Imagine you’re on a Forum you’ve never seen before.
Threads on Cooking, Tech, Books, side projects… people chatting, joking, helping each other.
Among them—hidden in plain sight—is a User called “Dokky“.
Profile picture, Bio, Forum Badges. Nothing screams “Bot“. You scroll, read a bit, until you notice something strange: Dokky replies to everyone precisely, kindly, often in their own language. And when someone writes, “Hey @Dokky, what do you think?“, he arrives, right on time, inside the thread. Not in a popup. Not in a separate chat. Right there, where the conversation lives.
Welcome to the Dokky Suite 2.0.4: a Document Publishing and Community Platform that has decided to integrate AI not as a chatbot… but as a real forum member.
Most AI integrations on websites today look the same: a bubble in the corner, a chat window, a “How can I help you?” prompt. Useful? Sure. But isolated. The conversation is usually 1‑to‑1, detached from what the rest of the community is doing. With Dokky 2.0.4, the Idea is the opposite: let the AI step into the shared space, into the threads, and become part of the Social fabric.
There is no “bot area” here. There is a user.
The Community calls them by name – “@Dokky” – and the AI answers in the same place where everyone else is talking. It reads the original Post, scrolls through previous replies, senses the mood and the Topic, and then joins the discussion as one more voice. Not the main voice. Not the official voice. Just another presence… with a very fast brain.
For example, in a cooking Forum, this presence can feel like the wise aunt who never runs out of tricks.
Someone posts a recipe for lasagna; a few replies later, a user tags @Dokky:
“Any idea how to save this if I overcooked the sauce?”
Dokky appears with a suggestion: how to adjust seasoning, how to rebalance textures, maybe even a little cultural note about how this dish is done in another region or Country. No long lecture, no condescending tone. Just a practical, friendly tip, perfectly in context. A few days later, the same user asks about gluten‑free alternatives; Dokky is there again, acting like an old friend, a patient companion who remembers the conversation and continues it.
In a Tech Community, the same “entity” can wear a completely different mask. The admin might configure Dokky as a witty but precise “resident nerd”: short answers, clear explanations, examples when needed. A newcomer struggles with a concept in APIs or caching? Instead of digging through documentation, they tag @Dokky in a thread where other members are already debating. Dokky joins in, not as a support agent, but as someone who “hangs out there” and knows their stuff.
Or again, over in a comic‑book or Bookstore Forum, Dokky can become the Librarian you wish you had when you were a kid. Someone posts about a Graphic Novel they loved; they ask “What else should I read?” and tag @Dokky. The AI replies with three or four well‑chosen Titles, one slightly mainstream, one niche, one classic. Maybe it adds a short note: “If you liked the way this story plays with timelines, you might enjoy…” It doesn’t feel like a recommendation engine. It feels like a person who knows the shelves by heart and actually listens.
What makes this possible isn’t just “using an AI model” – that part is easy today. The real trick is giving Admins a way to shape the personality and role of this AI user without writing a line of code.
Inside Dokky 2.0.4, there’s a dedicated area where the administrator can:
– Pick a Model from a curated list (10 Different AI Models, some free, some paid), and switch later if the community grows or needs change;
– Choose a base “preset” for the AI’s persona – more playful, more technical, more culinary, more bookish – and then refine it in natural language, like writing a character brief;
– Decide how often the AI is allowed to speak, how much of the previous conversation it can see, how creative it should be, and how long its replies should roughly be.
It’s a bit like casting a new Member into your Community and then giving them some guidelines: “You’re friendly but not cheesy”, “You’re technical but patient”, “You’re here to help, not to dominate”. Over time, the Admin can tweak these traits: less verbose, more direct, more empathetic, more fun. Every Dokky installation can grow its own “Local Legend” – a unique AI user that matches the culture of that specific Forum.
There’s another subtle, important dimension: rhythm.
Whenever you introduce Automation into a Social Space, there’s a risk that it becomes too loud, too present, too fast. Dokky avoids this by playing by the same rules as everyone else: it only speaks when mentioned, it respects limits set by the Admin, and under the hood there’s a gentle throttling mechanism that prevents it from answering too many calls in a short time. The feeling, for Human Users, is not “the bot is everywhere”, but “Dokky shows up when we actually call for it”.
This balance is what turns the idea from a gimmick into something sustainable. In a long thread, where no one has the energy to recap everything, Dokky can be the one who remembers the whole story. In a multilingual Community, it can smoothly shift language to include someone who otherwise might feel left out. In a quiet Forum, it can throw a question back to the Group – “What do you think about this new feature?” – and help kickstart more human replies.
All of this lives inside a larger evolution. Dokky started life as a Powerful Script for Managing and Publishing Documents: Uploads, Protection, Licensing, Monetization, Forums, Private Groups, all the heavy engineering you’d expect from a modern PHP suite. Over time, releases have focused on performance, caching, GDPR, analytics, OCR, IPFS, ads, and compatibility with the latest PHP versions. The machine became solid first.
With version 2.0.4, the focus shifts from “what the Platform can do” to “how the Community feels while using it”. An AI user is not a feature checkbox; it’s a statement of intent: this is a place where automation and humans share the same space, and where the goal is richer, more inclusive, more alive conversations.
So if you’re looking for “AI + community” and you’re tired of yet another chat bubble that nobody clicks on, Dokky’s approach is different: give your Forum a new voice – one you can design, refine, and grow – and let it sit at the same table as everyone else. Not above them. Not outside. Right there, in the thread, ready to answer when someone simply says:
“Hey @Dokky, what do you think?”
