Reinventing Data Platform Operations and Governance: AI Agents as Your New DevOps Teammates

Modern enterprise data and AI platforms rely on a suite of tools to ensure governance, standardization and smooth onboarding. However, maintaining developer portals, managing documentation and handling operation requests often burdens platform teams with repetitive tasks.

In this session, we’ll explore how AI agents combined with (custom) MCP tools on Databricks can automate these operational workflows, freeing up teams to focus on innovation and strategic goals. Through real-world examples and a step-by-step implementation guide, attendees will gain practical insights into deploying AI agents to streamline platform operations.

Key takeaways:

• Real-world use cases for AI agents in data platform ops like Unity Catalogs creation, Delta Shares management, custom tool invocations, etc.
• How to integrate MCP tools with Databricks for seamless automation
• Pitfalls to avoid and best practices for successful adoption (including authentication, GDPR compliance and guardrails