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Drupal Camp Asheville 2025

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Asheville, NC, US
Past Event
Drupal Camp Asheville 2025 - Robot Co-Pilots
The session "Robot Co-Pilots: Accelerating Drupal Development with AI" at DrupalCamp Asheville explores AI-assisted development within the Drupal ecosystem. It highlights AI's role in enhancing efficiency and creativity through features like intelligent content creation, automated tagging, and chatbots, driven by contributed AI modules and the Drupal AI Initiative. Additionally, it discusses AI in streamlining development processes, detailing tools like ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot, and other AI assistants for code reviews, refactoring, and testing. The session caters to all levels of AI familiarity, offering practical tools for immediate use. It provides a roadmap for enhancing Drupal development workflows, ensuring accessibility through recordings on DrupalCamp Asheville's YouTube channel, emphasizing AI as a supportive development partner.

The session titled "Robot Co-Pilots: Accelerating Drupal Development with AI" at DrupalCamp Asheville represents a significant opportunity to delve into the world of AI-assisted development. With AI tools becoming integral to improving efficiency and creativity in development, this session offers a practical introduction to leveraging these tools in the Drupal ecosystem.

Participants will explore AI capabilities from two distinct perspectives. Initially, the session will cover AI's integration within Drupal itself, including intelligent content creation, automated tagging, and building conversational chatbots. These AI features are increasingly essential in the Drupal toolkit, thanks to the growing ecosystem of contributed AI modules and the momentum from the Drupal AI Initiative.

The second focus will be on AI's role in streamlining the development process. While tools like ChatGPT and Claude are familiar to many, using them effectively in a Drupal context might not be as well understood. The session will guide attendees through integrating AI, beginning with simple web-based assistants for code reviews and advancing to more complex environments where AI supports multifile refactoring and automated testing.

This session is not about distant future possibilities; it is aimed at using practical tools available today to achieve real results. Attendees will discover the immediate productivity benefits of free options like ChatGPT and Claude, GitHub Copilot's in-editor assistance, and specialized tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, and Continue.dev. Additionally, there's a focus on custom GPTs trained specifically for Drupal best practices.

An essential strength of this session is its progressive approach, accommodating developers at various stages of AI familiarity. Beginners will find value in basic, no-setup-required solutions, while experienced users won't be left behind, with advanced discussions on desktop applications, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration, and automated workflows.

Join this session to gain a practical roadmap aligned with your current comfort level of AI integration. Whether curious about AI or already exploring, this event presents strategies to enhance the Drupal development workflow, offering everyone the chance to learn how AI can become a valuable development partner.

For those unable to make it to Asheville, the session will be recorded and available on DrupalCamp Asheville's YouTube channel, ensuring that the wider Drupal community can access these insights. The robots aren't here to replace developers; they're here to assist in working more efficiently and creatively together.