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Gemini Code Assist proposes topology and tables; you trace each VLAN and link to export lines and keep unclear peers.
Collect configuration exports with line
Draft topology and line-cited tables
Trace each VLAN and link
Use: You
Have ready: device configuration exports with fixed device and line labels and your address notation legend.
Use: Gemini Code Assist
Open exports as scratch files in VS Code; ask Gemini Code Assist for a configuration-derived narrative, VLAN and link tables and ambiguities.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Network configuration text with preserved line labels and a notation legend; Proposed topology narrative, VLAN and link registers, and configuration ambiguities. Read the labelled configuration text and describe VLANs, configured links and addressing with device and line references; distinguish configured statements from observed connectivity; mark missing peers and conflicting statements unclear; issue no commands and infer no live reachability; preserve the screened text with the proposal
Use: You
Trace every entry to export lines; compare both endpoints where present, correct relations and record unclear peers without probing the network.
Keep the tables separate from operational network records; accept only after correcting line-cited entries. The network owner keeps the generated registers separate from operational network records The network owner accepts the description only after correcting the line-cited registers.
You extract network facts into a cited worksheet; Notion AI drafts prose, then you check relations against exports.
Write the network-facts worksheet
Draft topology prose
Check prose and tables
Use: You
Have ready: local router/switch exports and syntax notes. Write device, VLAN ID, interface, address notation, peer statement and exact line references; append extracts.
The network owner holds the worksheet locally until every row has a config-line reference.
Use: Notion AI
Paste the worksheet into a new Notion AI page; use inline "Edit with AI" to draft prose retaining tables and unclear entries.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Network worksheet and config extracts; Worksheet-based topology prose with retained VLAN and link tables and unclear entries. Write a topology description using only the worksheet; retain its VLAN and link tables and line citations; keep unclear entries explicit; add no peers, address values or routing behavior; do not search workspace material or treat configured links as observed connectivity
Use: You
Correct unsupported relations and line references; assemble topology description, VLAN/link tables and an explicit unclear-items list.
Mark absent endpoint records unclear; accept only after prose and tables agree with exports. The network owner releases the description only after reconciling prose and tables with the exports.
You write the whole topology record; GitHub Copilot logs contradictions, then you correct tables and citations.
Write topology prose and cited
List contradictions against the cited
Check contradictions and every VLAN/link
Use: You
Have ready: local exports and notes on unidentified peers. Write topology, VLAN/link tables, cited extracts, addressing assumptions and missing counterpart configurations.
Use: GitHub Copilot
Open only the selected material in a separate VS Code folder; ask GitHub Copilot Ask for contradictions with row and line references.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Disclosure-screened topology draft and line-labelled configuration excerpts; Topology draft contradiction log with affected rows and config-line references. Compare the written topology and tables with the cited configuration excerpts; list contradictory VLAN IDs, addressing relationships, interface labels and unsupported peer claims by row and line; flag missing context instead of filling it; do not edit configuration, issue commands or infer live connectivity
Use: You
Check each concern against retained configurations, correct by hand, keep unresolved relations unclear and recheck every VLAN and link citation.
Close the contradiction check before accepting the corrected description. The network owner closes the contradiction review before accepting the corrected description.
Best when: You want a proposed description directly from configuration exports.
What it does: Gemini Code Assist drafts; you check and decide
Strong at: Drafts topology prose and VLAN/link tables with configuration-line references.
Limit: You must resolve textual discrepancies; missing counterpart configurations remain unclear.
Free plan: Yes, daily request caps
Best when: You want to extract network facts before delegating prose.
What it does: Notion AI drafts; you check and decide
Strong at: Turns a line-cited worksheet into explanatory topology prose.
Limit: You must correct unsupported relations; paid plan needed.
Free plan: Paid plan needed
Best when: You already have topology documentation and want contradictions flagged.
What it does: GitHub Copilot drafts; you check and decide
Strong at: Compares your statements with the supplied configuration excerpts.
Limit: You must settle contradictions; it does not probe the network.
Free plan: Yes
Before you paste into any AI tool, remove any confidential information. Put it back at the end.
Trace VLAN and link rows to config lines and distinguish configured text from live connectivity.
Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.