In this episode, John Capobianco shares his journey into AI, practical applications in networking, and his vision for the future of AI interfaces and management. Discover how AI is transforming network automation, the importance of certifications, and how anyone can start their AI journey.
- John Capobianco's background in network automation and government IT
- Evolution of AI tools from hand-coding to frameworks like Langchain
- Practical applications of AI in network health monitoring and automation
- Concerns and opportunities with AI's rapid development
- Advice for beginners: substituting Google with AI and starting with APIs
- The future of AI interfaces: voice, multimodal, and wearable devices
- The role of AI in education and parenting
- The importance of certifications in a changing tech landscape
- NetClaw and the integration of AI with networking infrastructure
- The potential of AI to augment human roles rather than replace them
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" From Network Automation to Agentic Networking: When AI Can Observe, Reason and Act"
CREATE TRAVERSAL and ORF-RE SITE-CAV, featuring John Capobianco, Head of AI & Developer Relations at Itential and a technology leader working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and network automation.
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Enterprise network infrastructure is one of the last places organizations feel safe deploying AI agents. The stakes are too high, the blast radius too wide, and the trust gap between what AI can do and what operators will allow it to do remains enormous. Without a structured path from read-only observation to autonomous action, most agents stay locked in sandboxes and never touch production.
In this exclusive interview with Swapnil Bhartiya at TFiR, John Capobianco, Head of AI and Developer Relations at Itential, breaks down how FlowAI closes that gap by combining a reasoning layer and execution layer under a single governance model, giving enterprise teams a concrete, auditable path to deploying AI agents in live network operations without sacrificing control.
Key Topics Covered:
- Why 64% of network engineer tasks are read-only and why that is the safest entry point for agentic automation
- How FlowAI's build-time tool selection eliminates wrong-tool hallucination at runtime and limits blast radius
- The three-layer architecture of Flow Agent, Flow Agent Builder, and Flow MCP Gateway and how they work together for role-based agent execution
- How bring-your-own-model support and local LLM hosting address air-gapped environments and data sovereignty requirements
- Practical enterprise use cases already in production: ticket triage via ServiceNow, source-of-truth reconciliation, and port turn-up automation
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This GO AI episode features a conversation with John Capobianco, Head of Artificial Intelligence and DevRel at Itential, specializes in agentic ops, when AI agents start making decisions across an entire infrastructure stack. John has spent years working at the intersection of infrastructure engineering and AI-driven automation in the decades that he has spent in IT across government, enterprise, and cloud computing. Previous roles he has had include Head of Developer Relations at Selector AI as well as Cisco AI Technical Leader and Senior Network Architect for the Parliament of Canada / House of Commons. Through his brand Automate Your Network, which is also the title of a book he authored, he shares insights into production-ready A.I.
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What comes after vibe coding?
In this episode, John Capobianco joins us to explore Spec-Driven Development and how tools like GitHub Spec Kit and Claude Code can bring structure, requirements, testing, and repeatability to AI-assisted software development.
Instead of simply prompting an LLM to “build me an app” and hoping for the best, we work through a structured development process:
Constitution → Specify → Clarify → Plan → Tasks → Implement
We build a working subnetting learning game from scratch, without writing the application code ourselves. Along the way, Spec Kit creates requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, implementation plans, tests, and the artifacts needed to turn an idea into working software.
We also dig into some bigger questions:
* What separates vibe coding from actual software development?
* Can network engineers build useful software without becoming traditional developers?
* How does Spec-Driven Development improve AI-generated code?
* Can AI test and validate the code it generates?
* How much do you actually need to understand the underlying code?
* What does all of this mean for the future of network engineering?
If you're experimenting with Claude Code, AI coding, network automation, GitHub Spec Kit, or vibe coding, this episode shows what happens when you stop relying on prompts alone and start giving AI a real development process.
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AI agents are moving from experiments into production network operations. John Capobianco, Head of AI & Developer Relations at Itential, joins Molly Presley to explain how enterprises can use network telemetry, automation, and natural-language agents without sacrificing reliability or control.
They cover predictive maintenance, GPU-cluster networking, data retention, private models, MCP, RAG, deterministic workflows, and governance. John also explains how read-only agents can improve ticket enrichment, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and source-of-truth creation today.
For enterprise IT leaders, network engineers, AI infrastructure teams, cloud operators, and data strategists, this episode shows what agentic operations can do now and what to prepare for next.
What network task would you trust an agent to handle first? Comment below and subscribe for more conversations about enterprise data and infrastructure.
0:00 Data Unchained and today’s guest
1:17 John Capobianco’s network automation journey
2:54 VibeOps and AI for network engineers
5:00 How Itential puts agents into production
7:00 Turning network telemetry into answers
12:23 Predicting failures before outages
14:52 Why GPU clusters depend on the network
16:54 Retaining data to train better models
18:51 Agents as the new infrastructure interface
23:06 Does data need to be clean before AI?
27:55 Security, secrets, and operational guardrails
34:13 Why MCP and open standards matter
38:03 Why enterprise RAG is still relevant
42:36 Building an AI governance board
44:58 Where to follow John
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What happens when you connect an AI agent to a live corporate network and give it a phone number?
In this episode of The Root Cause, host Priyank Upadhyay sits down with John Capobianco ( @johncapobianco2527 ), the Head of AI and Developer Relations at Itential. John is a 25-year IT veteran who has designed and managed networks for financial institutions, massive corporate enterprises, and even the Canadian Parliament.
