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We’re InterSystems Developers. Specialize in Data Platforms: InterSystems IRIS, Caché, Ensemble, HealthShare & Docker. Follow us to be in touch what happens on InterSystems Developer Community.
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​At #Ready2026, we explored how Vibra modernized a mission-critical logistics platform with #InterSystemsIRIS, evolving from traditional integration to an AI-ready, cloud-enabled architecture.

Watch this #video to discover:
✅ How Vibra modernized its logistics platform incrementally without a disruptive "big-bang" migration.
✅ How APIs, #cloud services, observability, and AI-ready capabilities support reliable 24/7 operations across a nationwide network.
✅ How #VectorSearch powers fast, scalable, and auditable facial recognition for self-service authentication.

https://community.intersystems.com/post/video-evolution-intersystems-platform-vibra

See how a real-world modernization journey is unlocking innovation while maintaining the reliability that mission-critical operations demand.
​🌟 What happens when you let AI generate as much of a full-stack InterSystems IRIS application as possible?

The answer: a working backend and frontend, built in a fraction of the usual time. The experiment used the Samples BI Demo package (HoleFoods sales data) as the data model, OpenAI Codex as the coding assistant, and a minimal setup — VS Code, the ObjectScript extension, Docker, and a basic project template from Open Exchange.

The part that stood out: once Codex generated the Swagger specification class and it was compiled, InterSystems IRIS automatically produced the routing class and the business logic stubs. AI then filled in the CRUD implementation, security configuration, and unit tests. The frontend was scaffolded from the OpenAPI specification using Lovable in a few minutes.

One thing that made a real difference: AGENTS.md — a file with project-specific conventions that gave the coding assistant context about how ObjectScript code should be structured. It noticeably improved the quality and consistency of everything generated 😄

The result is a prototype, but the workflow is repeatable for CRUD apps, internal tools, dashboards, and proof-of-concepts on top of existing IRIS data models.

Read the full breakdown 👇
https://community.intersystems.com/post/vibecoding-full-stack-applications-iris-backend-january-2026
​What if your AI coding agent could do more than just generate code?

Instead of copying code back and forth between an LLM and your development environment, agentic development brings the AI agent directly into the workflow — where it can interact with #InterSystemsIRIS, use tools, execute code, detect errors, and iterate on its own.

In this new video, Ariel Glickman demonstrates how to get started with agentic development for InterSystems IRIS, including:
👉 Connecting Claude Code and GitHub Copilot to IRIS
👉 Working with the IRIS Agentic Dev MCP server
👉 Using tools and Skills to perform more complex development tasks
👉 Maintaining persistent project context
👉 Building applications with natural-language instructions
👉 Exploring multi-agent workflows and what comes next with AI Hub

The goal isn’t to replace developers — it’s to spend less time on repetitive tasks and debugging, and more time on the work that actually needs your expertise.

Watch the video, try the tools yourself, and see how agentic development can change the way you build with InterSystems IRIS:
https://community.intersystems.com/post/video-beyond-code-generation-agentic-development-intersystems-iris

#InterSystems #InterSystemsIRIS #AgenticAI #AIAgents #MCP #DeveloperTools #SoftwareDevelopment
​🤖 Modernizing Data Architecture for the Agentic Enterprise

AI is moving quickly, but many enterprise data environments were not designed for the workloads that generative and agentic applications now demand. Preparing for this shift means more than introducing new AI technologies. Organizations need to strengthen their existing data foundations, reduce fragmentation, and make data easier to access and use across applications.

Discover how #InterSystemsIRIS can support this transition by bringing data, analytics, integration, and AI together in a modern, converged architecture.

👉 Read the full article on the Developer Community: https://community.intersystems.com/post/enable-agentic-enterprise-intersystems-iris-data-platform-technology-guide
​InterSystems IRIS gets called a "Universal NoSQL" database, and the reason comes down to one thing: Global Storage. ⚡️

Global Storage stores data as persistent, schema-free hierarchies — nested arrays where you don't have to define the structure in advance. 🌳 A node looks like this:

^employee("UK", "London", 123456789, "name") = "Jon Doe"


Country, city, employee ID, property — the hierarchy goes as deep as you need, and only nodes that actually hold data take up space. 💾

What makes it interesting is that the same hierarchy underneath can be shaped into very different things: key/value pairs, JSON-like documents, graphs, even relational tables. 🔄 It's also why the structure maps so naturally onto JSON — QEWD-JSdb uses exactly that to let you work with persistent data as plain JavaScript objects, with no separate database API in the way. 📦

IRIS and Caché implement this natively, and so does YottaDB. The same idea has also been built on top of Redis, Berkeley DB, and LMDB elsewhere. 🛠️

Curious how many people here have worked with globals directly versus only through SQL or objects layered on top? 🤔

📖 Full walkthrough on the InterSystems Developer Community:
https://community.intersystems.com/post/global-storage-everything-you-wanted-know-and-more
​⚡ Server-Sent Events with ObjectScript: Taking Control of the Stream

Server-Sent Events are built for real-time delivery but what happens when the Web Gateway decides to buffer them?
This article looks at how to make SSE streaming work reliably with ObjectScript and #InterSystemsIRIS, including how to control when events reach the client and handle browser streaming and AI API passthrough.

