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Drupal CMS 2.0 marks an important step forward in how AI is integrated into Drupal. This release does not treat AI as a bolt-on. AI is central to the tool. It focuses on practical capabilities that help marketers and site builders work faster, stay consistent, and reduce repetitive effort.

If you are evaluating Drupal CMS 2.0, here is an overview of the AI features that ship with this release and how they are intended to be used.

Built-in AI providers, ready out of the box

Drupal CMS 2.0 includes built-in support for AI providers without requiring complex setup just to get started. Out of the box, the CMS supports the amazee.ai Private AI Provider, OpenAI and Anthropic as AI providers through a curated recipe. amazee provides you with free tokens without having to sign up for an account. You'll need your own account set up to use OpenAI and Anthropic.

This means you can explore AI functionality immediately, without first hunting through the project browser or wiring everything together yourself. For teams that want to experiment, evaluate, or prototype, this significantly lowers the barrier to entry.

A smarter admin chatbot for site building

One of the most visible AI features in Drupal CMS 2.0 is the admin chatbot, now styled to align with the broader Canvas AI experience.

This chatbot is designed to assist with common site-building tasks, including:

• Creating content types
• Defining taxonomy terms
• Adding fields to existing entity types

Rather than replacing existing workflows, the chatbot acts as a guide and accelerator. It helps site builders move from intent to configuration more quickly, especially for repetitive or boilerplate tasks.

The best part, you don't have to build it yourself. It is available, right out of the box.

AI-assisted image alt text generation

Accessibility remains a core value of Drupal, and AI is being used here in a pragmatic way.

Drupal CMS 2.0 includes the ability to generate alternative text for images utilizing AI. When enabled, this functionality applies to image fields across your site, and helps teams improve baseline accessibility while still allowing human review and refinement.

This is not positioned as a replacement for thoughtful content decisions. It is a way to reduce friction and improve consistency, especially on content-heavy sites.

Media organisation and discovery improvements

Media libraries often grow faster than teams expect. This is overwhelming and leads to decision freezing for what asset should be used in what context. AI can help bring order to that complexity.

Drupal CMS 2.0 introduces improvements that allow AI to assist with categorising media and making it easier to find and reuse assets. Recipes and supporting tools already demonstrate how AI can help identify relevant images and make them available during content creation.

This work lays the foundation for more intelligent media workflows that support marketers and increase the speed that they are able to work.

The AI Dashboard: visibility and discoverability

As AI capabilities expand, discoverability matters.

The AI Dashboard provides a central place to understand what AI features are available in your Drupal CMS installation. It helps users:

• See which AI providers are configured
• Discover available AI extensions and recipes
• Access documentation for installed AI features in one place

For teams new to AI in Drupal, this dashboard makes it much easier to understand what is possible and what to explore next.

We built this together as a community

The AI features in Drupal CMS 2.0 are the result of close collaboration across the Drupal community. Multiple organisations have contributed code, design, strategy, and implementation support to make this release possible.

Contributing organisations include:

• Technocrat
• FreelyGive
• QED42
• Acquia
• 1xINTERNET
• Itty Bitty Byte
• Salsa Digital
• Kanopi Studios
• amazee.io
• Pronovix
• LakeDrops

This breadth of collaboration reflects a shared goal: making AI useful, responsible, and accessible for real-world Drupal users.

AI that supports people

What stands out in Drupal CMS 2.0 is not just that AI is included, but its full integration into the product.

The focus is on supporting marketers and site builders in their existing workflows, reducing friction, and making common tasks easier. AI is treated as an assistant, not a replacement, and as a capability that grows alongside human expertise.

Learn more about Drupal CMS and explore these features for yourself by visiting the Drupal CMS section on Drupal.org.

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