# Automation

Cloudback provides automation tools for programmatic management of your backup configurations, enabling integration with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code workflows.

## Automation Tools

* [Terraform Provider](/automation/terraform-provider.md) - Manage backup definitions using Terraform
* [Operations API](/automation/operations-api.md) - RESTful API for programmatic backup management
* [MCP Server](/automation/mcp-server.md) - Manage backups from AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol


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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.cloudback.it/automation.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.
