AI-assisted scripting, reporting, compliance controls, and MCP support are coming to Addigy's Apple device-management platform, with administrators still required to approve management actions before they run.
Addigy Intelligence Suite launches September 17 with AI Script Assist, natural-language reporting, controls for unapproved AI applications, and support for Model Context Protocol. Administrators must approve proposed management actions before they run.
The approval requirement keeps the system from acting autonomously. Administrators remain responsible for reviewing AI-generated scripts or proposed actions before changes reach managed devices.
AI Script Assist can generate scripts, review existing code, and recommend management actions. Administrators can describe a task in plain language instead of writing every command manually.
The suite also adds generative AI reporting for fleet data. Administrators can ask questions in plain English and generate reports without manually building queries and filters.
Addigy says customer data isn't sent to external frontier AI models and that the AI runs within its own environment.
New controls target unapproved AI apps
Intelligence Suite includes prebuilt compliance rules for identifying, monitoring, controlling, or blocking AI applications on managed Macs. The controls are aimed at shadow AI, where employees use AI services that an organization hasn't approved.
Addigy Intelligence Suite includes controls for managing unapproved AI applications. Image credit: AddigyThe compliance rules give administrators another way to enforce internal AI policies alongside existing device-management controls. Addigy isn't alone in targeting the problem.
Jamf introduced AI Governance in June with tools for discovering AI software across managed Macs, enforcing policies, and producing compliance reports. The feature can cover both approved AI services and tools an organization wants to restrict.
The suite also adds support for Model Context Protocol, or MCP, a standard that lets compatible AI tools interact with external systems. The implementation can give AI agents access to device-management functions while keeping actions subject to existing permissions and administrator approval.
Addigy Intelligence Suite can generate reports from natural-language requests. Image credit: AddigyMCP support lets compatible AI tools work with Intelligence Suite instead of limiting AI features to Addigy's own interface. Compatible tools can request device information or propose management actions through the platform.
Existing role-based access controls still determine what administrators and connected tools are allowed to do. Proposed management actions also remain subject to administrator approval before execution.
Jamf is already adding AI to Apple management
Jamf already offers an AI Assistant for Jamf Pro that can answer questions about an organization's environment, surface device information, and explain configurations. The assistant currently operates with read-only access to device-management data.
The company has said future capabilities that can make changes will require administrator approval before actions run. That puts both companies on a similar path toward AI-assisted management while keeping a human in the execution loop.
The companies are taking different approaches to MCP. Jamf currently uses an MCP server to help AI tools work with developer documentation and API information, while Addigy is positioning MCP as a way for compatible agents to interact with device-management functions.
Pricing remains a mystery
Addigy Intelligence will become a paid tier after October 31, but the company hasn't announced what it will cost. Existing customers won't be automatically enrolled or billed when the paid tier launches.
Anyone looking for more information is instead directed to provide company details and request a demo. Without public pricing, customers can't easily compare Intelligence Suite with competing Apple management products before talking to Addigy's sales team.
