Building Kubernetes FinOps AI Agent
A hands on course to build an AI agent that audits Kubernetes costs, enforces tagging and ownership, and automates remediation and ticketing for FinOps.
Introduction
The Problem Statement
- SkyLine Air Kubernetes Implementation
- 2 AM Incident
- Demo Debugging a Production Incident in Skyline Air
- Demo Verifying the PaymentUI
- Demo Investigate the Namespace
- Demo Ownership Wall Fix and Validate
- Writing the Three Pointer Incident Report
- FinOps AI Agent for Kubernetes
- Cost Associated Issue When Scaling With Kubernetes
- Why This Isnt Just SkyLine Airs Problem
Introduction to FinOps
- Introduction to FinOps
- The Three Phases of FinOps
- FinOps for AI Why It Emerged Now
- Why YAML for Tagging Policy
- Tagging Rules at a Glance SkyLine Air
- Why Tagging Policy as Code Not Spreadsheets Not Dashboards
Setting Up SkyLine Air Kubernetes Services
- Overview of SkyLine Air Technical Architecture Part 1
- Overview of SkyLine Air Technical Architecture Part 2
- Demo Setting Up Namespaces for Different Units in the SkyLine Air Team
- Demo Deploying All Apps Into Kubernetes Cluster
- Demo Exploring the Labels in Our Cluster
- Demo Whiteboarding SkyLine Air Kubernetes Services
MCP Gateway for Kubernetes
- MCP in 90 Seconds What It Is and Why Agents Need It
- Demo Start the MCP Gateway
- Demo Validate the MCP to Kubernetes Connection
- Demo Whiteboarding MCP Design
- Why MCP and What Were Not Using Instead
LangChain MCP Agents
- Standalone MCP vs Supergateway
- Demo Start and Validate MCP
- LangChain Agent Shared Wiring
- env File Exploration
- Demo Your First LangChain MCP Agent
- Demo Audit Kubernetes Labels via MCP Agent
- Demo Whiteboarding Langchain MCP
- Why LangChain and When Youd Reach for Something Else
LLM Policy-Aware Label Audit
- Demo Whiteboarding tagging rules Integration
- Demo A Quick Relook Into tagging rulesyaml
- Demo Walk the Policy Auditor Agent and System Prompt
- Demo Run the Policy Auditor Agent
- Demo Fix Truncated Audit Output
- Demo Whiteboarding the Final Policy Aware Agent
- Why an LLM Judges Policy and Where That Can Bite You
From Findings to Actionable Tickets
- Issue Tracker Landscape
- Demo Whiteboarding the Issue Tracker Setup
- Demo Launch the FinOps Issue Tracker
- Demo Test Tracker MCP
- Demo Audit Tracker Update Code Review
- Demo Running the Audit Tracker Agent and Review the Tickets
- Demo Whiteboarding Audit Tracker Flow
- Fitting This Into Your Org Not Just This Course