The Agency of Orchestrated Agentic Coding
- Darrin Southern
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 2 hours ago
The future of coding driven by artificial intelligence is here now - not tomorrow.
For long-time FileMaker Developers - not un-like yours truly - this rapid evolution presents both a challenge and opportunity.
Every new dawn presents a deluge of blogs, videos and tutorials of features and functions from Anthropic and alike, along with FileMaker centric solutions appearing from our esteemed community legends.
The Agency of FM Vibe Coding
The word “agency” comes from the Latin “agere” (to do, to act). Now is the time to act and start your journey of Developing and Coding with AI, if you have not already.
I'm in awe of how quickly I've been able to set up Claude Code to build a Web App front-end talking to the FileMaker Database backend via the Data API.
I'll have the option of publishing this Web App via the Web Viewer within the current FileMaker Pro environment. The FileMaker Platform provides a security layer that removes one of the main issues plaguing Agentic Development currently.
The future will have Developers stepping out of the role of hand crafting each element of code and interface and into the role 'Orchestrator'.
The role of Context Engineer is also relevant, although has evolved in the last few months.
If anyone has attempted the process of mentoring a new Developer - to explain every feature and function of a project - including the review and quality assurance - it's a similar sensation. All at an accelerated rate that can become intoxicating.
Below I've listed a number of upcoming options that are 'in the works' for FileMaker Developers to adopt Vibe Coding - Orchestrated Agentic Coding - as a glimpse of our collective current future.
FileMaker Development with AI
Here are five practical paths to bring AI-powered coding into your FileMaker projects.
These are in no order of preference, and a full disclaimer than most of these products are about to be released, or are still in early testing stages - rather than give a false review - these are simply listed here to give the depth of solutions available - of course, with features and functions being added daily.
Analyse solutions, generate/update scripts, design layouts, build schema & more — all through AI that understands your live FileMaker environment. (em dashes optional)
Generate scripts, debug logic, ask questions, run structured queries against your file, and work with schema using context grounded in your live solution.
FM Dojo provides a comprehensive guide and tools for integrating AI into FileMaker workflows, focusing on practical implementation and best practices.
AI2FM is a plugin and service that connects AI models directly with FileMaker. It supports natural language prompts to generate scripts and automate tasks.
In this episode of the Context Podcast, join Ernest and Todd for a short demo of ProofKit MCP and how you can expose AI agents to FileMaker.
What's Next
I'm excited to see what tomorrow brings to this list, and of course to the tools and features Claris announces to improve the Developer Experience (DX) for our FM Vibe journey . . .
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