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watsonx Code Assistant Ideas

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WCA4Z Explanation should display error messages when using translation to native language

WCA4Z Explanation displays errors when the generation of the explanation fails, for example if a call to the API "/explanation/PL1?level=SIMPLE" fails with the error: "stop_reason":"max_tokens". However, no error is displayed if the error happens ...
2 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 5 Under review

Allow user to specify GPU node where LLM gets deployed during installation

Currently there is no way to determine what GPU or what node the LLM uses or gets deployed to. We need a mechanism by which we can specify the GPU node where the LLM gets deployed to. Since WCA is using the SYOM framework to serve the ibm-granite-...

Add Traditional Chinese support for WCA4Z Explanation and Chat features.

Currently, WCA4Z does not support Traditional Chinese in its Explanation and Chat functionalities, which has become a significant barrier for adoption among clients in Taiwan. Many customers have expressed that Traditional Chinese resources are cr...
about 2 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 11 Under review

Enable WatsonX Code Assistant (WCA) to support MCP servers

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an emerging open standard that enables AI assistants to retrieve structured, contextual information from external sources—such as CMSs, bug trackers (e.g., Jira, Confluence), database schemas, UI design tools (e.g.,...
3 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 4 Future consideration

Request to Simplify and Improve ADDI Visualization for New User Onboarding

We have received repeated feedback from our client regarding the current visualization of flow diagrams and reports within ADDI. They have expressed that many of the generated diagrams appear overly dense and difficult to interpret, especially for...
28 days ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review

Assembler Code Explanation - Client wants Code Explanation to identify the system call and application calls for Assembler modules

Most of the times, assembler modules are used for system programming. However, some of them might also be used as application modules. It would be beneficial to differentiate the system calls and application calls through the explanation generated.

Code Explain should support macros

Many customers use macros to generate COBOL to simplify the way that they wrote code, especially for standard processes. When developers select their code in the IDE to generate an explanation, it won't always be standard COBOL thanks to these mac...
about 1 month ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 1 Under review

Include transform feature from Natural to Java

Some SPGI clients (public tenders within them) that are using IBM's Mainframe are requesting to convert from Natural language (SoftwareAG) to Java in order to modernise it. They would like to avoid using ADABAS and start using relational databases...
7 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 2 Future consideration

Store PARM details when processing JCL

We are trying to identify when certain REXX scripts get called and this is stored as the PARM in the JCL. With the example below, I can see details for the inputs and outputs, but can't find 'OS#QTIM1' stored anywhere: //STEP020 EXEC PGM=IRXJCL,PA...

The way Japanese input is handled in the prompt

I'm using WCA on VSCode 1.96.4 / macOS 15.2. When entering Japanese text in the input prompt, I often need to convert characters to kanji. However, pressing Enter to confirm the conversion also sends the input as a message in WCA Assistant Chat, r...
7 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant (general) 2 Future consideration