Red Hat offers Ansible Lightspeed, a generative AI service embedded in the Ansible Automation Platform that takes natural language prompts from developers and generates YAML automation code — such as Ansible Playbooks and Roles — directly inside the Visual Studio Code editor.

The automation coding assistant (formerly Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed) receives plain-English task descriptions as input and outputs trusted YAML code for single tasks, multiple tasks, or entire Ansible Playbooks. It connects to IBM watsonx Code Assistant, Google Gemini (Vertex), or Red Hat AI as the underlying large language model. The companion intelligent assistant uses a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipeline over Red Hat documentation to answer administrator questions and troubleshoot automation jobs directly within the Ansible Automation Platform UI. The coding assistant is accessed via the Ansible VS Code extension and requires an Ansible Automation Platform subscription.