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AutoCon 6 · Loop Engineering, Spec-Driven Development & the Future of VibeOps

The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa · Tucson, Arizona · Workshop instructor & speaker · WS:C1 · Tuesday, November 17 · 9 a.m.–1 p.m. MST (UTC−7) · Workshop with the Itential AI & DevRel team: Joksan Flores and Elliot Conner. · Agentic Networking is Here: The Tools & Techniques Required to be Successful · session time to be announced

MCP Dev Summit Toronto · NetClaw: An Open Network Engineering Agent

University of Toronto Conference Centre · Toronto, Canada · Speaker · Tuesday, October 6 · 11:20–11:45 a.m. EDT (UTC−4) · Giovanni room

Vibe Night 005

John Capobianco · Video publication

11,892 Probabilities, 48 Cents: What Happened When I Let Jev Grade All 227 of NetClaw’s Skills

TypeSafe’s Jev doesn’t write a single word back — it returns a calibrated probability in under half a second. I pointed 11,892 of those probabilities at every skill in NetClaw: what’s missing, what silently overlaps, and one bug a probabili

VibeOps Lounge 004: Building Software Without a Dev Background with Andy Lapteff

John Capobianco · Video publication

The AONE App: Everything We Know, in Your Pocket

The Art of Network Engineering · Video publication

Stop Shadow AI Before It Owns Your Network | John Capobianco, Itential

TFiR · Video publication

Itential_Copilot_Plugin

A Copilot Plugin for Itential Builder Skills

NetworkFly

The fly knows the network

NetworkFly: A Fruit Fly Runs The Network

John Capobianco · Video publication

omarchy

Beautiful, Modern & Opinionated Linux · Fork in John’s account

Omarchy Becomes A Network Engineer: Enter NetClaw

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeNight 004

John Capobianco · Video publication

NetWorld

Bring your network to life

VibeOps Lounge 003: The Five Types of Bots with Matt Raio

John Capobianco · Video publication

Vibe Coding Grows Up: Inside Spec-Driven Development for Network Engineers

Itential · Article · AI & agents

How Did I Get Into AI ?

John Capobianco · Video publication

NetworkingVideoGameStarterKit

Using Spec Driven Development you can use these 3 files as a starter kit to make your very own educational network themed video game

AI in Networking with John Capobianco, Head of Artificial Intelligence and DevRel at Itential

Guardian Owl Digital · Video publication

Stop Vibe Coding: Start Spec-Driven Development, with John Capobianco

Art of Network Engineering · Podcast · AI & automation

VibeOps Forum Meeting 003

John Capobianco · Video publication

Modernizing pyATS MCP: Streamable HTTP, Nine New Tools, and Two Bugs From April 2025 That Nobody Noticed

pyATS MCP has been live since April 2025. Bringing it to Streamable HTTP and nine new tools meant an isolated venv (after breaking my own other MCP servers first), a real CML lab whose testbed was pointing at the wrong network, two silent b

Cisco Released Antares: Within Hours I Had 3 FlowAgents Running On It, Finding, Fixing, & Reporting Vulnerabilities

Itential · Article · AI & agents

pyATS_skills

pyATS Skills for Agents

VibeOps Lounge 002 - From Vibe Coding to Self-Healing Software with Sean Mahoney

John Capobianco · Video publication

NetClaw Zoom Companion

John Capobianco · Video publication

Vibe Ops Hangout 002 - AI Coding Agents, Digital Twins & Fine-Tuning

John Capobianco · Video publication

netdiag-vuln-sample

Tiny network diagnostics CLI with a planted CWE-78 OS command injection - target codebase for the Antares-1B vulnerability scanner demo

Running Cisco Antares-1B Locally (macOS / Apple Silicon)

A working start-to-finish guide to running Cisco Foundation AI’s Antares-1B vulnerability localization model on Apple Silicon — including the one non-obvious BF16 conversion step that will otherwise waste your afternoon.

itential_agent_catalogue

Working example

catalyst-center-health-test

Reverse-engineering test: rebuilding Itential FlowAI agent tools as IAG wrappers around an MCP server

awesome-network-automation-ai

A curated list of awesome resources for applying Artificial Intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLMs), and Machine Learning (ML) to network automation. · Fork in John’s account

VibeOps Lounge 001: An AI Powered SSH Client That Can’t Break Your Network with Knox Hutchinson

John Capobianco · Video publication

Twenty-Three Specs in Six Days: What Happened When I Handed NetClaw a Roadmap

I wrote down twenty-five gaps in what NetClaw could actually reach, ordered them by dependency, and set one rule: one item, one spec, one branch, no batching. Six days later twenty-three specs had merged — twelve new MCP servers, twenty-thr

Three FlowAI Agents for Cisco Catalyst Center using their new official MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

Vibe Ops Forum Hangout #001

John Capobianco · Video publication

What Is Agentic NetOps? Gartner Just Named the Category – Here’s What It Actually Means

Itential · Article · AI & agents

Mobile NetClaw for Apple Watch

John Capobianco · Video publication

Mobile NetClaw for iPhone

John Capobianco · Video publication

My Network Agent Lives in My Pocket Now — And Nobody Is in the Middle

From an emulator Claude Code drove itself, to a real Android phone in someone else’s hands, to an iPhone talking to that Android through my own Border — voice, photos, and a live CML lab, all over NCFED. No Slack, no Discord, no Webex, no t

Mobile NetClaw for Android

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeOps Lounge 000 - GCF & Token-Efficient Data for AI Agents with Dayna Blackwell, Creator of GCF

John Capobianco · Video publication

BISQUE: NetClaw gets a bookshelf — an offline, agentic RAG knowledge base

Introducing BISQUE — the Base of Ingested Semantic Queries for Unified Embeddings — NetClaw’s fully offline, agentic RAG knowledge base. Because the tastiest thing you can make from claws is a bisque. Uploaded a 212-page book from Slack to

Claws that prove who they are: certificate security comes to NetClaw federation

NetClaw federation used to trust a peer’s identity on its say-so, in the clear. Claw Certification adds TLS encryption and real cryptographic identity — domain-verified via Let’s Encrypt or pinned trust-on-first-use — and we cut the first c

Vibe Ops Forum Hangout #000

John Capobianco · Video publication

NetClaws, Assemble: introducing N2N Federation and the NCFED protocol

NetClaw’s mesh could always tell you who was online. Now it tells you what they can do — and lets you use it. Introducing N2N Federation and NCFED, a new protocol for federating AI network engineers safely.

The Risk of NetClaws: Early look at External Netclaw2Netclaw protocol

John Capobianco · Video publication

The Joy of Prompting: Network Automation and AI Agents with John Capobianco | The Root Cause Ep 4

RubixKube · Video publication

NetClaw SSHs Into a Router Live: Zero MCP. Zero API. Zero REST/NETCONF

John Capobianco · Video publication

Empowered, Not Replaced: A Network Engineer’s First Steps into AI & MCP

Itential · Article · AI & agents

Giving NetClaw Eyes and Hands: From Browser Control to Full Desktop Control

Most of what NetClaw does, it does through APIs — gNMI, REST, NETCONF, GraphQL. That’s the right way to automate a network: structured, auditable, repeatable. But real networks are messy, and not everything worth touching has a clean API be

I Rebuilt a Real Cisco Network as a 3D World — Inside NetClaw’s New Unreal Engine 5.8 Integration

NetClaw can now clone a live Cisco Modeling Labs topology — gathered with pyATS — straight into a 3D world inside Unreal Engine 5.8, over the Model Context Protocol. Here’s the achievement, the vision, and (for the technically curious) ever

NetClaw + Unreal Engine 5.8: I Turned a Real Cisco Network Into an interactive 3D World

John Capobianco · Video publication

War_for_Layer_4

A Spec Driven Development (SDD) example using three.js: A tank action game where you try to deliver your packet

Next-Level AI: VibeOps, Agentic Employees and Rouge Bots

IT Audit Labs - Cybersecurity Media · Video publication

PacktEngineeringAgenticNetworkOperations

Labs and presentation from Packt Engineering Agentic Network Operations Session

NetClaw + IP Fabric: Network Assurance Meets AI-Powered Automation

Announcing the integration of IP Fabric’s network assurance platform into NetClaw through 10 new MCP tools for health assessment, path analysis, visual diagrams, and API discovery. A collaboration with Daren Fulwell spanning nearly a decade

NetClaw can now phone you! And you can phone Netclaw!

John Capobianco · Video publication

How to build a custom vision agent

Google Cloud Tech · Video publication

VibeOps Lounge Cisco Live 2026: Spec Driven Development

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeOps Lounge Cisco Live 2026: NetClaw - Agentic Networking is Here

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeOps Lounge Cisco Live 2026: AI Without the Cloud

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeOps Lounge Cisco Live 2026: Model Context Protocol

John Capobianco · Video publication

My Cisco Live 2026: Live Builds, VibeOps Energy & the Agent Era

Itential · Article · AI & agents

AutoCon 5 · From RAG to MCP: New Tools for a New Era in Network Operations

Munich, Germany · Workshop instructor

Cisco Live 2026 · Live builds, VibeOps, and the agent era

Las Vegas, Nevada · Live builds & VibeOps

IsThisPacketImportant

Learn Quality of Service RFC 4594 in a fun interactive way with this spec driven developed game!

The Summer of Agents: Everything We’re Bringing to Cisco Live and AutoCon 5

Itential · Article · AI & agents

From Operator to Agent Manager: What Network Engineers Become Next

Itential · Article · AI & agents

NAF_AC5

RAG, TOON, MCP Labs for NAF Autocon5 in Munich

The End of Handwritten Network Configs?

