​🏥 Meet Smart Discharge Navigator, the shared 3rd-place winner in the Expert Nomination of the InterSystems Programming Contest: AI Agents for FHIR.

Built on #InterSystemsIRIS for Health, the application analyzes FHIR patient data, provides explainable clinical insights, generates personalized discharge plans, and supports conversational clinical queries through an AI-powered interface. Watch the demo to see it in action!

👏 Congratulations to Carlos Eduardo Dias Duarte on this impressive achievement!

👉 Learn more on the Developer Community: https://community.intersystems.com/post/demo-video-smart-discharge-navigator-winner-intersystems-programming-contest-ai-agents-fhir

​At #Ready2026, we showcased how customer feedback is shaping a more intuitive and efficient #interoperability experience across the InterSystems platform.

Watch this #video to discover:
✅ How recent usability enhancements simplify workflows in #InterSystemsIRIS, InterSystems IRIS for Health, and Health Connect.
✅ The latest UI improvements developed in collaboration with customers and partners.
✅ How you can explore new capabilities through voluntary releases and help influence the future of InterSystems interoperability tools.

https://community.intersystems.com/post/video-modernizing-interoperability-user-experience

See how a modernized user experience is making interoperability faster, simpler, and more effective for development and integration teams.

​🤖 Building AI agents, MCP integrations, or LangChain applications on #InterSystemsIRIS?

The latest InterSystems AI Hub Early Access build is now available. AI Hub brings together the tools needed to build, secure, and manage AI-powered applications without having to assemble an entire AI infrastructure from scratch.

👉 Learn more, download the latest build, and join the conversation: https://community.intersystems.com/post/intersystems-ai-hub-early-access-new-community-build-discord-channel

​🏥 Building HL7 integrations with #InterSystemsIRIS?

Data Transformation Language (DTL) becomes especially powerful when you combine visual mappings with ObjectScript functions such as $Length, $Extract, and ReplaceStr.

This article demonstrates how to handle common interoperability challenges, including:
🔹 Shortening values based on field length
🔹 Removing special characters from patient IDs
🔹 Converting HL7 timestamps into custom formats
🔹 Testing DTL transformations before deployment

A practical guide for anyone working with HL7 messaging, healthcare interoperability, and data transformations.

​📦 JSON looks simple, until it’s not

If you've ever worked with %DynamicObject or %DynamicArray in #InterSystemsIRIS, you've probably encountered some unexpected behavior along the way, from data conversion and validation to handling structures that aren't known in advance.
This article collects some of the most common questions and explains the lessons developers learn in real projects.

👉 Read it here: https://community.intersystems.com/post/working-dynamic-objects-iris-doubts-only-come-when-you-need-deploy-tomorrow-morning-and-its-11

​At #Ready2026, we introduced important #security enhancements in #InterSystemsIRIS designed to better protect sensitive information while simplifying secure operations.

Watch this #video to discover:
✅ How the new Security Database isolates and encrypts sensitive information outside of IRISSYS.
✅ How Security Database #mirroring improves high availability and resilience.
✅ How the new #Wallet capability securely manages credentials and secrets for external systems.

https://community.intersystems.com/post/video-security-database-and-wallet-protecting-sensitive-information-intersystems-iris

Discover how the latest platform innovations are strengthening security while making enterprise deployments easier to manage.

​🤖 Curious about what's new in #InterSystemsIRIS AI Hub?

Join us for a webinar where we'll explore AI Hub – our latest flagship capability that helps developers build AI applications and agentic workflows faster. You'll see AI Hub in action through practical coding examples and applications created by our early adopters. At the end of the webinar, we’ll hold a fun AI quiz with a prize!

📅 August 13, 2026 11:00 am EDT | 5:00 pm CEST
👉 More info here: https://community.intersystems.com/post/webinar-intersystems-iris-ai-hub-goals-games-goodies

​🤖 The Webinar on #InterSystemsIRIS AI Hub is just around the corner!

If you're curious about building AI applications and agentic workflows with the AI Hub, there's still time to join us. We'll explore the latest AI Hub capabilities and walk through practical coding examples. You'll also get a chance to test your knowledge in a fun quiz and win a prize.

Don't miss the opportunity to see AI Hub in action!

📅 August 13, 2026 11:00 am EDT | 5:00 pm CEST
👉 Reserve your spot: https://community.intersystems.com/post/webinar-intersystems-iris-ai-hub-goals-games-goodies

#InterSystems #DeveloperCommunity #AIHub #ArtificialIntelligence

​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 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

​⚡ 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!

​⚡️ 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!

​🛠️ 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

​🤖 New programming contest: build an #InterSystemsIRIS Interoperability workflow where an AI Hub agent handles a decision-making task.

💰 Compete for a share of $12K prize pool
📅 Submission period: October 26 - November 8, 2026

👉 https://community.intersystems.com/post/intersystems-programming-contest-ai-agents-interoperability-workflows