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BigFix Ops Studio — v1.0.0

Initial Release

BigFix Ops Studio is a localized, AI-powered IDE for IT and Security professionals managing BigFix environments, packaged as a standalone Windows desktop app. This is the first public release.

✨ Highlights

  • Three Core Workspaces

    • Client Relevance Studio — Query endpoint properties locally. (Available in v1.0.0.)
    • Session Relevance Studio — Create and test session relevance queries for the BigFix Console. (Planned for a future release.)
    • Action Script Studio — Develop, test, and manage BigFix Action Script snippets. (Planned for a future release.)

  • Local Evaluation Engine — relevance and Action Script expressions are evaluated entirely on-machine via a local qna.exe bridge (BESClient), with no infrastructure queries sent to the cloud.

  • Multi-Provider AI Assistant — connect to Groq, Google Gemini, or Anthropic Claude; switch providers anytime via a command-line flag.

  • Rate-Limit Resilience — cascading fallback automatically switches to a secondary model within the active provider if the primary model is rate-limited.

  • SmartSense Code Explanation — highlight any relevance statement to get an instant plain-English explanation.

  • Standalone Desktop App — runs natively on Windows.

🔒 Security & Privacy

  • All relevance/Action Script evaluation happens locally — no infrastructure data leaves the machine.
  • The embedding model for semantic search runs 100% locally; only text typed into AI Chat or selected via SmartSense is sent to the configured LLM provider.

🛠️ Installation

The release package includes:

  • BigFix Ops Studio Setup.exe — Windows installer (requires admin rights)
  • How to Use BigFix Ops Studio_.docx — user guide

Run the installer and launch the app. On first launch, the AI knowledge base syncs in the background — the window appears immediately, and full AI capability is available within a few seconds.

Configuring an AI provider

An API key from one supported provider is required to enable the AI Assistant, set via a one-time command-line flag:

"BigFix Ops Studio.exe" --provider=groq   --groq-api-key="YOUR_KEY_HERE"
"BigFix Ops Studio.exe" --provider=gemini --gemini-api-key="YOUR_KEY_HERE"
"BigFix Ops Studio.exe" --provider=claude --claude-api-key="YOUR_KEY_HERE"

After the initial setup, simply double-click the app to launch. Re-run with --provider= / --xxx-api-key= to switch providers or replace an expired key.

📋 Requirements

  • Windows OS
  • BESClient installed and registered (for the local relevance/Action Script engine)
  • An API key from Groq, Google Gemini, or Anthropic Claude

🐞 Known Issues / Troubleshooting

  • Port 5055 in use on relaunch — the app auto-clears stale processes on this port at startup; manually kill leftover processes if the issue persists.
  • "Engine not found" — ensure qna.exe sits alongside the executable, or that BESClient is installed and registered in the registry.
  • Rate limit errors — all models for the selected provider are exhausted; wait 60 seconds or switch to Gemini (largest free quota).
  • Windows-only in this release; no macOS/Linux build.
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