| name | vcfa-operations |
| description | Run and operate VCF Automation Orchestrator, Service Broker, and Cloud Assembly through the mcp-vcf-orchestrator MCP server. Use when the user wants to run a workflow, troubleshoot a failed workflow execution or a stuck deployment, explore catalog items and deployments, manage day-2 actions, create or review blueprint templates, work with extensibility subscriptions and event topics, or discover what an environment offers. Encodes read-only-first discovery and confirm-before-write safety, and routes to the matching vcfa-* prompts. |
VCFA Operations
Operate and troubleshoot VCF Automation through the MCP server. Start with
read-only discovery and only mutate after explicit confirmation. This skill
orchestrates the server's prompts, resources, and tools rather than replacing
them.
Core principles
- Inspect before you act. Use the
list-* and get-* tools and the execution
log tools to understand state before remediating.
- The mutating tools —
run-workflow, run-workflow-and-wait,
create-deployment, run-deployment-action, delete-deployment,
create-template, delete-template, create-subscription,
update-subscription, delete-subscription — require a confirm: true
argument plus real user confirmation of the exact target and expected impact.
- Running a workflow or a deployment day-2 action changes the live environment.
Treat it like a production operation: confirm target, inputs, and blast radius.
Prefer the server prompts
vcfa-troubleshoot-deployment — inspect a deployment and its day-2 options
before remediation.vcfa-troubleshoot-workflow-execution — diagnose a failed execution using
logs, stack, and workflow source.vcfa-discover-capabilities — explore plugins, categories, workflows, actions,
catalog items, deployments, templates, and subscriptions.vcfa-collect-context-snapshot — persist reusable environment context.vcfa-create-template and vcfa-review-template — discover conventions before
drafting a blueprint, and review one for catalog readiness.vcfa-integrate-workflow-template-subscription — plan workflow, template,
catalog, deployment, and subscription integration.
Tool map by task
- Execution:
run-workflow, run-workflow-and-wait, get-workflow-execution,
get-workflow-execution-logs, list-workflow-executions.
- Deployments:
list-deployments, get-deployment, list-deployment-actions,
run-deployment-action, create-deployment, delete-deployment.
- Catalog:
list-catalog-items, get-catalog-item.
- Templates:
list-templates, get-template, create-template,
delete-template.
- Subscriptions and events:
list-event-topics, list-subscriptions,
get-subscription, create-subscription, update-subscription,
delete-subscription.
- Discovery support:
list-workflows, list-actions, list-categories,
list-plugins.
Live objects are also available as read-only resources, e.g.
vcfa://deployments/{id}, vcfa://workflows/{id}, and vcfa://subscriptions/{id}.
vra8 mode caveat
When the server runs with VCFA_TARGET_PLATFORM=vra8 (vRA/vRO 8.12+ Basic auth),
only vRO read operations plus workflow execution and execution logs are
supported. Automation-service surfaces — catalog, deployments, templates,
subscriptions, and event topics — are intentionally unsupported in that mode.
