Genie Code is now available as a Lakeflow Jobs task (Beta)

BetaAug 27, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

You can now run prompts with Genie Code as a task in a Lakeflow Job. Genie Code runs your prompt autonomously. It can read upstream task outputs and call tools as needed. The task returns a link to the resulting Genie Code conversation with its response. See Genie Code task for jobs .

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Genie Agents enhancements

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Genie One enhancements

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