devopsby automateyournetwork
ThousandEyes Path Analysis & Troubleshooting
automateyournetwork/te-path-analysis
Cisco ThousandEyes — path visualization, BGP route analysis, outage investigation, instant tests, endpoint agent diagnostics.
What it changes
Passed 18 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 9 of 22 without it.
Without skill41%
With skill82%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
- Recommends logging path analysis findings in GAIT.
- Warns that Instant Tests consume license test units.
- Identifies Instant Tests for running on-demand test execution.
and 9 more in the full report
9 fixed9 passed either way4 still failing0 broke
- Pass-rate lift
- +41 pp
- Tokens
- +40%
- Agent turns
- 0%
- Response time
- -35%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/16/2026v118 of 22 cases passed with skill
See it in action
One of 9 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
PromptWhat API authentication credential and environment variable name is required to authenticate ThousandEyes v7 API calls for path analysis?
What was checked, without and with the skill| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|
| Identifies TE_TOKEN as the environment variable for v7 API authentication. | Missed | Passed |
|---|
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md133 linessingle file
ThousandEyes Path Analysis & Troubleshooting
MCP Servers
- Community:
src/server.py (stdio, Python 3.12+) — te_get_path_vis for path visualization
- Official:
https://api.thousandeyes.com/mcp (remote HTTP) — full path vis, BGP, instant tests, anomalies, endpoint agents
Key Capabilities
Path Visualization
Path visualization shows every network hop between agent and target:
- IP address and DNS name of each hop
- Latency per hop (pinpoints where delay is introduced)
- Packet loss per hop (identifies lossy links)
- MPLS labels (reveals traffic engineering paths)
- Network owner (ISP/carrier identification per hop)
BGP Route Analysis
BGP analysis provides external routing visibility:
- Prefix reachability from ThousandEyes' global BGP monitor fleet
- AS path — is traffic routing through expected carriers?
- Route changes — detect BGP hijacks, leaks, or suboptimal routing
- Origin validation — verify the prefix originates from the correct AS
Outage Investigation
| Tool | What It Does |
Track record
Benchmark
18 / 22
test cases passed, vs 9 / 22 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
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✓IntentSafe
LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims
✓ContentClean
LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review
Source
Importedautomateyournetwork / netclaw
workspace/skills/te-path-analysis/SKILL.md
License Apache-2.0Imported 8/3/2026Version v1