Responsible Drupal AI Basics

The Responsible Drupal AI Basics (RDAB) course is a comprehensive, 21-hour deep dive into integrating artificial intelligence with Drupal 10+. Led by Michael Anello, this course focuses on admin-facing "responsible" AI techniques - prioritizing workflows that keep a human in the loop to review AI-generated suggestions before they are saved to the database.

Students will move beyond simple chat interfaces to learn how to build agentic workflows, implement RAG-based search, and utilize local AI providers to enhance site-building and content authorship without writing a single line of PHP

Session schedule

  • 2026-0: July 14-August 4 (DrupalEasy alumni only)
  • 2026-1: August (exact dates TBD)
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21-hour course

Live, online instructor

2+ weeks (MWF), 3-hour/day classes (exact schedule depends on semester)

Access to weekly DrupalEasy office hours (2 hours/week)

Comprehensive learning tools & class recordings for every lesson

100+ pages of curriculum

Classes & office hours presented with Zoom

Dedicated Slack channel

Part of the DrupalEasy Learning Community

  • AI foundations & initial setup
  • Responsible authorship
  • Human-in-the-loop automators
  • AI agents & chatbots
  • Retrieval augmented generation (RAG)
  • Local AI & advanced tools
  • The future of Drupal AI

This course is presented with Drupal 11, but compatible with Drupal 10.6+

Certificate of completion available upon request.

Schedule

  • July 14-August 3, 2026 - DrupalEasy alumni only
    • Tue July 14
    • Thu July 16
    • Tue July 21
    • Thu July 23
    • Mon July 27
    • Wed July 29
    • Fri July 31
    • Mon August 3

    12pm-3pm EDT each day

  • August 2026 - exact dates and time TBD
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Price: $600

July 14 DrupalEasy alumni cohort: $300

DrupalEasy accepts credit cards, checks and Paypal for this course. Following your registration, and invoice will be sent to you with payment option details. Group pricing is also available. Contact Gwendolyn if you have payment questions or would like to discuss group pricing.

The DrupalEasy Learning Community includes multiple supporting features that go above-and-beyond traditional classroom training.

Recommended prerequisites

  • Drupal proficiency: You should be comfortable with modern Drupal site-building, including content types, fields, and module configuration.
  • Command line comfort: Proficiency with Composer, Drush, and Git is required.
  • Local environment: DDEV is strongly recommended. While other environments are allowed, hands-on support is only provided for DDEV-based setups.
    • It is recommended that students set up a local, fresh Drupal 11 site prior to the class start.
  • AI API accounts: Accounts with OpenAI or Anthropic or other providers are optional. Students may also utilize a free 30-day trial from Amazee.io for course exercises.
Mike Anello, @ultimike
Lead Instructor: 
Mike Anello

Active 20+ year community member & leading expert in Drupal training & consulting, Mike is the architect & author of this course. 

Syllubus

  • AI Foundations & Initial Setup
    • Establishes the architectural core of AI in Drupal, focusing on the infrastructure required to connect, log, and secure AI interactions.
    • Key Topics: API key management, provider configuration, prompt testing, and administrative safety.
    • Modules: AI, Key, AI provider modules (Amazee.io, OpenAI, and/or Anthropic), AI Logging, AI API Explorer, AI External Moderation, AI Guardrails.
  • Enhancing Content Authorship
    • Explores tools that directly assist content editors within the Drupal UI, from sidebar suggestions to rich-text editor enhancements.
    • Key Topics: AI-assisted sidebar suggestions, CKEditor 5 integration, and the Markdown-friendly MDXEditor.
    • Modules: AI Content Suggestions, AI CKEditor Integration, AI Prompts.
  • Responsible Automation & Custom Workflows
    • Introduces powerful "human-in-the-loop" automators that suggest content changes for manual review prior to saving.
    • Key Topics: Triggering AI actions via field widgets, extracting data from text, and using ECA for no-code AI logic.
    • Modules: Field Widget Actions, AI Automators, ECA (Event-Condition-Action), ECA Field Widget Actions, AI Integration ECA, Modeler.
  • Local AI Power & Specialized Metadata
    • Focuses on privacy and cost-efficiency by demonstrating how to run AI locally for tasks like metadata generation.
    • Key Topics: Installing and configuring Ollama, hardware requirements, and automating SEO metatags.
    • Modules: AI Provider Ollama, Metatag, Metatag AI.
  • Agentic Workflows & Multi-Agent Orchestration
    • Dives into advanced AI Agents that can independently plan and execute multi-step tasks within the Drupal system.
    • Key Topics: Building looping agents, tool usage, swarm orchestration, and chatbot deployment.
    • Modules: AI Agents, AI Agents Explorer, Serialization, Tool, Tool - AI Connector, Toolbelt, AI Chatbot.
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) & Semantic Search
    • Teaches how to index site content into vector databases to enable AI-powered semantic search and chat assistants.
    • Key Topics: Embeddings, vector databases, chunking strategies, and AI-assisted search views.
    • Modules: Search API, AI Search, Pinecone VDB Provider (or Amazee.io), AI Chatbot, AI Agents.
  • The Growing Ecosystem & Future Previews
    • Explores specialized AI modules and provides a preview of upcoming, cutting-edge Drupal AI technologies.
    • Key Topics: Image generation, translation, SEO analysis, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and the Context Control Center.
    • Modules: AI Dashboard, AI Metering, AI Media Image, AI Translate, AI SEO/GEO, AI Auto-reference, AI Provider Browser, AI Context Control Center, MCP Server, Tool API, Drupal Canvas AI.

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