Skip to Main Content
Shape the future of IBM watsonx Orchestrate

Start by searching and reviewing ideas others have posted, and add a comment (private if needed), vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you.

If you can't find what you are looking for, create a new idea:

  1. stick to one feature enhancement per idea

  2. add as much detail as possible, including use-case, examples & screenshots (put anything confidential in Hidden details field or a private comment)

  3. Explain business impact and timeline of project being affected

[For IBMers] Add customer/project name, details & timeline in Hidden details field or a private comment (only visible to you and the IBM product team).

This all helps to scope and prioritize your idea among many other good ones. Thank you for your feedback!

Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use
Learn more about IBM watsonx Orchestrate - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the product.
Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.
IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.
ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

Status Submitted
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 21, 2026

Childcare capacity and ratio incident detector

Problem: A March 2026 routine inspection caught 12 children in a room licensed for 10 three-to-four-year-olds — corrected on the spot by moving one child and sending another home. Ratio violations that are caught are lucky ones; most happen between inspections.

Idea: A watsonx Orchestrate monitoring agent that combines daily attendance logs with room assignments and licensed capacities to detect ratio and capacity exceedances in real time, alerting the director the moment a room goes over — and giving regulators an honest incident log instead of relying on catching violations during annual visits.

Value: Children are never in an over-capacity room for long; honest operators get a system that catches the mistake the inspector would have found months later.

Idea priority Low