Emerging Capabilities

What's Coming Next

FDP is evolving to meet the growing needs of the fusion research community. Here are some new capabilities currently in development.

IMAS Support

Work is in progress to connect FDP workflows directly with the IMAS (Integrated Modelling and Analysis Suite) data model. This means outputs from TokSearch and CMF could be stored in IMAS-compliant formats, making it easier to share results across facilities—including ITER. Once complete, this feature will allow for automatic generation of IMAS-style pulse files with provenance and metadata included.

Natural Language Agent for TokSearch

This capability has shipped: FDP now includes an AI assistant that turns plain-language requests into executable TokSearch pipelines and runs them against the FDP data stack. You can say "fetch ip for shot 200000 and report the peak in MA" and the agent writes, runs, and iterates on the corresponding query — from the terminal (fdp chat, fdp query), a local GUI, coding assistants via installable skills, an MCP server, or the Python Session API. See the AI Assistant page for setup and usage.

These features are all about making the platform easier to use, more automated, and better aligned with community standards.