Modern AI tools often fail on complex Drupal architectures due to context loss and copy-paste friction. This live demonstration showcases how terminal-native AI agents operate directly inside local development containers to plan, build, test, and refactor Drupal 11 features seamlessly.

Attendees will witness real-time agentic execution using ddev-claude-code inside a live DDEV environment. The session covers setting up governance files (CLAUDE.md), delegating Drush commands to agents, leveraging Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and enforcing security and PSR-4 coding standards automatically in agent loops.

Run-of-Show (45 Minutes):

• 00:00–00:10 | Governance & Setup: Boot ddev-claude-code and review an enterprise CLAUDE.md specification with strict security and architectural boundaries.
• 00:10–00:25 | Agentic Module Construction: Execute terminal agent commands (claude -p) to scaffold a custom module, perform entity inspections, and run Drush configuration exports directly inside DDEV.
• 00:25–00:35 | TDD & Self-Correction Loops: Direct Claude Code to generate PHPUnit tests, execute them via terminal, and observe a self-healing loop as the agent parses failures and refactors code.
• 00:35–00:45 | Architecture Best Practices & Q&A: Discuss token/cost optimization, API security, and access to the open-source demo repository.

Key Takeaways:

1. How to configure CLAUDE.md and ddev-claude-code for safe, context-aware local development.
2. Techniques for automating module scaffolding, Drush operations, and PHPUnit testing via CLI agents.
3. Operational frameworks for keeping human-in-the-loop oversight on agent-generated code.

Deploying Drupal at scale requires more than just launching an EC2 instance. In this session, we will bridge the gap between AWS Solutions Architect design principles and real-world Drupal architecture to build a highly available, self-healing, and performant web platform.

Key Takeaways & Architecture Concepts Covered:

• Decoupling File Systems & State: Managing Drupal’s /sites/default/files using Amazon EFS with proper mount targets vs. offloading media directly to Amazon S3 via the Flysystem/S3FS module.
• High Availability Database Tier: Configuring Amazon RDS / Aurora MySQL Multi-AZ clusters, read replicas, and connection pooling for heavy read/write Drupal workloads.
• Caching Layers for Maximum Throughput: Implementing Redis via Amazon ElastiCache for backend caching and entity storage alongside AWS CloudFront / Varnish edge caching.
• Auto-Scaling & Load Balancing: Setting up Application Load Balancers (ALB) with Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs) using immutable Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) or containerized ECS/Fargate tasks.
• Security & Disaster Recovery: Securing your Drupal stack with AWS WAF, VPC private subnets, Secrets Manager for settings.php, and automated backup strategies.

Attendees will leave with clear reference architecture diagrams, best practices for cost optimization, and practical deployment patterns they can immediately apply to their projects.