Getting Started with Drupal AI: A Practical, Open Approach to Building Real Workflows

Session Category Emerging Technology Audience Beginner

AI is already becoming part of how Drupal sites are built and maintained. The challenge is not access to tools, it is knowing how to apply them in a way that is practical, repeatable, and responsible. This training introduces a structured, open source approach to adopting AI in Drupal. It is based on the Drupal AI Training 101 (https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal_ai_train_101) curriculum, a set of sessions, exercises, and implementation patterns designed to help teams move from initial experimentation to real-world use. This curriculum was created my myself and Rod Martin and has been Open Sourced for other Drupal community members to use and adapt.

Participants will be guided through practical examples that demonstrate how AI can be applied to common Drupal workflows, including content transformation, automation, and no-code solutions.

This is a hands-on, example-driven session focused on showing how things work and how to apply them in your own projects. The curriculum used in this training has been open sourced, allowing participants to continue learning and run their own internal sessions after the event.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Understand how AI fits into Drupal workflows in a practical, implementation-focused way
  • Use a structured, repeatable curriculum to guide AI adoption within their teams
  • Apply AI to content workflows such as summarisation, translation, and simplification
  • Build simple AI-powered automations using Drupal tools and no-code approaches
  • Extend their learning using open source training materials

Format

This is a hands-on training session with guided examples. Participants will see working implementations and learn how to replicate them using the open source curriculum and tools demonstrated during the session.

Who This Is For

  • Drupal site builders
  • Content editors and strategists
  • Developers looking for practical AI use cases
  • Product owners and digital leads

No prior experience with AI is required. Many teams are experimenting with AI, but struggle to move beyond isolated use cases. This training provides a practical, structured path forward using open source materials that can be reused, adapted, and extended. It is designed to help teams build confidence and capability with AI inside Drupal.