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Open source law policy and practice Sustain OSS Guests Brian Muenzenmeyer - brianmuenzenmeyer.com Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Bernardo Martinez - bernardm28 JD Flynn - dorficus MOTW Correspondent Jacob Rockowitz - jrockowitz.com jrockowitz Brief description: AI Webform Generator enables site builders to create a Drupal Webform, or update an existing one, from plain-English instructions. It sends the request through the site's configured Drupal AI provider, validates the returned Webform definition, and saves the resulting form. Review the generated change before using the form.
Module name/project name: AI Webform Generator (ai_webform_generator)
Brief history Created on 2 July 2026 by chaitanyadessai (Chaitanya R Dessai). The current stable release is 1.0.2, released on 3 July 2026, and supports Drupal ^10 || ^11.
Maintainership Appears actively maintained: Drupal.org lists an update on 24 July 2026. Maintainers: zeeshan_khan and chaitanyadessai. (Specbee) Security coverage: Yes. Stable releases are covered by Drupal's security advisory policy. Test coverage: Yes. Version 1.0.2 includes unit, kernel, and functional tests for prompt building, JSON validation, settings, route access, Webform building, and optional CAPTCHA elements. Documentation: Yes. The project page and module README cover requirements, configuration, usage, security considerations, and supported field types. Issues: 1 open issue, with 0 open bug reports (7 issues total).
Usage stats: 1 site reports using this module.
Module features and usage Creates complete Webforms and updates existing Webforms in place from natural-language prompts. Supports common Webform elements, including text, email, telephone, number, date, select, checkbox, radio, range, password, hidden, and managed-file elements. Validates the AI response before applying the Webform definition. Uses the existing Drupal AI provider configuration; API keys are not stored in this module's configuration. Provides configurable model, temperature, output-token, and per-user request limits to balance output quality and provider spend. Requires trusted users with both the generator permission and ordinary Webform edit access when changing an existing form. AI-Generate Notes, Review, and Recipe (used for testing) https://github.com/jrockowitz/drupal_playground/tree/m
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