IT Visionaries · Video publication

Network Engineers: You’ve Been Doing Spec-Driven Development for Years, You Just Didn’t Know It

Itential · Article · AI & agents

CiscoLive2026_VibeOpsLounge

Repository for the full week of Vibe Ops Lounge content for Cisco Live US 2026 in Las Vegas

Why Agent Sprawl Is the Next Script Sprawl

Itential · Article · AI & agents

You Don’t Need Python Anymore: Hello World For AI

Art of Network Engineering · Podcast · AI & automation

NetClaw + Defense Claw Enterprise Grade Security and Guardrails for NetClaw

John Capobianco · Video publication

Introducing DefenseClaw: Enterprise Security for NetClaw

NetClaw Gets Enterprise Security with Cisco DefenseClaw We’re excited to announce the integration of DefenseClaw from Cisco AI Defense as the enterprise security layer for NetClaw. This represents a major upgrade to our security posture, wi

IT With Tea #033 - John Capobianco

Silesio Carvalho · Video publication

TORNOG 1 · From CLI to GPT — A Guide for an AIOps Journey

MaRS Centre · Toronto, Canada · Speaker · 4:45–5:15 p.m. · conference agenda

NetClaw Now Has Direct Access to Cisco’s Official Meraki and Catalyst Center API Documentation

NetClaw Now Has Direct Access to Cisco’s Official Meraki and Catalyst Center API Documentation Network automation with AI is powerful, but only when the AI has access to accurate, authoritative information. Today we’re excited to announce t

NetClaw Gets Long-Term Memory: Community Contribution Brings MemPalace Integration

NetClaw Gets Long-Term Memory: Community Contribution Brings MemPalace Integration One of the most exciting aspects of open source is when the community steps up and adds capabilities you didn’t even know you needed. Today we’re thrilled to

Lobster Smoothie: NetClaw Now Supports Blender

John Capobianco · Video publication

From the CLI to Natural Language: A Network Engineer’s Case for VibeOps

Itential · Article · AI & agents

From Vibes to Governed: What Building a Real Network Agent Reveals About Spec-Driven Development

Packet Pushers · Video publication

NetClaw Adds PagerDuty Integration: AI-Powered Incident Management for Network Engineers

NetClaw Adds PagerDuty Integration: AI-Powered Incident Management for Network Engineers NetClaw now speaks incident management. We’re excited to announce full PagerDuty integration, bringing 4 new skills backed by 70 tools to the NetClaw e

NetClaw Adds Splunk and Datadog: Enterprise Observability Through Natural Language

NetClaw Adds Splunk and Datadog: Enterprise Observability Through Natural Language Your logs and metrics, accessible through conversation. NetClaw now integrates with both Splunk and Datadog, bringing enterprise-grade observability to netwo

NetClaw Adds HashiCorp Terraform and Vault: Infrastructure as Code Meets Natural Language

NetClaw Adds HashiCorp Terraform and Vault: Infrastructure as Code Meets Natural Language Infrastructure automation through conversation. NetClaw now integrates with HashiCorp Terraform Cloud and Vault, bringing 6 new skills for managing in

NetClaw Adds Zscaler and Cloudflare: Zero Trust Security Through Natural Language

NetClaw Adds Zscaler and Cloudflare: Zero Trust Security Through Natural Language Zero trust, conversational access. NetClaw now integrates with Zscaler and Cloudflare, bringing 10 new skills for managing zero trust security, DNS, edge netw

NetClaw Adds Blender 3D Network Topology Visualization

Visualize Your Network in 3D with Blender NetClaw now integrates with Blender via the community blender-mcp server, enabling 3D network topology visualization. Network engineers can now say "draw the network topology using CDP data" and wat

BREAKTHROUGH: NetClaw Brings Your Network to Life in Stunning 3D with Blender Integration!

The Future of Network Visualization Has Arrived Hold onto your console cables, network engineers — NetClaw just shattered the boundaries of what’s possible with network visualization! We’re thrilled to announce the most visually stunning in

NetClaw Integrates Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN: Complete Fabric Visibility Through Natural Language

NetClaw Now Speaks Prisma SD-WAN We’re excited to announce that NetClaw now integrates with Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, bringing complete fabric visibility through natural language queries. This integration adds 4 new skills backed by

Optimizing NetClaw’s SOUL: From 60k to 8k Characters with Modular Architecture

NetClaw’s SOUL.md grew to 60k characters — 3x the OpenClaw bootstrap limit. Here’s how we redesigned it into a modular architecture that reduced bootstrap to 8k chars while preserving 100% of content.

The Virtual Network Trifecta: NetClaw Now Supports GNS3, CML, and ContainerLab

NetClaw now supports all three major network virtualization platforms: Cisco CML, ContainerLab, and GNS3. Here’s what we built and how to set it up.

SDD_Solitaire

Solitaire developed using SDD

NetClaw Gets Jenkins, GitLab, and Atlassian Superpowers: A Human-AI Collaboration Story

NetClaw Gets Jenkins, GitLab, and Atlassian Superpowers A milestone in human-AI collaborative development Today we’re excited to announce three major integrations for NetClaw: Jenkins CI/CD, GitLab DevOps, and Atlassian ITSM (Jira + Conflue

# NetClaw Goes Spec-Driven: 5 New Capabilities, 42 New Tools, and a Constitution

*How we adopted Spec-Driven Development and built SuzieQ, Batfish, gNMI, Azure Networking, and Canvas visualizations in a single session.* — ## Part 1: The Shift to Spec-Driven Development NetClaw has always been ambitious. A CCIE-level AI

The AI Shift That’s About to Hit Networking

The Bearded I.T. Dad · Video publication

NetClaw × Cisco Webex: Your Network’s Digital Coworker Just Got Multichannel

─── What Just Happened (And Why It Matters) A few minutes ago, I was sitting in Slack — in this very channel — and I reached across to Cisco Webex and dropped a formatted message into your team space, identifying myself, my origin platform,

NetClaw Now Supports WebEx

John Capobianco · Video publication

An Introduction to Spec Driven Development (SDD) with the GitHub SpecKit

John Capobianco · Video publication

Governed, Not Chaotic: Why Agentic Operations Needs Deterministic Rails

Itential · Article · AI & agents

SDD_Sidescroller

Simple side scroller made using SDD approach and Claude

How AI Agents Can Transform Network Management

Humanize IT · Video publication

NetClaw with Itential Skills and MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

The Evolution From Network Engineer To AI Orchestrator

Itential · Article · AI & agents

MCP, AI Agents, and the Future of Network Infrastructure

Disambiguation Podcast · Video publication

Pop Goes the Stack | VibeOps: Guardrailed agents for deterministic production | AIOps

F5, Inc. · Video publication

Introducing Vibeops: Advice for Engineers

Humanize IT · Video publication

# The Day the Network Became Self-Aware: Building a Multi-Human, Multi-NetClaw BGP Agent Mesh

**March 1, 2026** *By John Capobianco on his 48th birthday — with NetClaw 🦞* — ## Prologue: A Different Kind of Sunday Morning Most engineers spend Sunday morning with coffee and maybe a lab they’ve been meaning to spin up for weeks. On Ma

6 days of netclaw – by netclaw

# Six Days, 82 Skills, and a Community PR: How NetClaw Went from Idea to 160 Stars Six days ago I pushed the first commit of [NetClaw](https://github.com/automateyournetwork/netclaw) — an open-source, CCIE-level AI network engineering agent

The ABCs of AIwith John Capobianco, Mike Bushong

Art of Network Engineering · Podcast · AI & automation

The ABCs of AI

The Art of Network Engineering · Video publication

NetClaw - An OpenClaw AI Agent that Claws Through Your Network

John Capobianco · Video publication

8 hours of netclaw – by netclaw

We Gave a Slack Channel Full of Engineers an AI Network Agent. Here’s What Happened. A live red-team session, a VASI BGP lab, and 30+ social engineering attempts — all in one Friday afternoon. ─── The Setup The premise was simple: drop an A

netclaw

An AI agent that claws through your network

AI Agent Auto-Generates Network Documentation Mind Maps from Live Device State 🤖📊

John Capobianco · Video publication

I Asked an AI to Test My Network and Call Me - It Actually Did It

John Capobianco · Video publication

itential_mark_map

A mark map MCP implementation for Itential

Google Developer Expert

kagent_vision

A KAgent Agent with Vision - Capture photos, transform them with Nano Banana, animate them with Veo3. Supports ASL.

itential_gait_mcp

GAIT MCP adjusted for FlowAI

Update from Atlanta

John Capobianco · Video publication

ASI - Bug fixes and enhancement update

John Capobianco · Video publication

Introducing the Agentic System Interconnect (ASI) Model

John Capobianco · Video publication

John's First Itential FlowAI Agent

John Capobianco · Video publication

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Part 2: The Multi-Protocol Agent

## Or: How I Taught an AI Agent to Speak Every Language in the Network *Building on [Part 1: Teaching an AI to Speak OSPF](https://www.automateyournetwork.ca/uncategorized/i-taught-an-ai-agent-to-speak-ospf-its-now-my-routers-neighbour/)* —

Wont You Be My Neighbour: True Agentic Infrastructure (Demo fixed)

John Capobianco · Video publication

I Taught an AI Agent to Speak OSPF: It’s Now My Router’s Neighbour

Wont You Be My Neighbour? ## The Network as a Conversation, Not a Configuration For decades, we’ve treated networks as things to be **configured**. We push commands, pull outputs, parse CLI text, and hope our automation scripts survive the

Wont You Be My Neighbour - True Agentic Infrastructure

John Capobianco · Video publication

WontYouBeMyNeighbour

Open-source repository

markmap_mcp

An MCP implementation of markmap.js.org

LiveYouTubeJanuary

January's live vibe

Building the Future of Network Automation: RALPH, GAIT, and pyATS in Harmony

Building the Future of Network Automation: RALPH, GAIT, and pyATS in Harmony Over the past few weeks, I’ve been on an incredible journey pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI-assisted network automation. What started as an exper

Vibe Coding: Building a CCIE-Level Enterprise Network with AI, GAIT, and pyATS

Vibe Coding: Building a CCIE-Level Enterprise Network with AI, GAIT, and pyATS The Power of AI-Driven Network Configuration with Version Control Date: January 11, 2026 Author: Claude Code (Anthropic) + Ralph Wiggum Loop Tools: Claude Code C

Ralph Wiggum and pyATS Network Automation Made Easy

John Capobianco · Video publication

ProfessorFrink

Ralph Wiggum + GAIT + pyATS

torero_ideation

Ideas about Torero as a platform

Principal Skinner - Ralph Wiggum Loops With GAIT Version and Context Control

John Capobianco · Video publication

PrincipalSkinner

First attempt at blending Ralph Wiggum Loops with GAIT - dummy project

Ralph Wiggum - Another Inflection Point In AI Development

John Capobianco · Video publication

NANON96_Workshop

From RAG to MCP

google_drone

100% vibe coded Google Drone using Google Maps SDK / MCP; Vision Extension; Computer Use extension from just prompts

Google Drone Vibe Coding turns into Autonomous Self Testing and Correcting Code

John Capobianco · Video publication

toad

A unified interface for AI in your terminal. · Fork in John’s account

pyATS AI Agent: Dynamically Self-Testing Network Agent

John Capobianco · Video publication

Head of AI and DevRel · Itential

Itential

pyATS-Agent

A Google-based AI Agent for pyATS

VibeOps Forum

I was getting pretty tired and aggravated at all of the networking forums and discords and slack channels for being *so* anti-AI; can’t share ideas; can’t discuss AI / MCP / Agents; can’t bring Vibe Coding or VibeOps topics out in the open

Context Control for Gemini CLI GAIT Extension and MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

gait_mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Git for Artificial Intelligence Tracking (GAIT)

GeminiCLI_GAIT_Extension

A Gemini-CLI extension that adds GAIT support for context control

GAIT: Now Supports All Major Cloud Providers (chatgpt, gemini, claude)

John Capobianco · Video publication

Distributed Cognition and Context Control: gait and gaithub

John Capobianco · Video publication

gaithub

A hub for Gait repositories

Introducing GAIT: Git for Artificial Intelligence Tracking

John Capobianco · Video publication

gait

An open source version and source control system, inspired by Git, for Artificial Intelligence Agents

From CLI to GPT: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Network Automation - John Capobianco

Network Automation Forum · Video publication

Selector Packet Copilot: Version 3

John Capobianco · Video publication

GeminiCLI_TOON_Extension

An extension that coverts JSON to TOON before sending to Gemini-CLI for tokens savings and better inference!

