Getting Started
How do I get started with NOFire AI?
How do I get started with NOFire AI?
- Connect your data sources - Choose between connecting your observability stack (Grafana, Prometheus, etc.) or deploying the NOFire AI Kubernetes agent
- Configure integrations - Set up Slack bot for alerts and incident response
- Set up MCP (optional) - Connect your IDE for proactive deployment risk assessment
Should I use the Kubernetes agent or connect to my observability stack?
Should I use the Kubernetes agent or connect to my observability stack?
Both options work, but they have different trade-offs:Connect to Observability Stack:
- Fast and effective setup
- No agent deployment required
- Works with existing tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, etc.)
- Higher causality precision
- Deeper infrastructure visibility
- Captures cluster topology in real-time
How long until I can use NOFire AI after connecting?
How long until I can use NOFire AI after connecting?
Immediately! Once you connect your data sources, NOFire AI starts building the knowledge graph and is ready to analyze incidents and assess deployment risk right away.The causal graph continuously improves as NOFire AI observes your environment over time, but you don’t need to wait for an initial learning period.
Proactive Reliability
What is proactive deployment risk assessment?
What is proactive deployment risk assessment?
Before you deploy code changes, NOFire AI analyzes:
- Which production services are affected by your changes
- Blast radius (what else could break if this fails)
- Dependency chains and critical services in the path
- Historical stability patterns
How can NOFire AI prevent incidents before they happen?
How can NOFire AI prevent incidents before they happen?
NOFire AI shifts reliability left by integrating with your IDE (Cursor, Claude Desktop) via MCP. Before merging code:
- Assess risk - Analyze which services your changes affect
- Understand impact - See blast radius and dependency chains
- Get guidance - Receive clear deployment strategy based on risk level
- Make informed decisions - Deploy confidently with canary/staged rollouts for high-risk changes
Investigations & Root Cause Analysis
How does NOFire AI find root causes?
How does NOFire AI find root causes?
NOFire AI combines Causal AI (understanding cause-and-effect relationships) with GenAI (natural language reasoning) to deliver high-accuracy root cause analysis.How it works:
- Causal Graph - Builds a real-time model of your infrastructure dependencies and relationships
- Change Detection - Identifies what changed (deployments, config updates, scaling events)
- Impact Analysis - Traces causality through the dependency graph
- Pattern Recognition - Compares against known failure patterns and past incidents
- Hypothesis Generation - Ranks probable root causes with confidence scores
How does an investigation start with NOFire AI?
How does an investigation start with NOFire AI?
NOFire AI seamlessly integrates with triggering tools such as Grafana IRM and Slack. It automatically detects the alerted entity by analyzing alert labels and initiates a comprehensive automated root cause analysis.You can also manually trigger investigations from the dashboard or by asking the Slack bot to investigate a specific service.
Can I see previous investigations on the NOFire AI dashboard?
Can I see previous investigations on the NOFire AI dashboard?
Yes, all previous investigations are saved and accessible from the sessions list on the NOFire AI dashboard. You can revisit prior investigations to review findings and generate post-mortems.
Integration & Usage
How do I use NOFire AI in Slack?
How do I use NOFire AI in Slack?
Install the NOFire AI bot in your Slack workspace and invite it to your alert channels.Capabilities:
- Automatic alert triage - Bot automatically analyzes alerts when they fire
- Run investigations - Mention
@NOFireAI botto investigate incidents collaboratively - Query production - Ask questions like “What services depend on the payment API?” or “Show me recent changes to auth-service”
- Deployment risk checks - Get risk assessments directly in Slack
Can I use NOFire AI without the Kubernetes agent?
Can I use NOFire AI without the Kubernetes agent?
Yes! NOFire AI works by connecting directly to your observability stack. You can use:
- Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic
- Logs: Loki, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, CloudWatch
- Traces: Tempo, Jaeger
What observability tools does NOFire AI work with?
What observability tools does NOFire AI work with?
NOFire AI integrates with your existing observability stack:Metrics & Monitoring:
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Datadog
- Dynatrace
- New Relic
- Loki
- Elasticsearch
- OpenSearch
- AWS CloudWatch
- Tempo
- Jaeger
- Slack
- Grafana IRM
IDE & MCP Integration
What IDEs does NOFire AI work with?
What IDEs does NOFire AI work with?
NOFire AI works with any IDE that supports Model Context Protocol (MCP):
- Cursor - Full support with setup guide
- Claude Desktop - Full support with setup guide
- GitHub Copilot - Via MCP plugin
- Other MCP-compatible tools - Any tool supporting MCP
What can I do with NOFire AI in my IDE?
What can I do with NOFire AI in my IDE?
With MCP integration, you can directly in your IDE:Before Deployment:
- Assess deployment risk for code changes
- Analyze blast radius and dependencies
- Get deployment strategy recommendations
- Query service relationships and dependencies
- Investigate incidents and recent changes
- Onboard new engineers by exploring production architecture
- Understand what changed recently in any service