When using AI-powered software development tools, finding the right balance between agent autonomy and developer control is a constant trade-off. The agentic development tool IBM Bob is primarily b...
Testing Conversations in Orchestrate via Agentic Skill
Agentic software development tools like IBM Bob can do much more than just generate code. Their real power emerges when they directly access live environments to run, test, and monitor code. This p...
Accessing Orchestrate Environments via Agentic Skill
Agentic software development tools like IBM Bob can do much more than just generate code. Their real power emerges when they directly access live environments to run, test, and monitor code. This p...
Developing Documentation MCP Servers for IBM Bob
AI-based development tools like IBM Bob are powerful since they can use tools to access live data. To enable Bob to understand how to utilize certain technologies, frameworks and libraries, vendors...
Testing watsonx Orchestrate Agents with Bob
IBM Bob is a generic, AI-based software development tool that can be customized to access other systems. This post explains how to create a watsonx Orchestrate agent that is deployed and tested in ...
Accessing watsonx Orchestrate from Bob via CLI
IBM Bob is a generic AI-based software development tool which can be customized for specific scenarios. This post describes how Bob can utilize the ‘orchestrate’ CLI to access IBM watsonx Orchestra...
Watsonx Orchestrate Debug Skill for IBM Bob
IBM Bob is an AI SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) partner that augments your existing workflows and helps you work confidently with real codebases. Bob can be extended via skills, MCP tools, c...
Debugging Tools in IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Recently new ways to debug agents have been added to IBM watsonx Orchestrate. This post shows samples of the new user interface. There are two tools for the different types of agents: Agent de...
Spec-driven Development with IBM Bob
AI-based development tools can significantly increase autonomy in software development. However, it is crucial that developers maintain control to ensure the level of quality required for enterpris...
Why 'Software Development Lifecycle Partner' describes IBM Bob best
The tagline ‘Software Development Lifecycle Partner’ is a mouthful, but it describes well the key benefits of IBM Bob. This post explores the reasoning behind this concept and why it matters for th...