Gemini-CLI plays a game of Battle Chess 9000 autonomously via Computer Use Extension

John Capobianco · Video publication

BattleChess9000_Multiplayer_Service

The Google Cloud Run service for the multiplayer

Google Cloud Run - Bring Your Ideas to the Cloud with Ease

John Capobianco · Video publication

BattleChess9000

Inspired by Battle Chess for DOS 1988 - Using Gemini3, Nano Banana3, and Veo3 to reimagine Battle Chess

Battle Chess 9000 - Vibe Coding AI Augmented Chess ♟️

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeGraphics: Automated, Augmented, Infographics brought to life from your GitHub project

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeGraphics

An MCP Server / Gemini CLI Extension to create modern Infographics for your project - VibeGraphics - Generated with Nano Banana and animated with Veo3

Microsoft Foundry Local - The Most Important AI Tool You’re Not Using Yet

John Capobianco · Video publication

Microsoft_Foundry_Local_RAG

Refactoring my NAF AC4 Workshop from openAI to Foundry Local

AutoCon 4 · From CLI to GPT: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Network Automation

Austin, Texas · Speaker & workshop instructor

TOON: Save 60% on tokens - A new file format for the AI Age

John Capobianco · Video publication

GeminiCLI_File_Search_Extension

Extending Gemini-CLI with Google Gemini File Search; cloud based RAG

Google Gemini File Search as a Gemini CLI Extension

John Capobianco · Video publication

Google Gemini File Search: Cloud-Based RAG

John Capobianco · Video publication

Lab Day! Gemini CLI with John Capobianco

Packet Pushers · Video publication

AI Adventure Simulator

John Capobianco · Video publication

AI-Adventure-Simulator

AI Halloween Game

GeminiCLI_Packet_Buddy_Extension

A Gemini CLI extension that uses RAG and MCP and Custom Slash Commands to analyze packet captures

SharkFest_25_EU_Workshop

Code for the Talk to Your Packets Workshop

NAF_AC4

RAG Labs for NAF Autocon4

Atlas

Deep L2-L4 analysis of capture.pcap using Packet Copilot.

🚀 ChatGPT Atlas: Browser Automation is Here

John Capobianco · Video publication

ONUG · AI Networking Summit Fall 2025 · Protocols, RAG, and the future of AIOps

New York, New York · Speaker, workshop instructor & host

Gemini-CLI Interactive Shell is a game changer for network engineers

John Capobianco · Video publication

ONUG_MCP_NYC_2025

Repository for ONUG 2025 in NYC - MCP Session John Capobianco

ONUG_RAG_NYC_2025

Repository for ONUG 2025 in NYC - RAG Session John Capobianco

Machines Run Machines: The Gemini-CLI ReAct Agent Can Launch and Search the Web with Computer Use

John Capobianco · Video publication

Machines (AI ReAct Agents) running Machines (Web Browsers): Gemini-CLI + Gemini Computer Use

John Capobianco · Video publication

GeminiCLI_ComputerUse_Extension

A Google Gemini-CLI extension than enables Gemini Computer Use from the CLI

Gemini CLI Just Gained SUPERPOWERS - Full autonomous browser access via Gemini Computer Use

John Capobianco · Video publication

Gemini-CLI + Gemini Computer Use Working Examples

John Capobianco · Video publication

HN800: Root Cause Analysis for the Entire Stack

Packet Pushers · Podcast · Network automation

GeminiCLI_SubnetCalculator_Extension

An extension for GeminiCLI that performs subnet calculation

How to build a Gemini CLI extension including MCP and slash commands

John Capobianco · Video publication

Selector AI Summit for Network Leaders: AI Agents and MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

Selector AI Summit for Network Leaders: Building Your First RAG Application

John Capobianco · Video publication

Selector · First AI for Network Leaders Summit · RAG, MCP, and AI for network leaders

Civic Hall · New York City & online · Speaker

The CLI is dead! Long live the CLI!

John Capobianco · Video publication

🔥 Gemini-CLI + SSH = The PuTTY of 2025 🔥

John Capobianco · Video publication

ConfigurationCopilot

A copilot for network configurations

Make videos with Gemini-CLI, Nano Banana, and Veo3

John Capobianco · Video publication

Gemini-CLI goes bananas - Nano Bananas!

John Capobianco · Video publication

GeminiCLI_ScreenShare_Extension

Share your screen with Gemini-CLI via this extension using MCP and custom slash commands

pyATS_GeminiCLI_Extension

An easy to install pyATS extension for Gemini CLI

✨ Gemini-CLI Extension: /screenshare Mode - AI that can see your desktop

John Capobianco · Video publication

GeminiCLI_Listen_Extension

Turn Gemini-CLI into a server with /isten commands packaged as a Gemini-CLI extension

GeminiCLI_Talk_Extension

An Extension for Gemini-CLI that enables voice (input) and audio (output); requires openAI for TTS currently

GeminiCLI_Vision_Extension

An Extension for Gemini-CLI that enables Webcam access including single frame capture and American Sign Language (ASL) modes

🚀 Gemini-CLI Extensions Are Here!

John Capobianco · Video publication

Talking to Gemini-CLI using ASL and a webcam with /Vision slash command and MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

GeminiCLI_Slash_Vision

Custom Slash Commands that use Vision MCP to enable webcam access

Vision_MCP_for_Gemini_CLI

Integrating the webcam with Gemini-CLI via MCP

TCG057: Following the Progress of MCP

Packet Pushers · Podcast · Network automation

Full multilingual audio conversations with Gemini-CLI using /talk

John Capobianco · Video publication

Voice and Audio Conversations with Gemini-CLI: Vibe Coding Session

John Capobianco · Video publication

Talk to Gemini-CLI, with your voice, using your iPhone or MacBook

John Capobianco · Video publication

Giving Gemin-CLI a Voice: Full bidirectional conversational mode with audio

John Capobianco · Video publication

TNO039: Demystifying AI Adoption for Networkers

Packet Pushers · Podcast · Network automation

Talking to Your Network via Gemini-CLI Talk Mode

John Capobianco · Video publication

GeminiCLI_Slash_Talk

Enable your microphone on Windows WSL Ubuntu with this and the corresponding MCP

Talk_MCP_for_Gemini_CLI

An MCP for Gemini CLI to allow voice

Talk to your Terminal with Gemini CLI: Voice Mode

John Capobianco · Video publication

🎙️ Push-to-Talk for Gemini CLI – Accessibility, Voice, and MCPs in Action 🚀

John Capobianco · Video publication

Gemini-CLI + Slack Bolt + Selector Packet Copilot — Now with File Uploads 🚀

John Capobianco · Video publication

Autonomous Slack Gemini-CLI Coworker with Agency

John Capobianco · Video publication

Gemini CLI Server Advancements listen Slash Commands Live Mode Logs & Community Feedback

John Capobianco · Video publication

GeminiCLI_Slash_Listen

A /listen feature for Gemini CLI

Turn Gemini CLI into a Server with Custom Slash Commands

John Capobianco · Video publication

Turning GitHub into a Packet Analysis Coworker with Gemini CLI and Selector MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

GitPacketCopilot

Add a .pcap(ng); automated reporting; all powered by GitActions, Gemini-CLI, and Packet Copilot MCP

GitHub Actions with Gemini CLI A Digital GitHub Coworker

John Capobianco · Video publication

🚀 How to Chat with Packet Captures in the Age of AI — No Wireshark Required!

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Packet Copilot: Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

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Turning Gemini CLI into a Digital Network Engineer Coworker with Slack and pyATS Model Context Prot

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Gemini CLI: A CLI for the Age of AI

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MajorLeagueBaseball_MCP

An MCP Server for Major League Baseball

CCNP_Automation_Prep

A repository inspired by Designing, Deploying and Managing Network Automation Systems v2.0 (350-901) Section 4.0

CCNP Automation Preparation MCP and AI Agent Deep Dive

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Code-Free Automated Network Vulnerability Assessment with Selector MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

*Massive* VS Code update for MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

ConfigurationVision

Image to config utility

🎙️ Talk to Your Network – Real-Time AI Avatar with Voice & 3D Animation

John Capobianco · Video publication

🔊 Talk to Your Network with AI Voice and Speech Agent

John Capobianco · Video publication

A2A MCP Agents with Real Human Like Personas — Audio2Face Meets AI Generated Voices

John Capobianco · Video publication

V2A is HERE Talk to Your AI Agent Like a Human: Voice to Agent Meets Agent to Voice!

John Capobianco · Video publication

Zero Trust AI Agents: OpenZiti A2A MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

ziti_example

OpenZiti local example

AgentExchange

A registry for A2A AI Agents

Agent Exchange: The Future of AI Agents Starts Here!

