fix: rename watson to watsonx embedding provider and prefix env vars

- prefix provider env vars with embeddings_  
- rename watson → watsonx in providers  
- add deprecation warning and alias for legacy 'watson' key (to be removed in v1.0.0)

src/crewai/rag/embeddings/factory.py

@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import warnings
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar, overload
 
+from typing_extensions import deprecated
+
 from crewai.rag.core.base_embeddings_callable import EmbeddingFunction
 from crewai.rag.core.base_embeddings_provider import BaseEmbeddingsProvider
 from crewai.utilities.import_utils import import_and_validate_definition
@@ -59,9 +62,12 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
         HuggingFaceProviderSpec,
     )
     from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.embedding_callable import (
-        WatsonEmbeddingFunction,
+        WatsonXEmbeddingFunction,
+    )
+    from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.types import (
+        WatsonProviderSpec,
+        WatsonXProviderSpec,
     )
-    from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.types import WatsonProviderSpec
     from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.instructor.types import InstructorProviderSpec
     from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.jina.types import JinaProviderSpec
     from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.microsoft.types import AzureProviderSpec
@@ -100,7 +106,8 @@ PROVIDER_PATHS = {
     "sentence-transformer": "crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.sentence_transformer.sentence_transformer_provider.SentenceTransformerProvider",
     "text2vec": "crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.text2vec.text2vec_provider.Text2VecProvider",
     "voyageai": "crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.voyageai.voyageai_provider.VoyageAIProvider",
-    "watson": "crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.watson.WatsonProvider",
+    "watson": "crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.watsonx.WatsonXProvider",  # Deprecated alias
+    "watsonx": "crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.watsonx.WatsonXProvider",
 }
 
 
@@ -169,7 +176,14 @@ def build_embedder_from_dict(
 
 
 @overload
-def build_embedder_from_dict(spec: WatsonProviderSpec) -> WatsonEmbeddingFunction: ...
+def build_embedder_from_dict(spec: WatsonXProviderSpec) -> WatsonXEmbeddingFunction: ...
+
+
+@overload
+@deprecated(
+    'The "WatsonProviderSpec" provider spec is deprecated and will be removed in v1.0.0. Use "WatsonXProviderSpec" instead.'
+)
+def build_embedder_from_dict(spec: WatsonProviderSpec) -> WatsonXEmbeddingFunction: ...
 
 
 @overload
@@ -233,6 +247,14 @@ def build_embedder_from_dict(spec):
     if not provider_name:
         raise ValueError("Missing 'provider' key in specification")
 
+    if provider_name == "watson":
+        warnings.warn(
+            'The "watson" provider key is deprecated and will be removed in v1.0.0. '
+            'Use "watsonx" instead.',
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+
     if provider_name not in PROVIDER_PATHS:
         raise ValueError(
             f"Unknown provider: {provider_name}. Available providers: {list(PROVIDER_PATHS.keys())}"
@@ -300,7 +322,14 @@ def build_embedder(spec: VoyageAIProviderSpec) -> VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction: ...
 
 
 @overload
-def build_embedder(spec: WatsonProviderSpec) -> WatsonEmbeddingFunction: ...
+def build_embedder(spec: WatsonXProviderSpec) -> WatsonXEmbeddingFunction: ...
+
+
+@overload
+@deprecated(
+    'The "WatsonProviderSpec" provider spec is deprecated and will be removed in v1.0.0. Use "WatsonXProviderSpec" instead.'
+)
+def build_embedder(spec: WatsonProviderSpec) -> WatsonXEmbeddingFunction: ...
 
 
 @overload

src/crewai/rag/embeddings/providers/ibm/__init__.py

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 """IBM embedding providers."""
 
 from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.types import (
-    WatsonProviderConfig,
     WatsonProviderSpec,
+    WatsonXProviderConfig,
+    WatsonXProviderSpec,
 )
-from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.watson import (
+from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.watsonx import (
-    WatsonProvider,
+    WatsonXProvider,
 )
 
 __all__ = [
-    "WatsonProvider",
-    "WatsonProviderConfig",
     "WatsonProviderSpec",
+    "WatsonXProvider",
+    "WatsonXProviderConfig",
+    "WatsonXProviderSpec",
 ]

src/crewai/rag/embeddings/providers/ibm/embedding_callable.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""IBM Watson embedding function implementation."""
+"""IBM WatsonX embedding function implementation."""
 
 from typing import cast
 
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ from typing_extensions import Unpack
 
 from crewai.rag.core.base_embeddings_callable import EmbeddingFunction
 from crewai.rag.core.types import Documents, Embeddings
-from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.types import WatsonProviderConfig
+from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.types import WatsonXProviderConfig
 
 
-class WatsonEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction[Documents]):
+class WatsonXEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction[Documents]):
-    """Embedding function for IBM Watson models."""
+    """Embedding function for IBM WatsonX models."""
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Unpack[WatsonProviderConfig]) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Unpack[WatsonXProviderConfig]) -> None:
-        """Initialize Watson embedding function.
+        """Initialize WatsonX embedding function.
 
