Getting started with watsonx Code Assistant for Z Agentic

The watsonx Code Assistant™ for Z Agentic service provides chat capabilities in VS Code for your mainframe development environment.

With watsonx Code Assistant for Z Agentic, you can work with multiple specialized agents to:
Generate code
Create new code from natural language prompts or modify existing code directly from the chat interface.
Explain code with application insights
Get detailed, AI-generated explanations enriched with additional application-level insights to help you understand programs or code segments.

Checking whether the service is installed

An administrator must install watsonx Code Assistant for Z Agentic.

To check whether the service is installed:

  1. From the navigation menu, select Services > Services catalog.
  2. Search for watsonx Code Assistant for Z Agentic.

If the service is installed and ready to use, the tile in the catalog shows Ready to use.

Accessing the service

Code Assistant™ watsonx Code Assistant for Z Agentic is available from IBM watsonx Code Assistant experience.