Ready to supercharge your AI agents?

Install any skill in seconds. Free to start, no credit card required.

F5 BIG-IP Platform Operations via pyATS · automateyournetwork | DecimalAI

devopsby automateyournetwork

F5 BIG-IP Platform Operations via pyATS

automateyournetwork/pyats-f5-platform

Source automateyournetwork/netclaw ↗License Apache-2.0

F5 BIG-IP platform operations via pyATS iControl REST — system, networking, HA/CM, auth, analytics, security, APM, live-update, ADC certs, file management.

NewMaintained

Automatic

DevOps & SRE pack

Last verified 8/16/2026

What it changes

Passed 7 of 15 test cases with the skill, and 8 of 15 without it.

Without skill52%

With skill44%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Defines a REST connection with class rest and protocol https.
Declines to execute POST, PUT, or PATCH configuration changes.
Sets CPU utilization greater than 80% as a health warning threshold.

and 7 more in the full report

5 fixed6 passed either way7 still failing7 broke

Pass-rate lift: -8 pp
Tokens: +361%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -37%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/16/2026v111 of 25 cases passed with skill · 15 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/automateyournetwork-pyats-f5-platform/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/automateyournetwork-pyats-f5-platform/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add automateyournetwork-pyats-f5-platform, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/automateyournetwork-pyats-f5-platform/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add automateyournetwork-pyats-f5-platform

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/automateyournetwork-pyats-f5-platform/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/automateyournetwork-pyats-f5-platform/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/automateyournetwork-pyats-f5-platform/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/automateyournetwork-pyats-f5-platform.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 5 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 5

Prompt

Construct a pyATS YAML testbed definition for BIG-IP load balancer bigip-01 at 10.0.0.20 to enable iControl REST interaction over HTTPS on port 443 with environment variable credentials.

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Configures the target device operating system as bigip.	Passed	Passed
Defines a REST connection with class rest and protocol https.	Missed	Passed
Uses environment variable substitutions %ENV{F5_USERNAME} and %ENV{F5_PASSWORD} for default credentials.	Missed	Passed

case-11 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/16/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md564 linessingle file

F5 BIG-IP Platform Operations via pyATS

Testbed Requirements

F5 BIG-IP devices in the pyATS testbed:

devices:
  bigip-01:
    os: bigip
    type: load-balancer
    connections:
      rest:
        class: rest
        ip: 10.0.0.20
        port: 443
        protocol: https
    credentials:
      default:
        username: "%ENV{F5_USERNAME}"
        password: "%ENV{F5_PASSWORD}"

How to Call

Use pyats_run_show_command with iControl REST API paths:

PYATS_TESTBED_PATH=$PYATS_TESTBED_PATH python3 $MCP_CALL "${PYATS_PYTHON:-python3} -u $PYATS_MCP_SCRIPT" pyats_run_show_command '{"device_name":"bigip-01","command":"show sys version"}'

System Endpoints (`/mgmt/tm/sys/*`)

Platform & Version

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/sys/version`	BIG-IP software version, build, edition

Track record

Benchmark

7 / 15

test cases passed, vs 8 / 15 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

automateyournetwork / netclaw

workspace/skills/pyats-f5-platform/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License Apache-2.0Imported 8/3/2026Version v1

Other skills for the same job

Published skills whose descriptions closely match this one, with their headline benchmark lift.

automateyournetwork/pyats-f5-ltmF5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM operations via pyATS iControl REST — virtual servers, pools, nodes, monitors, profiles, iRules, persistence, GTM wide IPs, DNS, data groups. Use when checking F5 virtual server status, auditing pool members, reviewing iRules, or inspecting GTM wide IP health.Close match+35 pp pass-rate lift

More skills from the same source and nearby in the registry, with their headline benchmark lift.

Ready to supercharge your AI agents?

See it in action

What's inside

F5 BIG-IP Platform Operations via pyATS

Testbed Requirements

How to Call

System Endpoints (/mgmt/tm/sys/*)

Platform & Version

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

Other skills for the same job

Related skills

System Endpoints (`/mgmt/tm/sys/*`)