Demo: Model Context Protocol (MCP) + Ansible Lightspeed in Future Automation Workflows

:police_car_light: Note: The capabilities shown in this video are conceptual demonstrations and not part of the current Ansible Automation Platform product. This video was created to showcase potential future innovations and was originally presented at AnsibleFest 2025.

In this demo, we explore how Ansible Automation Platform could incorporate AI workflows using a new emerging standard called MCP (Model Context Protocol) — an open standard that allows large language models to communicate directly with end systems.

While this is not a product roadmap or a guaranteed feature, the goal is to spark ideas about how AI could assist with:

Creating and executing job templates

Troubleshooting issues in real time

Automatically responding to infrastructure problems

Safely enforcing policy with Ansible Policy Enforcement and OPA

We also want to make something else very clear:
:small_blue_diamond: This is not RPA (robotic process automation).
:small_blue_diamond: The UI elements shown in the video are conceptual and are changing dynamically as part of the MCP-powered interaction to help the user understand what the AI assistant is doing behind the scenes.

This video is all about envisioning what’s possible when combining intelligent assistance, automation, and policy controls—creating a safer, faster, and more powerful way to manage IT infrastructure.