Understand an unfamiliar solution. Fix the script in front of you. Build the next screen. Genie does it inside FileMaker, in the file you have open.
A chat assistant can write good FileMaker code. Then the work comes back to you: copy it, paste it, open Manage Database, drag the occurrences, set the match fields. Genie does that part in your file.
| The job | Copying from an AI chat | Genie |
|---|---|---|
| Understand a script | You paste the script in and explain your schema by hand. | Genie reads the script, the fields and the layouts it touches, straight from the open file. |
| Fix a few lines | You get a rewritten script to paste back over the old one. | Genie edits the lines you selected, in Script Workspace. |
| Change a layout object | It describes the change. You make it in the Inspector. | Genie makes the change on the object you selected. |
| Add a feature with new tables | It lists the occurrences and relationships to create. You drag them onto the graph. | Genie adds the table occurrences, draws the relationships and writes the script. |
| Stay in control | Nothing touches your file, because it can’t reach it. | Genie shows each change before applying it, or builds directly with Auto apply on. |
Chat assistants with MCP connectors can reach further, and Genie’s Local MCP is how you give them FileMaker. FileMaker’s built-in AI script steps solve a different problem: AI features inside the solution you deliver.
Genie works where the change happens. Open a section to see what it can do there.
Genie has its own tab in Layout mode, next to Fields, Objects and Add-ons. Select an object, ask about it or ask for a change, and keep the Inspector open while you work.
Open Genie right in Script Workspace. Highlight lines and ask for a fix, start a new script from a sentence, or sort scripts into folders, without the conversation leaving your code.
Describe the screen. Genie builds it from your solution’s real fields and scripts, then you keep adjusting it in the conversation.
Ask for the table occurrences, relationships and fields your feature needs. Genie adds them in the file, and you check the result in Manage Database.
Review every change before it’s applied, or turn on Auto apply and let Genie build directly.
Read the guideGenie shows you the change and waits for your OK. Right before writing, it checks the target again, so a script you edited in the meantime won’t get overwritten.
Genie builds directly, without asking at each step. The same permission and Privacy checks still apply, and running an existing script still asks first.
Your prompt and the relevant FileMaker context go to the AI provider you configure. Privacy Mode narrows what Genie can read before that request is sent.
Turn on the chat shield and pick the allowed items in Metadata Explorer. Nothing selected means no live reads. Picking a table doesn’t pick all its fields.
Privacy Mode opens a new provider context. Earlier messages stay on your screen but aren’t sent again. What was already sent stays sent.
Local MCP has its own Privacy setting. The chat shield doesn’t cover an external client, so set both if you use both.
Anything you type or paste is part of the request. Your provider’s retention and training terms still apply, so check them for your account.
How Privacy Mode worksConnect your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or xAI account, or configure a compatible local endpoint. Change models as your work changes.
Usage is billed by your provider, not by Genie. Local models vary in tool and image support.
Set up your providerMac and Windows have separate packages. The panels in this tour are on Mac. Scripts and layouts can be written in local and hosted files.
Check requirements and downloadWith a paid plan, Genie creates and edits scripts and layouts, adds tables, fields, table occurrences and relationships, sorts scripts into folders, and changes data. What’s available can vary with your FileMaker version and access privileges. Start with one focused change and check it in FileMaker.
Genie runs on Mac and Windows with FileMaker Pro 19 through 2026, as separate packages. The Layout mode and Script Workspace panels are on Mac today. The release notes list what each package includes.
Yes. Genie reads, writes scripts and builds layouts in hosted files as well as local ones, within your access privileges.
By default, yes: Genie shows each change and waits for your OK. Turn on Auto apply to let it build directly. Permission and Privacy checks stay on either way, and running an existing script always asks first.
Not everything. With Auto apply on, edits to existing scripts, relationship edits and graph arrangements can be undone from Workbench. Newly created scripts, tables, fields, table occurrences and relationships can’t, and neither can data changes, so work on a development copy and check the result in FileMaker.
Free covers exploring and asking: inspecting the file, read-only data questions, help with calculations, and Local MCP reads. Paid adds building: creating and editing in the file, and build requests from an external agent. Pricing starts at $59 per user per month or $499 per user per year, with seat discounts. Paid starts with 21 days free; billing begins after that, and you can cancel anytime.
Connect your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or xAI account in Genie Settings, or a compatible local model. Your provider bills usage directly; your Genie licence doesn’t include it.
Genie reads what the request needs, when it needs it. Your request and that context go to the provider you configured. Chat and Local MCP each have their own Privacy setting; use Metadata Explorer to limit exactly what Genie can read.
Download the package for your platform, install it, connect a provider, and ask Genie to explain a script you know, without changing it. Then try a task from Build.
Start free with a question about a script you know. Upgrade when you want Genie to build.