{"id":76911,"date":"2026-09-23T16:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/?p=76911"},"modified":"2026-09-23T16:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:45:45","slug":"ai-on-ibm-i-build-a-complete-agentic-devops-workflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/news-events\/blog\/ai-on-ibm-i-build-a-complete-agentic-devops-workflow\/","title":{"rendered":"AI on IBM i: Build a Complete Agentic DevOps Workflow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:15px;--awb-padding-left:15px;--awb-padding-right-small:20px;--awb-padding-left-small:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Poppins&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:600;\"><p>Written by Malo Lecoursonnais, September 23, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Editing code with an AI agent has become commonplace. Driving the entire IBM i DevOps chain from that same agent is far less so. In this final installment of the series, we walk through a hands-on demo, from impact analysis to test deployment, based on a simple field addition.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column to-remember\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:25px;--awb-padding-bottom:5px;--awb-padding-left:25px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:9px 9px 9px 9px;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;\"><p><span class=\"title\">Key takeaways<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><ul style=\"--awb-size:14px;--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-item-padding-top:6px;--awb-item-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-line-height:23.8px;--awb-icon-width:23.8px;--awb-icon-height:23.8px;--awb-icon-margin:9.8px;--awb-content-margin:33.6px;--awb-circlecolor:#437cb4;--awb-circle-yes-font-size:12.32px;\" class=\"fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-1 type-numbered\"><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-yes\">1<\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><strong>AI now goes well beyond code editing<\/strong>: with MCP servers, it spans the full IBM i DevOps chain, from the source repository through testing to deployment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-yes\">2<\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><strong>Impact analysis is still ARCAD&#8217;s job<\/strong>: one click in Skipper delivers a guaranteed result to the agent, whereas an LLM on its own burns through tokens with no reliability.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-yes\">3<\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><strong>A field addition handled end to end<\/strong>: compilation via Git + ARCAD Builder, then test deployment with DROPS, in just a few MCP calls.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:15px;--awb-padding-left:15px;--awb-padding-right-small:20px;--awb-padding-left-small:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" id=\"blog-content\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:35px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.2;\">IBM i DevOps: where does AI fit in?<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>Using an agentic IDE (Claude Code, IBM Bob\u2026) to edit source code is now routine. What&#8217;s less obvious is how AI can also fit into a complete DevOps cycle.<\/p>\n<p>DevOps involves many roles: developers, database administrators, deployment administrators\u2026<\/p>\n<p>DevOps involves many tools: VS Code or RDI for code editing, Git for versioning, Jenkins for deployment, often topped off by a comprehensive layer such as ARCAD in the IBM i world.<\/p>\n<p>And now, thanks to MCP servers, DevOps involves AI too. This technology, explained throughout this blog series, allows LLMs to consume services. Your IBM i source repository? Your IBM i unit testing solution? Your IBM i versioning and deployment tool? All these ARCAD products both feed and draw on AI through <a href=\"\/arcad\/arcad-mcp-server-ibm-i-application-context-for-ai-agents\/\">ARCAD MCP Server<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:35px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.2;\">Demo: adding a field, from code to deployment with AI<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>For our example, let&#8217;s take a classic IBM i development use case: adding a field to a file. A DevOps chain breaks down into three steps:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: -10px;\">\n<li><strong>Code the field addition<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Test the new code<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Deploy the new version<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:32;line-height:1.3;\">Code the field addition<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>Adding a field is never a simple task. First, you need to audit the existing code to understand the impact of such a change. Today, an IBM i developer relies on <a href=\"\/arcad\/products\/arcad-skipper-ibm-i-version-control\/\">ARCAD Skipper<\/a>&#8216;s impact analysis to get a 100% reliable answer in one click. An LLM would need tens of thousands of tokens to replicate that effort, with no guaranteed result. <a href=\"\/arcad\/arcad-mcp-server-ibm-i-application-context-for-ai-agents\/\">ARCAD MCP Server<\/a> hands this information to the AI, with a guaranteed result. To achieve this on your IBM i, you can explicitly instruct the AI in your prompt to use ARCAD MCP Server, or<a href=\"\/arcad\/infos-et-evenements\/blog-fr\/ia-ibm-i-transformez-votre-expertise-en-skills\/\"> <\/a><a href=\"\/arcad\/news-events\/blog\/ai-on-ibm-i-turn-your-expertise-into-skills\/\">build this process into a skill<\/a><a href=\"\/arcad\/infos-et-evenements\/blog-fr\/ia-ibm-i-transformez-votre-expertise-en-skills\/\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shown below: the call to the ARCAD repository, which identifies the X impacted files. If X = 4, the AI can handle the job; if X = 97, it is unlikely to get it right. ARCAD guarantees the result through its MCP server.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:500px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" alt=\"Appel MCP Arcad pour r\u00e9f\u00e9rentiel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.fr\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01-compilation-nouveaux-sources-1024x602.webp\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-76891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01-compilation-nouveaux-sources-200x118.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01-compilation-nouveaux-sources-400x235.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01-compilation-nouveaux-sources-600x353.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01-compilation-nouveaux-sources-800x471.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01-compilation-nouveaux-sources-1200x706.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01-compilation-nouveaux-sources.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;\"><p><i><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">ARCAD MCP call to the repository<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:500px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"901\" alt=\"IA sait quel fichier lire gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l&#039;appel ARCAD MCP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.fr\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-publication-nouvelle-version-git-1024x901.webp\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-76892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-publication-nouvelle-version-git-200x176.