Packt Netops Ai Workshop

A hands-on workshop teaching network engineers how to leverage AI and LLMs for practical network automation, monitoring, and operations.

Duration: 5.5 hours | Format: Online, hands-on | Date: January 24, 2026

Instructor: William Collins

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What You'll Learn

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Understand LLM fundamentals using network engineering concepts
• Use Claude Code to accelerate Ansible playbook development
• Build MCP servers that invoke Ansible playbooks via natural language
• Deploy AI-powered monitoring with Prometheus alerting tools
• Create agentic AI workflows for autonomous network operations

Key Concept: Each lab builds on the previous one:

1. Lab 1: Create Ansible playbooks with Claude Code
2. Lab 2: Add MCP tools that invoke those playbooks ("Add VLAN 15 to leaf2")
3. Lab 3: Extend MCP with Prometheus alerting tools

Building something cool? Check out the Community Showcase to see what others are doing or share your own work.

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Technology Stack

All tools are free and open-source:

Category	Tools
Network Lab	Containerlab, Arista cEOS-lab
Automation	Ansible, Python 3.10+
AI/LLM	Claude Code, Model Context Protocol (MCP), OpenAI/Anthropic/Ollama
Monitoring	Prometheus, Grafana
Development	VS Code, Docker, Git

Total cost: $0-20 (all tools free; optional API credits)