AI SummaryVMware family entry point — AI-powered VM lifecycle, deployment, and alarm management — 34 MCP tools. vmware-aiops is the entry point. Add modules for additional capabilities: 1. Browse datastore for OVA images →
Install
Copy this and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI assistant:
I want to install the "vmware-aiops" skill in my project. Please run this command in my terminal: # Install skill into your project mkdir -p .claude/skills/vmware-aiops && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/vmware-aiops/SKILL.md "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zw008/VMware-AIops/main/skills/vmware-aiops/SKILL.md" Then restart Claude Code (or reload the window in Cursor) so the skill is picked up.
Description
Use this skill whenever the user needs to manage VMs in VMware/vSphere/ESXi — it's the entry point for all VM operations. Directly handles: power on/off, clone, snapshot, migrate, deploy from OVA or templates, run commands inside VMs, batch operations, cluster management, and vCenter alarm acknowledgment. Always use this skill for any "power on", "clone", "deploy", "migrate", "batch", "guest exec", "alarm", or VM lifecycle task, even if the user doesn't explicitly say "VMware". For read-only monitoring use vmware-monitor, for networking use vmware-nsx, for multi-step workflows use vmware-pilot. For load balancing/AVI/AKO use vmware-avi.
Usage Mode
| Scenario | Recommended | Why | |----------|:-----------:|-----| | Local/small models (Ollama, Qwen) | CLI | ~2K tokens vs ~8K for MCP | | Cloud models (Claude, GPT-4o) | Either | MCP gives structured JSON I/O | | Automated pipelines | MCP | Type-safe parameters, structured output |
MCP Tools (34)
| Category | Tools | |----------|-------| | VM Lifecycle (6) | vm_power_on, vm_power_off, vm_set_ttl, vm_cancel_ttl, vm_list_ttl, vm_clean_slate | | Deployment (8) | deploy_vm_from_ova, deploy_vm_from_template, deploy_linked_clone, attach_iso_to_vm, convert_vm_to_template, batch_clone_vms, batch_linked_clone_vms, batch_deploy_from_spec | | Guest Ops (5) | vm_guest_exec, vm_guest_exec_output, vm_guest_upload, vm_guest_download, vm_guest_provision | | Plan/Apply (4) | vm_create_plan, vm_apply_plan, vm_rollback_plan, vm_list_plans | | Datastore (2) | browse_datastore, scan_datastore_images | | Cluster (6) | cluster_create, cluster_delete, cluster_add_host, cluster_remove_host, cluster_configure, cluster_info | | Alarm Management (3) | list_vcenter_alarms, acknowledge_vcenter_alarm, reset_vcenter_alarm |
Guest operations (requires VMware Tools)
vmware-aiops vm guest-exec <name> --cmd <script-path> --args "<args>" --user <username> vmware-aiops vm guest-upload <name> --local ./script.sh --guest /tmp/script.sh --user <username>
VMware AIops
VMware family entry point — AI-powered VM lifecycle, deployment, and alarm management — 34 MCP tools. > Start here: install vmware-aiops first, then add modules as needed. > Run vmware-aiops hub status to see which family members are installed. > Family: vmware-monitor (inventory/health), vmware-storage (iSCSI/vSAN), vmware-vks (Tanzu Kubernetes), vmware-nsx (NSX networking), vmware-nsx-security (DFW/firewall), vmware-aria (metrics/alerts/capacity), vmware-avi (AVI/ALB/AKO). > | vmware-pilot (workflow orchestration) | vmware-policy (audit/policy)
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