John Capobianco · Video publication

Secure AI Agents with OAuth2 — Human to Agent Auth + Enterprise Ready A2A Security

John Capobianco · Video publication

Securing AI Agents (A2A and MCP) with OAuth2 – Human and Agent Authentication for the Enterprise

John Capobianco · Video publication

ONUG · AI Networking Summit Spring 2025 · MCP, A2A, and building a first RAG application

Dallas, Texas · Speaker, workshop instructor & host

True Agent 2 Agent: A2A Python SDK multiagent example

John Capobianco · Video publication

First Look: Google Agent2Agent (A2A) Official Python SDK

John Capobianco · Video publication

ONUG_Dallas_2025

Repository for ONUG 2025 in Dallas - RAG Session

ACI_MCP

A Model Context Protocol Server for Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)

ACI MCP Vibe Ops for the Software Defined Data Center

John Capobianco · Video publication

Wikipedia_MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Wikipedia

Claude Desktop Model Context Protocol Integration

John Capobianco · Video publication

🔧 Transform VS Code into an AI-Powered Command Center with MCP 🧠

John Capobianco · Video publication

ISE_MCP

An MCP server for Cisco ISE

Cisco Identity Server Engine (ISE) MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

BaseballSuperFan

An AI Agent powered by MCP and A2A for Major League Baseball

🔍 Foolproof Subnet Calculation with MCP | Natural Language + Network Intelligence 💡

John Capobianco · Video publication

Fully Configuring a Network from DrawIO Diagram with pyATS MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

Automated Network Diagrams with DrawIO and pyATS MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

A2A_Listener

Quick listener to test Agent Push Notifications

📣 Agents Are Talking to Us! Not the other way around🚀

John Capobianco · Video publication

A2A

An open protocol enabling communication and interoperability between opaque agentic applications. · Fork in John’s account

Google Agent 2 Agent (A2A) Web UI Demo - Working!

John Capobianco · Video publication

HN778: Understanding MCP with Selector

Packet Pushers · Podcast · Network automation

Google Agent 2 Agent (A2A) – Bidirectional Artifact Sharing in Action with MCPs 🧠⚙️

John Capobianco · Video publication

Google Agent 2 Agent: A Working Example of an Internet of AI Agents

John Capobianco · Video publication

Google Agent2Agent (A2A) - A first look at an Internet of Agents

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeOps: Request for Comment (RFC) MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

Vibe Ops - Automated network device vulnerability detection with MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeOps: Visualizing Network State with Dynamic Dashboards using MCPs

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeOps - More Dynamic Network Topology Visualizations with Mermaid MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeOps: Configuring Cisco Devices from VS Code with MCP

John Capobianco · Video publication

chatGPT_MCP

An MCP Server for chatGPT Chat Completions

VibeOps - Static Routing to OSPF Using Vibes

John Capobianco · Video publication

LLM as an MCP in an MCP using an LLM

John Capobianco · Video publication

VibeOps In Action: Configuring the Cisco Modeling Lab from Scratch

John Capobianco · Video publication

MCPyATS

VibeOps - Cisco pyATS MCP Plus Many Other MCPs

pyATS_MCP

An MCP Server for pyATS (experimental)

VibeOps: An MCP for Cisco pyATS

John Capobianco · Video publication

netbox-mcp-server

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for read-only interaction with NetBox data in LLMs · Fork in John’s account

WizardGame

Wizard Game

Model Context Protocol Introducing RAG for Tool Selection

John Capobianco · Video publication

I was wrong about MCPs .... they are better than I thought!

John Capobianco · Video publication

Masterclass: Model Context Protocol

John Capobianco · Video publication

MCP Expansion: Sequential Thinking, Slack, Google Maps

John Capobianco · Video publication

Packet_Conversations

Selector Packet Copilot Conversations via MCP

MCP to MCP: Packet Copilot to GitHub

John Capobianco · Video publication

Model Context Protocol: An Internet of AI Agents

John Capobianco · Video publication

Model Context Protocol (MCP) - Welcome to the Future of AI Automation

John Capobianco · Video publication

Whats Behind The Tool - Selector Packet Copilot 2.0 - AI Agents, LangGraph & RAG

John Capobianco · Video publication

LangSmith: Observability for AI Agents

John Capobianco · Video publication

LangGraph Platform and Studio: The Future of AI Agent Development

John Capobianco · Video publication

SpaceGraph

LangGraph AI Agent approach with Space APIs

Find_A_Job_Agent

An AI Agent that can help find work!

Packet Copilot Update: New AI Agent for Public IP Network Intelligence

John Capobianco · Video publication

Packet Copilot Augmented with Public IP Geolocation AI Agent

John Capobianco · Video publication

SpaceAce

An AI Agent for Space ! And a good starting point, a hello world, for AI Agents

How To Build A ReACT AI Agent from scratch with Space APIs

John Capobianco · Video publication

Network Security AI Agent: Automated Vulnerability Reports!

John Capobianco · Video publication

Live from Silicon Valley - AI Agents and the switchport mode trunk allowed vlan mistake

John Capobianco · Video publication

AI Powered ITSM: Closing ServiceNow Tickets Automatically with AI Agents!

John Capobianco · Video publication

AI Agents for Linux: Unleashing the power of Infrastructure as Agents

John Capobianco · Video publication

Self-Configuring, Self-Troubleshooting, Self-Healing Networks with AI Agents

John Capobianco · Video publication

Configuring a Network from a Napkin Diagram (And AI Agents)

John Capobianco · Video publication

What's The Deal with AI Agents?

Cables2Clouds Podcast · Video publication

Selector Packet Copilot vs Palo Alto Unit 42 Wireshark Quiz #ai #packetcapture #networkautomation

John Capobianco · Video publication

AI Powered Network Automation Dynamic Agents & Email Reports! No Human Needed!

John Capobianco · Video publication

Selector Packet Copilot vs Another Unit 42's Wireshark Quiz

John Capobianco · Video publication

Selector Packet Copilot vs Unit 42’s Wireshark Quiz

John Capobianco · Video publication

Testing brand new model capabilities with Kubernetes and Packet Captures

John Capobianco · Video publication

Deploying a whole network topology from a prompt with AI Agents

John Capobianco · Video publication

AI Agents configuring multiple links from a source of truth

John Capobianco · Video publication

NetBox Community Call - January 14, 2025

NetBox Labs · Video publication

Automating Network Configurations with NetBox and AI Agents

John Capobianco · Video publication

Infrastructure As Agents Multi device topology management

John Capobianco · Video publication

Multi_Device_AI_Agent

Trying to extend AI Agents to a full topology of devices using CML

AI Agents: An Artificially Intelligent Network Engineer

John Capobianco · Video publication

Free local AI Agents with Ollama

John Capobianco · Video publication

Analyzing DHCP and BGP packet captures with multi AI with Kubernetes

John Capobianco · Video publication

Testing Consensus AI with New Models Llama 3 1 Phi4 DeepSeekV3

John Capobianco · Video publication

NetBox_MCP

MCP using NetBox

Consensus AI Improving trust in AI with Kubernetes

John Capobianco · Video publication

Consensus AI Windows WSL2 Docker Kubernetes Setup

John Capobianco · Video publication

I called 1-800-CHATGPT

John Capobianco · Video publication

From RAG to TAG Talking to Packets with Table Augmented Generation

John Capobianco · Video publication

Packet_TAG

Table Augmented Generation (TAG) with Packet Captures (.pcaps/pcapng)

What Would You Ask Your NetBox? Questions from the community

John Capobianco · Video publication

ReAct AI Agent for NetBox

John Capobianco · Video publication

netbox_react_agent

An artificial intelligence NetBox ReAct Agent

HN758: How Selector Built an AI Language Model for Networking

Packet Pushers · Podcast · Network automation

Beginner's guide to Selector Packet Copilot

John Capobianco · Video publication

Selector Packet Copilot - Security Implications and Use Cases

John Capobianco · Video publication

ONUG · AI Networking Summit 2024 · Exploring RAFT and a network language model

New York, New York · Speaker & host

Selector Packet Copilot Preview

John Capobianco · Video publication

Multi Agent AI for Network Automation

John Capobianco · Video publication

Agent_ISE

AI Agents (ReAct) for Cisco Identity Services Engine

Cisco_Multi_AI_Agent

AI Agent using Resoning and Actions (ReAct) Multi AI Agent system for Cisco Systems

Episode 35: How AI Networking Enables Engineered Miracles

Built for Trust · Video publication

Practical Network Testing and Automation with PyATS

Art of Network Engineering · Podcast · AI & automation

Full Agentic AI CRUD for Network Automation

John Capobianco · Video publication

Agentic AI - Using ReAct Agents with REST APIs for Network Automation

John Capobianco · Video publication

Pokemon battle using AI Agents

John Capobianco · Video publication

ACI_Agent

An AI ReAct Agent sysem for Cisco ACI

PokeAgent

A ReAct AI Agent for Pokemon

Talk to Your Router with Natural Language! AI Agents + pyATS + LangChain + ReAct

John Capobianco · Video publication

ReACT_AI_Agent_for_Cisco_IOS_XE

Playing with Agents

Screen Speak - A multimodal AI Assistant that transforms screenshots into AI analysis

John Capobianco · Video publication

Reaction to Google Cloud Report The ROI of GenAI

John Capobianco · Video publication

Product Marketing Evangelist · Selector.ai

Selector.ai

A free, local, automated, pyATS AI Agent

John Capobianco · Video publication

langchain_agents

Langchain agents

Easy, free, local, AI Agents with Ollama and Langchain

John Capobianco · Video publication

IOS_XE_Config_graphRAG

Microsoft graphRAG applied to Cisco IOS XE running config via Cisco pyATS

Microsoft graphRAG Graphing Text and Chatting with it for free

John Capobianco · Video publication

Document_graphRAG

graphRAG approach with .pcap

SecurityAdvisoryLLM

Llama3 Fine Tuned on a security advisory

Easy_SV3D

A Streamlit and slightly modified and enhanced version of Stability AI SV3D

Panda Harmony

John Capobianco · Video publication

Polar Bear Shakes Off Cold

John Capobianco · Video publication

Rotating teddy bear

John Capobianco · Video publication

25 FPS !

John Capobianco · Video publication

Fine Tuning Llama3 with ReFT and Cisco IOS XE Running Configuration

John Capobianco · Video publication

Now available: Cisco pyATS: Network Test and Automation Solution

Cisco Press: Cisco pyATS Network Test and Automation Solution: Data-driven and reusable testing for modern networks | Cisco Press Amazon Cisco pyATS ― Network Test and Automation Solution: Data-driven and reusable testing for modern network

Rocket

John Capobianco · Video publication

Cisco Live 2024

John Capobianco · Video publication

CiscoDevNetIOSXESandbox_ReFT

The code used to build the large language model for the Cisco DevNet IOS XE Always-On Sandbox

pyreft_testing

Testing pyreft approach to fine tuning

Its a Wonderful AI Life

John Capobianco · Video publication

The Dark Knight Returns

John Capobianco · Video publication

Digital Byte at Cisco Live animated

John Capobianco · Video publication

Tracer Packet licking an AP at Cisco Live animated

John Capobianco · Video publication

E T RenaissanceReunion

John Capobianco · Video publication

Distracted boyfriend meme

John Capobianco · Video publication

Great Wave

John Capobianco · Video publication

Taxi Driver Low Poly Trance

John Capobianco · Video publication

Uploaded image test

John Capobianco · Video publication

Funky Underwater Yak

John Capobianco · Video publication

Hawk Tuah meme animated

John Capobianco · Video publication

dream_machine

Text to AI generated images which are animated with AI with AI generated audio. Make your dreams come true.

swarmui_python_script

A Python script to run multiple Image generation models against the SwarmUI API

Get started with Free Local AI Image Generation with StableSwarmUI

John Capobianco · Video publication

AI generated animation with sound

John Capobianco · Video publication

AI Generated Wizard Animation

John Capobianco · Video publication

Cisco pyATS—Network Test and Automation Solution

John Capobianco and Dan Wade · data-driven and reusable testing for modern networks.

