Discourse
Post to a Discourse forum and read its topics, categories, users and groups.
OCNORA ships 9 typed Discourse operations. Each node has a schema-driven form, input and output tables beside its settings, and is pre-flighted by Workflow Health before your first real run.
Before you connect Discourse
- Authentication
- API key
- Credential
- the API key, or {"api_key": "…"}
- Connection test
- Available: the stored credential can be checked against the provider when you add it. This is not a record that a test was run or passed.
What you can do with Discourse
Operations, grouped by what they do to your data.
Create and send 1
Update 1
Delete and cancel 1
A sample Discourse workflow
- 1A core triggerStart the run from a chat, form, manual, schedule, webhook, workflow trigger — no Discourse trigger is needed.
- 2Get Groupdiscourse.get_groupRead one group by its name.
- 3Create Postdiscourse.create_postStart a topic, reply to one, or send a private message.
An outline built from this provider’s node contracts, not a recorded run. Each step’s output fields are available to the next in the field picker.
Every node below has a reference page: what it does, the connection it needs, its config fields with types, constraints and examples, and the shapes it emits.
Operations 9
- Create PostStart a topic, reply to one, or send a private message.discourse.create_post
- Delete PostDelete a post from its topic.discourse.delete_post
- Get GroupRead one group by its name.discourse.get_group
- Get PostRead one post, including its Markdown and rendered bodies.discourse.get_post
- Get TopicRead a topic and the first chunk of its posts.discourse.get_topic
- Get UserRead one user's profile by username.discourse.get_user
- List CategoriesList the forum's categories with their ids and topic counts.discourse.list_categories
- SearchSearch the forum for posts, topics, users, categories and groups.discourse.search
- Update PostReplace the Markdown body of an existing post.discourse.update_post
Discourse questions
- How does OCNORA authenticate with Discourse?
- With a stored API key credential, shaped the API key, or {"api_key": "…"}. A connection test can check it when you add it.
- What can I automate with Discourse?
- 9 typed operations, each with a reference page listing its config fields and the shapes it emits.
- What if the Discourse operation I need is not listed?
- Where Discourse has an HTTP API, call it from the HTTP node with the same credential, or describe the step to the AI builder, which asks our team for a typed node when one is missing.
- Are there templates that use Discourse?
- Not yet. Start from a blank workflow, or describe the workflow to Build with AI.
- How are Discourse calls controlled?
- Every call and every run step is audited, runs count against the execution budget, and Workflow Health pre-flights the workflow when you save it.
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See your first Discourse workflow run.
Book a technical demo. We add the connection, pick a template or describe the workflow to Build with AI, and Workflow Health checks it before it runs.