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CUGA

Tool Nov 3, 2026

IBM's Apache-2.0 generalist-agent harness for cross-application business workflows, configurable tools, execution policies and private deployment.

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CUGA author-supplied manager interface shows CRM and Workspace connections, three policies and a draft Revenue Operations configuration.
Project-supplied manager screenshot with illustrative Revenue Operations configuration data and example internal endpoints. It does not show an AppWorld benchmark run or an independently verified business outcome. Source: IBM / CUGA contributors
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CUGA, short for Configurable Generalist Agent, is an Apache-2.0 harness for connecting model endpoints to business tools and workflows. It supports MCP, OpenAPI and Python tools, with a management interface and Python SDK. It is a separate application framework, not a GLM model or a plugin for a terminal coding agent.

The documented installation uses Python 3.12, uv and configured model credentials. Private deployment requires configuring the model, connectors and optional services inside the intended boundary; selecting local storage alone does not make hosted inference private. Approval gates and enabled ToolGuards can constrain applicable actions, while playbooks supply guidance.

IBM’s November 3 comparison reports 73 of 90 AppWorld tasks passed with CUGA and GLM-5.3-flash. Different competing configurations and the limited sample constrain that result; policies were not tested in those runs.