Every infrastructure team knows the drill: restart the service, patch the system, fix the drift and automate the script. The intent is clear. The playbook exists. And yet, execution remains slow, fragmented and anything but repeatable.
Progress Chef Opsmith changes that.
As an AI-driven capability, Opsmith simplifies this process, making execution faster and easier and more predictable for teams.
Now available within the Progress Chef 360 platform, it brings consistency and control to everyday operations.
You can request early access here.
From Prompt to Automation, At Scale
Chef Opsmith introduces a new way to automate infrastructure operations. One that is built on the foundation of the proven expertise of Chef development, but enhanced and simplified by the power of AI.
Instead of writing scripts and orchestrating workflows manually, operators simply describe what they want in plain language. The system interprets that intent and then generates the required automation, validates it in a sandbox environment and, lastly, prepares it for execution.
So, what does this actually mean for IT Ops?
In short, with Opsmith in the Chef 360 platform, teams can move from prompt to proof to scale in a single, governed workflow.
To experience the power of AI in infrastructure automation, participate in a guided demo.
Chef Opsmith is purpose-built for infrastructure and IT operations, not generic AI coding.
It supports many workflows that teams need to run daily. For instance, with Opsmith, you can:
Opsmith is not limited to the use cases described above. Soon, it will also help you with more complex tasks, such as cookbook generation, compliance profile creation and converting non-Chef scripts to cookbooks. The capability is evolving and the potential is limitless. But the focus remains the same: reduce manual effort and accelerate execution across real operational tasks, not just generate code.
So, how does Opsmith work? Opsmith uses AI in the Chef 360 platform through a closed-loop execution model.
And the result of this execution model:
This is about speeding execution while reducing operational friction. It gives teams a faster, more predictable path from intent to validated automation.
Chef Opsmith dramatically speeds up how work gets done. What once required hours or even days of scripting, testing and troubleshooting can now be achieved in minutes, resulting in teams to move faster, respond to issues sooner and reduce operational delays.
By removing the heavy reliance on scripting specialists, Opsmith opens the door for more team members to act. With built-in guardrails and a simplified approach, teams can operate more independently without compromising on control or safety.
Opsmith embeds validation directly into the workflow. Automation can be tested in a sandbox environment before being deployed to production, enabling teams to catch issues early, reduce errors and achieve more reliable outcomes.
Instead of solving problems as one-off fixes, Opsmith enables teams to turn solutions used in ad-hoc fixes into reusable automation. This makes it easier to apply consistent, repeatable processes across environments, improving efficiency and standardization at scale. IT Ops teams can experience means faster response times, better operational hygiene and more consistent execution across distributed environments.
When combined with the Chef 360 platform’s control plane, organizations additionally gain:
This is how teams move from fragmented automation to true enterprise-scale operations.
Chef Opsmith introduces a more practical way to run infrastructure operations by turning plain-language intent into validated automation inside the Chef 360 platform. Teams can move faster with a more governed, predictable path from idea to execution as they are no longer relying on manual scripting and fragmented workflows.
By combining AI-assisted script generation, sandbox validation and enterprise control in a single workflow, Opsmith helps IT teams accelerate execution, improve consistency and scale operations with greater confidence. Most importantly, deploying Opsmith is a meaningful step toward making automation easier to adopt, safer to operationalize and more effective across the enterprise.
Here are two ways to start experiencing Chef Opsmith today: