Built for CGSC. Open to the Force.
Making the Army the world's largest software developer, one agent at a time.
The Army's platforms already give you the tools. This site shows you how to use them, from your first AI agent to a deployed capability the force can scale.
The Concept
A soldier-developer is not a software engineer. Their role is to create practical problem-solving tools to address local unit and operational needs.Read the foundational article
The Army has fielded powerful digital platforms, Army Vantage and GenAI.mil, that do something their designers didn't fully anticipate: they gave soldiers built-in tools to create their own software, including AI agents.
You don't need to be a software engineer or have a computer science degree to begin building. All you need is a problem worth solving and the willingness to learn how these platforms work.
This site exists to lower that bar, with real examples, real agents, and a community of builders doing exactly this at CGSC and across the force.
The Agents
Four AI agents, each named for a classical figure, built and deployed inside Army-approved platforms at CGSC. Each one is a proof of concept and a teaching example.
AI grading assistant that simulates a council of 50 faculty members to evaluate student essays.
AI-enabled wargaming agent for Corps and Division-level exercises at CGSC.
AI assessment agent that uses the Socratic Method to evaluate student mastery through dialogue.
Free-form pedagogical agent that tutors and mentors students on course material before class.
2025 to 2026 CGSC Academic Year
Articles & Publications
Every agent on this site has a published record. These articles trace the thinking, the building, and the results. From the foundational concept to operational agents running inside Army-approved platforms. The Soldier-Developer concept is not a theory, it is a bottom-up movement originating from CGSC.
The foundational piece introducing and defining the Soldier-Developer concept. It proposes a three-level governance architecture, and argues the Army is already becoming one of the world's largest software organizations, whether it recognizes it or not.
A case study of Athena and introducing the concept of Socrates. This article argues if PME won't trust AI to help grade essays, how can the Army trust AI in the kill chain? Agentic experimentation in PME is necessary to validate the hypothesis of the Department of War's AI-first future.
A detailed account of the November 2025 CGSC exercise and the operational debut of Ares. Staff groups using analog methods completed an average of two turns. Staff groups using Ares completed up to nine turns, with each turn executed 100 times to find the probabilistic outcome of a course of action. 900 simulated turns versus two. This article documents what happened, what it means for PME, and what it suggests for operational planning.
Official Army coverage of the Ares wargaming exercise and CGSC's broader AI integration efforts. In a little over a week, at zero cost, an AI-enabled wargame was created with career-influencing impacts for students. This marks the moment CGSC began transforming from just another schoolhouse into a no-code AI software development hub for the Army, empowering graduating officers to arrive at their new units as immediate change agents equipped with ready-to-use solutions.
Start Building
Building an AI agent doesn't require a computer science degree or any coding experience. Pick an approved platform, identify a problem your unit has, and build something real. Here's how it works.
Army Vantage and GenAI.mil are already approved and available to you. GenAI.mil is the faster starting point. Vantage is more powerful but has a steeper learning curve.
The best agents solve a real problem someone actually has. Identify the repetitive task, the planning bottleneck, or the workflow your unit handles manually. That is your agent's mission.
Use no-code environments to configure your agent, define its mission, and deploy it to your unit, all inside accredited and secure platforms you already have access to.