Workday Developer Agent Deep Dive

Workday · Beginner ·📰 AI News & Updates ·4w ago

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What just happened at the DevCon keynote? Nick Moores, Head of Developer Relations, sits down with Joe Lee, Principal Product Manager, to break it all down — Developer Agent, Agent Skills, MCP, Agent-Ready Tools, and how it all comes together for Workday developers. If you've ever wanted to build AI agents on Workday without writing a ton of code, this one's for you. 🍿 Watch the full DevCon Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfA-s08AOpk 🔗 Read the full press release: https://newsroom.workday.com/2026-06-02-Workday-Launches-New-Tools-for-Developers-to-Build,-Connect,-and-Verify-AI-Agents-For-HR,-Finance,-and-IT 🌐 Explore Workday Build: https://www.workday.com/en-us/why-workday/workday-build.html 💻 Explore the Workday Developer Site: https://developer.workday.com/ 🎟️ Register for the free DevCon digital experience: https://www.workday.com/en-us/company/latest/events-webinars/devcon/digital.html Chapters 0:00 – Intro 0:25 – What is Developer Agent? 1:11 – Agent-Ready Tools & MCP explained 1:40 – Skills.md: the open standard powering agents 2:08 – How agents run at runtime (AppHub, LangGraph, the harness) 6:58 – The Matrix analogy: what is a "harness," really? 8:13 – Why developers (and CIOs) should be excited 10:11 – Real talk: the benefits guru who didn't know he was a developer 12:07 – Agents vs. Skills — what's the difference? 13:18 – Portability, SQL, and arbitrary code execution in a sandbox 14:00 – Orchestrate + Pipedream 15:48 – MCP deep dive 18:41 – Agent-Ready Tools announcement 19:25 – Where to go to learn more & early access

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What just happened at the DevCon keynote? Nick Moores, Head of Developer Relations, sits down with Joe Lee, Principal Product Manager, to break it all down — Developer Agent, Agent Skills, MCP, Agent-Ready Tools, and how it all comes together for Workday developers. If you've ever wanted to build AI agents on Workday without writing a ton of code, this one's for you. 🍿 Watch the full DevCon Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfA-s08AOpk 🔗 Read the full press release: https://newsroom.workday.com/2026-06-02-Workday-Launches-New-Tools-for-Developers-to-Build,-Connect,-and-Verify-AI-Agents-For-HR,-Finance,-and-IT 🌐 Explore Workday Build: https://www.workday.com/en-us/why-workday/workday-build.html 💻 Explore the Workday Developer Site: https://developer.workday.com/ 🎟️ Register for the free DevCon digital experience: https://www.workday.com/en-us/company/latest/events-webinars/devcon/digital.html Chapters 0:00 – Intro 0:25 – What is Developer Agent? 1:11 – Agent-Ready Tools & MCP explained 1:40 – Skills.md: the open standard powering agents 2:08 – How agents run at runtime (AppHub, LangGraph, the harness) 6:58 – The Matrix analogy: what is a "harness," really? 8:13 – Why developers (and CIOs) should be excited 10:11 – Real talk: the benefits guru who didn't know he was a developer 12:07 – Agents vs. Skills — what's the difference? 13:18 – Portability, SQL, and arbitrary code execution in a sandbox 14:00 – Orchestrate + Pipedream 15:48 – MCP deep dive 18:41 – Agent-Ready Tools announcement 19:25 – Where to go to learn more & early access

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Chapters (14)

Intro

0:25 What is Developer Agent?

1:11 Agent-Ready Tools & MCP explained

1:40 Skills.md: the open standard powering agents

2:08 How agents run at runtime (AppHub, LangGraph, the harness)

6:58 The Matrix analogy: what is a "harness," really?

8:13 Why developers (and CIOs) should be excited

10:11 Real talk: the benefits guru who didn't know he was a developer

12:07 Agents vs. Skills — what's the difference?

13:18 Portability, SQL, and arbitrary code execution in a sandbox

14:00 Orchestrate + Pipedream

15:48 MCP deep dive

18:41 Agent-Ready Tools announcement

19:25 Where to go to learn more & early access

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