Community work so far¶
People across the CiviCRM community are already building AI capabilities. This list aims to be complete as of October 2026; additions and corrections are very welcome in the comments.
| Project | Who | What it does | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| civicrm_mcp | Community extension | MCP served from inside CiviCRM, with OAuth 2.1 sign-in, per-person permissions and a call log | Alpha, read-only |
| civi-mcp, civicrm-mcp, civicrm_mcp_python and others | Individuals | Separate programs that connect AI assistants to CiviCRM's API; the Python one strips personal data before it reaches the AI | Early versions |
| n8n CiviCRM nodes | iXiam | Workflow automation that AI agents can use to reach CiviCRM | Released |
| Project | Who | What it does | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| DocBot | CiviCRM Core Team | A dashboard assistant that answers questions from the CiviCRM documentation | Released 2024 |
| ai-connection | JMA Consulting | A chat page inside CiviCRM backed by the organisation's choice of model, including tools that build SearchKit searches | Alpha |
| AI Assistant | Kurund Jalmi | Plain-English requests turned into SearchKit searches; an Ai.prompt API action for several providers, including local ones |
Prototype |
| CiviAI | Compucorp | An in-CRM assistant and "smart fields" | Exploratory |
| AI in CiviCRM reporting | Circle Interactive | Plain English to SearchKit reports; insights from anonymised data | Hosted beta |
| Dialogflow | Community | Conversations with CiviCRM over SMS or WhatsApp | In development |
| Project | Who | What it does | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted AI for your CiviCRM stack | Skvare | Drupal's AI module plus CiviCRM Entity, for search over CRM records with local models | Architecture write-up |
| Topic | Where |
|---|---|
| An AI policy for contributions to CiviCRM | dev/core#6796 |
| Values for AI in CiviCRM: responsible, sustainable, secure; no single organisation owns AI for CiviCRM | Circle Interactive's write-up of a partner discussion |
| Day-to-day discussion | The ~ai channel on chat.civicrm.org |
How these fit together¶
Each of these efforts covers part of the picture. The proposed building blocks are one way they could share foundations: a common tool registry, one AI provider setting and shared safety rules, so a tool built by one team works for everyone.