👉 Read the full article and explore the code examples on the Developer Community: https://community.intersystems.com/post/bringing-server-sent-events-objectscript-solving-web-gateway-buffer-problem

#InterSystemsIRIS #ObjectScript #ServerSentEvents #SSE #RESTAPI
​At #Ready2026, we explored how AXS Energia (ROCA Group) is combining #GenerativeAI, Vector Search, and #InterSystemsIRIS to transform complex energy data into predictive #intelligence.

Watch this #video to discover:
✅ How the Orion #AI project uses the InterSystems IRIS Data Fabric to unify data from #IoT, SCADA, meteorology, and other sources.
✅ How #VectorSearch and Generative AI power an integrated predictive model for anticipating critical events.
✅ How a data-driven AI architecture can reduce operational costs and improve overall energy performance.

https://community.intersystems.com/post/video-predictive-power-generative-ai-how-axs-unifies-data-and-optimizes-costs-intersystems-iris

See how real-world predictive AI is helping turn complex data into smarter decisions, greater efficiency, and measurable business value.
🎉 The wait is over — the recording is here!
Missed our InterSystems IRIS AI Hub: Goals, Games & Goodies webinar? Or want to go back and revisit a demo? The full recording is now available on YouTube! ▶️

We packed a lot into one session: an introduction to InterSystems IRIS AI Hub, a technical deep dive, SQL Golf, IRIS Mus, and lessons learned from actually working with AI Hub 🚀

A huge thank you to everyone who made it happen:
👏 Iryna Mykhailova, PhD — webinar host
👏 Benjamin De Boe — AI Hub overview
👏 Gabriel Ing — technical deep dive
👏 Lynn Wu — SQL Golf game
👏 Luis Ángel Pérez Ramos — IRIS Mus game
👏 Gianni Muzzin from Zorgi
👏 Heloisa Tambara Paiva from Zarmik

And thank you to everyone who joined us live, asked questions, and played along!

🎥 Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/OMf3N3MALF4

Want to keep exploring?
🧑‍💻 Try InterSystems IRIS AI Hub through the Early Access Program: https://evaluation.intersystems.com/Eval/early-access/AIHub

💬 Join the AI Hub conversation on Discord: https://discord.com/channels/698987699406766170/1521152420963418122
More AI Hub demos, experiments, and real-world experiences to come. Stay tuned! 👀

#InterSystemsIRIS #AI #AIHub #GenerativeAI #AgenticAI #Developers #InterSystemsDeveloperCommunity #webinar
​At #Ready2026, we explored the latest advances in #InterSystemsIRIS encryption and practical strategies for protecting data while balancing security, availability, and operational requirements.

Watch this #video to discover:
✅ What’s new in InterSystems IRIS #encryption, including storage-array–friendly operation and encryption of running databases without downtime.
✅ Key management options ranging from built-in capabilities to #AWS KMS, #Azure Key Vault, HSMs, and HashiCorp Vault through KMIP.
✅ The key tradeoffs to consider when choosing the right encryption and key management strategy for your environment.

https://community.intersystems.com/post/video-encryption-practice-modern-techniques-key-management-strategies-whats-new-intersystems-iris

Strengthen your data protection strategy with modern encryption practices designed for secure, resilient enterprise environments.
​🗂️ Learning data structures in #InterSystemsIRIS ObjectScript? Here's a #tutorial on creating a priority queue using a binary heap with multidimensional arrays - efficient, flexible, and customizable 👇

https://community.intersystems.com/post/best-structure-make-priority-queue-objectscript

Learn the optimal structure to implement your own priority queue!
​At #Ready2026, we explored why OMOP is becoming increasingly important for organizations working with real-world health data, and how InterSystems is helping accelerate its adoption.

