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watsonx Assistant for Z

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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...
3 months ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

Enable Support for Multiple RACF Databases and RRSFs in watsonx Assistant for Z

Many IBM Z environments are designed with multiple RACF databases and RRSF configurations, often segmented by LPAR, sysplex, or environment type (e.g., production, development, test). Today, watsonx Assistant for Z supports connectivity to only a ...
28 days ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Submitted

Enable Multi-Tenancy Support with a Single Chat Interface in watsonx Assistant for Z

Customers with multiple corporate divisions, geographic regions, or environments typically operate separate IBM Z infrastructures (LPARs, sysplexes, networks, and data domains) under distinct accounts. Today, these scenarios require multiple watso...
28 days ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Submitted

Enable WxA4Z security integration directly with z/OS SAF/ESM (and not Zowe)

Enable WxA4Z security integration directly with z/OS SAF/ESM (and not Zowe) Currently, the security integration for WxA4Z with z/OS is designed through the Authorization Service that will integrate using Zowe API ML. This poses a challenge with Cu...
28 days ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Submitted

Provide clear instructions on how to disable/enable different models

We needed to change the model between Llama and IBM Granite for testing, there were no clear instructions in the manuals on how to perform this change. The instructions that exist today are for the lite version only and are described here: https:/...
about 1 month ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Submitted

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...
3 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 ...
3 months ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

Expand Language Support for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) in watsonx Assistant for Z

Currently, the RAG system in watsonx Assistant for Z only supports English, which significantly limits its applicability in multilingual enterprise environments. To better serve global teams and improve accessibility, I propose extending RAG langu...
3 months ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review

AI agent for role-based data access

At Fall 2025 AI Council, a client expressed interest in AI agent that handle granting role-based access to enterprise data assets. This is the top priority for this fortune 100 enterprise (Citi).
about 1 month ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Submitted

Streamline operational workflow after the system has experienced an error and resulting SVC dump has been captured.

Streamline operational workflows by automating Case creation for system issues, including diagnostic dump uploads to IBM. Enhance system programmer productivity by proactively searching related symptoms in the APAR/PTF repository to accelerate pro...
4 months ago in watsonx Assistant for Z 0 Under review