World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage Jul 2, 2026 Session details

Your Infrastructure Is Not a Playground: AI Agents for Infra Done Right

Alfonso Sandoval Rosas

Stop letting manual errors trigger massive network outages. Learn how Agentic Ops safely pairs AI reasoning with deterministic tools and strict human-in-the-loop validation.

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#1 about 4 min

The fragility and challenges of modern infrastructure management

Why manual housekeeping operations put critical network data centers at risk.

#2 about 5 min

The evolution of infrastructure management methodologies

How network operations shifted from human-centric CLI commands to intent-based AI agents.

#3 about 4 min

Overcoming barriers to infrastructure automation and AI

Tackling legacy devices, complex brownfield environments, and technical skills gaps.

#4 about 3 min

Applying large language models to infrastructure tasks

Using pre-trained LLMs to reason about system intents and execute low-code sequential steps.

#5 about 6 min

Contextualizing LLMs with the model context protocol

Integrating live systems using the universal MCP standard without extensive API training.

#6 about 4 min

Prototyping deterministic agents with n8n and PyATS

Leveraging visual node-based workflows and Cisco's open-source library for predictable interactions.

#7 about 4 min

Creating a basic network inventory agent in n8n

Connecting an LLM memory module and an HTTP MCP client to query live infrastructure data.

#8 about 14 min

Designing safe chat-ops workflows with human validation

Enforcing infrastructure safety by blending probabilistic LLM planning with strict deterministic Slack approvals.

#9 about 6 min

Automating network auditing and issue tracking with agents

Scheduling agents to scan configuration compliance files, output markdown reports, and generate GitHub tickets.

#10 about 3 min

Best practices for deploying safe infrastructure AI agents

Structuring simple workflows with strict persona boundaries to treat AI as a junior engineering assistant.

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