Rocket AI Enablement for IBM i
AI capabilities Rocket Software added across three of its IBM i products on August 25, 2026: AI-generated unit tests and RPG format conversion in Rocket DevOps, 5250 workflow analysis and a chat interface in Continuous Modernization, and a replication-tuning AI Tuner in iCluster.
What changed in each product
| Product | New AI features |
|---|---|
| Rocket DevOps | AI-written unit tests aiming for more than 90 percent coverage, AI static code analysis, fixed-format to free-format RPG conversion, and AI MCP interfaces |
| Continuous Modernization | Workflow analysis that reads the 5250 screens and database calls an app uses, plus a chat interface for asking about app logic |
| Rocket iCluster | An AI Tuner that studies replication and suggests changes, such as leaving temporary objects out |
Continuous Modernization is built from the former Rocket API and LegaSuite products. iCluster is Rocket's high-availability replication product.
What else to know
The same announcement covers IBM Z, MultiValue and Uniface. IT Jungle added more detail on September 14, 2026. Rocket named no pricing and no IBM i general availability dates.
Related Terms
RPG
Report Program Generator, the primary business application programming language on IBM i and its AS/400 predecessors, still running the majority of production logic in most IBM i shops.
Free-Format RPG
A modern RPG coding style that drops the rigid column-based syntax of traditional fixed-format RPG in favor of freer, more readable statement syntax.
IBM i
IBM's operating system for Power servers running traditional AS/400-lineage business applications, with Db2 for i built directly into the OS.
IBM Bob (Project Bob)
IBM's generally available AI coding agent for IBM i, built as a fork of Visual Studio Code and tuned for RPG, CL, DDS, and SQL. Reached GA on March 24, 2026; Bob 2.0 and the IBM i-specific Bob Premium Package for i shipped June 24, 2026.
Model Context Protocol
An open standard, released by Anthropic on November 25, 2024, that defines a client-server architecture for connecting AI applications to external data sources, tools, and prompts over JSON-RPC 2.0. IBM's IBM i MCP Server is an implementation of it for Db2 for i and other IBM i resources.