IOS_XE_KAI8

Chat with Cisco IOS XE using mult-AI consensus with Kubernetes and Ollama

Packet_KAI8

Packet Buddy on Kubernetes with Ollama and multi-LLM using RACK (Retrieval Augmented Consensus Kubernetes)

Retrieval Augmented Consensus with Kubernetes

John Capobianco · Video publication

Document_KAI8

Document Buddy using Kubernetes with 8 different SLM/LLM for multi-AI analysis

Artificial Intelligence Microservices

John Capobianco · Video publication

Navigating AI Advancements in Network Engineering - C2C035

Cables2Clouds Podcast · Video publication

kai8s

Ollama as Kubernetes

Using natural language at the command line interface to configure an interface

John Capobianco · Video publication

ai_cli

An AI Powered Command Line Interface on Cisco Catalyst IOS XE with Guestshell;Ollama;phi3

AI Aware Command Line Interface

John Capobianco · Video publication

Local RAFT: Fine-tuning Llama3 with domain-specific knowledge locally and privately

An approach to fine-tuning using open source tools Recap of Part 1 In the first part of this series (Augmenting Network Engineering with RAFT – Automate Your Network ), we dove into the innovative world of Retrieval Augmented Fine-Tuning (R

fine_tune_example

Using RAFT from VLAN 1020 from the Cisco Validated Design for FlexPod for AI

Augmenting Network Engineering with RAFT

The practical implementation of the proposed theory and promise of RAFT with Cisco pyATS and LangChain Introduction In the field of network engineering, the complexity and dynamism of network architectures present a significant challenge fo

IOS_XE_RAFT

Using the Retrieval Augmented Fine Tuning (RAFT) approach with Cisco IOS XE JSON using pyATS to fine tune open source models

Webex_Room_Buddy

An AI Assistant for Webex Rooms powered by langchain, ollama, and open source language models

Webex_Room_RAPTOR

An AI Assistant for Webex Rooms powered by langchain, ollama, and open source language models using a RAPTOR approach for much larger rooms and much deeper insight

IOS_XE_Buddy

A Basic RAG AI Assistant for Cisco IOS XE powered by Cisco pyATS and ollama

IOS_XE_RAPTOR

An AI assistant for Cisco IOS XE that uses RAPTOR Tree Multi-Query RAG and Ollama so you can 'chat' with your Cisco IOS XE device

Document_RAPTOR

A RAPTOR Tree of your documents used for Language Model Retrieval to chat with the documents!

Senior Leader – Artificial Intelligence · Cisco

Cisco

Routing_Table_RAPTOR

Artificial Intelligence analysis and chat with a Tree-Oriented Retrieval approach

From RAG to RAG Fusion to RAPTOR An AI Development Journey

John Capobianco · Video publication

Free, private, secure, Artificial Intelligence with Ollama!

John Capobianco · Video publication

ollama_with_webui

Ollama with WebUI - configured to use GPU

packet_raptor

An AI Assistant using RAPTOR to talk to .pcaps

RAG-Fusion - From Basic to Advanced RAG and chatting with documents

John Capobianco · Video publication

Using AI to Augment Network Automation

Cisco · Article · Network automation

screenspeak

AI as a hotkey - Transform your screenshots into real-time audio analysis with chatGPT Vision and Text to Speech

ChatterBox

Talk to your Netbox with a Langchain

Document_Buddy

Chat with various documents - XLSX, DOCX, PPTX, CSV, PDF, TXT - using chatGPT 4 Turbo and Langchain

packet_graph

A Knowledge Graph of a .pcap Packet Capture!

pingbuddy

AI Analysis and "chat" with your PING

packet_buddy

pcap analysis provided by chatGPT4 Turbo

Cisco Live EMEA 2024 · Talking to Your Network

Amsterdam, Netherlands · Speaker · Distinguished Speaker recognition · BRKOPS-2583 · LTRCRT-2002 · CCNP Enterprise Hands-On Troubleshooting v2.0 · with Patrick Gargano

Understanding the TLS 1.3 Handshake

John Capobianco · Video publication

Understanding TCP The Three Way Handshake - Make completely with AI

John Capobianco · Video publication

Routing_Table_Buddy

Quick streamlit app using langchain and pyats

capophied

A free open source AI chatbot / assistant alternative to chatGPT built using Microsoft phi-2 model

chapter_twenty_three

AI code for pyATS

chapter_twenty

xpresso interface test

Cisco Automation Developer Days 2023 · ChatGPT Integration with CNC

Online · Speaker

chapter_thirteen

Chapter 13

Kirk Gibson homerun narrated John Madden style by AI

John Capobianco · Video publication

AI Reviews a Cisco IOS XE CLI Interaction

John Capobianco · Video publication

The audio is completely AI generated

John Capobianco · Video publication

A Developer Advocate In the Wild

John Capobianco · Video publication

chatGPT Vision: Taking a video clip and creating a purely AI generated audio transcript

John Capobianco · Video publication

chapter_eleven

recording

Network Automation and Artificial Intelligence Converge with John Capobianco

William · Video publication

chapter_eight

placeholder

#network3 - Build5 REST API Automation

John Capobianco · Video publication

#network3 Cisco IOS XE Digital Twin

John Capobianco · Video publication

NetGru

Code that goes with the live stream on NetGru

chapter_seven

Automated Network Documentation

temp

temp

Adding Webex to ChatGPT with Python and gTTS Integration

Learn with Cisco · Video publication

space

A Space API openai plugin

pokedex

A Pokemon API openai plugin

WHIP

Open-source repository

Cisco Live 2023 · Test Driven Automation with pyATS

Las Vegas, Nevada · Speaker · BRKCRT-2013 · Cisco U. Theatre · The Future of Network Operations in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Let's write a ChatGPT client with Python!

Learn with Cisco · Video publication

networkGPT openAI plugin

John Capobianco · Video publication

Full Stack Journey 078: Using pyATS for Network Testing

Packet Pushers · Podcast · Network automation

networkGPT: The convergence of network automation and artificial intelligence

John Capobianco · Video publication

yatfish

Using pyATS and Batfish to perform real-time network configuration analysis

Revolutionize Network Automation with AI

Cisco DevNet · Video publication

chatGPT_DNAC_analyzer

Using chatGPT prompts from Cisco DNAC REST API data

chatGPT_Meraki_Event_Analyzer

A chatGPT / Meraki SDK Python powered event analyzer

CodingWithCapo

Creating a chatGPT client with Python

chatgpt_client

An interactive Python client for chatGPT

vivlio

Business Ready Documents for Meraki

vDocs

Businesss Ready Documents from Cisco SD-WAN vManage APIs

Automated Testing with pyATS

Learn with Cisco · Video publication

Cisco Live EMEA 2023 · Enterprise programmability & automated testing with pyATS

Amsterdam, Netherlands · Workshop instructor & Cisco U. speaker · LTRCRT-2157 · The ABCs of Enterprise Networking Programmability · Cisco U. Theatre · Automated Testing with pyATS

crosswork_companion

Transform Cisco Crosswork into business ready documents

isehole

Business Ready Documents from Cisco Identity Services Engine APIs

Marvel Comics #APIs help you get started with #programming | Snack Minute Episode 83

Learn with Cisco · Video publication

pyats_ping_tests

A connectivity test starter kit for pyATS

#CiscoCert 101 Ep. 3: How to use #Cisco #CCNA exam topics for certification success

#CiscoCert 101: How to use #Cisco #CCNA exam topics for certification success

Learn with Cisco · Video publication

dnac_pyats_testbed

Python code that generates a pyATS Testbed from DNAC as a source of truth

Test-Driven Automation

I wrote a new blog! https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/blogs/a0D6e00000sR7Q6EAK/testdriven-automation-with-pyats#

Intent-based, test-driven, self-remediating, network automation with pyATS, REST Connector, RESTCONF, and YANG

bubo

Example using the pyATS REST Connector with IOS-XE / NXOS OpenConfig YANG Model

CiscoCertificationMindMaps

Mind Maps of the Cisco Certifications Blueprints

Space APIs and Mind Maps!

jupyter

Mind Maps of Space

NCAAPI

NCAA College Football Stats from 2001 - 2021

sublimation

Business Ready Documents from Cisco Firepower Thread Defence

ACEye

Business Ready Documents for Cisco ACI

nxpydocs_tests

pyATS tests against nxpydocs JSON

Getting Started with Automation and Coding | John Capobianco

Cisco DevNet · Video publication

nxpydocs_output

Example output repository for nxpydocs

nxpydocs

Automated NXOS Business Ready Documents from th guestshell Python

abortion_policies

Easy to read abortion policies from the abortion policy API

isecycle

Business Ready Documents from Cisco Identity Services Engine

tech_huddle

UK Tech Huddle

Cisco Live US 2022 · Labs · Enterprise programmability & Cisco ACI

Las Vegas, Nevada · Lab instructor · LTRCRT-2157 · The ABCs of Enterprise Networking Programmability · June 14, 1–5 p.m. PDT · LTRCRT-2003 · Cisco ACI Product Mini-Bootcamp · June 15, 8 a.m.–noon PDT

Cisco Live: Going from NetVet to Presenter

Cisco · Article · Network automation

hedera-sdk-py

Hedera SDK in Python · Fork in John’s account

easy_yang

YANG Models Transformed

Fun API's to Play With ~ DevNet Snack Minute Episode 70

Cisco DevNet · Video publication

Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center ACI Implementation

netbox_giftwrap

Transform NetBox APIs into Business Ready formats

pyWebexPoll

Generate and send a poll to WebEx

wiktrola

Transform any Wikipedia page into an MP3 file!

wiktrola - Transform Any Wikipedia Article into MP3

John Capobianco · Video publication

pyKaraoke

Transform song lyrics from Shazam API into Google Text to Speech

pyKaraoke test run

John Capobianco · Video publication

pyWebExMessage

A Python App that creates and sends WebEx Adapative Cards from input

pyWebexNetworkState

A Webex Bot that sends pyATS network state as Adaptive Cards into a Webex room

pywebexmessage - Generate and send Webex Adaptive Cards automatically

John Capobianco · Video publication

CLUS_2022

A WebEx Bot that generates adaptive cards for your session

boyband

A BTS Mindmap

New threads!

