Imixs-AI is introducing a groundbreaking new feature in the Imixs Workflow ecosystem: the Imixs AI Assistant Adapter. This innovative component seamlessly integrates Large Language Models into BPMN 2.0 workflows, creating intelligent, context-aware automation that truly understands how your business process is working.
The Challenge
Modern businesses want to leverage AI, but face a critical question: How do you combine the power of Large Language Models with structured, auditable business processes?
Traditional workflow automation excels at routing tasks and enforcing rules, but struggles with nuanced communication and content generation. Meanwhile, AI assistants are powerful but lack process awareness—they don’t know if you’re in the initial contact phase, follow-up stage, or closing a deal.
The new Imixs-AI Assistant Adapter solved this problem.
AI That Knows your Business Process
The new AI Assistant Adapter brings true process awareness to AI. It automatically understands the current state of your workflow and adjusts its behavior accordingly—all configured directly in your BPMN model.
With in your BPMN model you can now define what the AI knows and how it behaves at each stage within your business process. As work items move through your process, the AI assistant automatically adapts its context, maintains conversation history, and performs exactly the actions defined in your model.
Think of it as having a smart assistant who not only knows your products and services, but also understands exactly where each customer interaction stands in your sales, support, or service process.
BPMN-Native Design
What makes this approach unique is how naturally it fits into BPMN 2.0 using the Imixs Open-BPMN Modeller.
- Tasks define the current process context
- Events trigger specific AI actions
- DataObjects contain the prompt templates and instructions
- The process flow controls the conversation flow
Everything is visible in your BPMN diagram. No hidden logic, no black boxes. Business analysts can design and modify AI behavior without writing code.
Persistent Intelligence
The adapter automatically manages conversation history throughout the process. The AI ‘remembers’ previous interactions, building context as the process progresses. When appropriate—such as moving e.g. from sales to contract negotiation—the system intelligently starts fresh conversations with new context.
All AI interactions are stored automatically in the workflow database, providing complete auditability and compliance.
The Imixs-AI Architecture
The AI Assistant Adapter is part of the broader Imixs-AI open source project, which provides a complete framework for integrating Large Language Models into workflow automation.
Modular Architecture
Imixs-AI consists of several specialized modules providing Jakarta EE services and adapter classes to access LLM servers based on the OpenAI API specification.
imixs-ai-workflow: The core module providing Jakarta EE services and adapter classes to access LLM servers based on the OpenAI API specification. This is where the AI Assistant Adapter lives.
imixs-ai-bpmn: Transforms BPMN 2.0 models into text representations that LLMs can understand, enabling AI to reason about process structures.
imixs-ai-rag: Integrates Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) capabilities using Cassandra 4.0, allowing AI to access and reference your organization’s knowledge base.
imixs-ai-llama-cpp: Provides ready-to-use configurations for running local LLM servers with Docker.
Open Standards, Maximum Flexibility
With the latest version of Imixs-AI the adapter works now with any OpenAI-compatible API, giving you freedom to choose:
- Local deployments: LLaMA.cpp, Ollama, vLLM
- Cloud services: OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Azure OpenAI
- Custom models: Your own fine-tuned LLMs or preferred LLM provider
This standards-based approach gives you complete freedom to choose your hosting solution and model—switch providers without changing your workflows.
No-Code AI Integration
What sets Imixs-AI apart is its deep integration with BPMN 2.0. Prompt templates are defined directly in BPMN DataObjects using the Imixs Open-BPMN Modeler. Business analysts can design, test, and modify AI behavior without writing a single line of code.
The result? AI that’s not bolted onto your processes—it’s woven into them.
Get Started
The new Imixs AI Assistant Adapter represents a fundamental shift in workflow automation. We’re not just adding AI features to workflows—we’re creating workflows that think.
The Process Assistant Adapter is available now as part of the Imixs Workflow AI module. Want to see how AI-powered workflows can transform your business processes? Contact us for a personalized demo where we’ll show you the platform in action with your specific use cases.