bgdnvk/clanker

What it solves

Clanker CLI is an AI-powered DevOps tool that simplifies infrastructure management. It allows users to query their cloud environments, generate and apply infrastructure deployment plans, and manage Kubernetes clusters using natural language and automated agents, reducing the manual effort required to interact with complex cloud provider CLIs.

How it works

Clanker acts as an agent swarm that integrates with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, Tencent Cloud) and Kubernetes. It uses LLMs (OpenAI, Gemini, Cohere) to interpret user requests and translate them into actionable provider commands. It can inspect existing environments, create "maker" plans for infrastructure changes, and apply those plans idempotently. Additionally, it provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) surface to expose its tools to other AI clients and an SRE bot for continuous infrastructure discovery and heartbeat reporting.

Who it’s for

It is designed for DevOps engineers, SREs, and developers who manage multi-cloud environments and Kubernetes clusters and want to AI-assisted automation for infrastructure inspection, deployment, and security auditing.

Highlights

• Natural Language Infra Queries: Ask questions about your infrastructure (e.g., "what lambdas do we have?") and get direct answers.
• Maker and Deploy Flows: Generate JSON execution plans for infrastructure changes and apply them with built-in retry and remediation logic.
• Multi-Cloud Support: Native integration with AWS, GCP, Azure, and Tencent Cloud.
• Kubernetes Management: Comprehensive tools for creating, deleting, and managing EKS and kubeadm clusters.
• MCP Integration: Exposes a wide array of tools via Model Context Protocol for use in other AI agents.
• SRE Bot: A lightweight bot that detects local environment signals (Docker, Terraform, OTel) and reports discovery events.
• Security Scanning: AI-driven security reviews of public APIs, IAM blast radius, and authentication gaps.