But John’s path to the top of tech was anything but traditional. He started his career working grueling shifts on the production line of an aluminum factory, dangerous manual labor where heavy machinery could easily injure you. He eventually used community college and computer systems to rewrite the trajectory of his life.
In this high-energy, deeply technical discussion, John explains why we have entered a "Cambrian period" of network engineering. We explore the massive explosion of Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, why network engineers need to stop trying to become full-stack Python programmers, and how to use Spec-Driven Development (SDD) to build resilient systems with AI.
We also look at John's project, NetClaw, which allows operators to call their network on a mobile phone to turn on labs, diagnose outages, and triage 3 AM incidents through natural, spoken conversations.
If you are a network engineer, an SRE, or an aspiring builder trying to find your footing in the AI era, this conversation will completely reshape how you view your career.
If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a like, subscribe for more deep systems thinking, and share your thoughts in the comments below!
📌 CHAPTERS & TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction: Meet John Capobianco
02:15 - Phoning Your Network: The Twilio and NetClaw Integration
09:26 - Breaking the Chains: Moving From the Aluminum Factory to IT
13:00 - The Bulletin Board System (BBS) Era and Pre-Internet Hacking
15:09 - The "Vibe Ops" Debate: What SREs Get Wrong About Playful Automation
17:40 - Skipping the Python Line: Network Engineers as Agent Managers
21:50 - The MCP Cambrian Explosion: Connecting LLMs to Live Systems
23:10 - The Piano Analogy: MCP Servers, Tools, and Skills Explained
26:50 - Deterministic Scripts vs. AI Reasoning (ReAct Agents)
33:00 - The Art of the Possible: Interacting with Networks Through Twitter
35:20 - Post-AI Humanity: Boston Dynamics, Smart Homes, and Child Literacy
41:00 - AI in Medicine: Reducing False Positives in Cancer Detection by 70%
47:00 - Spec-Driven Development (SDD): Why TDD is Dead in the LLM Era
58:00 - Embracing Happy Little Accidents: Message to the Audience
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IT Audit Labs - Cybersecurity Media · Hosted by Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, Nick Mellem
What if you didn't have to write a single line of code to automate your entire network — or manage AI agents the way you'd manage employees? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem sit down with John Capobianco — Head of AI and DevRel at Itential, Google Developer Expert, and creator of NetClaw — alongside in-studio guest Samuel Cala. John draws on nearly a decade as Senior Network Architect for the Parliament of Canada and three years as a Technical AI Leader at Cisco to unpack where AI agents, MCP, and VibeOps are taking the industry right now.
From loop engineering and spec-driven development to the security gaps nobody's addressing, John breaks down how network engineers can skip years of Python training and build production-grade systems using natural language. And then there's the story of John's MastoBot — an AI agent that woke up overnight, built its own mesh network, and invented a coin to fund its growth. The crew connects it to ant colonies, neural dendrites, and the deeper question of what intelligence actually means when agents start acting on their own.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro & John Capobianco’s AI Journey
00:45 From Network Architect to Head of AI: Why John Pivoted After ChatGPT
03:10 Spec-Driven Development vs. Vibe Coding: Building Better AI Projects
04:55 Creating Specialized AI Developer Teams with Agentic Workflows
06:02 Why Software Engineering Is Moving Back to Structure and Documentation
07:57 Why Network Automation Adoption Has Stalled for a Decade
11:31 How Organizations Should Manage AI Agents Like Employees
15:09 AI Assistants for Email, Compliance, and Daily Productivity
17:46 Is AI Actually “Thinking”? The Psychology Behind Human-AI Interaction
20:33 Emergent Intelligence, AI Agents, and the Future of Regulation
24:03 Government Regulation, Fable AI, and the Race Between AI Companies
25:37 Building Games with AI Using 3JS and Spec-Driven Development
26:23 How AI Helped Build Battle Chess 9000 and Earn Google Developer Expert Status
28:52 AI-Powered NPCs and the Future of Dynamic Video Games
30:05 Designing AI Agent Roles Using Dungeons & Dragons Character Classes
31:51 Ant Colonies, Neural Networks, and Self-Organizing Intelligence
33:25 AI Agents Creating Their Own Economy: Lessons from MOLTBook
36:00 Loop Engineering, Ralph Loops, and AFK Coding
39:40 Will AI Replace SaaS? The Rise of the Solo Billion-Dollar Company
41:45 Why Branding and User Experience Matter More in an AI World
42:29 Personalized AI Websites and the Future of Adaptive Experiences
45:39 AI, Personalization, and Escaping the Algorithm
47:03 Final Thoughts & Outro
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Ever wanted to turn your webcam into a generative media engine? Google Developer Expert, John Capobianco shares how he created a custom vision agent using the Google Gemini ecosystem and MCP, capturing live photos with Nano Banana Pro and animating them using Veo 3. It even processes natural language prompts and real-time ASL conversations.
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Network automation has been "coming soon" for over a decade. So what's actually different this time?
John Capobianco, Head of AI & Developer Relations at Itential, built NetClaw — a CCIE-level AI agent that manages network infrastructure through Slack and WhatsApp. It hit 300 GitHub stars in two weeks. It can analyze packet captures, configure routers, run compliance tests, and generate documentation — all through natural language.