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-publication-nouvelle-version-git-400x352.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-publication-nouvelle-version-git-600x528.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-publication-nouvelle-version-git-800x704.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-publication-nouvelle-version-git-1200x1056.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-publication-nouvelle-version-git.webp 1337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;\"><p><i><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Thanks to the ARCAD MCP call, the AI knows which file to read<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:500px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"961\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Analyse d&#039;impact de l&#039;IA complet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.fr\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03-import-nouvelle-version-ibmi-drops-961x1024.webp\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-76893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03-import-nouvelle-version-ibmi-drops-200x213.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03-import-nouvelle-version-ibmi-drops-400x426.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03-import-nouvelle-version-ibmi-drops-600x640.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03-import-nouvelle-version-ibmi-drops-800x853.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03-import-nouvelle-version-ibmi-drops-1200x1279.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03-import-nouvelle-version-ibmi-drops.webp 1215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-margin-top:10px;\"><p><i><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">The AI&#8217;s completed impact analysis<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:20px;\"><p>Once the impact analysis is done, the AI can get on with what it does best: writing the new code.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:32;line-height:1.3;\">Test the new code<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\"><p>The second DevOps step covers versioning and testing the change. ARCAD offers several testing components (unit testing, non-regression tests and scenarios), but for this example we&#8217;ll focus on remote compilation of the source code on IBM i.<\/p>\n<p>Running in VS Code, the AI agent can&#8217;t save and compile on IBM i by itself. However, ARCAD provides a Git + ARCAD Builder integration that compiles a modified source member on IBM i. Here&#8217;s how it looks:<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-aspect-ratio: 100 \/ 41;--awb-object-position:49% 0%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none has-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"Publication nouvelle version via Git\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.fr\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-analyse-impact-cocurr-country-1024x576.webp\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-76886 img-with-aspect-ratio\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\".fusion-image-element\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-analyse-impact-cocurr-country-200x113.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-analyse-impact-cocurr-country-400x225.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-analyse-impact-cocurr-country-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-analyse-impact-cocurr-country-800x450.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-analyse-impact-cocurr-country-1200x675.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-analyse-impact-cocurr-country.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;\"><p><i><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Publishing the new version via Git<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"395\" alt=\"Compilation des nouveaux sources\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.fr\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-lecture-fichiers-architecture-1024x395.webp\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-76887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-lecture-fichiers-architecture-200x77.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-lecture-fichiers-architecture-400x154.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-lecture-fichiers-architecture-600x231.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-lecture-fichiers-architecture-800x309.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-lecture-fichiers-architecture-1200x463.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-lecture-fichiers-architecture.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-margin-top:10px;\"><p><i><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Compiling the new source members<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-14\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:20px;\"><p>The compilations succeeded. On to the final DevOps step: deploying to the test environment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:32;line-height:1.3;\">Deploy the new version<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-15\"><p>Still in the same conversation, we can ask our AI agent to import the new version from IBM i into our deployment orchestrator (<a href=\"\/drops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DROPS<\/a>). The next step is to transfer that version from DROPS to the test environment.<\/p>\n<p>From our agent, just two calls to <a href=\"\/arcad\/arcad-mcp-server-ibm-i-application-context-for-ai-agents\/\">ARCAD MCP Server<\/a> are all it takes:<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:400px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"959\" alt=\"import de la nouvelle version depuis IBM i vers DROPS\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.fr\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-appel-arcad-mcp-referentiel-1024x959.webp\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-76888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-appel-arcad-mcp-referentiel-200x187.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-appel-arcad-mcp-referentiel-400x375.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-appel-arcad-mcp-referentiel-600x562.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-appel-arcad-mcp-referentiel-800x749.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-appel-arcad-mcp-referentiel-1200x1124.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-appel-arcad-mcp-referentiel.webp 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-16 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;\"><p><i><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Importing the new version from IBM i into DROPS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:400px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-7 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"D\u00e9ploiement de la version depuis DROPS vers environnement de Test\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.fr\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/07-synthese-agent-ia-940x1024.webp\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-76889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/07-synthese-agent-ia-200x218.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/07-synthese-agent-ia-400x436.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/07-synthese-agent-ia-600x654.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/07-synthese-agent-ia-800x872.