Watch this #video to discover:
✅ Why #OMOP adoption is growing globally across government agencies, HIEs, disease registries, and other healthcare organizations.
✅ How InterSystems OMOP can accelerate projects that depend on high-quality, standardized real-world data.
✅ How new managed services and #AI capabilities can simplify the delivery of OMOP data from data partners to consumers and sponsors.

https://community.intersystems.com/post/video-why-omop-matters-now-more-ever

See how OMOP is helping unlock the value of real-world data — and why its role in healthcare data and AI is more relevant than ever.
​⚡️ Learn how Embedded #Python stacks up against #InterSystemsIRIS ObjectScript in performance. We put them to the test parsing large #XML tender datasets and here’s what we found 👇

https://community.intersystems.com/post/embedded-python-vs-objectscript-performance-testing-parsing-xml

Check out the benchmarks and see which one comes out on top!
​💡 Ready to turn a challenge into a working application?

Round 3 of the Community Bounty Program “Idea to Application” is now open with 5 new challenges. This time, you can work with Hugging Face or Kaggle datasets, FHIR and OpenAPI, WhatsApp interoperability, or Supabase.

🛠️ Choose one or more challenges, build a working application, and publish it on Open Exchange.
🏅 Qualifying submissions earn 10K+ Global Masters points that can be redeemed for rewards, plus digital badges, including an official InterSystems Credly badge.

📅 Deadline: October 31, 2026
👉 Explore Round 3: https://community.intersystems.com/post/community-bounty-program-idea-application-%E2%80%94-round-3-live
​At #Ready2026, we explored what organizations should expect when adopting InterSystems SaaS offerings, and how cloud-delivered services can accelerate innovation while reducing operational complexity.

Watch this #video to discover:
✅ The foundational principles behind #InterSystems SaaS and modern cloud-delivered solutions.
✅ What organizations should expect when adopting SaaS, and how these services can accelerate delivery and time to value.
✅ The technical and organizational practices InterSystems uses to deliver reliable, effective SaaS experiences.

https://community.intersystems.com/post/video-navigating-saas-intersystems-principles-expectations-and-delivery

Learn how to approach InterSystems SaaS with a clear framework for maximizing value, accelerating adoption, and minimizing friction.
​🛠️ Reimagine the experience of everyday management tasks and compete to win!

The new InterSystems Programming Contest: Build Your Own Management Portal starts today, and we’re opening it with a live Kick-off Webinar to help you build your idea.

💻 Your mission: Develop a GUI powered by #InterSystemsIRIS management APIs for certain Management Portal tasks.
💰 $12,000 prize pool
📅 App submission period: September 14-27, 2026

Join the Kick-off Webinar today at 12:00 pm EDT | 6:00 pm CEST to meet the contest team, get the key technical details, and explore possible project approaches.

👉 Start your coding marathon here: https://community.intersystems.com/post/intersystems-programming-contest-build-your-own-management-portal
​🎯 Before MCP, every AI tool needed a separate custom integration for every database, API, or external service. MCP solves this with one standardized protocol.

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard introduced by Anthropic in November 2024 that allows AI assistants to connect to external tools and data sources through a common interface. For InterSystems IRIS developers, this means giving tools like Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot controlled access to SQL, globals, class methods, source code, and interoperability productions.

Three MCP primitives

👉 Tools — functions the AI agent can call: write to a database, call APIs, modify files
👉 Resources — read-only data sources: file contents, database schemas, API documentation
👉 Prompts — pre-built instruction templates that structure how the AI uses specific tools and resources

Two recommended IRIS integration approaches

👉 InterSystems Python Native SDK — best for data operations, globals, SQL, and calling existing ObjectScript class methods without rewriting them as separate AI services
👉 Atelier REST API (/api/atelier/) — source code access, text search across the codebase, compilation, development workflows

iris-mcp-blueprint demonstrates all three MCP primitives against a live IRIS instance using both approaches: SQL queries, global access, class method calls, source code retrieval via Atelier, and interoperability production inspection.

Community projects already available: mcp-server-iris, intersystems-objectscript-mcp, iris-mcp-atelier, servAI, IRIS MCP Server Suite, and InterSystems IRIS AI Hub.

MCP does not replace existing IRIS APIs or business logic — it provides a standardized interface on top of them. 👇
https://community.intersystems.com/post/model-context-protocol-mcp-intersystems-iris-zero-hero

#InterSystemsIRIS #MCP #ObjectScript #AI
​At #Ready2026, we explored how AI-assisted decision #intelligence can help hospitals optimize procedure fulfillment by connecting #supplychain data with real-time operational needs.

Watch this #video to discover:
✅ How Ready Computing and Tesisquare use Supply Chain Orchestrator to deliver real-time, AI-assisted decision intelligence.
✅ How better alignment between inventory and procedure schedules can help prevent delays and cancellations.
✅ How similar intelligent supply chain approaches can deliver value beyond healthcare.

https://community.intersystems.com/post/video-how-ai-assisted-decision-intelligence-optimizes-hospital-procedure-fulfillment

See how #AI and real-time supply chain intelligence can turn complex operational data into smarter decisions and more reliable outcomes.