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    Multi Cloud Support for Watson Assistant for Z

    Enable, ship and support as, ‘a first class environment’, support for WxA4Z in other RHOCP enabled environments – specifically Azure, AWS and Google Clouds.
    16 days ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

    Full support for TPF and ALCS

    Complete the support for managing TPF environments from WxA4Z including appropriate RAGs, MCP Server(s) and Agents. In addition, add full support (RAGs, MCP Server(s) and Agents) for ALCS ( IBM Airline Control System ) – which is a major TPF appli...
    16 days ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

    Additional monitoring and recovery handling for WxA4Z

    Add an appropriate MCP Server and Agents for WxA4Z to help monitor and manage itself. Additionally, provide a NON AI based ‘environment checker’ for a WxA4Z config and have it identify parm settings that may be ‘odd’ and/or confgs that are non-sta...
    16 days ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

    Add global option support for STA, STO and PST TRAN commands.

    Enabling PLEXPARM for IMS transactions allows setting a global status for IMS AREAS, DBS and TRANS. However for transactions the only way to set this is via the update transaction command. IMS RACF OPERCMDS settings cannot be configured for to all...
    over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / Commands 2 Future consideration

    Keyword 'ALL' needed for /DIS STATUS command

    Current /DIS STATUS command can be issued without any keywords (/DIS STATUS.), which can result in massive output message for all IMS resources generated to WTO.This affects system operator's operation. This also affects throughput of workloa...
    over 4 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

    Create a mechanism for tracking license consumption

    IBM watsonx Assistant for Z needs to be able to provide audit-ready claiming over users with access, from a license standpoint, for the available seats. Along with controls to control maximum seats allowed per appliance and provide controls over u...
    about 1 month ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

    Enable Agents to Access Mainframe Systems as User Surrogates in watsonx Assistant for Z

    To maintain robust auditing and compliance on mainframe systems, it is critical to track both the real user identity and the agent identity when actions are performed. Currently, there is no mechanism for agents to act on behalf of a user while pr...
    4 months ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

    Allow Binding Connections to Agents Instead of Individual Tools in watsonx Assistant for Z

    Currently, the Agent Development Kit (ADK) only supports binding a connection directly to a single tool. This approach creates limitations when the same tool needs to be used by different agents operating in distinct environments.I propose enablin...
    4 months ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

    Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Integration Protocol in watsonx Assistant for Z

    The Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol is a widely adopted industry standard that enables seamless communication between autonomous agents across different platforms. Currently, watsonx Assistant for Z does not provide native support for A2A, which lim...
    4 months ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

    Enable Agent Triggering Beyond Human-Initiated Chat in watsonx Assistant for Z

    Currently, agents in watsonx Assistant for Z can only be activated through human-initiated chat sessions. This limits automation potential in mature enterprise environments. I propose introducing mechanisms that allow agents to start processes or ...
    4 months ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

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