SmartCoreAI are new Embarcadero components in Delphi 13, delivered as a separate installation. They implement some AI client-side ops, like chat, but stop short of tools calling / MCP.
Does anyone know if the next update may bring any more functionality there?
Alex.
The short answer is - yes - both in full product releases and ‘out of cycle’ releases via GetIt as well.
TBH the GetIt package manager has dozens of AI related things from third parties, MVPs, and Tech Partners as well our own SmartCore. If anything, everyone is spoilt for choice! Every other new GetIt submission is from some new AI functionality or component.
We do intend to continue with AI components and functionality as well as improve and maintain other AI features like the integrated chat-style AI.
Watch CodeRage this week because there are several sessions which show all sorts of AI related topics including full ‘Copilot’ type IDE integration, Vibe Coding (love it or hate it, it exists), and everything in between.
Thanks, Ian. But there’s no official roadmap ;-( Any way to find out which new features are coming approximately when? – just sending a prompt to AI is the easiest, but would not really be in demand, because it’s trivial. On the other hand, built-in infrastructure for 1) history, 2) tools and 3) context (RAG) would immediately make it usable.
Also, new MS SQL Server 2025 has new datatypes and syntax for AI/RAG. When would FireDac begin to support these natively? – or is it already usable in Florence (actually, I’ll be trying it shortly anyway, but I honestly doubt it would allow an unfamiliar datatype)?
I bet both of the above requirements would be rather urgent for a lot of people…
Alex