AI Tools & Platforms

AI Coding Agent for IBM i Development and Modernization

IBM Bob (Project Bob)

IBM's generally available AI coding agent for IBM i. Bob 2.0 and the Bob Premium Package for i shipped June 24, 2026, adding a Db2 for i Database Mode, about 30 IBM i tools, and direct work on source where it lives. Reported pricing from $20 to $240 per month.

IBM Per-seat monthly subscription; Bob 1.0 GA March 24, 2026; Bob 2.0 and Bob Premium Package for i GA June 24, 2026

Enterprise AI Platform

IBM watsonx.ai

IBM's studio for building, tuning, and deploying foundation models and generative AI applications, and the underlying AI layer other watsonx products are built on.

IBM Cloud (IBM Cloud); some watsonx capabilities are also available via IBM Cloud Pak for Data for on-premises deployment

AI Coding Assistant (Preview, Superseded)

IBM watsonx Code Assistant for i

IBM's November 2025 preview announcement of an IBM i-specific, RPG-focused AI code assistant. This preview track was superseded by IBM Bob, which reached general availability in March 2026.

IBM Announced November 2025 as an upcoming product; never reached independent general availability

Conversational AI Platform

IBM watsonx Assistant

IBM's general-purpose conversational AI platform for building chatbots and virtual assistants. Not IBM i-specific, but relevant for shops building conversational front ends over IBM i or Db2 for i data.

IBM Cloud (IBM Cloud)

AI Agent & Automation Platform

IBM watsonx Orchestrate

IBM's AI agent and workflow platform, and the first watsonx product with an official link to IBM's IBM i coding agent. The August 2026 release added a Build with Bob preview that launches IBM Bob to generate agents and tools from natural language. Still no IBM i or Db2 for i connector in the box.

IBM Cloud (IBM Cloud and AWS); AgentOps generally available on IBM Cloud and AWS as of the August 2026 release; Build with Bob is a preview on both

AI Agent Connectivity Layer for Db2 for i

IBM i MCP Server

An open-source, IBM-published Model Context Protocol server that lets AI agents and LLMs query Db2 for i data, inspect system objects, and take defined actions on IBM i using natural language.

IBM Open-source MCP server (self-hosted); beta since October 2025

Autonomous Infrastructure Operations Agent for Power

IBM Power Autonomous Operations

IBM's AI agent for running the Power systems underneath IBM i. Announced July 15, 2026, general availability September 23, 2026. It monitors the infrastructure, diagnoses what it finds, and resolves capacity constraints after a person approves the fix.

IBM General availability September 23, 2026. Pre-GA as of September 2, 2026: announced, dated, and demonstrated, with no published documentation, packaging, or ordering information