Digital processing systems and methods for implementing and managing artificial intelligence functionalities in applications

A method for building an application incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) functionality, the method comprising:

• enabling access to a developer application framework associated with a software as a service (SaaS) platform;
• receiving application code for generating an application in the SaaS platform;
• determining a selection of an AI assistant add-on provided by the SaaS platform, by analyzing the application code using an AI agent selectable from a plurality of AI agents;
• receiving the selection of an AI assistant add-on provided by the SaaS platform;
• establishing a link between the selected AI assistant add-on and at least one of a plurality of SaaS platform elements;
• enabling implementation of permissions for providing access to data from the at least one of the plurality of linked SaaS platform elements;
• based on the implemented permissions, configuring a transfer of at least one of structured data or unstructured data from the at least one of the plurality of linked SaaS platform elements;
• receiving AI integration code including at least one reference to the transferred at least one of structured data or unstructured data and at least one call to the AI agent;
• and
• publishing the application for selective use with at least one of the SaaS platform elements, wherein in use, the published application is configured to exchange data with the at least one of the plurality of SaaS platform elements.

A system for building an application incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) functionality, the system comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• enable access to a developer application framework associated with a software as a service (SaaS) platform;
• receive application code for generating an application in the SaaS platform;
• determine a selection of an AI assistant add-on provided by the SaaS platform, by analyzing the application code using an AI agent selectable from a plurality of AI agents;
• receive the selection of an AI assistant add-on provided by the SaaS platform;
• establish a link between the selected AI assistant add-on and at least one of a plurality of SaaS platform elements;
• enable implementation of permissions for providing access to data from the at least one of the plurality of linked SaaS platform elements;
• based on the implemented permissions, configure a transfer of at least one of structured data or unstructured data from the at least one of the plurality of linked SaaS platform elements;
• receive AI integration code including at least one reference to the transferred at least one of structured data or unstructured data and at least one call to the AI agent;
• and
• publish the application for selective use with at least one of the SaaS platform elements, wherein in use, the published application is configured to exchange data with the at least one of the plurality of SaaS platform elements.