June 2026 Summaries

Netlify Functions, first launched in 2019, have evolved from a backend-for-frontend tool into a robust backend solution, now processing hundreds of millions of requests daily. In 2023, Netlify introduced Functions 2.0, which revamped the product with a focus on enhancing the Developer Experience and recently expanded to improve Agent Experience, making it more accessible for AI agents to interact with the platform. Key updates include event-triggered functions that can respond to various platform events, fetchable module support for interoperability, and a new syntax for background functions that simplifies their declaration. Additionally, Netlify now allows function-specific region selection for performance optimization and compliance, as well as configurable memory and CPU resources to accommodate more demanding applications. The platform continues to innovate, with further advancements expected to broaden its capabilities and facilitate more efficient and creative development workflows.

AXIS is an open-source tool and scoring framework designed to assess how well services function for AI agents, similar to how Lighthouse evaluates user experience for websites. Developed to improve the Agent Experience (AX), which pertains to how AI agents interact with platforms, AXIS helps identify and quantify the quality of these interactions by running scenarios against various AI agents and producing a score from 0 to 100. Initial tests on Netlify showed that providing agents with the necessary context significantly improved scores and reduced execution time and cost. The tool aims to address the inconsistencies in agent interactions by integrating seamlessly into engineering practices, providing continuous verification of agent context within documentation and development processes. As part of this effort, AXIS supports multiple AI agents and encourages community contributions to refine the tool further, positioning itself as a crucial component in the evaluation and enhancement of AI-agent interactions across different services.