AI Agents in Drupal 11: The Next Frontier in Automated Workflows

With the release of Drupal 11, the content management system is no longer just a framework for building websites—it's becoming an intelligent platform powered by AI. One of the most revolutionary additions is the concept of AI Agents—modular, intelligent tools designed to automate tasks, assist users, and extend Drupal’s capabilities far beyond what traditional modules could offer.

In this post, we’ll explore what AI Agents are, how they work in Drupal 11, and how you can start using them to build self-operating, intelligent workflows without needing an in-house AI team.

🚀 What Are AI Agents?

AI Agents are autonomous or semi-autonomous software units that use AI/ML techniques to perform specific tasks. Think of them as intelligent helpers that can:

• Generate or review content

• Translate or localize text

• Summarize long documents

• Organize or tag content

• Interact with APIs or users through natural language

In Drupal 11, AI Agents are designed to be composable, reusable, and pluggable, meaning you can integrate multiple agents together into workflows.

💡 Why AI Agents Matter

Traditional automation in Drupal is usually rules-based or form-driven (like Webforms, Rules module, etc.). AI Agents go beyond by introducing:

🧠 Real-World Use Cases of AI Agents in Drupal 11

1. ✍️ Content Generation Agent

• Automatically drafts blog posts, product descriptions, or FAQs

• Uses OpenAI or other LLMs

$content = \Drupal::service('openai.api')->chat('Write a short FAQ about AI in Drupal');

2. 🌐 Multilingual Translation Agent

• Automatically translates nodes or paragraphs into multiple languages

• Integrates with Google Translate, DeepL, or Hugging Face transformers

$text = "Welcome to our Drupal 11 site.";
$translated = \Drupal::service('ai_translation_agent')->translate($text, 'fr');

3. 🏷️ Taxonomy Classification Agent

• Tags new content with relevant taxonomy terms

• Uses NLP models to interpret content and suggest tags

4. 🎯 SEO & Meta Agent

• Generates meta descriptions, slugs, and page titles

• Uses AI content analysis to recommend keywords

🛠️ Installing and Using AI Agents in Drupal 11

Option 1: Use the OpenAI module

$response = \Drupal::service('openai.api')->chat("Write a one-line SEO title for this article.");
$seo_title = $response['message'] ?? 'Drupal AI Agents';

namespace Drupal\my_module\Plugin\AI\Agent;

use Drupal\ai_agent\Plugin\AgentPluginBase;

/**
 * Provides a sample AI Agent plugin.
 *
 * @AI(
 *   id = "content_summary_agent",
 *   label = @Translation("Content Summary Agent")
 * )
 */
class ContentSummaryAgent extends AgentPluginBase {
  public function execute($text) {
    // Use any AI service here
    return \Drupal::service('openai.api')->chat("Summarize: " . $text);
  }
}