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May 04, 2026

Guardrails for AI and MCP in Network Automation: A Crawl, Walk, Run Guide

Practical lessons on running AI agents and MCP servers against real networks -- avoiding hallucinations, rate limits, tool sprawl, and other failure modes that bite once you move past the demo.

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April 15, 2026

MCP Servers in Claude Desktop: Local vs. Remote and Building Your First One

A practical guide to local and remote MCP servers in Claude Desktop -- what they are, how they differ, and how to build and connect your first local MCP server from scratch.

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March 28, 2026

Automating Branch Network Provisioning with MCP and Cisco Meraki

A template-driven MCP server that provisions complete Meraki branch networks — VLANs, SSIDs, firewall rules, VPN — through natural language, with template lifecycle management, drift detection, and a built-in dashboard for fleet visibility.

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March 16, 2026

Give Claude Eyes on Your Network: A NetFlow MCP Server for Meraki MX

Build a self-hosted NetFlow v9 collector that gives Claude.ai real-time network traffic analysis over Meraki MX flows via the Model Context Protocol.

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March 16, 2026

Building AI Network Agents with n8n, MCP, and Cisco Meraki

A step-by-step guide to building 4 progressively complex AI agents that analyze, verify, and remediate Meraki network alerts — with human-in-the-loop approval via Webex.

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