Wagtail and AI Agentic Coding
2025-10-09 , Track Two

Working with Wagtail in the quickly evolving world of AI Agentic Coding


Coding agents are here, and new clients and models appear every week. They are becoming a standard part of a developer's toolset.

I want to share my experiences using AI agents such as Claude Code for Wagtail development, talk about the good, bad and ugly parts of using them.

First, we will introduce the concept of AI agents and how does one set one up for development.

Next, we will talk about general usage of agents, and how they can help developers with their daily dev tasks.

After that, we will talk about Wagtail specific topics, and how agents can help us with Python/Django/Wagtail development, including things to watch out for, and best practices.

Finally, we will look into the future and examine what impact AI agents will have on development.

I'm a senior developer and tech lead at Torchbox.

I'm particularly passionate about projects with tangible social impact, and have years of experience working on projects for charities, non-profits and political organisations.