The agentic software development tool IBM Bob has recently introduced support for hooks. Hooks enable developers to integrate deterministic code and validation gates into workflows, significantly i...
New Agentic Skill for watsonx Orchestrate
Agentic software development tools like IBM Bob require customization via skills and tools to interface with external platforms like IBM watsonx Orchestrate. This post introduces a new community-bu...
Building secure Orchestrate Agents with HashiCorp Vault
Autonomous AI agents are reshaping modern application architectures by acting on behalf of users, invoking APIs, and coordinating actions across trust boundaries with limited human supervision. Thi...
Invoking A2A Agents On Behalf Of Users from Orchestrate
IBM watsonx Orchestrate can run and manage native agents while also integrating external agents via protocols like A2A. The Orchestrate Agent Control Plane is used to control and provide observabil...
Delegated Trust for Enterprise Agents via OAuth On-Behalf-Of
In enterprise applications, AI agents frequently access downstream systems on behalf of users. IBM watsonx Orchestrate supports OAuth On-Behalf-Of to propagate the user’s identity from initial logi...
OAuth Token Exchange for Orchestrate Agents, Tools, and MCP Servers
In enterprise applications, AI agents frequently access downstream systems on behalf of users. IBM watsonx Orchestrate supports OAuth Token Exchange to propagate the user’s identity from initial lo...
Passing User Identity safely across Agents and Enterprise Systems
In enterprise applications, AI agents frequently access downstream systems on behalf of users. To maintain proper security and auditing, authentication tokens must be securely exchanged and propaga...
User Accountability in agentic watsonx Orchestrate Apps
As autonomous agents become more prevalent, they are fundamentally changing how we work. Because traditional human approvals often create bottlenecks in enterprise workflows, modern agents are freq...
Authenticating Enterprise Agents in watsonx Orchestrate
In agentic enterprise systems, agents and tools require secure access to downstream resources on behalf of users. IBM watsonx Orchestrate supports multiple authentication mechanisms, each tailored ...
Connecting Custom Apps to Orchestrate via REST APIs
In agentic enterprise systems, agents and tools often access systems on behalf of users. This post describes how to build custom web applications leveraging the watsonx Orchestrate REST API and how...
