From InfraGenie to ODIN: Taking a Hackathon AI Agent to Production
InfraGenie won a hackathon by flipping one idea: agents propose, automation fixes. ODIN takes that framework to production and adds the part before …
networking · automation · agentic ops
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MCP & Agentic AI
Build MCP servers and agent skills that work through your pipeline, not around it.
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Playbooks, AWX and Automation Platform, from first run to production gotchas.
06Certificates
TLS lifecycle with Let's Encrypt, Cloudflare DNS, ASA and F5.
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NetBox as inventory, YAML you can read, intent you can diff.
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series · 6 partsLet's Encrypt with Ansible
Automate the whole TLS certificate lifecycle: request with Ansible Core, run it from AWX/AAP with GitOps, deploy to Cisco ASA and F5 BIG-IP, …
MCP Transport Types Explained: stdio, SSE, and Streamable HTTP. Which One Do You Actually Need?
A practical guide to MCP transport types, breaking down stdio, SSE, and Streamable HTTP with FastMCP configuration examples and a clear decision guide …
Build Your Own MCP Server for Network Automation Using FastMCP
A hands-on guide to building an MCP server that exposes NetBox queries, device configs, and AWX job templates directly to Claude using FastMCP and …
Anthropic Agent Skills for Network Automation: Build Your First SKILL.md
Learn how to build Anthropic Agent Skills for network automation, including a complete SKILL.md example with NetBox queries, device config retrieval, …
LDAP Group Mapping Issues in Ansible Automation Platform 2.5: The Lowercase DN Gotcha
Troubleshooting LDAP group-to-role mapping failures in AAP 2.5—why group DNs must be lowercase and how to fix it.
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