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Take An AI Break And Let The Agent Heal The Network

Cisco, July 1,2025

AI is running full throttle, leaving a wake of radical changes for software developers. We're entering a time where AI can write code, call tools, and execute complex workflows-all from a single prompt.

Radical shifts are on the horizon for more than just developers.

What about AI's impact on network engineers?

In my previous blog, I described MCP-Model Context Protocol-and how agentic AI could finally speak our language, understand our networks, and take meaningful action. Now I want to show you what happens when that conversation goes one step further: when the agent doesn't just understand what's broken but fixes it without being told how.

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