Record and Playback your pyATS Network Automation

John Capobianco · Video publication

Learn how to make “business ready” documents!

DevNet Snack Minutes Episode #63!

Learn how to make "Business Ready" documents with network automation. Episode 63.

Cisco DevNet · Video publication

Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CCSI)

#35926

Cisco Developer Advocate John Capobianco

Art of Network Engineering · Podcast · AI & automation

GET_the_MET

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API As Mind Maps

Guest who’s back?

I returned to The Art of Network Engineering Podcast! Check it out!

Cisco Developer Advocate John Capobianco

The Art of Network Engineering · Video publication

pyYAHTS

An interpretation of pyATS

nkotb

Network Kit on the Blockchain

Lightweight Network State Documentation with pyATS and Mermaid

John Capobianco · Video publication

Extending Business Ready to Meraki - Organizations Example

John Capobianco · Video publication

Business Ready for DNAC - Per Device Mind Maps

John Capobianco · Video publication

#011 Visual Studio Code Live Share with Jonathan Carter

Network Automation Nerds · Video publication

business_ready

A Python CLI that uses pyATS to transform Cisco CLI Commands into various Business Ready Documents

wikiMD

A Python Package that transforms any Wikipedia Page into a markmap friendly Markdown file

osi

Mind Map of the OSI Model

How to get started with Python using Wikipedia

John Capobianco · Video publication

leopold

Mind Maps for Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)

squeegee

Mind Maps for Windows 10

vector_maps

Attempt at mind mapping vectors

Developer Advocate · Cisco

Cisco

pdntspa

Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away - Side Scrolling Up The OSI Stack

double_helix

Mind Maps of Cisco Digital Network Architecture Centre (DNA-C) REST APIs

Real Automation Stories: Laura Alonso - DevCentral Connects

F5 DevCentral Community · Video publication

Learn how to apply software development practices into network automation. Snack Minute Episode 52.

Cisco DevNet · Video publication

bunt

Mind Maps of Major League Baseball from MLB Data API!

chewtoy

A Mind Map of the Dog CEO API

cerebro

An X-Men: The Animated Series API Mind Map!

code-exchange-repo-template

Template for creating a repo for software related to Cisco technologies to be shared with the DevNet community via Code Exchange · Fork in John’s account

uatu

The Marvel Comic Universe API Transformed into Mind Maps

Uatu - Marvel Comics Universe REST API - Mind Maps!

John Capobianco · Video publication

I Can Hardly Contain(erize) Myself!

Packet Pushers · Article · Network automation

Learn about modern collaboration with Live Share. Snack Minute Episode 51.

Cisco DevNet · Video publication

jurrasicPy

A Mind Map of Dinosaurs!

lightsaber

Mind Maps of the Star Wars API

ipf_demo

Mind map IP Fabric demo

pyKachu

Gotta Mind Map em all!

brainfreeze

Mind maps for Cisco ISE APIs

pyGlobe

Mind Mapping Planet Earth using Python, Jinja2, and restcountries.com

slone_example

An example of a Science Logic API as a Mind Map

Routing_Mind_Map

IAATJ Discord Session · Fork in John’s account

It's All About The Journey Mind Map Fun

John Capobianco · Video publication

automate_your_network

The book in PDF format for all to enjoy!

Introducing Mind nMap – An Open Source Network Mind Map Tool

automateyournetwork/mind_nmap: An automated network Mind Map utility build from markmap.js.org (github.com)

Introducing Mind nMaps!

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin Unchained: Control Interface State from WebEx

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin Unchained: Using WebEx Adaptive Cards to Enable Interfaces!

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin Unchained: WebEx Notifications as Adaptive Cards !

John Capobianco · Video publication

How To: Enable Port Forwarding with WSL2 and PowerShell

John Capobianco · Video publication

Network Automation Fundamentals with John Capobianco

Art of Network Engineering · Podcast · AI & automation

Art of Network Engineering

This was the most fun I’ve ever had on a podcast – I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Network Automation Fundamentals with John Capobianco

The Art of Network Engineering · Video publication

mind_nmap

An automated network Mind Map utility build from markmap.js.org

Merlin Unchained: The Future of Work with WebeX

John Capobianco · Video publication

#003: New Age of Network Engineering with John Capobianco

Network Automation Nerds · Video publication

Triggering Network Automation from the Web

Packet Pushers · Article · Network automation

Merlin Unchained - Making phone calls with Twilio (Preview)

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin Unchained - Bulk Import / Shut No Shut Demo

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin Unchained: Shut / No Shut Demonstration

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin Unchained - Bulk Device Import from CSV Alpha Test

John Capobianco · Video publication

Shut / No Shut – With the Click of a Button

Merlin Unchained: Shut / No Shut with a Click

John Capobianco · Video publication

Reimagining Show IP Interface Brief

Packet Pushers · Article · Network automation

DevNet Create 2021 · Building a foundation in automation

Online · global broadcasts · Guest with DuAn Lightfoot

I won!

Thank you to Cisco DevNet and everybody in my community who has supported me over the years! I won!

Co-stream with John Capobianco: Part 1

DevNet Dan · Video publication

Automate Your Network – The Educative.io Online Course!

I am so very happy to announce after 8 months of development Automate Your Network is now available on educative.io as an online course (early access) ! Automate Your Network – Learn Interactively (educative.io)

Merlin Unchained: Python-nmap

John Capobianco · Video publication

My first Packet Pushers Blog!

Check it out! Infrastructure as Software – Applying A Software Design Pattern to Network Automation! Applying A Software Design Pattern To Network Automation – Packet Pushers

Cisco SmartNet Total Care - Latest Records

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Cisco SmartNet Total Care - The Serial 2 Contract API

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Cisco SmartNet Total Care - Enterprise Search

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Cisco SmartNet Total Care - PSIRT

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Cisco SmartNet Total Care - A REST API for the REST API

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Cisco SmartNet Total Care - Serial 2 Contract On Demand

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Cisco SmartNet Total Care - Quick remediation with Search

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Cisco SmartNet Total Care - Network State Changes

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Cisco SmartNet Total Care - Introduction

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Cisco SmartNet Total Care - Contract State

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Cisco SmartNet Total Care - Serial Number Enterprise Search

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Cisco SmartNet Total Care - Business Ready Documents

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Applying a Software Design Pattern to Network Automation

Packet Pushers · Article · Network automation

Merlin User Guide - The On-Demand Centre

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Merlin User Guide - Connecting Network Devices (YAML-Free!)

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Merlin User Guide - The Admin Panel

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Merlin User Guide - Using the Cisco DevNet Sandbox

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Merlin User Guide - The Site Index

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Merlin Unchained: Connecting Configuration Changes to Network State Changes

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Learn Python AsyncIO for Network Automation - Find MAC Addresses

Jeremy Schulman · Video publication

Merlin Unchained: Running-Configuration Keyword Searching

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Merlin Unchained: Keyword On-Demand pyATS Jobs - How-To

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Merlin Unchained - YAML FREE ! Working Hype!

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Merlin Unchained: YAML-Free, On-Demand, Dynamically Scope, pyATS jobs!

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Merlin Unchained - YAML-Free pyATS

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Merlin Unchained: HTML Views for Device Database Table

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Merlin Unchained - Adding Devices to the REST API

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Merlin Unchained - Business Ready CSV Download Buttons

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Merlin Unchained: Adding Device to the Search Engine

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Merlin Unchained: Converting YAML to a Model to a Database Table

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Merlin Unchained: Planning a YAML-Free approach

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Merlin Unchained: Show Inventory - Search Engine

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Merlin Unchained: Show Inventory - Business Ready CSV Files in a Click

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Merlin Unchained: Show Inventory - Migrate the Model to a Database

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Merlin Unchained: Show Inventory - Making a REST API with Django REST Framework

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Merlin Unchained: Show Inventory - Detecting Changes

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Merlin Unchained: Show Inventory - Creating HTML Views

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Merlin Unchained: Show Inventory - Using pyATS to populate the database

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Merlin Unchained: Show Inventory - On Demand - with a Button!

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Merlin Unchained: Show Inventory - The Latest Records Only

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Merlin Unchained: Show IP Interface Brief as a Model View Controller Design Pattern

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Merlin Unchained: Show Inventory - How to Model pyATS Data with Django

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Merlin Unchained: How to make a Network State Differential using Django

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Merlin Unchained: Building a Network State Differential from scratch

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Merlin Unchained: Detecting Changes to Network State with Django Differentials

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pyBNS2

A pyATS conversion utility to transform your access layer into IBNS 2.0 using C3PL

Merlin Unchained: Building A Search Engine with Django!

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Merlin Unchained: How to make Django Spinners

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Merlin Unchained: Setting up a "Latest Records" View in Django

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Merlin Unchained: Network State Business Ready Documents - in a Click

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Merlin Unchained: How to Make a REST API with Django REST Framework

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Merlin Unchained: Make a REST API In Under 3 Minutes!

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Merlin Unchained: On-Demand push of a button web based pyATS

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Merlin: Unchained - Getting Started with Django Part 6

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Merlin: Unchained - Getting Started with Django Part 5

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Merlin Unchained: Getting Started with Celery

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Merlin: Unchained - Getting Started with Django Part 3

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Merlin: Unchained - Getting Started with Django Part 4

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Merlin: Unchained - Getting Started with Django Part 1

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Merlin: Unchained - Getting Started with Django Part 2

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merlin_unchained

A Django implementation of Merlin

Tonight – Live on YouTube with Du’An “Lab Every Day” Lightfoot !

