actions always require your approval.

Active communities generate far more content than any team can manually review. A Discourse AI agent continuously monitors topics, surfaces what needs attention, and drafts responses so your community stays engaged without burning out your moderators.

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What your AI agent can do with Discourse

Read-only actions run automatically. Write actions require your approval.

Read-only actions

list topics

Browse latest, top, or category-specific topics across your forum

get topic

Read a full topic including all posts and metadata

list posts

Fetch posts within a topic or across the forum by filter

search topics

Search topics and posts by keyword, category, or author

get user

Look up user profiles, activity stats, and trust levels

Write actions (require approval)

create topic

Open a new topic in a specified category on your behalf

create post

Reply to an existing topic or draft a response for your review

Example workflows with Discourse

Real tasks you can run on a schedule or on demand.

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monitor new topics daily and post a digest summary to your team's Slack channel

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detect unanswered support questions older than 24 hours and draft suggested replies

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track trending discussions each week and surface insights for your community report

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welcome new members with a personalized reply when they post their introduction

How to connect Discourse

Create a free m8tes account.

Connect Discourse

Click Connect and complete the OAuth flow or enter your API key.

Create a task

Give your AI agent a task that uses Discourse. It handles the rest.

Discourse AI agent: FAQ

Common questions about using an AI agent with Discourse.

Build an AI agent for Discourse

Connect Discourse to an autonomous AI agent that reads data, runs tasks on schedule, and delivers structured output.

AI teammates: all integrations
Build an AI agent that uses Discourse alongside your other tools.

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