AI and Machine Learning
Netdata provides powerful AI-driven capabilities to transform how you monitor and troubleshoot your infrastructure, with more innovations coming soon.
What's Available Today
1. AI Chat with Netdata
Available Now - Chat with your infrastructure using natural language
Ask questions about your infrastructure like you're talking to a colleague. Get instant answers about performance, find specific logs, identify top resource consumers, or investigate issues - all through simple conversation. No more complex queries or dashboard hunting.
Key capabilities:
- Natural language queries - "Which servers have high CPU usage?" or "Show database errors from last hour" or "What is wrong with my infrastructure now", or "Do a post-mortem analysis of the outage we had yesteday", or "Show me all network dependencies of process X"
- Multi-node visibility - Analyzes your entire infrastructure through Netdata Parents
- Flexible AI options - Use your existing AI tools or our standalone web chat
How it works
- MCP integration - You chat with an LLM, that has access to your observability data, via Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Choice of AI providers - Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, and others
- Two deployment options - Use an existing AI client that supports MCP, or use a web page chat we created for it (LLM is pay-per-use with API keys)
- Real-time data access - Query live metrics, logs, processes, network connections, and system state
- Secure connection - LLM has access to your data via the LLM client
Access: Available now for all Netdata Agent deployments (Standalone and Parents)
2. AI DevOps Copilot
Available Now - Transform observability into action with CLI AI assistants
Combine the power of AI with system automation. CLI-based AI assistants like Claude Code and Gemini CLI can access your Netdata metrics and execute commands, enabling intelligent infrastructure optimization, automated troubleshooting, and configuration management - all driven by real observability data.
Key capabilities:
- Observability-driven automation - AI analyzes metrics and executes fixes
- Infrastructure optimization - Automatic tuning based on performance data
- Intelligent troubleshooting - From problem detection to resolution
- Configuration management - AI-generated configs based on actual usage
How it works
- MCP-enabled CLI tools - Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and others
- Bidirectional integration - Read metrics, execute commands
- Context-aware decisions - AI understands your infrastructure state
- Safe execution - Review AI suggestions before implementation
- Team collaboration - Share configurations via version control
Access: Available now with MCP-supported CLI AI tools
3. AI Insights
Preview (Netdata Cloud Feature) - Strategic infrastructure analysis in minutes
Transform past data into actionable insights with AI-generated reports. Perfect for capacity planning, performance reviews, and executive briefings. Get comprehensive analysis of your infrastructure trends, optimization opportunities, and future requirements - all in professionally formatted PDFs.
Four report types:
- Infrastructure Summary - Complete system health and incident analysis
- Capacity Planning - Growth projections and resource recommendations
- Performance Optimization - Bottleneck identification and tuning suggestions
- Anomaly Analysis - Deep dive into unusual patterns and their impacts
How it works
- 2-3 minute generation - Analyzes historical data comprehensively
- PDF downloads - Professional reports ready for sharing
- Embedded visualizations - Charts and graphs from your actual data
- Executive-ready - Clear summaries with technical details included
- Secure processing - Data analyzed then immediately discarded
Access:
- Business subscriptions: Unlimited reports
- Free trial users: Full access during trial
- Community users: 10 free reports (request early access)
4. Anomaly Advisor
Available to All - Revolutionary troubleshooting that finds root causes in minutes
Stop guessing what went wrong. The Anomaly Advisor instantly shows you how problems cascade across your infrastructure and ranks every metric by anomaly severity. Root causes typically appear in the top 20-30 results, turning hours of investigation into minutes of discovery.
Revolutionary approach:
- See cascading effects - Watch anomalies propagate across systems
- Automatic ranking - Every metric scored and sorted by anomaly severity
- No expertise required - Works even on unfamiliar systems
How it works
- Data-driven analysis - No hypotheses needed, the data reveals the story
- Influence tracking - Shows what influenced and what was influenced
- Time window analysis - Highlight any incident period for investigation
- Scale-agnostic - Works identically from 10 to 10,000 nodes
- Visual propagation - See anomaly clusters and cascades instantly
Find it: Anomalies tab in any Netdata dashboard
Learn more about Anomaly Advisor →
5. Machine Learning Anomaly Detection
Available to All - Continuous anomaly detection on every metric
The foundation of Netdata's AI capabilities. Machine learning models run locally on every agent, continuously learning normal patterns and detecting anomalies in real-time. Zero configuration required - it just works, protecting your infrastructure 24/7.
Automatic protection:
- Every metric monitored - ML analyzes all metrics continuously
- Visual anomaly indicators - Purple ribbons on every chart show anomaly rates
- Historical anomaly data - ML scores saved with metrics for past analysis
- Zero configuration - Starts working immediately after installation
How it works
- Local ML engine - Runs on every Netdata Agent, no cloud dependency
- Multiple models - Consensus approach reduces noise and false positives by 99%
- Integrated storage - Anomaly scores saved in the database with metrics
- Historical queries - Query past anomaly rates just like any other metric
- Visual integration - Purple anomaly ribbons appear on all charts automatically
- Minimal overhead - Designed for production environments
- Privacy by design - Your data never leaves your infrastructure
Access: Free for everyone - enabled by default
Coming Soon
AI Chat with Netdata (Netdata Cloud version)
In Development - Chat with your entire infrastructure through Netdata Cloud
Soon, Netdata Cloud will become an MCP server itself. This means you'll be able to chat with your entire infrastructure without setting up local MCP bridges. Get the same natural language capabilities with the added benefits of Cloud's global view, team collaboration, and seamless access from anywhere.
What to expect:
- Direct MCP integration with Netdata Cloud
- Chat with all your infrastructure from one place
- No local bridge setup required
- Team collaboration on AI conversations
- Access from any device, anywhere
AI Alert Assistant
In Development (Netdata Cloud) - Real-time AI help when alerts fire
When critical alerts trigger, you'll get instant AI analysis of the situation. The Alert Assistant will identify likely root causes, provide specific troubleshooting steps, and guide you through resolution - all tailored to your specific infrastructure and alert context.
What to expect:
- Automatic activation when viewing alerts
- Root cause analysis with confidence scores
- Step-by-step remediation guidance
- Integration with your runbooks and procedures
AI Weekly Digest
In Development (Netdata Cloud) - Your infrastructure insights delivered weekly
Stay informed without information overload. The AI Weekly Digest will analyze your infrastructure's performance over the past week and deliver a concise summary of what matters most - trends, issues resolved, optimization opportunities, and what to watch next week.
What to expect:
- Weekly email summaries customized for your role
- Key metrics and trend analysis
- Proactive recommendations for the week ahead
- Highlights of resolved and ongoing issues
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