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Overview

An IT Operations Monitor powered by Pylar monitors system health, analyzes performance metrics, tracks errors, and generates incident reports to ensure reliable infrastructure.

What the Agent Needs to Accomplish

The agent must:
  • Monitor system health and status
  • Analyze performance metrics
  • Track errors and incidents
  • Generate incident reports
  • Identify performance degradation
  • Recommend optimizations

How Pylar Helps

Pylar enables the agent by:
  • Unified Operations View: Combining system logs, metrics, and error data
  • Real-time Monitoring: Querying current system status
  • Automated Analysis: Performance and error analysis
  • Incident Management: Automated incident detection and reporting

Without Pylar vs With Pylar

Without Pylar

Challenges:
  • ❌ Multiple monitoring tools
  • ❌ Manual log analysis
  • ❌ Time-consuming incident detection
  • ❌ Limited correlation
Implementation Complexity: ~5-6 weeks

With Pylar

Benefits:
  • ✅ Single endpoint for operations data
  • ✅ Real-time monitoring
  • ✅ Automated incident detection
  • ✅ Comprehensive visibility
Implementation Complexity: ~6-7 hours

Step-by-Step Implementation

Step 1: Connect Data Sources

  1. Connect System Logs (Application logs, server logs)
  2. Connect Metrics (Performance metrics, system stats)
  3. Connect Error Tracking (Error logs, exceptions)

Step 2: Create Operations Views

System Health View:
CREATE VIEW system_health AS
SELECT 
  s.server_id,
  s.server_name,
  s.status,
  m.cpu_usage,
  m.memory_usage,
  m.disk_usage,
  e.error_count_last_hour,
  e.critical_errors,
  -- Health score
  CASE 
    WHEN s.status = 'Down' THEN 0
    WHEN e.critical_errors > 0 THEN 25
    WHEN m.cpu_usage > 90 OR m.memory_usage > 90 THEN 50
    WHEN e.error_count_last_hour > 100 THEN 75
    ELSE 100
  END as health_score
FROM infrastructure.servers s
LEFT JOIN metrics.server_metrics m ON s.server_id = m.server_id
LEFT JOIN errors.error_summary e ON s.server_id = e.server_id;

Step 3: Create MCP Tools

Tool 1: Monitor System Health
  • monitor_system_health(server_id: string, service_name: string)
Tool 2: Analyze Performance
  • analyze_performance(server_id: string, hours_back: number)
Tool 3: Track Errors
  • track_errors(server_id: string, error_type: string, hours_back: number)
Tool 4: Generate Incident Report
  • generate_incident_report(incident_id: string, include_metrics: boolean)

Example Agent Interactions

User: “What’s the system health status?” Agent: “System Health Report:
  • Overall Status: Healthy (95/100)
  • Servers: 12/12 online
  • Issues:
    • Server DB-02: High memory usage (92%)
    • API-01: Increased error rate (150 errors/hour)
  • Recommendations:
    • Scale DB-02 memory
    • Investigate API-01 error spike”

Outcomes

  • Incident Detection: 70% faster
  • Uptime: 99.9% uptime achieved
  • MTTR: 40% reduction in mean time to repair
  • Efficiency: 60% improvement in operations efficiency

Next Steps