Welcome
Orchestrating
Orchestrate anything with HCL Universal Orchestrator.
AI agent definition
An AI agent uses a large language model (LLM) as its cognitive engine to interpret natural-language requests, break down complex goals, and make autonomous decisions.
Exposing internal AI agents to external clients by using the Agent-to-Agent protocol
You can expose selected internal HCL Universal Orchestrator AI agents as Agent-to-Agent (A2A) agents. The A2A protocol provides a standard framework for discovering and invoking agent clients.

What's new
The What's new section tracks the capabilities delivered across each HCL Universal Orchestrator release, organized by version, so you can navigate directly to the features relevant to your deployment.
Getting started with HCL Universal Orchestrator
HCL Universal Orchestrator is a cloud-native workload orchestration and scheduling platform built on Kubernetes. Its microservices-based architecture enables the centralized orchestration of multi-cloud and hybrid environments from a single point of control.
Deploying and Administrating
Deploy, connect, and administer HCL Universal Orchestrator on your own infrastructure, or start immediately with a hosted SaaS environment where the service provider manages all platform operations.
Administering multitenancy
Configure and administer a HCL Universal Orchestrator multitenant environment.
Using the UI
The UI is the HCL Universal Orchestrator interface, from which you can design your scheduling environment and monitor every process.
Orchestrating
Orchestrate anything with HCL Universal Orchestrator.
- Orchestration CLI commands
  You can use the various command options in Orchestration CLI to achieve specific results. The command options are not case sensitive and you can use either uppercase or lowercase letters.
- Workflow definition
  A workflow is a set of tasks to be run, together with times, priorities, and other dependencies that define the processing order.
- Task definition
  A task definition is a unit of work that specifies an action to be performed on specific workstations in the HCL Universal Orchestrator network.
- AI agent definition
  An AI agent uses a large language model (LLM) as its cognitive engine to interpret natural-language requests, break down complex goals, and make autonomous decisions.
  - Managing the AI agent
  - Communicating with the AI agent
  - Exposing internal AI agents to external clients by using the Agent-to-Agent protocol
    You can expose selected internal HCL Universal Orchestrator AI agents as Agent-to-Agent (A2A) agents. The A2A protocol provides a standard framework for discovering and invoking agent clients.
- Cross dependencies definition
  Cross dependencies enable you to define dependencies between workflows running on different orchestration engines.
- Event source definition
  An event source is an item that allows HCL Universal Orchestrator to receive events from specific event plug-ins.
- Endpoint definition
  An endpoint is a reusable item that defines the connection parameters required to communicate with an external system.
- Calendar definition
  Calendars define the days in which workflows do or do not run.
- Folder definition
  You can use folders to organize your items accordingly to your business needs.
- Credentials definition
  Credential definitions are used to store user IDs and passwords, or tokens.
- Variable table definition
  Variables are values that can change according to the purpose of workflows and task templates.
- Run cycle group definition
  You can schedule workflows based on common run cycle groups.
- Workstation definition
  A workstation is a scheduling item that runs tasks.
- Resource definition
  A resource is an item that represents a quantifiable asset, measured in terms of units. You can add resources as dependencies in tasks or workflows.
- Event plug-in structure
- Managing matching criteria
  In this topic you can find a description of matching criteria.
- Parsing OCLI files in streaming
  HCL Universal Orchestrator enables you to add or replace files containing multiple item types through OCLI in a single command.
- Data exchange and transformation
  This topic explains how you can streamline your workflows using data exchange and transformation.
- Changing the default editor for Orchestration CLI
  To customize the editing experience in HCL Universal Orchestrator, you can modify the default editor by setting the visual or editor environment variables.
Orchestrating from Mobile
You can use your mobile devices to manage quickly and easily your whole HCL Universal Orchestrator environment.
Monitoring
Take your environment under control.
Using REST API
Use REST APIs to easily integrate workload scheduling capabilities with external products and solutions.
Uno AI Pilot
Welcome to the HCL Universal Orchestrator AI Pilot documentation. This resource is designed to guide you through everything you need to know about using UnO AI Pilot effectively. You will find detailed instructions, feature overviews, and helpful tips to ensure you get the best experience with UnO AI Pilot.
UnO Agentic AI Builder
Troubleshooting
Recover your environment if any issue occurs.
Notices

v2.1.7+Exposing internal AI agents to external clients by using the Agent-to-Agent protocol

You can expose selected internal HCL Universal Orchestrator AI agents as Agent-to-Agent (A2A) agents. The A2A protocol provides a standard framework for discovering and invoking agent clients.

When an agent is made available through the A2A protocol, external A2A clients can perform the following actions:

Review the agent description and supported skills
Submit task messages to the agent
Receive execution results from the agent

The AI agents of basic type are made available for external A2A clients. This feature enables external AI agents to delegate tasks to HCL Universal Orchestrator AI agents, facilitating cross-platform collaboration across different technical systems.

Each available AI agent has a unique agent card. An A2A Agent card defines the tools, capabilities, and executable skills available to an AI agent. Each workflow within the agent is mapped and displayed as a skill. Workflow service descriptions and tags are exposed as skill metadata. The resource details within the workflow are protected by standard HCL Universal Orchestrator API security, and the agent card explicitly declares that a bearer credential is required.

You can use the agent card to obtain access details and information about internal AI agents. In an environment where HCL Universal Orchestrator is installed, access the agent card at the following path:

/twsd/api/v2/a2a/agents/agentId/.well-known/agent-card.json

Note: Obtain the agentId value by running Orchestration CLI commands or querying the database.

After reviewing the available agent skills and tools, you can determine whether the agent meets your task requirements. The agent card provides all the connection details required to integrate external tools with the agent.