{"id":4122,"date":"2026-01-26T13:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/?p=4122"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:05:13","slug":"matlab-agentic-ai-the-workflow-that-actually-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/2026\/01\/26\/matlab-agentic-ai-the-workflow-that-actually-works\/","title":{"rendered":"MATLAB + Agentic AI: The Workflow That Actually Works"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bio:<\/span> <\/span>This blog post is co-authored by Toshi Takeuchi, Community Advocate active in online communities. Toshi has held marketing roles at MathWorks over the last 19 years.<\/span><\/div>
MathWorks released <\/span>MATLAB MCP Core Server<\/span><\/a> in October 2025, enabling coding agents to drive a local MATLAB installation via <\/span>Model Context Protocol<\/span><\/a>. Since then, many of us have been exploring agentic workflows. Toshi recently published a video series showcasing a creative project that caught a lot of attention: recreating a NASA photograph of <\/span>Saturn as a 3D visualization (video)<\/span><\/a> in MATLAB, adding a <\/span>flyby animation (video)<\/span><\/a>, generating scripts into <\/span>live scripts (video)<\/span><\/a>, and wrapping everything into an <\/span>interactive app (video)<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>
Today, I would like to share a chat I had with Toshi about the <\/span>Research \/ Plan \/ Implement (RPI)<\/span> approach he used in his agentic coding project. I also asked Toshi where all of this is headed - how agentic coding could reshape scientific and engineering workflows, because that\u2019s a question many of us are asking. I hope that you find his answer insightful. <\/span><\/div>
\"RPI<\/img><\/div>

Why 3D Saturn? Why RPI?<\/span><\/h2>
Mike:<\/span> <\/span>\u201cI really enjoyed your videos on LinkedIn and Bluesky. Where did the idea come from?\u201d<\/span><\/div>
Toshi:<\/span><\/div>
Mike, your earlier <\/span>blog posts<\/span><\/a> got me thinking about trying MATLAB MCP Core Server, but the real spark came when I saw <\/span>a beautiful image of Saturn on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>. I wondered \u201cCould I recreate this in 3D using MATLAB?\u201d <\/span><\/div>
I mostly use MATLAB for plotting and had zero experience with advanced graphics, so it felt like the perfect project to try an agentic workflow on. And with <\/span>MATLAB Mini Hack gallery<\/span><\/a> full of helpful examples, I had plenty of materials for the coding agent to learn from.<\/span><\/div>
Mike:<\/span> <\/span>The results are amazing! I want to run them myself on MATLAB. Where is the code please?<\/span><\/div>
Toshi:<\/span><\/div>
Sure, I\u2019m happy to share it, but keep in mind that you might not get the exact same results, because LLMs are non-deterministic. And that\u2019s a good thing. The whole point of agentic workflows is that your creativity becomes part of the process. This was my holiday project, so I kept it fun and exploratory. I\u2019d love to see how you make it your own.<\/span><\/div>