Building Smarter Optimizely Solutions with AI Tools, MCP, and Function Calling

You can now integrate AI Tools, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and function calling with Optimizely CMS, allowing editors to engage with actual, connected business logic directly within the CMS interface. This enhancement means your AI Assistant is no longer restricted to static responses. It can access real-time data, activate real functions, and provide intelligent responses based on your logic, APIs, and systems, without editors needing to leave the Optimizely workspace.

Image Generation & Transformation with Gemini 2.5 Flash (aka “Nano Banana”)

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, nicknamed Nano Banana, is Google DeepMind’s newest image generation & editing model. It blends text‑to‑image, multi‑image fusion, character consistency, accurate text rendering, and region‑targeted edits into one fast, affordable workflow. In this post I explain how Nano Banana works, why it’s the best option right now for editors and marketers, and how we wire it into Optimizely CMS via the Epicweb AI‑Assistant.