Workday Unveils AI Developer Toolset, Empowering Developers to Customize and Connect AI Apps and Agents on the Workday Platform
1. Workday announces a new AI developer toolset at DevCon 2025.
2. Introduces Agent Gateway for seamless integration of third-party AI agents.
3. AI Widgets enable personalized assistance for HR and finance apps.
4. Developer Copilot boosts productivity, facilitating code generation and documentation.
5. AI services powered by Workday's vast datasets enhance business operations.
New Agent Gateway to Help Developers Accelerate Agentic AI Innovation Across the Enterprise
Workday Brings the Power of Illuminate™ into the Development Process, Ushering in New Levels of Productivity and Driving AI-Powered Experiences
LAS VEGAS, June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Workday DevCon 2025 – Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, today announced a new unified, AI developer toolset to bring the power of Workday Illuminate directly into the hands of customer and partner developers, enabling them to easily customize and connect AI apps and agents on the Workday platform.
Announced at Workday DevCon 2025, the company's annual developer conference, the toolset includes:
"Today, developers are under immense pressure to rapidly deliver sophisticated AI apps while navigating a complex and fragmented AI landscape. They're piecing together disparate tools and services, hindering their ability to innovate," said Matthew Grippo, senior vice president, core software, Workday. "Workday's new AI developer toolset removes these barriers by empowering developers to seamlessly integrate powerful AI capabilities into the apps and agents that will define the future of work."
Turbocharging Productivity with AI Developer Copilot
Workday is also expanding Developer Copilot, the conversational AI companion that helps developers code faster, across Workday Extend. Developer Copilot has been shown to increase developer productivity by more than 50% and, now, Workday developers will be able to:
Workday is also introducing a new command-line interface (CLI) tool called Workday Developer CLI. This will help developers automate development tasks, collaborate more effectively, and integrate Workday into their DevOps workflows.
Workday Illuminate: AI to Power the Future of Work
Built on the largest and cleanest HR and financial dataset – fueled by more than 1 trillion transactions a year – Illuminate understands the business context around the data to transform business operations by elevating humans, accelerating finance, and managing an organization's entire fleet of AI agents. From skills to performance, goals, cost and ROI metrics, organizational models, and individual identities, Illuminate has deep contextual understanding of how work gets done.
AvailabilityAgent Gateway will be available to early adopter customers by the end of 2025. New Workday AI Services, AI Widgets, new Developer Copilot capabilities (available with Workday Extend Professional), and Workday Developer CLI will be generally available by the end of 2025.
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About WorkdayWorkday is the AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. The Workday platform is built with AI at the core to help customers elevate people, supercharge work, and move their business forever forward. Workday is used by more than 11,000 organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 60% of the Fortune 500. For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.