Agents for IT operations

The prebuilt IT domain agents on IBM watsonx Orchestrate manage and coordinate common IT service and support processes. These processes include incident management, user and asset administration, and project coordination to streamline operations and improve service delivery.

Important:

Verify deployment support before you use the agents. Some prebuilt agents listed on this page are not available in every environment. Refer to Prebuilt agent feature parity across deployments to confirm which agents your environment supports.

Customer service and support management

The Customer service and support management is a manager agent in charge of routing user requests to the most relevant agent working under it.

Table 1. Salesforce

Agents

Description

Account management

Lists user accounts and contact details in Salesforce.

Case management

Tracks, manages, and resolves customer issues in Salesforce.

Case comments management

Adds and updates notes in a case for internal communication in Salesforce.

Case team members management

Manages a case team and members to distribute tasks and collaborate in Salesforce.

Predefined case team members management

Manages predefined templates for case team, which can help to create a case team and roles quickly in Salesforce.

Salesforce file manager

Manages all file-related operations in the Salesforce platform.

DevOps and CICD Management with Jenkins

The DevOps and CICD Management with Jenkins is a manager agent that enhances DevOps productivity and visibility with prebuilt AI agents for Jenkins. They automate repository, issue, and pipeline management — helping teams streamline code collaboration, improve CICD efficiency, and maintain real-time visibility across commits, builds, and deployments.

Table 2. Jenkins

Agents

Description

Build management with Jenkins

Manages CICD operations by managing builds, failures, and queues across Jenkins environments.

Job & log management with Jenkins

Streamlines creation, activation, deactivation, retry, and auditing of Jenkins jobs.

Folder management with Jenkins

An agent to get list of folders, folder details from Jenkins.

Database operations

An AI-powered database operations agent that enables intelligent querying, schema discovery, metadata analysis, and operational insight generation for MySQL Databases.

Table 3. MySQL

Agents

Description

Database operations with MySQL

An agent responsible for managing user requests for MySQL database operations.

Insert query operations in MySQL

An expert agent for executing SQL INSERT queries against MySQL databases with comprehensive validation and safety checks.

Execute query operations in MySQL

Execute a READ-ONLY SQL query with comprehensive validation checks.

Issue and bug tracking

The Issue and bug tracking is a manager agent in charge of routing user requests to the most relevant agent working under it.

Table 4. Jira

Agents

Description

Issue management

Creates, updates, retrieves, and deletes Jira issues.

Table 5. Red Hat Ansible

Agents

Description

Job execution with Red Hat Ansible

An agent to create, update, cancel, retrieve, delete, launch, relaunch jobs and retrieve the job host summaries and retrieve activity streams for jobs in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

Inventory management with Red Hat Ansible

An agent to create, update, retrieve, delete inventories, retrieving hosts, retrieving adhoc command jobs and retrieving inventory host facts from inventories as well as relaunch adhoc command and creating ad hoc command in Red Hat Ansible Platform.

Project and playbook management with Red Hat Ansible

An agent to create, update, retrieve and delete projects in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

Workflow execution management with Red Hat Ansible

An agent to retrieve and relaunch workflow jobs and retrieve activity streams for workflow jobs from Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

Workflow template management with Red Hat Ansible

An agent to update, retrieve, schedule and launch workflow job templates and retrieve activity streams for workflow job templates in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

Job template management with Red Hat Ansible

An agent to retrieve,launch Ansible job templates and retrieve schedules for a job template in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

Workflow job node management with Red Hat Ansible

An agent to create, update, retrieve workflow job template nodes and retrieve unified job templates in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

User management with Red Hat Ansible

An agent to create, update, and retrieve users and organization users in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

IT services management

The IT Services Manager is a manager agent in charge of routing user requests to the most relevant agent working under it.

Table 6. IBM Maximo IT

Agents

Description

Knowledge management with IBM Maximo IT

A specialized Maximo IT agent capable of: 1. Generating AI-driven solutions for IT tickets using a strict workflow. 2. Producing executive-style AI summaries of tickets using ticket details and worklogs. 3. Answering conversational questions about a ticket using only ticket details. The agent is restricted to these three use cases only and cannot perform any other actions.

Table 7. ServiceNow

Agents

Description

Asset manager

Creates, updates, retrieves, and deletes ServiceNow assets.

Department manager

Creates, updates, retrieves, and deletes ServiceNow departments.

Incident manager

Creates, updates, retrieves, and deletes ServiceNow incidents.

Knowledge article manager

Creates, updates, retrieves, and deletes ServiceNow knowledge articles.

Ticket manager

Creates, updates, retrieves, and deletes ServiceNow tickets.

User manager

Creates, updates, retrieves, and deletes ServiceNow users.

Record manager in ServiceNow

Enables end-to-end management of enterprise data across modules.

