Additional requirements : Claude, Codex, VS Code with Copilot or Cursor
Been AI coding with Xenforo the last couple of weeks, first upgrading forums from 2.2 to 2.3 and then from 2.1 to 2.3, and after that, add-on developments and style upgrades. I asked Claude to document all the problems he encountered, and here is the polished result.
Recommended: SSH, FTP and DB access for the AI. You can ask the AI to build these tools if you want, or use existing github projects.
Resource description
XenForo 2.3.10 shipped official AI agent skills (
cover conventions for scaffolding and writing add-ons. This field guide is a companion to those,
not a replacement — it covers what tends to bite after an add-on or theme already exists:
upgrading a live site across a major version, what a style-archive import actually does versus
what it looks like it does, template merge conflicts across theme versions, dark-mode and
icon-rendering quirks, and a catalog of specific core behaviors that read as bugs in your own
code until you know they're XenForo's.
Every claim in it was checked against XenForo's source, a real database, or an actual deploy —
not written from memory or guessed from the manual.
What's inside (a Claude/AI-agent "Skill" bundle — a
just readable as plain markdown if you don't use an AI agent at all):
- A catalog of specific XenForo core quirks (e.g. why structured data on an internationalized
domain can fail JSON validation, and why there's no CLI for per-language phrase translation)
- Operating an AI coding agent against real shared/VPS hosting: chrooted vs. unchrooted FTP,
blocked direct database access, hanging non-interactive CLI prompts
Also, ask the AI: Run XenForo's own
just read the markdown files directly — nothing here requires an AI agent to be useful).
Source :
xenforo.com
Télécharger :
Been AI coding with Xenforo the last couple of weeks, first upgrading forums from 2.2 to 2.3 and then from 2.1 to 2.3, and after that, add-on developments and style upgrades. I asked Claude to document all the problems he encountered, and here is the polished result.
Recommended: SSH, FTP and DB access for the AI. You can ask the AI to build these tools if you want, or use existing github projects.
Resource description
XenForo 2.3.10 shipped official AI agent skills (
php cmd.php xf-dev:install-ai-agents) thatcover conventions for scaffolding and writing add-ons. This field guide is a companion to those,
not a replacement — it covers what tends to bite after an add-on or theme already exists:
upgrading a live site across a major version, what a style-archive import actually does versus
what it looks like it does, template merge conflicts across theme versions, dark-mode and
icon-rendering quirks, and a catalog of specific core behaviors that read as bugs in your own
code until you know they're XenForo's.
Every claim in it was checked against XenForo's source, a real database, or an actual deploy —
not written from memory or guessed from the manual.
What's inside (a Claude/AI-agent "Skill" bundle — a
SKILL.md plus five reference files; alsojust readable as plain markdown if you don't use an AI agent at all):
- Upgrading a live install across a major version and minimizing the maintenance window
- Editing templates, style properties, and icons in a custom theme without fighting the ACP editor
- The add-on upgrade lifecycle:
canUpgrade()/canRebuild()conditions, why a release zip can
- A catalog of specific XenForo core quirks (e.g. why structured data on an internationalized
domain can fail JSON validation, and why there's no CLI for per-language phrase translation)
- Operating an AI coding agent against real shared/VPS hosting: chrooted vs. unchrooted FTP,
blocked direct database access, hanging non-interactive CLI prompts
Also, ask the AI: Run XenForo's own
xf-dev:install-ai-agents first, then unzip this alongside it (orjust read the markdown files directly — nothing here requires an AI agent to be useful).
Source :
Beta - XenForo 2.3 Field Guide for AI Coding Agents
Been AI coding with Xenforo the last couple of weeks, first upgrading forums from 2.2 to 2.3 and then from 2.1 to 2.3, and after that, add-on developments and style upgrades. I asked Claude to document all the problems he encountered, and here is...
xenforo.com
Télécharger :
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