         Args:
-            **kwargs: Configuration parameters for Watson Embeddings and Credentials.
+            **kwargs: Configuration parameters for WatsonX Embeddings and Credentials.
         """
         self._config = kwargs
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class WatsonEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction[Documents]):
 
         except ImportError as e:
             raise ImportError(
-                "ibm-watsonx-ai is required for watson embeddings. "
+                "ibm-watsonx-ai is required for watsonx embeddings. "
                 "Install it with: uv add ibm-watsonx-ai"
             ) from e
 
@@ -150,5 +150,5 @@ class WatsonEmbeddingFunction(EmbeddingFunction[Documents]):
             embeddings = embedding.embed_documents(input)
             return cast(Embeddings, embeddings)
         except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Error during Watson embedding: {e}")
+            print(f"Error during WatsonX embedding: {e}")
             raise

src/crewai/rag/embeddings/providers/ibm/types.py

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-"""Type definitions for IBM Watson embedding providers."""
+"""Type definitions for IBM WatsonX embedding providers."""
 
 from typing import Annotated, Any, Literal
 
-from typing_extensions import Required, TypedDict
+from typing_extensions import Required, TypedDict, deprecated
 
 
-class WatsonProviderConfig(TypedDict, total=False):
+class WatsonXProviderConfig(TypedDict, total=False):
-    """Configuration for Watson provider."""
+    """Configuration for WatsonX provider."""
 
     model_id: str
     url: str
@@ -37,8 +37,22 @@ class WatsonProviderConfig(TypedDict, total=False):
     proxies: dict
 
 
+class WatsonXProviderSpec(TypedDict, total=False):
+    """WatsonX provider specification."""
+
+    provider: Required[Literal["watsonx"]]
+    config: WatsonXProviderConfig
+
+
+@deprecated(
+    'The "WatsonProviderSpec" provider spec is deprecated and will be removed in v1.0.0. Use "WatsonXProviderSpec" instead.'
+)
 class WatsonProviderSpec(TypedDict, total=False):
-    """Watson provider specification."""
+    """Watson provider specification (deprecated).
+
+    Notes:
+        - This is deprecated. Use WatsonXProviderSpec with provider="watsonx" instead.
+    """
 
     provider: Required[Literal["watson"]]
-    config: WatsonProviderConfig
+    config: WatsonXProviderConfig

src/crewai/rag/embeddings/providers/ibm/watsonx.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""IBM Watson embeddings provider."""
+"""IBM WatsonX embeddings provider."""
 
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -7,130 +7,130 @@ from typing_extensions import Self
 
 from crewai.rag.core.base_embeddings_provider import BaseEmbeddingsProvider
 from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.embedding_callable import (
-    WatsonEmbeddingFunction,
+    WatsonXEmbeddingFunction,
 )
 
 
-class WatsonProvider(BaseEmbeddingsProvider[WatsonEmbeddingFunction]):
+class WatsonXProvider(BaseEmbeddingsProvider[WatsonXEmbeddingFunction]):
-    """IBM Watson embeddings provider.
+    """IBM WatsonX embeddings provider.
 
-    Note: Requires custom implementation as Watson uses a different interface.
+    Note: Requires custom implementation as WatsonX uses a different interface.
     """
 
