ICYMI: AI for Sugar Devs — Developer Office Hours Roundtable

9 Mar 2026

4 minute read time

Hello Sugar Developers!

Thanks to everyone who joined our March 4th's Developer Office Hours roundtable focused on AI for Sugar developers.

Rafa walked us through a new project he’s been working on for a while (SugarCRM Developers - AI for Sugar Devs) that explores how AI can simplify parts of the Sugar development process.

The focus of the session was a demonstration of his project designed to help use AI to build Sugar code.

Instead of manually building out the full package structure and files, the idea is to leverage AI to generate much of the code and structure automatically, making it easier and faster to build Sugar customizations.

Session Highlights

During the session, Rafa introduced the concept behind the project and demonstrated how AI can be used to generate a working Module Loader Package with minimal manual coding. The goal is to lower the barrier for developers (and even admins) who want to build customizations but may not be deeply familiar with the full Sugar packaging structure.

The walkthrough showed how a developer can describe the customization they want, such as creating fields, modifying modules, or adding logic hooks, and have AI help generate the files and structure needed for a deployable MLP. Instead of writing every component from scratch, AI agents will leverage prompts and help assemble the package structure, configuration files, and supporting code automatically.

Rafa also explained how this approach can accelerate early-stage development. Rather than spending time setting up the boilerplate required for a Module Loader Package, developers can focus more on defining the functionality they want to implement. AI helps generate the initial implementation, which can then be reviewed, refined, and extended as needed.

The session highlighted how AI can act as a development accelerator, not replacing developer knowledge, but helping automate repetitive setup tasks and making Sugar customization more approachable for a broader group of builders.

After the demo, the conversation continued with several great questions from attendees. Topics included whether AI could be used on top of existing customizations, how it might help document code, and how it could assist when working with Sugar components like SugarBean and SugarQuery. These discussions explored how AI might support developers not just when creating new customizations, but also when maintaining and understanding existing ones.