ReAct vs Plan-Then-Act Loops for Ops Bots
Choose ReAct when the next check depends on live output, and use plan-then-act when an ops bot on a Linux VPS must not improvise during writes.
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34 practical AI Agents articles from Netbay Engineering — written for operators running Linux and Windows VPS in India.
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Tool Schemas Models Cannot Easily Misuse
Design JSON tool schemas that block SSRF, glob shells, and extra keys so a model on your Linux VPS can call tools without inventing dangerous arguments.
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Draft Status Page Copy with an Incident Agent
Turn alerts and recent deploys into a status-page draft plus an internal timeline so on-call writes facts first and publishes only after a human review.
AI Agents8 min read
Retrieval-Augmented Agents on a Single VPS
Ground agent answers in local files and SQLite on one Lucknow VPS, then call the model API only with retrieved chunks instead of the whole corpus.
AI Agents8 min read
Tool Calling Without a Framework on Linux VPS
Call tools from a chat model with a plain Python loop on Ubuntu: JSON schemas, a dispatch table, retries, and a hard stop without a heavy agent framework.
AI Agents8 min read
Log-Triage Agent Over journalctl on a VPS
Pipe journalctl output into an agent that fingerprints units, severity, and next checks so 3 a.m. log floods become a ranked shortlist, not a 40,000-line paste.
AI Agents8 min read
Supervisor-Worker Agents for Ticket Triage
Route support tickets with a supervisor that classifies and workers that act, so each ticket has one owner and a recorded handoff on your VPS.
AI Agents8 min read
What an AI Agent Is: The Observe-Plan-Act Loop
Turn a chat model into a working agent on a Linux VPS by implementing the observe-plan-act loop, tool calls, and a stop condition you can audit.
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PR Deploy Agent That SSHs Straight to a VPS
Wire a GitHub Action that asks an agent to plan a deploy, then SSHs a pinned script to a Lucknow VPS so pull requests land on a real host, not a slide deck.
AI Agents8 min read
Multi-Agent Handoff Without a Swarm on One VPS
Hand work between specialist agents with a typed envelope and a local queue, not a free-for-all swarm, so ownership stays explicit on one VPS.
AI Agents8 min read