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Paulo Maia Carvalho on DrupalClaw and the Boundaries of Agent-First Drupal Development

DrupalClaw pushes AI assistance beyond code suggestions into setup, debugging, database work, and repeatable Drupal operations. Paulo Maia Carvalho’s testing also shows where that delegation can fail and why version context, approval gates, and human review still matter.

Policy & Governance

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GovCMS Makes Rules as Code Available in Production

Agencies can now connect existing GovCMS sites with machine-executable policy rules while maintaining and versioning those rules separately from the front-end interface.

Event

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DrupalAsia Connect India 2027 Opens Call for Speakers

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Your Client Is Not a Ticket

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Built for TDT, Now Used Beyond It: The Journey of a Drupal Module

Drupal Community

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Janna Malikova Wins 2026 Drupal Association At-Large Board Election

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Drupal Code Query Adds MCP Server for Core and Contrib Analysis

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AI Metering 1.0 Adds Cost Tracking and Quota Controls to Drupal AI

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Symfony Establishes Four-Person Core Team for Symfony AI

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Drupal CMS: News and Updates

Cheppers Pairs Custom Drupal Design Systems with AI Page Generation

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Drupal CMS Strategy 2.0 Prioritises Agencies and Professional Developers

17 July 2026
Acquia Guide Compares Drupal Site Templates Marketplace Options

10 July 2026
Drupal CMS 2.1 Adds Site Templates to Speed Website Setup

09 June 2026
Dries Buytaert Highlights Drupal CMS as a Shift in Drupal’s Usability Strategy

25 May 2026
Dominique De Cooman Proposes Athena Milestone for Drupal AI Initiative

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ECA Guide Adds Six Recipes for Drupal Editor Workflows

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Drupal Security Advisories Cover Information Disclosure, Access Bypass and Cross-Site Scripting

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Dries Buytaert Frames Open Source as a Cost-Allocation System

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The AI Guy from QED42: Alphons Jaimon in Talks with TDT

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Benji Fisher on Drupal Security, Usability, and Focusing on the Basics

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The migrations expose different replatforming pressures, from preserving two decades of community data to rebuilding paywalls and audience segments. ...more

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AI services operating beside a Drupal site can create their own attack surface, even when Drupal itself is fully updated. ...more

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Drupal projects that publish profiled catalogue metadata may have reason to watch the standards work, even though the draft changes nothing in Drupal itself. ...more

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Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit Publishes 2026 Session Schedule

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The newly published programme gives attendees a clearer basis for deciding whether the October Vancouver summit fits their technical and community interests. ...more

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Symfony Releases Experimental Framework-Aware Language Server

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Framework-aware completion depends on understanding values that PHP treats as ordinary strings. Symfony Language Tools adds that context, while its compatibility with Drupal remains undocumented and unverified. ...more

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Teams applying broad sustainability guidance still have to decide what to tackle first. The ratings provide a draft method for comparing those choices. ...more

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Drupal Events This Week: 31 August – 7 September 2026

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Drupal practitioners can use the week for focused training or local discussion, from AI and front-end certification preparation to privacy, semantic search, Drupal Canvas, and Drupal 11. ...more

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