John spent 15 years as a network engineer before becoming one of the leading voices in network automation. He's published multiple books, created dozens of open-source projects, and just launched the VibeOps community where 600+ network engineers share AI code without judgment.
Key takeaways:
• Why natural language is the breakthrough that makes network automation finally work (hint: nobody has to learn Python anymore)
• The 5 use cases beyond config management that deliver value on day one — all read-only, all low-risk
• How to go from human-in-the-loop to fully agentic network operations without triggering panic
• Why "shadow AI" is the new shadow IT — and what leadership needs to do about it
• The contrarian case that writing configs by hand is now a solved problem
Guest: John Capobianco — Head of AI & Developer Relations, Itential
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X/Twitter: @John_Capobianco
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Chapters
0:00 Why AI Is Different for Network Automation
2:32 Natural Language: The Interface That Changes Everything
3:51 "The Network Should Be Like a Telephone" — Why Engineers Resist Change
6:08 The No-Win Life of a Network Engineer
8:08 OpenClaw: More GitHub Stars Than Linux
10:15 What NetClaw Actually Does (90 Skills, 43 MCPs)
11:37 The RFC Documentation Problem AI Can Solve
13:03 Day One Agent Rules: Start Read-Only
13:58 When Was the Last Time We Hired a Junior?
15:54 How NetClaw Hit 300 Stars in Two Weeks
19:54 Deterministic vs Non-Deterministic: Getting Engineers Over the Hump
23:36 War Stories: Fat Fingers, MTU Issues, and the DNS Nightmare
28:32 Documentation: The AI Use Case Nobody Can Argue With
32:34 Beyond Config Management: 5 AI Use Cases That Matter Now
36:00 The IDS/IPS Analogy: Why AI Agents Succeed Where Signatures Failed
40:02 AI Hallucination Is Overstated — Misalignment Is the Real Problem
41:53 Model Convergence: Why the Stuff Around the Model Matters More
46:00 Shadow AI Is the New Shadow IT
47:59 What Happens When AI Understands Your Business Context
53:59 The Optimistic Case for AI and Humanity
56:05 VibeOps: Building a Safe Space for AI-Curious Engineers
1:00:36 Is Vibe Coding Just Coding Now?
1:01:54 "Don't Write the Configs Anymore"
1:02:43 Closing & Where to Find John
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In this episode, John Capobianco unveils the transformative power of AI in networking. Discover how tools like Ansible and PyATS, combined with AI models like ChatGPT, are reshaping network management. Learn practical strategies for integrating AI into your operations, from automating tasks to enhancing privacy with local models. John shares insights on leveraging AI for smarter, faster networks and the importance of certifications in this evolving landscape. Perfect for network engineers and IT leaders ready to embrace AI as a daily tool.
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Vibe coding: give AI a description of what you want, the model writes the code, you ship it, and then you hope for the best. It works great for side projects, but it can fall apart the moment you point an AI agent at production infrastructure. Today, William and Eyvonne sit down with John Capobianco, someone who's been building in this exact space. What he's built has a lot to say about why specs matter, why governance isn't optional, and more.
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Learn how Itential is bringing AI into network automation the right way — with governance, visibility, and control. https://bit.ly/itential-overview
Right now, the field of networking is being reshaped by artificial intelligence and network automation. This video discusses how these changes are making some network engineering roles more valuable, while others become irrelevant. We offer career advice on how to adapt and thrive in tech careers by embracing this technological shift.
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Insights from John Capobianco
Discover actionable steps and innovative tools to integrate AI into your network environment with insights from expert John Capobianco. Whether you're starting from scratch or enhancing current infrastructure, this episode offers practical advice and real-world examples to accelerate your AI journey in IT.Main Topics:
Starting with open-source AI tools for network automationBuilding virtual agents and digital coworkersUsing AI for troubleshooting, configuration, and process automationThe societal and industry impact of rapid AI advancementsPractical tips for organizational adoption and behavior managementThe exponential pace of AI development and staying ahead
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Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction to practical AI in networking and why it's crucial today
02:45 - Starting with open-source tools like Olamma, LM Studio, and Microsoft Foundry
04:42 - Building AI agents and integrating them into your network operations
06:01 - Virtual employees as digital coworkers and automation examples
08:11 - Human resources perspective: training and defining AI behavior
10:01 - AI phone alerts and proactive network testing with agents
12:10 - Creating scalable abstraction layers for network management
14:14 - Automating API discovery and configuration using AI prompts
16:00 - The emerging signs of AI intelligence through agent behavior
17:06 - Teaching AI to review code and provide high-level feedback
18:39 - The Ralph Wiggum prompt iteration trick for GPT models
20:10 - Pre-seeding AI behaviors for consistent responses
22:21 - Encouragement to start now despite uncertainties
23:16 - The speed of AI evolution and societal implications
24:36 - How AI enhances skills versus diminishes them
25:59 - Moving forward in a rapidly changing tech environment
26:21 - Less than 1% of AI users understand its full potential
27:05 - Get inspired: Create complex projects with AI like recreating video games
28:16 - Final thoughts: embrace experimentation and stay curiousResources & Links:Connect with John Capobianco:This episode encourages network engineers, IT professionals, and decision-makers to shed preconceptions and actively experiment with AI. The rapid pace of advancements means the best time to start is now—don’t get left behind as the industry transforms at an unprecedented rate.
