Hi Everyone,

Here is the link to the replay for Agent Development Kit (ADK) July 22, 2025, watsonx Orchestrate

Please also see the July 24 release notes.
What's new in IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® - IBM Documentation
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watson-orchestrate/base?topic=notes-whats-new-in-watsonx-orchestrate

Follow-up Q&A will be posted to this thread. 

Question: How do I connect ADK with agentic tenant on SaaS?

See section "Configure your environment in the ADK"
Getting started with the ADK - IBM watsonx Orchestrate ADK
https://developer.watson-orchestrate.ibm.com/getting_started/installing#setting-up-and-installing-the-adk

Question: Does the new/agentic tenant currently support voice channels?

This feature is not yet available but is planned for 2025. You can subscribe to be notified of new features. https://www.ibm.com/systems/support/myview/subscription/css.wss

Question: How does IBM watsonx Orchestrate use uploaded knowledge files?

Adding knowledge to agents - IBM Documentation
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watson-orchestrate/base?topic=agents-adding-knowledge

Adding knowledge to agents plays a crucial role in enhancing their conversational capabilities by providing them with the necessary information to generate accurate and contextually relevant responses for specific use cases. You can directly upload files to the agent, or connect to a Milvus, Elasticsearch, or a custom service instance as a content repository.

Question: How do I check logs?

SaaS: Open a support ticket, https://www.ibm.com/mysupport

Cloud Pak for Data (CP4D) or on-premise: Check container logs.

Developer Edition (CE): Check container logs.

Question: Is a GPU required for the Developer Edition (DE) to perform inferences/run LLM?

No, a GPU is not required to run the Developer Edition. The demonstration for this webinar ran on a basic RedHat Enterprise Linux system with no GPUs.

Getting started with the ADK - IBM watsonx Orchestrate ADK
https://developer.watson-orchestrate.ibm.com/getting_started/installing

Question: Which AI model does the Developer Edition (DE) use?

The Developer Edition is a lite version of the IBM watsonx Orchestrate system. AI models are defined within each agent configuration.

Choosing a foundation model - IBM Documentation
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watson-orchestrate/base?topic=agents-choosing-foundation-model

Question: How is the webchat embedding script created on web gui?

The embed script currently is not accessible in the web GUI, but you can generate the script using the ADK.

Using web chats - IBM watsonx Orchestrate ADK
https://developer.watson-orchestrate.ibm.com/manage/channels#using-web-chats

Question: What happened to the skill builder and automation builder? Are skills now called tools?

In the new/agentic experience, the Add tool button includes both skills and automations.

Building tools - IBM Documentation
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watson-orchestrate/base?topic=building-tools

Question: What are the debugging options with ADK?

The Agent Development Kit (SDK) is a command line tool to interact with an IBM watsonx Orchestrate environment. For debugging, you may refer to the documentation for your specific environment or for Python tools, the Python documentation, or you can consider your own debugging strategy for your use case.

SaaS logs: Open a support ticket, https://www.ibm.com/mysupport

Cloud Pak for Data (CP4D) or on-premise logs: Check container logs.

Developer Edition (DE): Check container logs and the DE API, https://developer.watson-orchestrate.ibm.com/apis/orchestrate-agent/get-orchestrate-assistant-run

Question: How do I request user input in the new/agentic experience?

IBM watsonx Orchestrate uses conversational input. Forms-based input is not available in all channels. See https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watson-orchestrate/base?topic=notes-known-issues-limitations

Question: Once an agent has been set to live using IBM Orchestrate's ADK, is it possible to revert that status or unpublish the agent from within the ADK?

Currently, the Undeploy option is not available. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watson-orchestrate/base?topic=agents-deploying-agent

Question: Can we change the LLM in wxo?

Please see the following references:

Web: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watson-orchestrate/base?topic=agents-choosing-foundation-model

ADK: https://developer.watson-orchestrate.ibm.com/llm/managing_llm

Question: Can the Orchestrator workflows be integrated with the AI agent?

Skill flows and workflows in the skills experience are flows in the new/agentic experience. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watson-orchestrate/base?topic=tools-creating-flows