AI Workflows for Real Cloud Engineers
Prompt libraries, tool reviews, automation guides, and DevOps workflows for engineers managing Linux, OpenStack, GitLab, Prometheus, Kubernetes, and production infrastructure.
- Linux
- OpenStack
- Kubernetes
- GitLab CI
- Prometheus
- Ansible
- Grafana
Featured categories
Pick a stack. Get prompts, guides, and reviews tuned for it.
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AI for Linux Admins
Diagnose, automate, and harden Linux servers using AI assistants. Ubuntu, RHEL, Debian, Rocky.
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AI for OpenStack
Troubleshoot Nova, Neutron, Cinder, RabbitMQ, and Keystone with AI-assisted workflows.
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AI for Prometheus & Monitoring
Write better alert rules, PromQL queries, and Grafana dashboards with AI.
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AI for GitLab CI/CD
Debug pipelines, generate jobs, and review .gitlab-ci.yml with AI.
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AI for Bash & Python Automation
Generate, review, and harden automation scripts. Idempotent, safe, production-ready.
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AI for Incident Response
Faster RCAs, postmortems, runbooks, and on-call workflows powered by AI.
Featured AI prompts for cloud engineers
- AI for Incident Response Beginner
Incident Postmortem Drafter Prompt
Convert raw incident notes, Slack threads, and timelines into a blameless postmortem draft.
- Claude
- ChatGPT
Open prompt - AI for Linux Admins Intermediate
Linux Server Troubleshooting Prompt
Help diagnose CPU, memory, disk, network, and service issues on Ubuntu or RHEL servers from raw command output.
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Cursor
Open prompt - AI for OpenStack Advanced
OpenStack VM Troubleshooting Prompt
Diagnose Nova VM boot failures, networking issues, and stuck instances using nova/openstack CLI output.
- Claude
- ChatGPT
Open prompt - AI for Prometheus & Monitoring Intermediate
Prometheus Alert Rule Generator Prompt
Generate production-quality Prometheus alerting rules with sensible thresholds, labels, and runbook annotations.
- Claude
- ChatGPT
Open prompt - AI for Bash & Python Automation Intermediate
Ansible Playbook Generator Prompt
Generate idempotent Ansible playbooks with proper handlers, tags, and check-mode support.
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Cursor
Open prompt - AI for Bash & Python Automation Beginner
Bash Script Code Review Prompt
Get a senior-engineer review of any Bash script — safety, idempotency, error handling, portability.
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Cursor
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DevOps & AI guides
- AI for Prometheus & Monitoring · 6 min read
AI Prompt Templates for Prometheus Alerting
Production-ready prompt templates for generating Prometheus alert rules with proper thresholds, runbook annotations, and false-positive analysis.
Read guide - AI for Linux Admins · 7 min read
How to Use Claude to Troubleshoot Linux Servers
A practical, copy-pasteable workflow for using Claude to diagnose production Linux issues — including the prompt structure, what to paste, and what not to.
Read guide - AI for Linux Admins · 8 min read
The Best AI Tools for DevOps Engineers in 2026
An honest, hands-on review of the AI assistants that actually help DevOps engineers, SREs, and cloud admins do real infrastructure work in 2026.
Read guide - AI for Linux Admins · 7 min read
ChatGPT vs Claude for Infrastructure Engineers
A side-by-side comparison of ChatGPT and Claude for real infrastructure work — Linux troubleshooting, IaC, alerting, postmortems, and Kubernetes.
Read guide - AI for Bash & Python Automation · 6 min read
How to Use AI Safely with Bash Commands
A practical safety guide for using AI assistants to generate Bash commands in production — the patterns, prompts, and pitfalls that keep you out of trouble.
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AI tools we actually use
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ChatGPT
by OpenAI
4.6The broadest AI ecosystem with deep plugin support and the largest user community.
- Best for
- Ansible/Terraform generation, fast scaffolding, plugin-heavy workflows
- Pricing
- Free tier; Plus $20/mo; Team & Enterprise tiers
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Claude
by Anthropic
4.8The most cautious and context-aware AI assistant for infrastructure work.
- Best for
- Production troubleshooting, postmortems, IaC review
- Pricing
- Free tier; Pro $20/mo; Team & Enterprise tiers
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Cursor
by Anysphere
4.7The AI-first code editor that understands your whole repo.
- Best for
- Editing real IaC repos — Helm charts, Terraform modules, K8s operators
- Pricing
- Free tier (limited); Pro $20/mo; Business $40/seat/mo
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GitHub Copilot
by GitHub / Microsoft
4.4The lowest-friction AI completion in your existing editor.
- Best for
- Inline completion while writing YAML, Bash, Python, Terraform
- Pricing
- Free tier (limited); Pro $10/mo; Business $19/seat/mo; Enterprise $39/seat/mo
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