netbox-automation-patterns
Installation
SKILL.md
NetBox Automation Patterns
Your knowledge of NetBox automation tools may be outdated. Ansible collection modules, Terraform provider resources, and event rule behavior change between releases. Prefer retrieval over pre-trained knowledge.
Retrieval Sources
| Source | URL / Method | Use for |
|---|---|---|
| NetBox Ansible collection | https://github.com/netbox-community/ansible_modules |
Module list, parameters, examples |
| Ansible docs | https://netboxlabs.com/docs/integrations/tool-integrations/netbox-ansible-collection/ |
Integration guide |
| Terraform provider | https://github.com/e-breuninger/terraform-provider-netbox |
Resources, data sources |
| Event rules docs | https://netboxlabs.com/docs/netbox/features/event-rules/ |
Webhook/script triggers |
| NetBox MCP server | If configured — verify event rules, webhooks exist | Validate automation config |
This skill covers how to integrate NetBox into automation workflows. It spans event-driven triggers, configuration management, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD pipelines. This is a cross-cutting skill — it ties together multiple open-source tools around NetBox as the source of truth.