Artificial intelligence/2026 Wiki AI/Building with AI
Building with AI
[edit]Hands-on look at how Wikimedians are actually building tools, from the first prompt to a working prototype.
Schedule
[edit]11:50
Building Wiki Tools with AI - Andrew Lih
Taking a real wiki tool from idea to working prototype, live, with an LLM agent.
Taking a real wiki tool from idea to working prototype, live, with an LLM agent.
15:40
"What Would It Take?" - Netha Hussain
A fireside conversation on what it would actually take to build and sustain AI tools for the movement including the access and support that keep community tools alive.
A fireside conversation on what it would actually take to build and sustain AI tools for the movement including the access and support that keep community tools alive.
17:20
AI for visualising data - Galder Gonzalez
Turning the data into charts, tables and visualisations.
Turning the data into charts, tables and visualisations.
18:00
Builder tables - Netha Hussain, Houcemeddine Turki, Britta Gustafson, Andrew Lih
Hands-on breakout tables: sit down and build alongside experienced tool-makers.
Hands-on breakout tables: sit down and build alongside experienced tool-makers.
- Tools and skills - setting up tools, improving your harness
- Idea workshop - going from idea to prompt
- Getting started - beginners interested in making Wikipedia tools
- Quick prototyping
If you want even more
[edit]The Building thread carries on elsewhere at Wikimania:
- L'IA générative dans mes contributions Wikimédia : entre le permis, le toléré et le tabou - Miguel Tremblay (22 July, 14:30; in French)
- Building a Wikimedia tool with agentic AI - Asaf Bartov (24 July, 16:00; programming experience required)