-    embedding_callable: type[WatsonEmbeddingFunction] = Field(
+    embedding_callable: type[WatsonXEmbeddingFunction] = Field(
-        default=WatsonEmbeddingFunction, description="Watson embedding function class"
+        default=WatsonXEmbeddingFunction, description="WatsonX embedding function class"
     )
     model_id: str = Field(
-        description="Watson model ID", validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_MODEL_ID"
+        description="WatsonX model ID", validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_MODEL_ID"
     )
     params: dict[str, str | dict[str, str]] | None = Field(
         default=None, description="Additional parameters"
     )
-    credentials: Any | None = Field(default=None, description="Watson credentials")
+    credentials: Any | None = Field(default=None, description="WatsonX credentials")
     project_id: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
-        description="Watson project ID",
+        description="WatsonX project ID",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_PROJECT_ID",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_PROJECT_ID",
     )
     space_id: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
-        description="Watson space ID",
+        description="WatsonX space ID",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_SPACE_ID",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_SPACE_ID",
     )
-    api_client: Any | None = Field(default=None, description="Watson API client")
+    api_client: Any | None = Field(default=None, description="WatsonX API client")
     verify: bool | str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="SSL verification",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_VERIFY",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_VERIFY",
     )
     persistent_connection: bool = Field(
         default=True,
         description="Use persistent connection",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_PERSISTENT_CONNECTION",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_PERSISTENT_CONNECTION",
     )
     batch_size: int = Field(
         default=100,
         description="Batch size for processing",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_BATCH_SIZE",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_BATCH_SIZE",
     )
     concurrency_limit: int = Field(
         default=10,
         description="Concurrency limit",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT",
     )
     max_retries: int | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="Maximum retries",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_MAX_RETRIES",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_MAX_RETRIES",
     )
     delay_time: float | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="Delay time between retries",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_DELAY_TIME",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_DELAY_TIME",
     )
     retry_status_codes: list[int] | None = Field(
         default=None, description="HTTP status codes to retry on"
     )
     url: str = Field(
-        description="Watson API URL", validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_URL"
+        description="WatsonX API URL", validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_URL"
     )
     api_key: str = Field(
-        description="Watson API key", validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_API_KEY"
+        description="WatsonX API key", validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_API_KEY"
     )
     name: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="Service name",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_NAME",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_NAME",
     )
     iam_serviceid_crn: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="IAM service ID CRN",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_IAM_SERVICEID_CRN",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_IAM_SERVICEID_CRN",
     )
     trusted_profile_id: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="Trusted profile ID",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_TRUSTED_PROFILE_ID",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_TRUSTED_PROFILE_ID",
     )
     token: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="Bearer token",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_TOKEN",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_TOKEN",
     )
     projects_token: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="Projects token",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_PROJECTS_TOKEN",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_PROJECTS_TOKEN",
     )
     username: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="Username",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_USERNAME",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_USERNAME",
     )
     password: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="Password",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_PASSWORD",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_PASSWORD",
     )
     instance_id: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="Service instance ID",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_INSTANCE_ID",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_INSTANCE_ID",
     )
     version: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="API version",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_VERSION",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_VERSION",
     )
     bedrock_url: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="Bedrock URL",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_BEDROCK_URL",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_BEDROCK_URL",
     )
     platform_url: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="Platform URL",
-        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSON_PLATFORM_URL",
+        validation_alias="EMBEDDINGS_WATSONX_PLATFORM_URL",
     )
     proxies: dict | None = Field(default=None, description="Proxy configuration")
 

src/crewai/rag/embeddings/types.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.google.types import (
     VertexAIProviderSpec,
 )
 from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.huggingface.types import HuggingFaceProviderSpec
-from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.types import WatsonProviderSpec
+from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.types import WatsonXProviderSpec
 from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.instructor.types import InstructorProviderSpec
 from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.jina.types import JinaProviderSpec
 from crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.microsoft.types import AzureProviderSpec
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ProviderSpec = (
     | Text2VecProviderSpec
     | VertexAIProviderSpec
     | VoyageAIProviderSpec
-    | WatsonProviderSpec
+    | WatsonXProviderSpec
 )
 
 AllowedEmbeddingProviders = Literal[
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ AllowedEmbeddingProviders = Literal[
     "sentence-transformer",
     "text2vec",
     "voyageai",
-    "watson",
+    "watsonx",
+    "watson",  # for backward compatibility until v1.0.0
 ]
 
 EmbedderConfig: TypeAlias = (

tests/rag/embeddings/test_embedding_factory.py

@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ class TestEmbeddingFactory:
         )
 
     @patch("crewai.rag.embeddings.factory.import_and_validate_definition")
-    def test_build_embedder_watson(self, mock_import):
+    def test_build_embedder_watsonx(self, mock_import):
-        """Test building Watson embedder."""
+        """Test building WatsonX embedder."""
         mock_provider_class = MagicMock()
         mock_provider_instance = MagicMock()
         mock_embedding_function = MagicMock()
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@ class TestEmbeddingFactory:
         mock_provider_instance.embedding_callable.return_value = mock_embedding_function
 
         config = {
-            "provider": "watson",
+            "provider": "watsonx",
             "config": {
                 "model_id": "ibm/slate-125m-english-rtrvr",
-                "api_key": "watson-key",
+                "api_key": "watsonx-key",
                 "url": "https://us-south.ml.cloud.ibm.com",
                 "project_id": "test-project",
             },
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class TestEmbeddingFactory:
         build_embedder(config)
 
         mock_import.assert_called_once_with(
-            "crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.watson.WatsonProvider"
+            "crewai.rag.embeddings.providers.ibm.watsonx.WatsonXProvider"
         )
 
     def test_build_embedder_unknown_provider(self):