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/07-synthese-agent-ia.webp 1201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-17\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-margin-top:10px;\"><p><i><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Deploying the version from DROPS to the test environment<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-18\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:20px;\"><p>Our AI agent confirms the deployment completed successfully.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:400px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-8 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Synth\u00e8se de l&#039;agent IA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.fr\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/08-deploiement-drops-test-629x1024.webp\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-76890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/08-deploiement-drops-test-200x326.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/08-deploiement-drops-test-400x651.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/08-deploiement-drops-test-600x977.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/08-deploiement-drops-test-800x1302.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/08-deploiement-drops-test.webp 983w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-19\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-margin-top:10px;\"><p><i><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">AI agent summary<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:35px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.2;\">Scaling it up in your IBM i environment<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-20\"><p>Setting up this kind of agentic workflow on IBM i is no longer a pipe dream. It&#8217;s the logical next step for practices that have been around for 15 years, built on technologies ARCAD has been developing for 34 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/arcad\/arcad-mcp-server-ibm-i-application-context-for-ai-agents\/\">ARCAD MCP Server<\/a> is available free of charge to our customers and can be downloaded from the customer portal. For more information or if you have any questions, feel free to <a href=\"\/arcad\/about\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>. The screenshots in this article are taken from a demo video, available on <a href=\"\/arcad\/about\/contact\/\">request from our sales team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:15px;--awb-padding-right:15px;--awb-padding-bottom:15px;--awb-padding-left:15px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:40px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/arcad\/arcad-mcp-server-ibm-i-application-context-for-ai-agents\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Discover ARCAD MCP Server<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-21\"><p>This article is part of the <strong>AI on IBM i<\/strong> series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/arcad\/news-events\/blog\/ai-on-ibm-i-demystifying-mcp-the-toolbox-for-ai-agents\/\">AI on IBM i: Demystifying MCP, the Toolbox for AI Agents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/arcad\/news-events\/blog\/ai-on-ibm-i-turn-your-expertise-into-skills\/\">AI on IBM i: Turn Your Expertise into Skills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/arcad\/news-events\/blog\/ai-on-ibm-i-agentic-ai-to-modernize-arcad-to-ensure-reliability\/\">AI on IBM i: Agentic AI to Modernize, ARCAD to Ensure Reliability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>AI on IBM i: Building a Complete Agentic DevOps Workflow<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:45px;--awb-padding-right-small:20px;--awb-padding-left-small:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:25px;--awb-padding-right:25px;--awb-padding-bottom:25px;--awb-padding-left:25px;--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color1);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-box-shadow:2px 1px 4px 0px rgba(33,41,52,0.41);;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:5px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:20%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:9.6%;--awb-width-small:20%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:9.6%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-max-width:130px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-9 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:50px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Malo, Solution Architect\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.fr\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mle.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-76174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mle-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mle-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mle.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-left:5px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.4%;--awb-width-medium:80%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.4%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.4%;--awb-width-small:80%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-spacing-right-small:2.4%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2.4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-7 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:rgba(48,135,120,0.59);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:7px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-font-size:13px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Poppins&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:13;--minFontSize:13;line-height:1.2;\">About the author<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-8 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Poppins&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:600;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.3;\">Malo Lecoursonnais<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-9 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Poppins&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.36;\">Solutions Architect<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-22 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-line-height:1.4;--awb-margin-bottom:7px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Poppins&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Malo holds a degree from IMT Atlantique and specializes in the integration of AI solutions for IBM i and modern environments. As Solutions Architect at ARCAD, he supports our clients in modernizing their application portfolio, from design through to implementation, with a relentless focus on user experience.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-23 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-line-height:1.4;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Poppins&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>His expertise with AI tools and his product vision feed directly into the evolution of <a href=\"\/arcad\/resource-items\/download-gianni-free-ibm-i-application-audit-tool\/\">Gianni<\/a> and <a href=\"\/arcad\/arcad-mcp-server-ibm-i-application-context-for-ai-agents\/\">ARCAD MCP Server<\/a>, helping IBM i teams regain mastery of their code. Drawing on international experience and a passion for teaching, he helps spread best practices in AI development internationally.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if your AI agent ran your entire IBM i DevOps chain? 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