Series · Agentic Mendix development

Mx CLI

Why the open-source Mx CLI is the most interesting route to AI-driven Mendix development, and how to get it running yourself — from first commands to a sandboxed agent.

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Mx CLI treats your Mendix project as what it really is: a database of model metadata you can query and modify as text. That turns out to be exactly what AI agents need. Three parts: the concept, the setup, and the sandbox.

The series, in order

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Agentic Development with Mendix

Two fundamentally different approaches to AI-driven Mendix development: Maia MCP drives Studio Pro, Mx CLI works directly on the MPR file. Why I'm betting on the second one. MendixAI 3 min 02

Getting Started with Mx CLI on Windows

Install Mx CLI on Windows, open your first Mendix project, and run your first MDL commands. The simplest possible setup: no Docker, no devcontainers. MendixAI 3 min 03

Your AI Agent Belongs in a Container

Devcontainers are essential for safe agentic development. How Mx CLI uses them to give an AI agent its own Mendix runtime, a Postgres database, and Playwright checks — a complete feedback loop in a sandbox. MendixAI 4 min