The Drupal AI Initiative is reshaping how Drupal handles AI. From the CCC context and guardrail module to AI Agents, Drupal Canvas, and 35+ AI providers, everything is changing.
In this walkthrough on the Axelerant channel, I give an inside, no-hype look at onboarding into the initiative, the modules driving it, and where it is headed next.
Most "AI builds your website" demos generate throwaway markup that has nothing to do with your design system. Drupal Canvas AI does something more useful: it maps what you ask for onto the components you already have, and only creates something new when nothing in your library fits.
This walkthrough builds a page using nothing but plain English prompts, and shows what is happening underneath.
Drupal Canvas gives you four building blocks: components, patterns, templates and pages. Once their relationship clicks, building a site without touching code stops being mysterious.
The four pieces map onto something everyone already understands: