FEATURE AI-Assisted Design for Efficient, High-Quality Embedded Software Development

Design data accumulated in Next Design serves as the foundation for AI utilization

With Next Design MCP(*), you can view and edit Next Design design information and relationships between models from the corresponding AI agent. The AI agent assists with creating, editing, reviewing, and verifying models while referencing the design information in Next Design. Designers can review the results created and proposed by the AI in Next Design and proceed with their work by making adjustments to align with their design intent.

There is no need to import text or files generated by the AI into Next Design as design information. Since the AI can directly import and export design information from Next Design, the content of the conversation can be reflected directly in the design deliverables.

*MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a mechanism for connecting AI agents to external tools and data. By using Next Design MCP, you can view and edit Next Design design information from compatible AI agents.

Because the design information is structured, it’s easy for AI to use.

In Next Design, design information is structured and managed not merely as documents, but as models based on a metamodel. You can manage information such as requirements, designs, and tests—along with their relationships and traceability—within Next Design.

• AI agents can utilize the structure and relationships within design information to assist with model creation and review.
• A key feature is that the AI can utilize structured design information, rather than just text.

By managing design information in a format that is easy for both people and AI to handle, we can leverage AI for a variety of design activities, such as model creation, review, verification, and revision.

AI that understands Next Design supports even specialized tasks

In addition to enabling AI agents to handle Next Design’s design information through Next Design MCP, Next Design-specific Skills allow AI agents to understand “how to proceed with design work within Next Design,” enabling them to leverage Next Design’s knowledge and workflows to provide support for more specific tasks.

• AI provides support for everything from defining metamodels (profiles) to creating and modifying models.
• It can also handle the relationships and representation of design information, such as setting up and analyzing traceability and automatically aligning diagrams.
• Based on requirements specifications and existing design information, we assist in creating models such as use cases, scenarios, and test cases.
• We review design information in Next Design based on review criteria and required items to help identify any omissions or inconsistencies.

Skills is a system that provides AI agents with the knowledge and procedures required for specific tasks. Next Design-specific Skills provide the AI with guidance on how to perform tasks using Next Design, as well as specialized knowledge.

Seamlessly migrate existing design assets to Next Design models

• It reads existing design assets that have been managed in Word, Excel, PDF, and other formats, and helps migrate them to Next Design models.
• AI interprets the content of the document and organizes and creates it as a model aligned with the Next Design profile.
• We’ll help you review the original document and the model you’ve created, and assist you in identifying and correcting any omissions or missing information.

Supporting Extension Development

With Next Design-specific Skills, AI agents leverage Next Design’s knowledge and workflows to assist with more specialized tasks. You can explore meta-model and view configurations while interacting with the AI and build profiles tailored to your company’s development process.

• Through dedicated Skills, the AI understands Next Design’s API and development process to assist in creating extensions.
• Simply describe what you want to achieve, and the AI will create a draft extension based on your requirements. By reviewing the results and requesting revisions as needed, users can develop the extension they want without having to write any code.

A key feature of these dedicated Skills is that they not only allow AI to operate Next Design but also provide guidance on how to use Next Design to complete tasks.

Use design information from Next Design directly within your usual AI

With Next Design MCP, you can view and edit Next Design design information from compatible AI agents. Through interactions with the AI, you can utilize Next Design models, metamodels, traceability, diagrams, and more to create and edit models, as well as review and verify design information. For example, based on requirements and design information registered in Next Design, you can create preliminary model drafts, investigate relationships between models, and check for omissions or inconsistencies in design information.By integrating Next Design with the AI environments your company already uses—such as Claude or GitHub Copilot—you can leverage AI in your daily design work.

You can choose how to integrate Next Design with AI agents based on your AI environment and development style.

Directly Utilize Next Design's Design Data from DC Agentiqs

• Denso Create's AI agent platform, "DC Agentiqs," is available with Next Design MCP and dedicated Skills already configured.
• You can interact with the AI chatbot integrated into the Next Design interface while utilizing the design information you are currently editing.
• There is no need to configure MCP or Skills individually, and updates become easier to manage.