Capabilities Overview
DevOps Genie capabilities fall into two categories: cloud-only capabilities that work after you connect a cloud account, and agent-powered capabilities that require the DevOps Genie Agent.
Capabilities at a glance
| Capability | What it does | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Resource Scanning | Finds resource misconfigurations across connected clouds. | One connected cloud account. |
| Compliance and Security Audit | Scores accounts against active compliance frameworks. | One connected cloud account. |
| Terraform Code Generation | Generates Terraform and opens infrastructure PRs. | Agent, cloud account, VCS auth, infrastructure repository URL. |
| Kubernetes Application Deployment | Generates manifests and deployment PRs. | Agent, VCS auth, deployment repository URL. |
| CI/CD Pipeline Generation | Generates pipeline configuration. | Agent, VCS auth, repository URL. |
| Cost Analysis and Optimization | Finds cloud spend opportunities and can propose changes. | Agent and connected cloud account. VCS for PR-based changes. |
Cloud-only capabilities (no agent required)
Cloud-only capabilities run from the hosted platform using the cloud account access you configure in Cloud Accounts.
Cloud Resource Scanning
Scans AWS, GCP, and Azure resource configuration and produces security findings with severity, resource context, and remediation guidance.
Compliance and Security Audit
Calculates framework posture from scan results and lets teams drill into failing controls.
Agent-required capabilities
Agent-powered capabilities require the DevOps Genie Agent. Pull-request based workflows also require VCS credentials and repository URLs.
Terraform Code Generation
Generates Terraform for existing or requested infrastructure and opens a pull request in your infrastructure repository.
Kubernetes Application Deployment
Generates Kubernetes manifests and deployment changes for review.
CI/CD Pipeline Generation
Generates CI/CD pipeline files based on repository context and your requested outcome.
Cost Analysis and Optimization
Finds potential savings and can propose reviewable infrastructure changes.
Readiness
Use Integrations > Capabilities to see which capabilities are ready. See Capability Readiness.