Integrating AI with Domain-Specific Tools - Practical Insights and Techniques

Explore practical techniques for integrating AI capabilities into custom tools and IDEs during this 37-minute conference talk from the Eclipse Foundation. Learn to move beyond basic chat integrations to create sophisticated, context-aware AI assistance for specialized tools including code editors, graphical editors, and modeling environments. Discover how to leverage AI to understand domain-specific concepts, suggest workspace modifications, and generate models from natural language requirements. Through a hands-on demonstration using Eclipse GLSP for domain-specific diagram editors, master key technical aspects like effective prompt engineering strategies, multi-stage prompting, and agent implementation. Gain expertise in context awareness through Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques and learn to enable interactive AI capabilities that can query and manipulate tool data. Address real-world implementation challenges while balancing quality and performance considerations for specific AI use cases. Walk through the incremental process of enhancing tools with AI functionality, from initial feasibility assessment to optimization, using a practical diagram editor integration example as a template.