This article explores the abundant solitary wave solutions of the conformable coupled Jaulent–Miodek (JM) equations appearing in applied physics. The aforesaid coupled equations belong to the family of shallow-water wave equations. Two recent modified integration schemes are used for the first time to produce a novel solitary wave, trigonometric and other solutions with some free parameters in the conformable derivative sense. In particular, the modified Kudryashov and [Formula: see text]-expansion schemes are used to illustrate the wave propagations through aforesaid solutions of the JM equations. Furthermore, a comparison is made with some recent results and the dynamics of the obtained solutions are displayed for the reader via soft computation. The outcomes reveal that the methods are effective and provide a direct way of finding novel solutions.