2026-04-14 — From Autocomplete to Autopilot
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16 April 2026
- 🎤 Host: @webchick & @ambermatz
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- 📆 Event Page: View Event (71 attendees / 105 signups)
- 📺 Recording: Watch Recording
- 🖼️ Slides: View Slides
- 📈 Feedback: View Responses (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.42 / 5 average rating from 12 respondents)
Demos
- Scott Falconer: Using OpenAI Codex to solve a Drupal.org issue queue, the agentic way!
- ▶ Watch clip | ⚙️ View slides
Quick recap
The April 14th edition of the Drupal AI Learners Club focused on "From Autocomplete to Autopilot: A Practical Guide to AI-Assisted Coding," presented by Scott Falconer. Scott demonstrated how to transition from basic AI tools like ChatGPT to more advanced agent-based coding, explaining the differences between autocomplete-style assistance and full agent loops that can execute tasks and run code locally. He walked through a practical example of using an AI agent to debug and fix a Drupal issue, showing how agents can pull from multiple sources, test code, and generate patches. The session covered important practical aspects including cost considerations, safety precautions, and the importance of providing appropriate context to AI agents. Participants asked questions about documentation improvements, skill development, and safe implementation practices, with Scott emphasizing the rapid evolution of AI tools and encouraging attendees to start experimenting with these technologies.
This ~Week in AI
AI News you can Use. ;)
General
- Anthropic says new Claude Mythos AI is too risky for public use
- Some experts estimate a ~6 month window to get ahead of models that are capable of mass exploitation :\
- Codex now supports Plugins like Claude Code
- AI to predict how bowel cancer patients will respond to new NHS drug — good AI news for a change!
- MiniMax Open-Sources M2.7 — A Strong Free Coding Model You Can Run Locally
- 84% of Developers Use AI Tools, But Only 29% Trust What Ships — The Review Gap Is Real
- Rumor mill:
- Anthropic 4.7 models being released soon?
- Microsoft releasing VS Code Agents which work similar to antigravity, in agentic mode. Translation: one of the biggest open source IDEs is releasing an agentic tool to work on background tasks!
Uh. WHAT?
- Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI C.E.O. Sam Altman
- Meta creating AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so staff can talk to the boss
- Trump angered some ardent supporters with AI image appearing to depict him as Jesus :P
Drupal AI News
- Drupal AI Module Hits 1.3.2 with Guardrails, Observability, and a Growing Agent Ecosystem
- AI Agents 1.3.0-rc1 Released
- Acquia sponsoring development of MCP Module
- New AI Budget Control Module submitted to AI Ecosystem — hot topic!
- Other open source projects announce AI contribution guidelines:
Notable upcoming Drupal + AI events
- April 22-25: Drupal Developer Days Athens — updates from AI initiative, AI hacking at code sprint
- April 30-May 1: Stanford Web Camp (includes online day!) — several sessions about AI
- May 6: The next Drupal Eastern Timezone Meetup is on Building with AI Systems
- May 14: Drupal AI Summit New York City — 'nuff said :P
Link Dump
Links shared during the session for further learning.
🛠️ Tools & Projects
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| https://code.claude.com/docs/en/quickstart | Claude Code quickstart documentation (shared by Drupal Community Zoom) |
| https://openai.com/codex/ | OpenAI Codex — AI coding agent |
| https://opencode.ai/ | OpenCode — open-source AI coding tool |
| https://developers.openai.com/codex/plugins | Codex now supports plugins like Claude Code (shared by Jim Birch) |
| https://jules.google/ | Jules — Google's AI coding agent (shared by Stephen Musgrave) |
| https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman | Caveman — use "caveman talk" to reduce token usage with AI agents (shared by Justin Keiser) |
| https://github.com/scottfalconer/drupal-issue-queue | Scott Falconer's Drupal issue queue skill — used at the start to pull issues |
📚 Skills & Context
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| https://www.drupal.org/project/ai_best_practices | Drupal AI Best Practices — collecting "starter skills" / context for agents to help them be better at Drupal (shared by Drupal Community Zoom) |
| https://git.drupalcode.org/project/ai_best_practices/-/blob/1.0.x/skills/writing-automated-tests/SKILL.md | Example skill for writing automated tests from the AI Best Practices project (shared by Sam Lerner) |
| https://github.com/scottfalconer/vision25/blob/main/AGENTS.md | Scott Falconer's AGENTS.md used for the Lovable to Drupal migration during the DriesNote |
| https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/development-tools/ai-coding-tools-for-drupal-development | AI Coding Tools for Drupal Development docs — co-authored with Claude (shared by Drupal Community Zoom) |
🌱 Learning Resources
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| https://anthropic.skilljar.com/ | Anthropic Academy — free courses for learning Claude (shared by brian marx and Jacob Rockowitz) |
| https://claude.ai/referral/MvMOZOkl9w | Claude referral link (shared by Amber Matz) |
📺 Recordings & Events
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hdZ8flNqIg | Recording of the previous (kickoff) AI Learners Club session (shared by jess.straatmann) |
| https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpeDXSh4nHjRHybTIn-8BQYg0hENB1fcY | Drupal AI Learners Club playlist on the Drupal Association YouTube channel |
| https://www.drupal.org/community/events/drupal-eastern-time-zone-meetup-sia-safari-on-building-with-ai-systems-2026-05-06 | Next Eastern Timezone meetup — May 6, 6pm ET — building with AI systems (shared by Tom Y.) |
| https://webcamp.stanford.edu/session/agile-for-agents-managing-robots-the-way-we-manage-humans | Stanford Web Camp talk: "Agile for Agents: Managing Robots the Way We Manage Humans" (shared by Luke McCormick) |
| https://www.midcamp.org/ | MidCamp — Drupal community event (shared by Bob Snodgrass) |
🔧 Infrastructure
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| https://www.drupal.org/project/infrastructure/issues/3557316 | Drupal.org infrastructure issue (shared by Drupal Community Zoom) |
| https://drupal.slack.com/archives/C0APH70JV18/p1775696207772439 | Link to the previous session recording in the #ai-learners Drupal Slack channel (shared by Amber Matz) |
🎉 Misc / Fun
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/ | The Onion: Satirical article about ChatGPT recipe gone wrong (shared by Dieter) |
| https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhjGALTO2qNuM9QJxc4H7LCLdA39cZSvPjTFGcniKEjGImtg/viewform | Post-session feedback form (shared by Drupal Community Zoom) |
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