Guide update history - new content added regularly
Last updated: Mar 09, 2026
+15 Sections+140 Sections
2026
March 2026
Mar 09, 2026
AWS MCP Servers — Complete Ecosystem for DevOps/Cloud
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4 new sections covering the complete AWS MCP Servers ecosystem for DevOps — from the unified gateway (Core MCP) to specialized tools for observability, IaC, and FinOps.
+Section 3.15: AWS Core MCP Server — Unified gateway with 13 roles (finops, monitoring, container-orchestration, etc.)
+Section 5.15: CloudFormation & CDK with AWS MCP — Terraform alternatives with official MCPs
New section on the official Grafana MCP Server (Grafana Labs) combined with OpenTelemetry for vendor-neutral, multi-cloud observability. Includes complete LGTM stack and practical investigation scenarios.
+Section 8.13: Grafana MCP + OpenTelemetry — dashboards, PromQL, Loki, Tempo, alerts and incidents via MCP
+LGTM Stack: Complete Docker Compose with OTel Collector + Prometheus + Loki + Tempo + Grafana
+3 scenarios: Latency investigation, signal correlation (traces↔logs↔metrics), dashboard creation via AI
+Comparison: Grafana MCP vs CloudWatch MCP — when to use each
New section on the Claude Code SDK for programmatic automation — use the same Claude Code from your terminal via TypeScript/JavaScript or headless CLI. Includes practical DevOps examples with cross-references to existing chapter content.
+Section 7.14: Claude Code SDK — Programmatic Automation (comparison table: GitHub Action vs SDK vs Headless CLI)
+Git Hook: Pre-commit security review with headless CLI (connects with 7.4 and 7.7)
+TypeScript SDK: Batch flaky test analyzer (connects with 7.5)
+Quality Gate: Examples for GitLab CI and Jenkins (connects with 7.3 and 7.6)
+Internal CLI: Pipeline analyzer with security, performance and reliability analyses (connects with 7.10)
Feb 13, 2026
Hooks: Automation & Guardrails in Claude Code
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New section on Claude Code Hooks — automations that run in response to events (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop, SessionStart). Includes practical examples for each DevOps domain.
Claude Opus 4.6: Agent Teams, Adaptive Thinking and Compaction API
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Complete coverage of Claude Opus 4.6 new features, including Agent Teams for multi-agent collaboration, Adaptive Thinking for reasoning control, Compaction API for context management, and Fast Mode for 2.5x faster output.
+Section 3.13 — Opus 4.6: Adaptive Thinking, Compaction API and Fast Mode
+Section 4.14 — Agent Teams: Multiple Agents Working in Parallel
+Section 8.10 — Agent Teams: Automated War Room for P1 Incidents
~Sections 8, 9 — Fast Mode and Opus 4.6 alternative mentions
~Section 14 — Updated Opus 4.6 reference + Agent Teams capability
~Technical fixes: Trivy, FastMCP, AWS MCP Servers, K8sGPT, Go version
Feb 7, 2026
Context7: Real-Time Documentation via MCP
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New section on Context7, a free MCP Server that injects official up-to-date documentation into the AI's context, eliminating hallucinations caused by deprecated APIs or outdated syntax.
+Section 4.5: Mention of Context7 usage with AI agents
Install: claude mcp add context7 -- npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp@latest
Feb 5, 2026
Immersive Section 1 Rewrite
UPDATE
Section 1 completely rewritten as an immersive and interactive experience, with 8 redesigned sections, clickable elements, and a transformative narrative.
+Section 1.1: "3 AM. 47 Alerts." — Visceral hook with real incident scenario
+Section 1.4: Interactive tab system with 5 before/after scenarios (Terraform, K8s, CI/CD, Incident, FinOps)
+Section 1.6: Interactive flip cards — 8 pain points with solutions and corresponding chapters
+Section 1.8: Animated implementation timeline (Week 1 to Month 3)
New structure: 1.1 Hook | 1.2 Human Glue | 1.3 AI & Standardization | 1.4 Interactive Transformation | 1.5 What's Different | 1.6 Pain Points Map | 1.7 What You'll Build | 1.8 Journey
Feb 4, 2026
AI-Assisted EKS/Kubernetes Upgrade
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New complete section on AI-assisted EKS cluster upgrades, including deprecated API detection, addon compatibility matrix, and CI/CD automation.
Complete rewrite of the RAG for Runbooks chapter with detailed tool comparison, step-by-step implementation with Qdrant, evaluation metrics, and troubleshooting.
+Comparison: Qdrant vs Pinecone vs Elasticsearch vs ChromaDB
RAG chapter expansion with multi-source integration (Jira, GitHub, Confluence, Slack) and Agent/MCP creation for Claude to use RAG without hallucinating.