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# Remote server management and troubleshooting via chat

Execute infrastructure checks and triage server incidents directly from chat

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- When you askReceive server command in chat
- ThenDraft shell command and ask approval
- ResultReturn command output to channel

Help engineering teams inspect remote servers, check host metrics, and run routine system commands. The bot accepts operational requests in team chat, connects to the designated host environment, and executes approved system tasks or gathers diagnostic logs.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

```
When an engineer requests a server check or system action in chat, identify the target server and the appropriate shell command. Do not execute any write, reboot, configuration change, or service restart without explicit user confirmation. Run safe diagnostic queries, format the command output clearly, and report findings back to the chat channel.
```

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## Tools it uses

SlackTerminal

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- devops
- servers
- sysadmin
- infrastructure

## Source

[Show HN: Pi-hosts – Give the Pi coding agent access to your servers](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47943466)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-15

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-15 · Updated 2026-10-15 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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