Described herein are a system and techniques for generating programming code from unstructured text (e.g., natural speech). To do this, upon receiving a request for programming code, the system parses unstructured text using natural language processing to identify an entity. The system then identifies a template associated with that entity. The template may also be associated with a particular programming language. Once a template has been selected, a number of parameters associated with the template are identified. The parameters are then matched to data values included in the unstructured text. Once data values have been identified for each of the parameters, the requested programming code is generated using the template and data values.