--- title: Cisco's Agents Reason Like a CCIE | daily.dev description: Cisco is introducing 'Agentic Operations' for networking, powered by Cisco Cloud Control. The approach breaks down AI-driven network management into four key... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cisco-s-agents-reason-like-a-ccie-iwla6m03y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cisco's Agents Reason Like a CCIE | daily.dev og:description: Cisco is introducing 'Agentic Operations' for networking, powered by Cisco Cloud Control. The approach breaks down AI-driven network management into four key... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cisco-s-agents-reason-like-a-ccie-iwla6m03y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iwla6m03y.png og:image:alt: Cisco's Agents Reason Like a CCIE og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cisco's Agents Reason Like a CCIE **[David Bombal](https://daily.dev/sources/davidbombal)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cisco is introducing 'Agentic Operations' for networking, powered by Cisco Cloud Control. The approach breaks down AI-driven network management into four key phases: grounding problem detection in real user experience metrics, deep reasoning that teaches LLMs to interpret network data like a CCIE would, deterministic and auditable actions taken on the network, and closed-loop validation using tools like ThousandEyes for full-path visibility. The emphasis is on earning network engineers' trust through predictability, audit logging, and avoiding the hallucination risks of naive LLM usage. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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