Automate Rundeck workflows with AI Agents

Rundeck has revolutionized automation for IT and operations teams by making routine workflows seamless, predictable, and self-service. But what happens when you bring powerful AI agents into the mix—enabling your team to control, troubleshoot, and extract insights from Rundeck without leaving their daily communication tools? This is where Runbear’s AI agent platform comes in, transforming how teams interact with Rundeck by embedding intelligent automation directly into Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Discord. In this article, discover the future of collaborative runbook automation: smarter workflows, faster responses, and empowered teams—powered by Runbear and Rundeck, together.

About Rundeck

Rundeck is an enterprise-ready, open-source automation platform tailored for IT, platform engineering, and SRE teams. It empowers users to standardize, schedule, and automate operational workflows—everything from simple job execution to complex runbook automations. With intuitive role-based controls, a powerful UI, and extensible integrations, Rundeck helps organizations reduce manual toil, resolve incidents quickly, and enable secure self-service operations. Its commercial edition, Runbook Automation, brings enterprise-grade features like clustering, advanced scheduling, deeper integrations, and support. Teams adopt Rundeck to boost uptime, streamline DevOps practices, and keep infrastructure robust—freeing skilled engineers to focus on strategic projects while routine tasks become seamless and reliable.

Use Cases in Practice

The modern team relies on speed, clarity, and shared context—especially when managing complex operations through tools like Rundeck. With Runbear’s AI agent deeply integrated into your chat platform, these four game-changing use cases take your Rundeck workflows to the next level. Let’s explore how on-demand runbook execution means your SRE or platform teams can launch jobs or check statuses straight from Slack, Teams, or Discord—no Rundeck console required. Scheduled operations check-ins let an AI agent proactively summarize daily incidents, alert your team to trends, and post reports into dedicated channels, mirroring the kind of automation found in our smart scheduling assistant. For tricky incidents, AI agents can process logs and outputs from Rundeck jobs, offering instant, human-friendly troubleshooting summaries—accelerating root cause analysis and keeping everyone on the same page. And with knowledge sync, anyone in the team can ask operational or runbook questions (“What did the last backup job output?” or "How do we restart service X?") and receive precise answers sourced from synced Rundeck documentation and historical data—much like you’d expect from an internal enterprise search assistant. By automating these pain points, AI agents don’t just save time—they unlock true collaborative operations, making Rundeck exponentially more valuable for every team member.

Rundeck vs Rundeck + AI Agent: Key Differences

Integrating Rundeck with Runbear revolutionizes how teams interact with automation by bringing AI agents into everyday communication tools. Instead of manually searching, switching apps, or scheduling check-ins, teams experience a transformation to conversational, AI-powered operations—making routine tasks, escalations, and reporting collaborative and lightning-fast. This shift boosts transparency, productivity, and team agility by removing friction and automating previously manual handoffs.

Implementation Considerations

Adopting Rundeck + Runbear workflows requires thoughtful planning. Teams must ensure Rundeck is securely exposed for agent access, with proper authentication and permissions. Initial setup involves mapping common jobs or reports to natural language triggers—training the AI agent just as you'd onboard a new team member. Team training is critical: while AI agents reduce manual toil, coaching team members to phrase requests naturally will boost adoption. Monitoring and governance matter too: be clear on who can execute which jobs and how change management or escalation is handled if something goes wrong. Lastly, consider costs—automation platforms save time but may incur licensing or infrastructure fees. Runbear simplifies collaboration, but organizations should set clear policies, review data access, and agree on fallback processes to ensure smooth, secure, and sustainable automation.

Get Started Today

By combining Rundeck’s robust automation capabilities with Runbear’s AI-powered agents, any team can supercharge their operational workflows—gaining speed, visibility, and real-time collaboration all inside their preferred chat platforms. No more friction between engineers and frontline teams, no more hunting through dashboards or emailing exported logs. As with other transformations we’ve seen—like automating KPI reporting or delivering instant team insights—the future of work is conversational, AI-driven, and instantly collaborative. Ready to revolutionize your team’s Rundeck experience? Try Runbear’s integration today and unlock operations superpowers for every team member.