Build a Community Space with AI

Have the AI set up a new space in your FluentCommunity community with the right privacy level from the start.

Difficulty Beginner

Time ~5 min

Prerequisites

FluentCommunity installed and active, and a connected site.

The prompt

I want a new space in my FluentCommunity community:
- Name: [space title]
- What it's for: [one or two sentences describing the space]
- Who should see it: [public - visible to anyone / private - visible but requires joining / secret - hidden from listings, invite only]

If I haven't specified public, private, or secret, ask me before creating anything.

Create the space through FluentCommunity's REST API with the title, a short description based on what it's for, an explicit hyphenated slug generated from the title, and the privacy level I chose. Nest these fields under a "space" key in the request body — a flat payload gets rejected with a misleading error claiming the title is missing even when you sent it.

The create response won't include a URL. Build it yourself as [site]/portal/space/[slug] (space is singular) and confirm the space is really there by checking the page loads with the right title, not just the HTTP status — the portal returns 200 for almost any path, including ones that don't exist. Give me that URL so I can check it.

Already connected?

Skip pasting the full prompt. Drop this into your AI on a site that already has WPVibe:

Run the “Build a Community Space with AI” recipe from the WPVibe cookbook on my connected site.

Setting up a new space in FluentCommunity, a sub-forum for a topic, a members-only area, a private group for paying customers, means digging through the admin to find the right settings screen, picking a privacy level, and writing a description before anyone can post in it. For a site owner juggling everything else, that’s usually enough friction that the space never gets created, even when the community clearly wants it.

The AI creates the space for you through FluentCommunity’s own API: title, description, and privacy level (public, private, or secret), all in one step. It reports back the space’s URL and privacy setting so you can check it looks right before pointing members at it.

Paste the prompt and describe the space you want and who should be able to see it. Be specific about privacy: public spaces are visible to anyone, private spaces are visible but require joining, and secret spaces don’t show up in listings at all. If you’re not sure, ask the AI to explain the difference before it creates anything.

Outcome

A new FluentCommunity space with the title, description, and privacy level you asked for.