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NetBox + Memtro

Ask NetBox which IP addresses are free in a prefix, and what sits on each device.

Connect NetBox with your server's host and an API token, and Memtro reads devices, virtual machines, sites, IP addresses, prefixes, VLANs and journal entries. The token acts as its user. The hourly sync writes each changed device and journal entry into memory. When you ask, and once an administrator has granted them by name, it can add, edit and delete journal entries, record devices, VMs, sites, racks, VLANs and more, reserve the next free address or prefix, assign addresses to interfaces, and change objects. These are inventory records and nothing is configured on any device. Deleting an object is permanent.

In Memtro

What you can do with NetBox in Memtro

Ask in plain English from chat, your editor, a scheduled job or your own agent. The model picks the right NetBox tool, reads what it needs, and answers with the source cited.

What it does

  1. 01Devices by site, role, status or tenant, with type, rack position, primary IP, serial and asset tag
  2. 02IP addresses, prefixes and VLANs with status, role, VRF, tenant and what each is assigned to
  3. 03Sites with region, facility and counts of devices, racks and prefixes, and journal entries on any object, newest first
  4. 04The hourly sync writes each changed device and journal entry into memory
  5. 05When asked and granted, adds, edits or deletes journal entries, reserves the next free IP address or child prefix, and assigns addresses to device or VM interfaces
  6. 06When asked and granted, records or changes devices, VMs, sites, racks, interfaces, VLANs, VRFs, IP ranges, tenants and contacts, without configuring anything, or permanently deletes a device, site, VM, address, prefix or VLAN

Acts when asked

When you ask it to

These tools change something in NetBox. The model is told to use them only when you ask for exactly that, and an administrator grants each one by name to the teams that may use it; a personal connection acts only after its owner allows it.

  1. 01Add a journal entry (a note) to a device, site, virtual machine, IP address, prefix or VLAN
  2. 02Edit a journal entry's text or kind
  3. 03Delete a journal entry
  4. 04Create an IP address
  5. 05Create a prefix
  6. 06Change an object's status, description, comments, DNS name or tenant
  7. 07Delete a device, site, virtual machine, IP address, prefix or VLAN
  8. 08Create a device record
  9. 09Change a device's name, serial, asset tag, role, site, rack, platform, tenant or primary IP
  10. 10Create a virtual machine record
  11. 11Create a site
  12. 12Reserve the next free IP address in a prefix
  13. 13Carve the next free child prefix out of a prefix
  14. 14Assign an IP address to a device or VM interface, or unassign it
  15. 15Create a VLAN
  16. 16Create an interface on a device
  17. 17Create an IP range
  18. 18Create a tenant
  19. 19Create a rack
  20. 20Create a VRF
  21. 21Create a contact

Events

When it happens

Turn events on in the connection's Events tab on the Connections page, then add the address it shows as a webhook in NetBox, choosing the same kinds; the tab shows NetBox's own steps. Each event can start a job, with the event as its input. NetBox signs every delivery, and one whose signature does not check out is refused before it is read.

Events and webhooks
  • 01An object was created
  • 02An object was updated
  • 03An object was deleted
  • 04A job started
  • 05A job ended (completed, failed or errored)
In practice

Ask it like you would a colleague

Once NetBox is connected, these are the kinds of things people ask. Plain questions, no syntax. If the answer lives partly in another system you have connected, Memtro looks there too.

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  • Which IP addresses are free in the 10.20.0.0/24 prefix?

  • Which devices are in the London site, and which rack is each in?

  • What notes have people written on core-sw-01 this month?

  • Add a journal note to core-sw-01 saying the fan tray was replaced today

  • Reserve the next free address in the office prefix for the new printer

01

What changed on the switch

Before a maintenance window the platform lead asks about core-sw-01. Memtro reads its device record and journal: active, rack B4, and a warning note from Dan Fletcher last Tuesday about a failing fan tray.

02

Finding a free address

Sarah Collins at Acme needs an address for a new office printer. With the action granted, Memtro reserves the next free IP address in the office prefix with the printer's DNS name and description, and NetBox picks the address. It is an inventory record, so she configures the printer herself.

Teams

Where it fits

The teams that lean on NetBox most, a question each of them asks, and what they connect beside it.

Better together

Works with

A record in NetBox is rarely the whole story. Connect the systems that hold the rest and Memtro checks them together, then remembers what it learned so the next question starts further along.

Also in Engineering and operations

Using something else for the same job, or both? Each connector has its own tools; connect as many as you like.

Setup

How to connect

Connect withHost and API token
  1. 1

    Create a dedicated NetBox user for Memtro with view permissions, plus add, change and delete permissions only on the objects it should create, edit or delete

  2. 2

    In NetBox open user menu → Profile → API Tokens → Add a Token, choose v2 if offered, tick Write enabled only if you want the actions, leave allowed IPs blank or include Memtro's addresses, and copy the whole token: it is shown once

  3. 3

    In Connections → NetBox in Memtro type the Host name only, self-hosted or NetBox Cloud, with no https://, path or port, a public DNS name with a publicly trusted certificate, and paste the API token

  4. 4

    Ask which IP addresses are free in 10.20.0.0/24

Also works from

Chat in the dashboard, the OpenAI-compatible API, scheduled jobs, and any MCP client: Claude Code, OpenCode, Cursor, Claude Desktop. The NetBox tools are the same everywhere.

FAQ

Questions

Can Memtro change anything in NetBox?+

Only when you ask, and only what it has been granted: add a journal entry (a note) to a device, site, virtual machine, IP address, prefix or VLAN; edit a journal entry's text or kind; delete a journal entry; create an IP address; create a prefix; change an object's status, description, comments, DNS name or tenant; delete a device, site, virtual machine, IP address, prefix or VLAN; create a device record; change a device's name, serial, asset tag, role, site, rack, platform, tenant or primary IP; create a virtual machine record; create a site; reserve the next free IP address in a prefix; carve the next free child prefix out of a prefix; assign an IP address to a device or VM interface, or unassign it; create a VLAN; create an interface on a device; create an IP range; create a tenant; create a rack; create a VRF; create a contact. Every other tool reads, searches or lists. The Connections page labels the tools that act, an administrator grants each one by name to the teams that may use it, and a personal connection acts only after its owner allows it.

Who can use a NetBox connection?+

A personal connection serves only your own requests. A shared connection serves the organisation: everyone, or only the teams an admin chooses. Admins can always add shared connections; other members need the permission.

Does Memtro store my NetBox data?+

Credentials are encrypted at rest. Tool results are cached briefly so agent loops do not repeat identical calls, and the facts the model extracts are saved to your organisation's memory with provenance (system, record and link) so they can be checked and superseded. An hourly sync anchors recently changed NetBox records into memory as entities.

How do I connect NetBox?+

Host and API token. Create a dedicated NetBox user for Memtro with view permissions, plus add, change and delete permissions only on the objects it should create, edit or delete.

Can NetBox start a job?+

Yes. Turn events on in the connection's Events tab on the Connections page, then add the address it shows as a webhook in NetBox, choosing the same kinds; the tab shows NetBox's own steps. A job set to start "When an event arrives" then runs once for each matching event, with the event as its input. The run treats the event as outside data, never as instructions, and anything the run remembers is kept as unverified.

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Sign in, add a provider key, create an API key and point your tools at Memtro. It takes about five minutes.

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