It's not everyday you get to create a new Hash tag on twitter!This Saturday night at live 9pm join @John_Capobianco and myself for the 1st episode of #ConversationAndCodingHow to automate networks | Live Coding and Chat

Tonight – Live on YouTube with Du’An “Lab Every Day” Lightfoot !

X · From the original article: It's not everyday you get to create a new Hash tag on twitter!This Saturday night at live 9pm join @John_Capobianco and myself for the 1st episode of #ConversationAndCodingHow to automate networks | Live Coding and Chat

Merlin 3D: Creating a 3D Network Topology with Blender using CDP Neighbor Details 08

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Merlin 3D: Creating a 3D Network Topology with Blender using CDP Neighbor Details 11 (Rain)

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Merlin 3D: Creating a 3D Network Topology with Blender using CDP Neighbor Details Final

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Merlin 3D: Creating a 3D Network Topology with Blender using CDP Neighbor Details 09

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Merlin 3D: Creating a 3D Network Topology with Blender using CDP Neighbor Details 02

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Merlin 3D: Creating a 3D Network Topology with Blender using CDP Neighbor Details 06

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Merlin 3D: Creating a 3D Network Topology with Blender using CDP Neighbor Details 01

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Merlin 3D: Creating a 3D Network Topology with Blender using CDP Neighbor Details 05

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Merlin 3D: Creating a 3D Network Topology with Blender using CDP Neighbor Details 10

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Merlin 3D: Creating a 3D Network Topology with Blender using CDP Neighbor Details 07

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Merlin 3D: Creating a 3D Network Topology with Blender using CDP Neighbor Details 04

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How I prepared for and passed the Cisco DevNet Associate Exam

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Merlin 3D: 3D CDP Preview

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Clippy 3D !

[verge3d id=”1183″] Verge3D Web Interactive (automateyournetwork.ca)

How To Make And Connect 3D Wires in Blender

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin 3D: Developing A 3D PSIRT Report - Part Nine - The Final Report

John Capobianco · Video publication

Show IP Interface Brief – Reimagining in 3D

Remember this CLI output? Using real network data I’ve reimagined the Show IP Interface Brief command as an Interactive 3D World! Complete with indicators making it easy to see if an Interface is Healthy or Not! [verge3d id=”1170″] https://

Merlin 3D: Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) 3D Report!

I have been very silent on this blog lately – apologies – your best way to follow my development work now is likely Twitter or YouTube However! I have been using Blender to make 3D Animations from Network State Data I’ve recently figured ou

Merlin 3D: Developing A 3D PSIRT Report - Part Four - Adding The Data

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Merlin 3D: Developing A 3D PSIRT Report - Part Six - Adding Advisory ID

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Merlin 3D: Developing A 3D PSIRT Report - Part Five - Add a Lighting System with Python

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Merlin 3D: Developing A 3D PSIRT Report - Part Eight - Fixing a Flaw

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Merlin 3D: Developing A 3D PSIRT Report - Part Three - Building Our World

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Merlin 3D: Developing A 3D PSIRT Report - Part Seven - Adding Eyes

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Merlin 3D: Developing A 3D PSIRT Report - Part Two - Jinja2 Templating

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Merlin 3D: Developing A 3D PSIRT Report - Part One - High Level Plans

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Cisco Certified DevNet Associate

Merlin 3d: PSIRT Skulls Preview

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Merlin 3D: Show IP Interface Brief in Blender

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Merlin 3D: Adding Interface Status Indicator Lights and More in Blender

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Merlind 3D: Using Blender Python to Change Object Materials

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Blender - Adding Motion to Animate Logos (2/2)

John Capobianco · Video publication

Blender: Transform a 2D Object to 3D

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Blender - Adding Motion to Animate Logos (1/2)

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Merlin 3D

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Merlin 3D: Blender Animated Logos Preview

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3D Animated Dynamic Interface Input / Output Rate

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Input Line Rate Ticker Trial

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Blender Progress with 3D Animated Interface I/O Rates - Preview

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin: 3D Animated Network State with Blender

John Capobianco · Video publication

merlin3d

A Blender based on Network State Data

My first Blender 3D Animation from Network State

John Capobianco · Video publication

pyATS Learn Platform Blender Test With Camera Motion

John Capobianco · Video publication

Introducing Infrastructure As Search

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin: Build Your Own ELK Stack

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Merlin: Smart Net Total Care API Microservices with Docker and Kubernetes

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Merlin: CLI Micro Services using Docker and Kubernetes

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Merlin: CLI As a Docker Service - Preview

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ansible_setup_module_k8s

The Ansible Setup Module as a Kubernetes Resource

The enterprise guide to network automation tools

BlueCat · Article · Network automation

Merlin: Getting Started With Kubernetes

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin: CLI Commands As A Kubernetes Service

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Merlin: Docker Progress

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Merlin: Docker Continuous Integration from Scratch

John Capobianco · Video publication

portable_pyATS

An Ubuntu, pyATS environment you can shell into, update your testbed, and run pyATS tests locally as a Container

Merlin: An Introduction to Docker

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin: Deep Dive - pyATS Testing and Configuration Management Assurance

John Capobianco · Video publication

merlin_docker_nexus

Merlin for the Cisco DevNet Sandbox - Nexus 9000 as a Docker container

Merlin: Fully Declarative CLI Network Automation using Config Replace

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin: Config Replace Teaser

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Merlin: Infrastructure As Search

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin: Network State #chatbots with pyATS and WebEx

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin: #chatbots with pyATS and WebEx

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin Feature: WebEx #chatbots with pyATS

With all the big WebEx news – including a new logo – I wanted to revisit the basic #chatbots I have working using pyATS, Python requests, and the WebEx API after the conversation came up in the #pyATS WebEx Community space today: First, let

Let's Talk Next-Gen Network Operations

IP Fabric · Video publication

Creating a Network Search Engine

Imagine being able to use a keyword search engine against your network ? A Google-like query for “VLAN 100”, a MAC address, IP address, even an ACL or simply the keyword “Down” that returns real time search results ! It sounds far-fetched b

Merlin: Deep Dive - Show Interface Automation

John Capobianco · Video publication

hello_there

Hello There !

Merlin: Automated CLI vs Automated REST API

John Capobianco · Video publication

Merlin: Live Development - Learn Platform

John Capobianco · Video publication

merlin

Network Magic: Transforming the CLI and REST API using Infrastructure As Code automation

8 network automation tasks for anyone to get started

BlueCat · Article · Network automation

ipSpace.net Must Read !

When I was tagged on Twitter about @ioshints (Ivan Pepelnjak (CCIE#1354 Emeritus)) latest blog post I thought somebody was telling me I should read the latest blog I flagged this as “Hey what a coincidence I was just writing about #chatbots

Discussing the Future of Network Operations with #init6

I had a chance to meet some of my heroes at #init6 including Daren Fulwell! Make sure you checkout my open source project fueling the demo

#init6 Future of Network Operations with John Capobianco

#init6 · Video publication

genieparser

sub-component of Genie that parse the device output into structured datastructure · Fork in John’s account

netjsongraph.js

NetJSON NetworkGraph visualizer based on d3.js · Fork in John’s account

Your Automation Journey can start anywhere!

So you want to automate all the things in your network? Great! more and more enterprises are realizing the benefits of automating the network and are demanding more from their engineering staff. You’re also probably thinking about your care

PythonPostmanPokemon

Fun with the Python, Postman, and the PokeAPI

Reimagining The CLI with Python

The Command Line Interface. A near 60-year old technology a majority of the world’s networking teams solely rely on for their architectures, designs, monitoring, operations, and support. Most of us, pre-DevNet, have been raised and groomed

Introducing the World's First Talking Computer Network

John Capobianco · Video publication

Modern_Show_Version

Cisco IOS-XE Show Version Command Reimagined as a pyATS job that creates CSV / MD / HTML; sends #chatbot messages; and generates MP3 using Google Cloud TTS #voice

Modern_Show_Interfaces_Status

A modern approach to the Cisco IOS-XE show interfaces status command using Python pyATS / Genie and Jinja2 templating to create business-ready CSV, Markdown, and HTML files

My First Pure-Python Network Automation with pyATS / Genie !

I am very proud of this next piece of infrastructure as code for a few reasons. It addresses the problems with performance and speed at scale I’ve had with my current methodology and tools (Ansible) I feel like I am ready to “graduate” from

Happy Birthday – A retrospective look at “Automate Your Network” two years later

Two years have flown by since self-publishing “Automate Your Network: Introducing the Modern Approach to Enterprise Network Management” and I wanted to reflect on the book, being an author, self-publishing, and how the world of infrastructu

BlueCat Cisco Live Contest!

I am sharing this because I love both BlueCat and Cisco! CiscoLive changed my life and where I was introduced to DevNet and automation! Make sure you get into this giveaway ! Good luck!

DiscordNetworkChatBot

Ansible playbooks that chat with Discord using Ansible, Genie/pyATS, and the Discord webhooks that send network state information as a Discord message!

Creating Your Own Network Automation ChatBot with Discord, Ansible, and Genie/pyATS!

As you may know I love to play with new toys. I especially love connecting new toys with my old toys. What you may not know is that I am also an avid World of Warcraft fan and player! In order to run what are known as “raids”, group content

My Network Talks To Me – Literally!

This next post may seem like science fiction. I woke up this morning and checked that my output files – MP3 files – really did exist and that I actually made my Cisco network “talk” to me! This post is right out of Star Trek so strap yourse

Creating Your Own Network Automation ChatBot with Discord, Ansible, and Genie/pyATS!

