Socotra has announced the launch of Socotra Configuration Assistant, a native product experience that turns business requirements into a working product in Socotra.
Users can describe a product in natural language, upload a filing, or repurpose an existing Socotra configuration. Configuration Assistant then helps them build and refine the product, inspect the configuration, validate the result, and deploy it to a new or existing tenant for testing.
The launch builds on Socotra's earlier work in the area. The company launched Agentic Configuration in 2025 as a service from its Implementation team. After helping dozens of carriers use it to build and validate insurance products, Socotra is now bringing Agentic Configuration fully documented and natively available in Socotra Configuration Studio, with no external AI assistant or separate development environment required. The result is a practical way for product, underwriting, implementation, and technology teams to work together on real insurance products.
Configuration Assistant is designed for both business and technical users. Business users can review the product structure and business logic without reading code, while technical users can inspect the underlying configuration and plugin code when they need more detail. The entire experience is built on Socotra's flexible data model, open APIs, and token-efficient documentation.
Dan Woods, founder and chief executive officer of Socotra, said teams should be able to test product ideas against their core without lengthy delays.
"Insurance teams should be able to test product ideas against their core instead of waiting months to see whether those ideas work," said Woods. "Configuration Assistant gives teams a guided way to move from requirements to a working product, while keeping validation and human approval in the process. Instead of vibe coding, Socotra's configuration-only deployment means agentically created products run on the exact same enterprise-scale core that Socotra's customers depend on every day."
Configuration Assistant is designed to be accessible to both business and technical leaders. Users can start in multiple ways, building a product by describing it in natural language, uploading a filing, or using an existing Socotra product, with the tool proposing intelligent assumptions where instructions are incomplete. They can then build in conversation, chatting with Configuration Assistant to create and iterate the product data model, business logic, and rating model, with a side-by-side view of the chat and product in the same workspace.
Users can also inspect and validate the product through visual views, plain-language summaries, and raw JSON before deploying, allowing both business and technology teams to understand and edit it. Finally, they can deploy and quote, deploying the product to a new or existing tenant, then moving into Socotra Operations Workbench to create an account and quote and bind a policy. Insurers can also leverage Operations Assistant to automate intake, validation, insights, and issuance.
