# lab note
LLMs for Ops: log triage that can’t leak or lie
A retrieval-first incident summarizer with hard data boundaries and a disable switch.
1 min readLLMs for Ops
Sean · wrote this at the bench
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An LLM that reads logs is useful right up until it invents a root cause or ships a secret to an API. We built guardrails first, capability second.
The problem
A small, annoying task that was eating time and attention every week. We measured it before touching anything.
The approach
One focused change, reproducible, with a guardrail and an obvious way to turn it off. No magic, no vibes.
$ ./run --dry-run
[ ok ] plan looks sane
$ ./run --applyThe receipts
Before/after benchmarks, the failure modes we hit, and the tradeoffs we accepted. The repo has the full runbook.
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