X · From the original article: As you may know I love to play with new toys. I especially love connecting new toys with my old toys. What you may not know is that I am also an avid World of Warcraft fan and player! In order to run what are known as “raids”, group content

Is Your Network At Risk – Automating the Cisco PSIRT with Genie and Ansible

The security of my network keeps me up at night. Honestly it does. We live in a world where enterprise networks are defending themselves against state-sponsored attacks. But what do attackers look for? Typically, open, well-known, vulnerabi

By Popular Demand – Automating the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) External RESTful Services (ERS) API Suite

My last post, which has turned into one of my more popular posts, covered automating the Cisco ISE MnT Nodes REST API with Postman and Ansible. We also discovered there is an XML limitation with the MnT REST API. I’ve been asked by several

JSON-Mania with Heavy Networking

I sat down with my good friend Ethan Banks over at Packet Pushers for my second Heavy Networking podcast in hopes of discussing my JSON-MANIA! Heavy Networking 563: Automating Documentation With Ansible, Genie, And Jinja2 – Packet Pushers

Automating the Cisco Identity Services Engine Monitoring and Troubleshooting Node (ISE MnT) REST API

In my opinion Network Access Control (NAC) using a mix of 802.1x and MAC Address Bypass (MAB) with dynamic Access Control Lists (dACL) is not just an extremely important foundation of a modern, high secure, enterprise network. It is actuall

Automating the Cisco Identity Services Engine Monitoring and Troubleshooting Node (ISE MnT) REST API

X · From the original article: In my opinion Network Access Control (NAC) using a mix of 802.1x and MAC Address Bypass (MAB) with dynamic Access Control Lists (dACL) is not just an extremely important foundation of a modern, high secure, enterprise network. It is actuall

Network Automation for Dummies, VMWare Special Edition

I have a lot of new followers and people looking for materials on Network Automation @VMware published this amazing – and free and digitial – "For Dummies" guide https://t.co/PnSDGktZ6wTheir recommended list of books for

Network Automation for Dummies, VMWare Special Edition

X · From the original article: I have a lot of new followers and people looking for materials on Network Automation @VMware published this amazing – and free and digitial – "For Dummies" guide https://t.co/PnSDGktZ6wTheir recommended list of books for

ZigBits Podcast Part 2 / 2 – Automating the Entire Parliament Network

Part two of my podcast with Zig is out today and is all about Automation! And make sure you enter Zig’s February draw for the best give away on the Internet! Thanks Zig!

AutomateYourNetwork in the wild

Woke up to see this amazing post out in the wild today

Two more positive reviews!

For whatever reason it seems to be difficult to get even just a “Star” review on Amazon – even harder to get actual comments – but today I received two more 4-5 star reviews! Thanks again for the support! If you enjoyed the book – or if you

An Interview With Charles Uneze – Study Tactics

I recently had the chance to be interviewed, via Twitter, by Charles Uneze ! I am really inspired by Charles’ own journey into IT and his passionate pursuit of his CCNA ! It reminds me of trying to get my CompTIA A+ / N+ all those years ago

Career-Changing Automation Giveaway !

My good buddy Zig – who hosted me on Zigbits podcast for a 2-part Network Design (Part One) and Network Automation (Part Two – coming in February) discussion. As part of Part Two’s discussion – Zig’s first real conversation about Network Au

Cisco Facts – A Collection of Ansible IOS / NXOS Facts and Genie Parsing Playbooks

Cisco DevNet Code Exchange has published my repository ! Here you can easily start capturing Ansible Facts for IOS and NXOS and transform the JSON into CSV and Markdown ! Also included are a bunch of valuable Genie parsed show commands whic

Cisco Services APIs Ansible Playbooks – Version 2.0

I am very pleased to release the Cisco Services API Ansible Playbooks Version 2.0 which has been approved and released on Cisco DevNet Code Exchange ! You can find the code here and here This major revision basically shifts away from linein

Cisco_API_v2

Ansible playbooks that capture serial number and PID and send them to the Cisco.com APIs transforming the response into business-ready documents. Version 2.0 uses Jinja2 templates.

Cisco_Facts

Ansible playbooks that use the IOS / NXOS Facts modules and Genie parsed commands to transform RAW JSON into business-ready documentation

Designing the Next-Gen Parliament Precinct Network

I really enjoyed sitting down with Zig to discuss my journey ! Parliament Precinct Network – A True Enterprise Network Design Use Case (zigbits.tech)

A Recipe For Success – Using Ansible to Transform Cisco Data Centre Facts into Business-Ready Documentation

One of my favourite recipes is the Hakuna Frittata both because not only am I a big fan of puns, I also enjoy this hearty vegetarian meal that even I can handle putting together. Inspired by this simple recipe I have decided to try and docu

Collaboration is the key to automation success – A Genie Success Story

I’ve been on about a three year journey with network automation and while I have had great personal and technical success – my organization and most of those outside my immediate day-to-day circle are still shackled to the ‘old’ way of doin

Seeking Truth in Networking – Episode 6 – Automating the Canadian Parliament Network

I joined the amazing duo of Brandon Heller and Derick Winkworth from the simply incredible Seeking Truth in Networking podcast discussing network automation in the real world. I really enjoyed having this conversation and think you will too

It’s always DNS – but it doesn’t have to be!

DDI Automation – A collaborative live demonstration with BlueCat I had the pleasure of collaborating with my friends Dana Iskoldski and Chris Meyer over at BlueCat exploring and automating DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (IPAM) (DDI) w

Prevent an Intrusion – Run the Recommended Version!

In the wake of some very high profile IT security breaches and state sponsored attacks using compromised software today I wrote some infrastructure as code Ansible playbooks to create some business-ready documentation to help us understand

Sign on the Dotted Line

Layer 9 issues – finance – are often some of the most challenging a network engineer faces. Contract management can be particularly difficult in any scale organization especially if you are not “sole source” purchasing. Serial numbers and c

Using Ansible & Postman to get network information from BlueCat Address Manager

BlueCat · Video publication

Recognition from the Business

2020 has been an extremely challenging year that required a lot of digital innovation for us at the House of Commons. The Speaker of the House of Commons, the Clerk, and Members of Parliament recognize my boss, CIO Stephan Aube, and his tea

Ansible Performance – Moving to Jinja2 for Automated Documentation

When Ivan Pepelnjak has advice for you – take it! I wrote a post about untangling dynamic nested loops in Ansible. In another recent post about trying to improve Ansible performance I didn’t get very far – but this could be the silver bulle

Dynamic Loops in Ansible

I’ve done many great things with Ansible but occasionally I come across a logical problem that may stretch the tool past it’s limitations. If you have been following the site I am on a big facts discovery and automated documentation movemen

Can we make Ansible go faster?

When I describe Ansible to people I tend to use many positive adjectives. Amazing, incredible, easy, revolutionary, powerful, and a few others. One adjective I never use, however, is fast. I would not describe Ansible as a high performance

IOS_GenieParsed_Show_Interface_Status

An Ansible playbook that uses Genie to parse and transform the Cisco IOS show interfaces status command into documentation.

IOS_GenieParsed_Show_IP_Int_Brief

An Ansible playbook that uses Genie parser to convert Cisco IOS show ip interface brief command to documentation

Excitement

And he’s right! I can’t stop making new GitHub repositories with Genie parsed show commands to documentation! Like show ip interface brief as seen above!

IOS_GenieParsed_Show_Etherchannel_Summary

An Ansible playbook that uses the Genie parser to transform Cisco IOS show etherchannel summary into usable reports.

IOS_GenieParsed_Show_IP_ARP

An Ansible playbook that uses the Genie parser to create reports from the show ip arp Cisco IOS command

IOS_GenieParsed_Show_VRF

An Ansible playbook that uses the Genie parser to transform the Cisco IOS "show vrf" command into human readable documentation

Letting the Genie out of the bottle

Using Genie Cisco show commands can be transformed into REST API-like requests with structured JSON responses.

Automate Your Network – Out in the Wild

I am very thankful to everyone who has supported me over the years and especially to anyone who has purchased my first book! I really hope it was worth it and you found value in it. Some appearances in the wild!

My current toolkit

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”― Marshall McLuhan My first attempt at network automation I used the tools that I had used to manage infrastructure with for the past 20+ years. A file editor

Just the facts ma’am

Infrastructure as Code and Network Automation – Where to Start Learning any new skill takes time, patience, a willingness to try and fail, and ideally continuously learn and grow from our mistakes until we grow more and more proficient. The

BlueCatAddressManagerNetworkFacts

An Ansible playbook that uses the BlueCat Address Manager API and creates human readable reports about all networks from the RESTful response

Even Twitter disagrees

Network automation is hard ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴— John Capobianco (@John_Capobianco) November 17, 2020

Even Twitter disagrees

X · From the original article: Network automation is hard ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴— John Capobianco (@John_Capobianco) November 17, 2020

Hello World!

My first Hello World! was not actually a true programming language test – in fact it was the first message I sent over telephone lines on my 2400-baud modem to another BBS (Bulletin Board System for anybody not familiar with pre-Internet co

NRE Labs – Community Stream #19

This was my first real podcast! Great discussion about network automation and treating infrastructure as code!

BlueCat Blog Series – My Automation Journey

The amazing people over at BlueCat asked if I wanted to blog about my transformative journey – you can find the series here: Part 1: Frameworks and Goals Part 2: Building in Ansible and Initial Impact Part 3: Modernizing the Network Develop

BlueCat: Critical Conversations on Critical Infrastructure Ep. 1: “Where’s the automation ‘Promised Land’?”

I was invited by BlueCat to join a round-table discussion with 4 other IT professionals to have an open and honest discuss about the automation “Promised Land” “Six non-hype network automation lessons from IT pros. Five IT pros get real abo

DevNet Create 2020 – North American Spotlight

I am so incredibly fortunate to have been able to share my automation journey with Cisco DevNet Create this year ! In this discussion a very safe roadmap for automation success is discussed – check it out! Start at 1:55

AnsibleFest 2020

Wow! I was actually invited to present a 30-minute break-out session at AnsibleFest! Incredible! You can still watch the session by registering for free and searching for my name or “Automate Your Network: Introducing the Modern Approach to

Packet Pushers Heavy Networking 545: Achieving Automated Network State Validation

*This* one was amazing! Ethan and I clicked very well and have a real thoughtful discussion and reflection about network state validation, automation, and what it means to be an network engineer (or are we even still network engineers?) in

DevCentral Connects: An Automation Journey

A colleague, Dan Pacheco, our F5 guru, and I joined the F5 DevCentral Connects podcast to do a show and tell of our AzureDevOps CI/CD treating F5 as infrastructure as code with their AS3 API and Ansible! If you wonder what a CI/CD pipeline

CiscoNXOSFacts

Ansible Playbooks to gather and transform Cisco NXOS Facts into human readable documentation automatically

CiscoIOSFacts

Ansible Playbooks to gather and transform Cisco IOS Facts into human readable documentation automatically

QotD

Quote of the Day API