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NetBox Validation plugin — declarative policy-based validation of network infrastructure data. Use when working with validation policies, compliance checks, findings, compliance scores, pre-change validation, or agentic safety nets.

NetBox server administration: configuration, authentication backends (local/LDAP/SAML/OIDC), object permissions, API tokens, performance tuning, backups, upgrades, and housekeeping. Use when managing a NetBox instance rather than consuming its API.

Best practices for building integrations with NetBox REST and GraphQL APIs. Use when building NetBox API integrations, reviewing integration code, troubleshooting NetBox performance issues, planning automation architecture, writing scripts that interact with NetBox, using pynetbox, configuring Diode for data ingestion, or implementing NetBox webhooks and branching workflows.

NetBox Assurance drift detection and deviation management. Use when working with network state comparison, deviation review/remediation, data source configuration, or understanding how intended vs actual network state is reconciled in NetBox Cloud and Enterprise.

End-to-end automation patterns with NetBox — event-driven workflows (event rules, webhooks), infrastructure-as-code (Ansible, Terraform), and GitOps integration. Use when building, advising on, or troubleshooting NetBox automation pipelines.

NetBox Branching plugin — create isolated branch schemas for safe change staging, review, and merge. Use when working with branch lifecycle, the X-NetBox-Branch header, async provisioning/sync/merge jobs, conflict resolution, or Change Request integration.

Change request management for NetBox Branching. Covers the CR lifecycle (draft → needs-review → approved → completed), review workflows, policy enforcement, protect_main, and merge gating. Use when working with the netbox_changes plugin API.

How to use NetBox's configuration template system for generating device configs. Covers Jinja2 templates, config contexts, template rendering API, and common patterns. Use when building config generation workflows, automating device provisioning, or integrating NetBox with config management tools.

This skill should be used when systematically testing the NetBox MCP server after code changes or to validate tool functionality. Provides structured protocol for discovering and testing MCP tools with a live NetBox instance, with emphasis on performance monitoring and comprehensive reporting.

Run the netbox_branching plugin's Django test suite against a local NetBox checkout. Use when the user asks to run tests, run a specific test module/class/method, or verify changes pass before opening a PR.

Run the netbox_custom_objects plugin's Django test suite against a local NetBox checkout. Use when the user asks to run tests, run a specific test module/class/method, or verify changes pass before opening a PR.

Best practices for building integrations with NetBox REST and GraphQL APIs. Use when building NetBox API integrations, reviewing integration code, troubleshooting NetBox performance issues, planning automation architecture, writing scripts that interact with NetBox, using pynetbox, configuring Diode for data ingestion, or implementing NetBox webhooks.