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Disambiguation Podcast · Hosted by Michael Fauscette
What happens when a 25-year network engineer discovers that AI agents can talk directly to infrastructure? The answer is reshaping how we think about network operations, governance, and the future of IT.
In this episode, Michael Fauscette sits down with John Capobianco, Head of AI and Developer Relations at Itential, to explore how Model Context Protocol (MCP) is becoming the connective tissue between AI agents and enterprise systems, why network infrastructure needs a governance layer before autonomy, and what happens when you let 500 engineers loose on an AI agent in Slack.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Introduction
00:47 - John's journey from aluminum factory to network engineering
03:08 - MCP explained: why it's as significant as SMTP or HTTP
07:37 - Why business leaders should care about MCP
10:06 - Michael's personal MCP use case: content retrieval bot
12:40 - Democratizing access: you don't need a CS degree to start
14:03 - Web MCP: the future of agent-driven web interaction
16:12 - The Pyats MCP server: agents talking to Cisco devices
19:44 - How natural language changes network troubleshooting
22:01 - Itential's Flow AI and Flow MCP Gateway: the governance control layer
25:52 - Human in the loop, on the loop, and in the lead
26:34 - Governance by design: baking in guardrails, not bolting them on
30:10 - The digital workforce paradigm for agent deployment
33:28 - Open Claude bot: 1.5 million agents in six weeks
35:04 - MCP security: shadow AI, vetting tools, and common sense
39:02 - The Open Claude bot story: 30 social engineering attacks defeated
43:42 - Advice for IT leaders who feel they're falling behind
45:48 - The NOC in two years: Gartner's 70% augmentation prediction
50:30 - Thought leader recommendation: Damon Lightfoot
ABOUT THE GUEST:
John Capobianco is Head of AI and Developer Relations at Itential, with 25 years of network engineering experience spanning public and private sector roles, including senior network architect at the Parliament of Canada. He's authored two books on network automation, including a Cisco Press title on Pyats, and is a leading voice on blending AI agents with infrastructure management.
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Ops used to be a world of YAML, caffeine, and careful deploy rituals. Now it’s probabilistic models, token-based cost surprises, and reliability questions that sound more like, “Will the model mean the same thing tomorrow?”
In this episode of #F5's Pop Goes the Stack, Lori MacVittie and Joel Moses dig into what happens when production expectations collide with non-deterministic #AI systems, and why the next phase of automation needs more than a chat interface and optimism.
They’re joined by John Capobianco from Itential to explore “VibeOps,” an approach to conversational operations that doesn’t throw away deterministic workflows, but connects them to agent reasoning, tool calling, and modern protocols like MCP. The discussion breaks down agent “skills” as a way to describe what an agent can do, constrain what it can’t, and build guardrails in a format teams can manage.
From red-teaming experiments to real-world concerns about failure rates at scale, the conversation stays grounded in what it takes to make AI useful in production: external knowledge, policy alignment, composable skills, and a maturity path from lab-only to read-only to supervised execution, and only then toward autonomy. The takeaway is clear: conversational ops can accelerate work, improve documentation and ticket quality, and reduce toil, but governance and accountability still matter. If you’re navigating AIOps, agent adoption, or the post-MCP tooling wave, this episode offers a realistic starting point.
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Pop Goes the Stack
00:19 Ops is shifting: From YAML to probabilistic production
01:34 Introducing “VibeOps” (yes, we said it)
02:00 What Itential is building: Deterministic workflows + agents
03:05 Teach AI agents “skills” like how to run your 1,400-line playbook
04:37 Guardrails by design: What the agent is NOT allowed to do
07:12 Why VibeOps exists: Network automation adoption is still disappointingly low
09:31 VibeOps as Post-MCP world: Plug-and-play tools for natural language ops
11:49 Deterministic prod vs probabilistic AI: How to make it safe
14:33 The rollout path: Lab → read-only → human-in-loop → autonomy
15:59 Automatic AI execution: How comfortable are enterprises today?
18:28 Is the future an HR department for AI agents?
20:55 Governance that works: Tickets, approvals, and better runbooks
23:17 Key Takeaways: It's time, start teaching your agents today!
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The ground is shifting under enterprise networks, and we’re not mourning the end of the engineer, we’re celebrating a bigger, bolder role. Automation has crossed a threshold: AI agents now watch the fabric, triage tickets, and surface fixes in plain English before a human logs in. We dive into that turning point with guest John Capobianco, AI and DevRel leader, longtime network architect, and co-author on Cisco’s pyATS, who shows how structured data and agent fleets turn toil into leverage without sacrificing safety.
We unpack the evolution from command-line craft to systems orchestration. John explains how parsing show outputs into JSON supercharges LLM reasoning, why read-only triage is the smartest first move, and how to design a supervisor agent with specialized workers for compliance, security, and config. We explore the very human side of change: fear of being automated away, the reality that automation usually increases your value, and the mindset to replace imposter syndrome with quick wins that your team can feel in minutes, not months.
If you’re wrestling with legacy equipment, risk tolerance, or executive pressure, this conversation brings pragmatic answers. We outline spec-driven development as a core competency for AI-augmented engineers, highlight the soft skills that now differentiate careers, and give leaders a playbook for responsible adoption: approved models, clear ownership, lab-first testing, and supported API access. Looking ahead, we sketch an agent-first future, natural language interfaces on devices, vendor-tuned models, and agent-to-agent operations that make networks safer and faster.
