The Corticon AI Assistant leverages artificial intelligence to help you explore, generate, and better understand the assets in your Corticon rule projects. With it, you can ask the AI questions, generate new rules from plain text instructions or code snippets, or make requests about the currently selected rule asset. Potential uses range from simple tasks, such as generating a summary of a rulesheet, to more context-aware inquiries, such as understanding how an attribute is used in a ruleflow or creating new rules based on your business requirements.

The Corticon AI Assistant enhances rule project development and maintenance by providing many benefits, including:

  • Improved understanding of rule assets
  • Automatic generation of project documentation
  • Creation of rules from plain text instructions or code
  • Insight into the impact of planned changes
  • Easier onboarding of new team members

Seamlessly integrated into Corticon Studio, the Corticon AI Assistant brings the power of AI directly into your rule modeling experience.

Prerequisite: You Need Your Own AI Account

To use the Corticon AI Assistant, you must have an active account with an AI service provider, either OpenAI or Azure OpenAI. OpenAI users must obtain an API key from their provider and enter it into Corticon Studio. Azure OpenAI users can either enter their API key or retrieve the API key from Azure Key Vault. The Assistant requires the necessary account and credentials, and each organization is responsible for managing its own AI subscription and keys.

Getting Started with the AI Assistant

The Corticon AI Assistant integrates seamlessly into your rule modeling workflow, but it does require a one-time setup before you can begin. These simple steps will help you connect the AI Assistant to your organization’s chosen AI provider and ensure everything is ready for productive use.

Before you begin:

To use the Corticon AI Assistant, you must have an active account with OpenAI or Azure OpenAI, and the required credentials from your provider.

  • OpenAI users: You will need your API key.
  • Azure OpenAI users:
    • Without Azure Key Vault — You will need your API key and your Azure OpenAI endpoint URL.
    • With Azure Key Vault — You will need the Azure CLI installed and signed in, access to the Azure Key Vault containing your API key, permission to read secrets from the Key Vault, your Azure OpenAI endpoint URL, and your deployment name.
Note: For Azure OpenAI, the endpoint URL comes from the model deployment configured in the Azure console. If you do not know which URL to use, contact your Azure administrator.

To prepare the Azure CLI for Key Vault access:

Corticon Studio uses your active Azure CLI session to retrieve the API key from Azure Key Vault. Complete these steps only if you plan to use Azure Key Vault.

  1. Install the Azure CLI by running the following command in a PowerShell terminal: 

    winget install Microsoft.AzureCLI

    If Corticon Studio is running during the installation, restart it afterward.

  2. Sign in to Azure by running the following command: 

    az login

    Complete the sign-in process in your browser, and then confirm that the correct Azure tenant and subscription are selected.

To connect and access the AI Assistant in Corticon Studio:

  1. Open Corticon Studio on your computer.

  2. From the top menu, select Windows > Preferences.

  3. In the Preferences panel, go to Progress Corticon > Corticon AI Assistant.

  4. Choose your API:
    • For OpenAI: Enter your API key.


    • For Azure OpenAI: Enter both your API key and the Azure endpoint URL.

    • For Azure OpenAI with Key Vault: Enter the Key Vault URL, the Secret Name, the Endpoint URL, and the Deployment Name.

  5. Click Apply and Close to save your settings.

To open the Corticon AI Assistant panel in Corticon Studio

  1. Go to the top menu and select Windows > Show View > Corticon AI Assistant.

  2. If Corticon AI Assistant is not shown in the initial list, select Other… instead. In the window that appears, scroll through the options, select Corticon AI Assistant, and then click Open.



Once opened, the AI Assistant panel will appear in your workspace. You can keep this panel open as you work, and close or reopen it at any time as needed. The panel is ready for you to enter prompts, ask questions, generate rules, or troubleshoot your rule assets.