Bret’s joined by the Anyshift.io co-founders, Roxane Fischer and Stephane Jourdan to discuss how an always-on SRE agent can help you proactively find risks and avoid incidents.

🙌 The Agentic DevOps Guild has launched! It's a training + community + mentorship program for engineers wanting to learn the latest CI/CD automation and dive into Agentic DevOps. Meetups are happening now, with new course videos dropping every few weeks. Join the Guild and become your team's leader in AI for infrastructure automation https://www.bretfisher.com/theguild 🍾

This edited version is from my live stream show Apr 9, 2026: https://www.youtube.com/live/-DHZwxXigYI?si=9JnQYp8UZG27Bp2X&t=232

★Show Links★

• Anyshift website
• Annie CLI
• Blog post: Agentic Context Engineering in Production: How AI Agents Build Institutional Expertise

Creators & Guests

• Bret Fisher - Host
• Beth Fisher - Producer
• Cristi Cotovan - Editor
• Roxane Fischer - Guest
• Stephane Jourdan - Guest

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• (00:00) - Introduction
• (03:09) - Meet Anyshift and the big idea
• (03:29) - When Was Anyshift Created?
• (07:13) - Context graphs and agent workflows
• (26:48) - Permissions and Auditing
• (30:33) - Memory and Context Graph
• (49:24) - Roadmap and Wrap Up

Sam Alba, co-founder of Mendral, joins the show to discuss their new AI agents that act as “junior devops engineers” against GitHub Actions, security, failed tests, and more.

Check out the video podcast version here: https://youtu.be/zHmE6VpWD7o

🙌 The Agentic DevOps Guild has launched! It's a training + community + mentorship program for engineers wanting to learn the latest CI/CD automation and dive into Agentic DevOps. Meetups are happening now, with new course videos dropping every few weeks. Join the Guild and become your team's leader in AI for infrastructure automation https://www.bretfisher.com/theguild 🍾

★Show Links★

• Mendral website

Creators & Guests

• Bret Fisher - Host
• Beth Fisher - Producer
• Cristi Cotovan - Editor
• Sam Alba - Guest

You can also support this podcast by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!

Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses on Udemy.
Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.
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• (00:00) - Introduction
• (05:16) - Why CI Needs Agents
• (20:18) - How Mendral Learns and Automates
• (44:21) - Trusting Auto Merge
• (51:52) - Guardrails And Delivery
• (01:00:17) - Harnesses And CLI Future
• (01:11:27) - Future of Mendral

My friend Brian Christner (Docker Captain alum) and I go through our AI harnesses, agents, models, and what we’re playing with right now. OpenClaw, OpenCode, Claude Code, Copilot, and all of it.

Check out the video podcast version here: https://youtu.be/8AFE0kxaY2k

🙌 The Agentic DevOps Guild has launched! It's a training + community + mentorship program for engineers wanting to learn the latest CI/CD automation and dive into Agentic DevOps. Meetups are happening now, with new course videos dropping every few weeks. Join the Guild and become your team's leader in AI for infrastructure automation https://www.bretfisher.com/theguild 🍾

★Show Links★

Brian’s Newsletter

Agents & Claude Code Setup

• Awesome Claude Code Subagents
• Agency Agents
• Claude Code Course
• OpenClaw alternative

Brian’s OpenClaw Projects

• OpenClaw Security Checklist
• Garmin Connect Skill
• OpenClaw Security Dashboard Skill

Creators & Guests

• Bret Fisher - Host
• Beth Fisher - Producer
• Cristi Cotovan - Editor
• Brian Christner - Guest

You can also support this podcast by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!

Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses on Udemy.
Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.
Grab some merch at Bret's Loot Box
Homepage bretfisher.com

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (03:01) - AI Tools and Skills Deep Dive
• (33:09) - Securing OpenClaw Servers
• (39:15) - Safe Use Cases and Token Control
• (50:00) - OpenClaw DOs and DON'Ts
• (55:28) - NanoClaw and Container Future