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In this episode, John Capobianco shares his journey from engineering to DevOps and introduces the concept of vibeOps—an innovative approach to network automation and AI integration. Discover how AI is transforming network management, reducing technical debt, and enabling network engineers to code in natural language.
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In this episode of The Art of Network Engineering, @permitipandyandy is joined by returning guest @johncapobianco2527 (Head of AI & DevRel at @Itential and Mike Bushong to cut through the AI noise and give network engineers a practical on-ramp.
We talk about why network automation adoption is still stuck (the famous “70% aren’t automating” stat), why the “automate or die” narrative backfires, and what recent advances in AI mean to network engineers.
John breaks down the concepts network engineers keep hearing but rarely get explained clearly:
LLMs (and why “using ChatGPT like Google” misses the point)
RAG (how to ground answers in your real data)
Agentic AI (what “agents” actually do)
MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Then we get tactical: the Hello World for network engineers isn’t “write an app.” It’s connecting an agent to your source of truth (like NetBox) so you can ask natural-language questions like:
“What circuits do we have in Atlanta?” or “What IPs are available in this subnet?”
We also cover a sane safety approach: start read-only, use guardrails, and only expand into config changes once you trust the workflow.
If you’ve felt the eye-roll every time someone says “AI,” this one is for you.
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Subscribe and stay tuned for the next episode in this AI series, where we’ll build the “Hello World” workflow step-by-step.
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From CLI to GPT: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Network Automation
From the command line to generative AI, this talk traces my personal and professional evolution through three eras of network automation—AI 1.0 (REST APIs), AI 1.5 (RAG with network documentation), and AI 2.0 (autonomous agents with MCP). I’ll share how a kid who once worked on a factory floor became a network engineer, then a Senior Network Architect at the Parliament of Canada who embraced automation as early as 2014. That journey led to writing Automate Your Network in 2019, joining Cisco to train the next generation of engineers, co-authoring the pyATS book, and now helping lead the charge into AI-driven operations at Selector AI. Along the way I built real, working systems—from tools that generate configs from images to AI agents that troubleshoot live infrastructure—and learned what it means to push boundaries in public.
But this talk isn’t just about technology—it’s about conviction. When I started fusing AI with network automation, the skepticism was fierce. Many dismissed it as hype; others told me it couldn’t work. Yet persistence turned those experiments into industry shifts: ideas like pyATS, MCP, and AI agents are now part of Cisco certifications and production networks worldwide. I’ll share what it took to keep building through doubt, the lessons learned about resilience and reinvention, and why I believe we’re living through the greatest transformation of network engineering since the CLI itself.
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Let's see what the mad AI scientist John Capobianco cooks up with Ethan Banks using Gemini CLI in the lab. From an SSH session to interacting with cameras, John's got Ethan doing serious and fun stuff with Gemini CLI.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:50 What is Gemini CLI?
01:57 Gemini CLI First Launch
02:28 YOLO Mode
02:59 Ask a Simple Question
3:32 SSH Session and Summary
6:19 Generating a Markdown Table
8:08 Augmenting Gemini
10:43 Web Browsing with Gemini
15:16 Interacting with Cameras
20:52 Summary of Demo
22:00 Networking Use Cases for Gemini CLI
25:47 Closing Thoughts
In this session, learn how AI is transforming the world of network operations. The shift in the industry is leading towards AI-drive infrastructure management. Learn how Selector.ai is combining copilots, RCA, and Operational Twins together to help streamline your operations and ensure teams are working at peak efficiency.
Presented by John Capobianco, Product Marketing Evangelist. Recorded live at Networking Field Day 37 in San Francisco, CA on March 20, 2025. Watch the entire presentation at https://techfieldday.com/appearance/selector-ai-presents-at-networking-field-day-37/ or visit https://techfieldday.com/event/nfd37/ or https://www.Selector.ai/ for more information.
The conversation centers on the transformative role of AI agents in shaping the tech landscape. Through expert insights and practical examples, the episode explores AI agents' functionalities, their implications for the workforce, and the ethical considerations that accompany their development.
• Introduction of AI agents and their significance
• Evolution of AI technology from simple models to complex agents
• Practical applications and examples of AI agents in various fields
• Mechanics of building and utilizing AI agents
• Considerations regarding workforce changes and AI's augmentative potential
• Discussion surrounding the ethical implications and risks associated with AI
• Encouragement for listeners to engage with AI agent development and experimentation
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In this episode of the Built For Trust Podcast, Nick Lippis is joined by John Capobianco from Selector AI to discuss how AI drives innovation across multiple industries. While exploring AI’s transformative role in business value creation and improving human conditions, they delve into applications of AI infrastructure and the engineering breakthroughs shaping the future. John shares his expert insights on building AI systems that foster trust and reliability, helping organizations solve complex challenges. Tune in for a dynamic discussion on how AI reshapes industries and pushes the boundaries of what’s possible.
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Discover the captivating journey of John Capobianco from the factory floor to the forefront of AI technology at Cisco on this episode of Cables2Clouds. John shares his inspiring path, detailing how his early fascination with technology and subsequent mastery of programming languages like Ansible and Python laid the groundwork for his current role in network automation and AI. Listen as he recounts his experience with early access to ChatGPT's API and discusses cutting-edge advancements in AI such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and the innovative Raptor approach.
