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.
NEW IN GENIE 3.3
Genie 3.3 runs the real Claude Code and Codex agents beside your scripts and layouts, on the plan you already have. No API key, no API bill. Pick one in Genie’s model menu, in the Genie window and in the panels in Script Workspace and Layout mode.
The model menu opens on a group called Your own agent: Claude Code and Codex, the publishers’ own programs. They read your file through Genie’s tools and work in the Genie window, Script Workspace and Layout mode. Usage comes out of your Claude or ChatGPT plan’s limits instead of an API bill.
Genie installs the agent after you confirm, you sign in with your browser, and Settings shows Connected with your plan. If Genie’s local connection is off, Turn on enables it after a confirmation.
The same agents work in the Genie window and in the panels beside your scripts and layouts, each with its own conversation.
The agents are limited to Genie’s tools (no Terminal, no file access, no web): their changes arrive as a card you Apply, Review or Copy. Turn on Auto apply and they apply supported changes directly, like Genie’s own agent, without its extra check against what you asked.
Genie tells you when your Claude Code is out of date and updates it after you confirm. The model list reloads with it.
Your API keys and local models stay in the same menu. Switch between them any time.
On Windows: Genie for Windows (1.5.11) has its own feature set and does not include these 3.3 features yet. We are aiming for Windows to match the Mac version at the start of November 2026.
Read the 3.3 storyA 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. On Mac you can also run your own Claude Code or Codex with the plan you already have, no API key. Change models as your work changes.
With an API key, usage is billed by your provider, not by Genie. With Claude Code or Codex it comes out of your own plan. Local models vary in tool and image support.
Set up your provider Genie 3.3: Claude Code and Codex, directly inside FileMaker Let your AI agent install Genie (Mac)Mac 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. On an existing layout, it changes objects in place: formats, appearance, hide conditions, tooltips, script triggers, portal setup and more. A few layout edits need FileMaker 21 or later (layout calculations), 22 or later (popover titles) or 26 (portal filter and sort). 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.
In Genie, open Settings > General and choose Manage subscription, or use Manage subscription in the footer of this site. Sign in with your purchase email to change users, switch between monthly and yearly, update your card, download invoices or cancel. Cancelling keeps access until the end of the period you paid for.
Connect your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or xAI account in Genie Settings, or a compatible local model. On Mac you can instead run your own Claude Code or Codex with the plan you already have. With an API key, your provider bills usage directly; with Claude Code or Codex, usage comes out of your plan. Your Genie licence doesn’t include either.
Not if you use Claude Code or Codex. On Mac, Genie 3.3 can run your own Claude Code or Codex inside FileMaker, signed in with the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already have, so there’s no API key and no API bill. Genie’s own agent still works with an API key or a local model, and you switch between them in the model menu. Your Genie licence is separate either way.
Claude Code works with a Claude plan that includes it (Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise). Codex works with a ChatGPT plan that includes Codex access. You sign in on the publisher’s own page in your browser, and Genie’s Settings show Connected with your plan. Which plans include these tools, and their limits, are set by Anthropic and OpenAI and may change. Genie doesn’t control them, so check your plan.
Your Genie licence doesn’t change: reading, inspecting, explaining and debugging stay on the Free plan, and creating or editing scripts, layouts, schema and data needs a paid Genie plan. What goes away is the API bill, because Claude Code and Codex use the plan you already pay for. That plan has its own price and usage limits.
Not by default. Each agent is limited: no Terminal, no file access, no web access and none of your other tools. It reaches FileMaker only through Genie’s own tools. With Auto apply off, which is the default, a change it proposes appears as a card in the conversation that you Apply, Review or Copy. With Auto apply on (opt-in, in Settings), Claude Code and Codex apply supported changes directly, like Genie’s own agent. Your paid plan and the file and Privacy Mode checks still apply, but an engine’s change isn’t checked against what you asked, which Genie’s own agent does. Leave Auto apply off to review every change. Genie never sees or stores your sign-in. Your requests and the file context the engine reads are handled by Anthropic or OpenAI under your plan’s terms. Engines aren’t offered while Local MCP’s Privacy Mode is on.
Not yet. Claude Code and Codex in Genie are on the Mac for now. Genie for Windows doesn’t include them yet and keeps working with your own API key or a local model. We are aiming for Windows to match the Mac version at the start of November 2026.
Usage comes out of your own Claude or ChatGPT plan. When you reach its limit, the engine can’t continue until your plan allows more use, and the publisher decides when that is. Genie’s own agent, with an API key or a local model, stays in the model menu, so you can switch and keep working.
Genie reads what the request needs, when it needs it. Your request and that context go to the provider you configured, or to Anthropic or OpenAI if you use Claude Code or Codex. 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.