Hello
My name is Geethika, and I’m a student developer interested in applying for GSoC 2026 with Jenkins. I came across the “AI-Powered Chatbot for Quick Access to Jenkins Resources” project, including its continuation from GSoC 2025, and I’m very interested in contributing to it.
From my understanding, this project aims to build and enhance a Jenkins plugin that provides users with quick, natural-language access to Jenkins documentation, plugins, and community resources. Since the project was started during GSoC 2025 and is still incomplete, I’m particularly excited about the opportunity to help continue and complete the work, while improving its usefulness and integration within Jenkins.
Before I dive deeper, I wanted to ask for some guidance from the mentors and the community:
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Feature Direction
Are there any specific features or improvements that mentors are currently most interested in students working on for this project (e.g., better retrieval accuracy, multi-turn conversations, improved Jenkins UI integration, plugin-aware responses, etc.)?
Understanding the priority areas would help me focus my efforts in a direction that best aligns with the project’s goals. -
Getting Started Effectively
If I were to start working on this project right now, what resources would you recommend to best understand:-
the current state of the chatbot plugin,
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the design decisions made during GSoC 2025,
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and the next logical steps for contributors…
Are there particular issues, documents, architectural notes, or Jenkins plugin concepts that would be most valuable to study first?
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My goal over the coming weeks is to build a solid understanding of the existing implementation, start contributing through small but meaningful improvements, and eventually propose a well-scoped and realistic GSoC project backed by actual contributions.
Thank you for your time, and I’d really appreciate any pointers or suggestions. I’m looking forward to learning from the community and getting involved!
Best regards,
Geethika