Join us as we navigate the intricate world of AI integration within network operations and the ongoing debate between cloud and on-premises solutions. Using Cisco's AI Security Assistant as a real-world example, we highlight how AI is transforming complex IT tasks into more manageable processes. From prompt engineering to the unpredictable nature of AI outputs, we tackle the challenges and opportunities that come with adopting new technologies, drawing enlightening parallels to the tech shifts of the past.
Finally, we delve into the evolving role of security analysts in light of AI and automation, spotlighting Cisco's recent updates to the CCNA certification. Learn about the strategic importance of embedding AI knowledge early in an engineer's career and the safeguards necessary for handling sensitive data. We explore the implementation of Cisco's validated designs and the concept of a digital twin for networks, and share insights on fine-tuning AI models. Tune in to grasp how AI is poised to revolutionize network management, making operations more streamlined and elevating the role of IT professionals.
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John Capobianco is a Developer Advocate at Cisco and former Senior Planner and Integrator for the Parliament of Canada. In this conversation, we talk about John’s journey into technology, the current state of network automation, and the convergence of network programmability and artificial intelligence.
Where to find John
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GenAI Breaks the Data Center: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tiriasresearch/2023/05/12/generative-ai-breaks-the-data-center-data-center-infrastructure-and-operating-costs-projected-to-increase-to-over-76-billion-by-2028/?sh=743b52f27c15
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On this episode of Coding with Capo, we integrate Webex with ChatGPT, gTTS, and Python. Follow Cisco Developer Advocate John Capobianco as he walks you through the steps to send ChatGPT questions and answers, as well the the gTTS MP3 into a Webex space.
Stay tuned for next month's video on Network Automation and pyATS.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:26 Installing Webex and creating a space
2:39 Getting started with Webex APIs
5:35 Postman
9:10 How to check if Webex Token exists
13:10 Checking code in Postman
17:47 Adding requests_toolbelt
19:29 Sending the gTTS MP3 file to Webex
26:24 Conclusion
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A really cool demo of ChatGPT interacting with network devices and controlling the network. Is this the future of the way we interact with devices? Is this Startrek The Next Generation?
A very big thank you to Cisco for sponsoring my Cisco Live trip and this video.
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On this episode of Coding with Capo, we give our AI a voice! Follow Cisco Developer Advocate John Capobianco as he walks you through how to integrate Google Text-to-Speech (gTTS ) with ChatGPT and Python.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:32 Github
4:48 Add existing code to the new function
7:59 Add gTTS
12:20 Let's make something new with variables
14:38 Conclusion
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AI is here! In this sessions we will explore how openai chatGPT can be used to enhance and augment the existing Cisco automation and programmability ecosystem. Real examples of a working application that automatically analyzes network state (and more) will be demonstrated. Do not miss this one!
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Join Developer Advocate for #Cisco Learning & Certifications John Capobianco as he walks you through how to write a #ChatGPT client with #Python.
CHAPTERS
1:10 Introduction
1:35 Intro to ChatGPT
2:24 Create an API
2:59 Github
4:15 Git Clone
7:50 API Key
8:48 Python
9:50 ChatGPT Client in Python
11:48 Let's write some code!
16:14 Conclusion
What topics would you like John to cover in future episodes? Let us know in the comments!
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Explore ChatGPT's role in Network Troubleshooting in Snack Minute Ep. 96. Learn how ChatGPT transforms network automation through seamless pyATS integration, analyzing network test failures, and providing customized explanations for users of varying expertise. Join John Capobianco, Developer Advocate at Cisco Training Bootcamps, as he delves into responsible ChatGPT usage, protecting sensitive information, and achieving optimal results in network management. Enhance your troubleshooting skills with AI-driven solutions.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
09:00 Gathering network data with ChatGPT's assistance
13:34 Secure ChatGPT usage
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Discover how AI (Artificial Intelligence) is transforming network automation! In this live stream, John Capobianco (Developer Advocate, Cisco) talks with Jeff Bull about his work with Cisco PyATS and ChatGPT. Learn how you can revolutionize your own network automation.
Learn more on the Cisco DevNet AI Hub: https://cs.co/ai-hub
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A start to finish session on how to quickly start testing network state at scale with Cisco pyATS! Join us! Special Note: The session is held at the Cisco U.
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Learn fun programming projects with interactive documentation from the Marvel Universe. In episode 83, John Capobianco, Developer Advocate, Cisco Training Bootcamps, navigates the #Marvel #Developer Portal and goes over how to get an API key and an MD5 hash to authenticate files. John uses the Marvel API Postman Collection and creates Marvel Comics Mind Maps by character, including links to the different comics where they appeared and series by year.
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Set yourself up for CCNA success by aligning your study strategy to the CCNA exam topics. In this #CiscoCert 101 episode, you'll learn how to prepare for the CCNA exam using our brand-new CCNA Exam Topics Study Tool. John Capobianco, Developer Advocate, Cisco Learning & Certifications shows you how to stay on track, pass the CCNA exam, and then overcome your next challenge — even if that means retaking the CCNA.
