Turning AI into Action: How AI Assistants Bring Intelligence to OpenEdge Applications
AI is transforming how enterprise applications operate. No longer limited to answering questions, AI assistants can now trigger workflows, query backend systems, and orchestrate real business processes.
In this webinar, we will show how these capabilities can be integrated seamlessly into OpenEdge applications using the SmartComponent Library, the Smart MCP Host, and MCP servers designed to expose backend business logic to AI in a secure and structured manner.
What You Will Learn
Chatbot vs. AI Agent
Understand the difference between conversational interfaces and fully capable agents that can initiate actions and interact with business logic.
The Role of the MCP Host
Learn how the Smart MCP Host coordinates communication between AI assistants and backend MCP servers, enabling structured, secure capability execution.
How MCP Servers Expose Capabilities
See how MCP servers are designed, how they interface with OpenEdge business logic, and how they expose operations that AI models can safely access.
Security & Authentication
Explore authentication flows including OpenID Connect (OIDC) and JWT passthrough, enabling secure browser-to-AI-to-backend communication.
Live Demonstration
A full end-to-end demo will show the Smart ChatBot interacting with the Smart MCP Host, which in turn communicates with backend MCP servers connected to OpenEdge business applications. You’ll see how AI-driven requests trigger real logic, retrieve real data, and flow securely through the architecture.
Speakers
Radu Nicoara
Senior Software Architect, Consultingwerk
Mike Fechner
Founder & Director, Consultingwerk
Join us to learn how to bring actionable, intelligent AI capabilities into your OpenEdge applications—securely, modularly, and with production-ready architecture.