Request manager in ServiceNow

Enables enterprise workflow automation, SLA-based actions, and seamless ITSM integration.

Knowledge manager in ServiceNow

Enables users to ask any question in natural language and receive direct answers extracted from ServiceNow knowledge articles.

Catalog manager in ServiceNow

Streamlines the management of catalog items within the ServiceNow Platform, enabling seamless request handling and order creation for users.

ServiceNow HRSD agent

Streamlines the case management for HR module within ServiceNow Platform enabling seamless problem management for users.

ServiceNow policy manager

Retrieves policy-related details for the users.

Project and resource management

The Project and resource management is a manager agent in charge of routing user requests to the most relevant agent working under it.

Table 8. Adobe Workfront

Agents

Description

User and access management

Manages all tasks related to users, groups, access levels, and approval process in Adobe Workfront.

Project and task management

Manages all tasks related to projects, tasks, and documents in Adobe Workfront.

Portfolio and program management

Manages all tasks related to portfolios, programs, and scorecards in Adobe Workfront.

Issue management

Manages issues in Adobe Workfront.

Table 9. GitLab

Agents

Description

DevOps management with GitLab

Acts as the central intelligence for all GitLab-focused agents, seamlessly coordinating activities across Repositories, Branches, Issues, merge requests, and CI/CD pipelines.

Project management with GitLab

Manages the entire project lifecycle in GitLab.

Branch management with GitLab

Simplifies and automates branch operations within GitLab.

Merge request management with GitLab

Streamlines the entire code review and merge lifecycle.

Milestone management with GitLab

Simplifies release planning and delivery tracking.

Tag management with GitLab

Automates version control operations by enabling seamless creation and retrieval of tags linked to branches and commits.

Release management with GitLab

Automates every aspect of the release lifecycle — from version creation to updates and retirement.

Commit management with GitLab

Automates commit tracking and rollback operations within GitLab.

User management with GitLab

Provides instant visibility into all users within your GitLab environment.

Pipeline management with GitLab

Manages end-to-end CI/CD pipeline management.

Member management with GitLab

To gain instant visibility into projects and their member structures within GitLab.

Job management with GitLab

Manages end-to-end CI/CD job operations within GitLab.

Group management with GitLab

Simplifies the administration of organizational hierarchies by enabling visibility into existing groups and seamless creation of subgroups.

Issue management with GitLab

Automates and simplifies issue lifecycle management.

Namespace management with GitLab

Retrieves all namespaces within GitLab.

Table 10. TestRail

Agents

Description

Section and suite management in TestRail

An agent to create and retrieve sections in TestRail.

Test case management in TestRail

An agent to create, update, retrieve and delete TestRail test cases.

Test milestone management in TestRail

An agent to create and retrieve milestone in TestRail.

Test plan management in TestRail

An agent to create, retrieve, update, and delete test plans in TestRail.

Test suite management in TestRail

An agent to create and retrieve test suites in TestRail.

Test run management in TestRail

An agent to retrieve and close test runs in TestRail.

Test report management in TestRail

The reliable agent for managing reports in TestRail, letting users easily retrieve in TestRail.

Test project management in TestRail

An agent to retrieve TestRail projects.

Requirements aggregation in TestRail

An agent to classify requirements, generate test cases, or analyze test coverage.

Test user management in TestRail

An agent to retrieve TestRail user details.

Table 11. Zendesk

Agents

Description

Zendesk organization agent

Performs all actions related to organization setup and management within Zendesk platform.

Zendesk article agent

Performs all actions related to article in Zendesk platform.

Zendesk ticket agent

Performs actions such as creating, updating ,deleting ticket at Zendesk.

Zendesk group agent

Manages all group-related actions in a Zendesk platform.

Zendesk object agent

Manages all actions related to objects within the Zendesk platform.

Zendesk user agent

Creates, updates, deletes and performs other actions related to the user lifecycle within Zendesk platform.

Table 12. IBM Targetprocess

Agents

Description

Custom object management in IBM Targetprocess

Empowers organizations to extend their data model and manage custom entities seamlessly.

Bug management in IBM Targetprocess

Manages all operations at a bug level in Targetprocess platform.

Epic management in IBM Targetprocess

Manages all operations at an epic level in Targetprocess platform.

Feature management in IBM Targetprocess

Manages all operations at a feature level on the Targetprocess platform.

Project management in IBM Targetprocess

Manages all operations at a project level on the Targetprocess platform.

User management in IBM Targetprocess

Manages all operations at a user level on the Targetprocess platform.

User story management in IBM Targetprocess

Manages all operations at a user story level on the Targetprocess platform.

Task management in IBM Targetprocess

Manages all tasks related to operations in Targetprocess.

What to do next

To explore related tools, refer to the Tools for IT operations section.