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Learning a new skill can be scary, but John Capobianco took up the journey to learn coding for his personal growth. Join Jeff Bull at the DevNet Zone during Cisco Live U.S. 2022 as John shares his journey and experiences with getting started on programmability and automation.
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Like this video? Follow us on Twitter and let us know ➡ http://cs.co/followdevnet ~ In Snack Minute episode 70, Cisco Certified Systems Instructor John Capobianco shares some of his favorite APIs including Pokemon APIs, Major League Baseball APIs, Star Wars APIs and more.
Like this video? Follow us on Twitter and let us know ➡ http://cs.co/followdevnet ~ In Snack Minute 63, Cisco Developer Advocate John Capobianco discusses and demonstrates making "Business Ready" documents with network automation.
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In this episode, John returns to give us an update on his new position at Cisco as a Developer Advocate! John has also been working on numerous automation projects for the community, and a whole lot more!
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In this episode, we talk to Jonathan Carter (https://twitter.com/LostInTangent), Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, about one of the coolest feature of Visual Studio Code, Live Share.
Visual Studio Live Share enables multiple engineers to quickly collaborate with a friend, colleague, or customer on the same code base without needing a complex set up or copy-paste the code to an external site.
I am joined by my co-host John Capobiano and Danny Wade to talk to Jon about the reason behind Live Share, the developer experience with Live Share, motivation for the project, security implication, and different application with Live Share.
Come join us and learn about this killer feature that will help you in your developer journey!
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F5 DevCentral Community · Hosted by Buu Lam, Jason Rahm
In this episode of DevCentral Connects, hosts Buu Lam and Jason Rahm welcome the community for a live discussion on real automation stories. They explore practical applications of automation, share insights from industry experiences, and engage with viewers on the impact of automation in technology. Join the conversation to learn how automation is transforming workflows and enhancing efficiency.
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👋 Chase Abbott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaseabbott1/
In Snack Minute Episode 52, DevNet Creator Award winner and Senior IT Planner/Integrator John Capobianco returns to discuss how to apply software development practices in network automation.
Video Links:
Accelerating your DevOps with pyATS - cs.co/snack-pyats
Cisco DevNet Sandbox - cs.co/snack-sandbox
Flexing the Network Device APIs Muscles with johann - cs.co/johann
In Snack Minute Episode 51 Matt and Kareem chat with DevNet Creator Award winner and Senior IT Planner/Integrator John Capobianco, about modern collaboration using Visual Studio Code and Live Share.
Not sure where to start? Try this curated list of content to get your DevNet Journey started!
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Please note that we had some latency challenges while recording so please excuse us talking over John at times, as well as John's delayed responses.
In this episode, we talk to John Capobianco! John recently won the DevNet Creator Award for all of his work in the community! John works as a Network Engineer for the Canadian House of Commons. John started working in a factory but went to school to study software development. From there John got into infrastructure through a co-op with the school. Shortly after that, he was assigned to work in the networking field! Enjoy hearing more about John's career and how he got into automation.
During the episode, John recommended Cisco DevNet's Start Now page: https://developer.cisco.com/startnow/
You can find more of John:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/John_Capobianco
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-capobianco-644a1515/
Blog: https://www.automateyournetwork.ca/
John's Book: https://amzn.to/3xGuUmk
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Today on the podcast we will be talking to John Capobianco. John is a senior IT professional, author, social media influencer, and big community contributor. If you just listen to John for 5 minutes you will be amazed at his infectious energy and passion for open source technologies and networking.
In this episode, John will take us through his professional journey from IT administrator at an insurance agency, to teach networking at a local college, and now modernizing the networks at the House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario. He also shares with us about where he sees the industry is moving toward and how to get started with open source projects and network automation.
Links from the show:
Subscribe to John’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYE2gcN4wWewmriAP2QlT2A
Follow John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/John_Capobianco
Automate Your Network Website: https://www.automateyournetwork.ca/
DevNet Create 2021: https://developer.cisco.com/devnetcreate/2021
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The final co-stream with John Capobianco to add the 'show license summary' IOS-XE parser to Merlin! In this stream we added frontend views to the 'Show License Summary' data we collected. Here's a breakdown of the topics we covered:
- Created a serializer to use with Merlin's API and tested the API response data using Postman
- Created an HTML data table view that users can interact with and download business-ready documents.
We plan to create a recorded video with a recap of everything we completed over the last 3 co-streams and have that released soon! Thanks to everyone that stopped by!
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In this session Du'An Lightfoot and John Capobiano will discuss why building a foundation in automation is key, the tools you need, and tips for how you can embrace your journey.
Co-stream with John Capobianco to add the 'show license summary' IOS-XE parser to Merlin! Sorry for the technical difficulties in this one. We appreciate everyone that stopped by!
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My first co-stream with John Capobianco! We work together on adding the Genie parser I created to his project 'Merlin'.
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Jeremy (@nwkautomaniac) and John Capobianco (@John_Capobianco) go through a deep-dive of live python coding using asyncio for finding a MAC address across many devices in a network.
How to automate networks | Live Coding and Chat with John Capobianco #ConversationAndCoding ep1
John's Contact Info:
Find him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/John_Capobianco
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-capobianco-644a1515/
Automate Your Network Book: https://amzn.to/3kfkCn6
John's Bio:
John Capobianco is the Senior IT Planner and Integrator for the House of Commons, Parliament of Canada. He is a 20-year IT professional who has fallen in love with automation and infrastructure as code. John maintains his CCNA, 2x CCNP, 5x Cisco Specialist, and Microsoft Certified ITP: Enterprise Administrator while continuously developing his programming and automation skills. John just passed his Cisco DevNet Associate exam in August 2021. He authors books and an automation-themed blog, automateyournetwork.ca.
