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This is the third post in a series about making my site's search available to AI agents. First, I published an API Catalog , which helps agents that already know to check my site find its search API. Second, I added an Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD) entry so my search can be indexed by "AI registries" (think search engines for AI agents). So far, no agent has found my search on its own. The API…
The text is clean. I found only one minor issue: a double space. An AI model does not decide what data it can access, which tools it can use, or whether it can act without approval. People make those decisions at different points. Upstream, a model developer trains and tests the model and decides whether and how to release it. Downstream, a developer builds the model into a system, connects that…
In April 2025, I published Claude Code meets Drupal , my first public experiment with an AI coding agent. I have been experimenting with coding agents ever since, often by building tools to solve problems in my own work. Last week, I joined the Drupal AI Learners Club to discuss several experiments I had already published. Angie Byron started the club and runs it with co-organizer Amber Himes Matz…
Yesterday I blogged about the API catalog that announces my site's search API to agents. In response, someone pointed me to the ARD specification , a draft announced last month by a working group that includes Google, Microsoft, GitHub, Hugging Face, Cisco, Nvidia, and Salesforce. What ARD adds to yesterday's API catalog is discovery . If an agent has never heard of you, it does not know to look…
I kept running into the same small frustration. My site has its own search, but when I ask an AI agent whether I have written about a topic before, it searches Google instead of using my site's search directly. As a result, it often misses relevant posts that Google has not indexed. At the same time, the web is gaining a new audience. In addition to people visiting pages, AI agents increasingly…
In recent months, a number of Acquia customers have independently made the same strategic decision: to migrate hundreds of websites from WordPress and other platforms to Drupal . Some of these sites will move to Acquia Cloud, our Drupal PaaS, while others will move to Acquia Source, our Drupal SaaS. Drupal CMS played an important role in these decisions by making Drupal more approachable to…
Years ago, I wrote about hiking the Pemi Loop . To my surprise, many people still read that post. I imagine them sitting at a kitchen table with a map spread before them, trying to figure out what the hike will actually feel like. This post is for that same reader, with a new map spread across the table: New Hampshire's Presidential Range. My friend Chris and I just spent four days hiking through…
The Drupal Association is entering a new chapter. Tim Doyle is stepping down as CEO, and the Board has appointed Tiffany Farriss as interim CEO. I am grateful to Tim for his leadership and his impact on the Drupal Association. He built a strong leadership team that helped guide Drupal through an ambitious period of innovation. That team is well positioned to continue supporting Drupal and its…
Near the end of most Open Source licenses, usually in capital letters, sits a clause that disclaims almost everything: no warranty, no liability, use at your own risk. For an organization that depends on that code, the clause is harsh. If the code fails and takes your data or revenue with it, the license owes you nothing. No fix, no refund, and no one to explain what went wrong. That is the Open…
Back in 2019, I wrote that Open Source is not a meritocracy . Meritocracy says talent is the only thing that counts, but that is not true. To contribute, you also need time, a steady income, and a flexible schedule. Plenty of people lack one or more of these. Some people can give their nights and weekends to learning a codebase, clearing the issue queue, or reviewing patches. Some are paid to do…