AI-assisted MERL coding

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   A question received through
the MetaEdit+ support and maintenance program is more general in nature, and I
thought it would be of interest to Forum readers too as deals with integrating
with AI tools.
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Q: I've
been practicing MERL here, fully AI-driven. I've gotten reasonably good results
when giving the AI enough context (e.g. Metamodel export, links to MERL
references, code examples, etc.). So far I have been copying and pasting the
generated code, and wonder if there are other ways to integrate AI into the
workflow?
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A:
Providing examples, using few-shot learning, and giving access to the grammar enables an easy start. If you are looking for ways to integrate and avoid
copy/paste with your AI tooling, there's already functionality for this in
MetaEdit+ 5.6.


 Importing MERL code is already possible as MXT (see MWB 8.4,
     last paragraph). 
 If you want to keep other generators the same, or share them with
     your AI tools, you can write them to files using the document:into:
     command, for example run via internal..execute.
     
 AI tools like Claude can make changes and additions, and then you
     can form an MXT from these (e.g. based on a standard metamodel export, if
     you're not also creating types with AI). 
 There's also the option to run MERL code from an external file at runtime.
     These are supported in MetaEdit+ Workbench.


Edited by jpt - 27.Feb.2026 at 07:53

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	A question received through the MetaEdit+ support and maintenance program is more general in nature, and I thought it would be of interest to Forum readers too as deals with integrating with AI tools. --- Q: I've been practicing MERL here, fully AI-driven. I've gotten reasonably good results when giving the AI enough context (e.g. Metamodel export, links to MERL references, code examples, etc.). So far I have been copying and pasting the generated code, and wonder if there are other ways to integrate AI into the workflow? --- A: Providing examples, using few-shot learning, and giving access to the grammar enables an easy start. If you are looking for ways to integrate and avoid copy/paste with your AI tooling, there's already functionality for this in MetaEdit+ 5.6. Importing MERL code is already possible as MXT (see MWB 8.4, last paragraph). If you want to keep other generators the same, or share them with your AI tools, you can write them to files using the document:into: command, for example run via internal..execute. AI tools like Claude can make changes and additions, and then you can form an MXT from these (e.g. based on a standard metamodel export, if you're not also creating types with AI). There's also the option to run MERL code from an external file at runtime. These are supported in MetaEdit+ Workbench. Edited by jpt - 27.Feb.2026 at 07:53