📚Python Books:
Python Crash Course: https://amzn.to/3msr2Ce
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: https://amzn.to/3msk2F6
Mastering Python Networking: https://amzn.to/3msRzzg
Python for Kids: https://amzn.to/2XSl1nZ
Grokking Algorithms: https://amzn.to/3Db2nrB
📚Books I am reading:
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Deep Work: https://amzn.to/3j9qRcI
A Man and His Watch: https://amzn.to/3j9kAO5
Basquiat: https://amzn.to/2WiUMqm
Black Titan: https://amzn.to/3jhbaAx
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Du'An Lightfoot on Social Media:
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John Capobianco walks Ethan Banks through his Merlin project. In this video, John gathers data about a network interface using Merlin and then uses text-to-speech and Twilio to call Ethan's phone when the interface goes down.
Merlin...https://github.com/automateyournetwork/merlin
John's Blog...https://automateyournetwork.ca
More John on Packet Pushers...https://packetpushers.net/?s=capobianco
IP Fabric's Joe Kershaw (Director, Global Channel Sales) and Daren Fulwell (Field CTO) talk trends in network operations with:
- Jeremy Schulman (Software Engineer and network automation trailblazer)
- Alex Gittings (Network Automation Consultant)
- John Capobianco (Network Architect and automation practitioner)
Want to see IP Fabric in action? Watch our 10-minute demo on AI & automation:
👉 https://link.ipfabric.io/3VFRMiS
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Join us as we talk with John Capobianco about his real world network automation experience, Ansible, Python, the future of network operations and the joy of community!
Find out more about John:
Twitter: @john_capobianco
Github: github.com/automateyournetwork/magic_carpet
Discord: https://discord.gg/BFPKmBcW
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In this video, Chris Meyer, Senior Integration Architect at BlueCat, walks John Capobianco through how he is leveraging BlueCat Gateway to get network information from BlueCat Address Manager (BAM).
This is Part 2 to a session in which John shows Chris how he automated network information retrieval using Ansible and Postman. You can find that here: https://youtu.be/Jb-osa1l2Is
For more information on BAM, Gateway, and the BlueCat Ansible Module, visit our website.
https://bluecatnetworks.com/adaptive-dns/bluecat-integrity/
https://bluecatnetworks.com/adaptive-dns/bluecat-gateway/
https://bluecatnetworks.com/integrations/ansible-module/
Finally, visit BlueCat's GitHub to find the resources Chris leveraged, and many more:
https://github.com/bluecatlabs
In this video, John Capobianco, Senior IT Planner and Integrator at the Canadian House of Commons, joins BlueCat to show how he's leveraged Postman and Ansible to get network information from BlueCat Address Manager (BAM) in an automated way.
The resulting information can be pulled in both a .csv, and human-readable format. Use it to understand the network's current state as well as troubleshoot changes that may have occurred.
Find John's GitHub repository (including the resources he references in the video) here: https://github.com/automateyournetwork
To see how you can automate similar network information retrievals using BlueCat's Gateway solution, see here: https://youtu.be/Jb-osa1l2Is
To learn more about BlueCat Address Manager, visit the BlueCat website: https://bluecatnetworks.com/adaptive-dns/bluecat-integrity/
Join the conversation on technological innovation, join us on GitHub:
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Finally, in the video, John refers to a roundtable he was part of. You can find it here:
https://bluecatnetworks.com/blog/six-non-hype-network-automation-lessons-from-it-pros/
In this episode of DevCentral Connects, hosts John and Jason discuss their automation journey, exploring the challenges and successes theyve encountered. They share insights on community engagement, the importance of collaboration, and the evolving landscape of automation technology. Tune in for a thoughtful conversation that highlights key strategies and experiences in the realm of automation.
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John Capobianco, author and IT technical advisor, describes the advantages of RESTful interfaces and YANG models for interacting with network devices.
You can listen to the full episode, Heavy Networking 545: Achieving Automated Network State Validation, by clicking this link: https://packetpushers.net/podcast/heavy-networking-545-achieving-automated-network-state-validation/
Heavy Networking is part of the Packet Pushers network of technical podcasts, including Day Two Cloud, IPv6 Buzz, Full Stack Journey, and Network Break. Find them all at https://packetpushers.net.
What is network state? John Capobianco, author and IT technical advisor, offers a definition in this discussion on network automation with Ethan Banks.
You can listen to the full episode, Heavy Networking 545: Achieving Automated Network State Validation, by clicking this link: https://packetpushers.net/podcast/heavy-networking-545-achieving-automated-network-state-validation/
Heavy Networking is part of the Packet Pushers network of technical podcasts, including Day Two Cloud, IPv6 Buzz, Full Stack Journey, and Network Break. Find them all at https://packetpushers.net.
Step into a world where apps meet infrastructure at #DevNetCreate on October 13, 2020. We’re talking Network Automation, Cloud, DevOps, API strategies and so much more. Join Cisco's global developer community for technical sessions and live demos that cover leading-edge topics.
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