Designing Platforms With Judgment - Agentic Flows With MCP

Explore a revolutionary approach to platform engineering through this 30-minute conference talk that introduces agentic platforms - intelligent systems that move beyond traditional reactive operations to become responsive, context-aware infrastructure managers. Learn how to design platforms that don't just execute commands blindly but incorporate judgment by understanding cost constraints, incident context, and security posture before taking action. Discover the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and its role in creating flexible frameworks for injecting contextual awareness into automation pipelines. Examine real-world scenarios demonstrating how MCP-powered agentic flows enable platforms to make responsible autonomous decisions, implement secure-by-default provisioning, and manage uncertainty gracefully while knowing when to say no to potentially harmful requests. Understand how this architectural pattern transforms platform engineering from simple infrastructure scaling to building intelligent systems capable of interpreting developer intent and adapting to changing environments with embedded situational awareness.