NAViGATE 2026 at IBM TechXchange

IBM i developers mastered the art of being precise — CLLE, CL commands, DDS, and RPG all reward exactness. It turns out that's exactly the mindset needed to master prompt engineering. This session makes the case that how you communicate with AI models is now a core development skill, not a soft skill — and that IBM i practitioners are uniquely positioned to be good at it. We'll cover the fundamentals of prompt construction, chain-of-thought techniques, few-shot examples, system prompts, and how to write prompts that produce code, documentation, and analysis you can actually trust. Expect live demos using IBM i-specific scenarios throughout.