WorkVie AI

AI Blast Radius

Understand downstream impact before you touch production. WorkVie AI reads your CMDB and explains who and what is affected in a conversation, not a spreadsheet.

Real-world scenario

Alex Kim · VP of IT at Bluewave Labs

Carlos scheduled a kernel patch on prod-api-01 this Saturday. Alex wants to know blast radius, customer APIs, internal dashboards, and on-call owners, before approving the maintenance window.

Before you begin

  • WorkVie AI enabled in My Organization → Configurations → AI
  • Target asset exists in ITAM with CMDB relationships linked

Overview

Blast radius analysis answers one question executives ask before every change: if this asset fails, what else breaks? WorkVie AI walks relationship paths in your CMDB, servers to domains, services to owners, devices to workplaces, and summarizes impact so you can size the maintenance window and notify the right teams.

You do not need to build a query or export a graph first. Describe the asset in natural language and refine with follow-ups. For board-ready visuals, use the CMDB Blast Radius view alongside the AI summary.

Ask about blast radius

  1. 1

    Open WorkVie AI

    Click the WorkVie AI button in the header, or open the docked assistant from ITAM → Servers while you review the maintenance target.

  2. 2

    Name the asset and scenario

    Tell the agent which server, domain, or device is changing and what you plan to do, patch, reboot, or decommission.

  3. 3

    Review the narrative summary

    WorkVie AI traverses CMDB relationships and returns impacted servers, services, employees, and downstream dependencies in plain language.

  4. 4

    Ask follow-up questions

    Drill into owners, ticket volume, or SLA risk. Example: "Which customer-facing services depend on prod-api-01?"

  5. 5

    Pair with the visual graph for stakeholders

    Open ITAM → CMDB → Blast Radius for the same asset when you need a diagram for the change advisory board.

Example prompts & response

Bluewave Labs: Saturday patch on prod-api-01

Prompt

"What is the blast radius if prod-api-01 goes down for 45 minutes during a kernel patch? List customer-facing services, internal apps, and who owns each dependency."

Typical response themes

  • Direct dependents: api.workverge.ai (domain), billing-worker-02 (server)
  • Services: Customer API, Admin billing dashboard
  • People: Platform team on-call, ~180 active API consumers in Engineering + Sales
  • Risk note: No redundant node, maintenance should stay under agreed SLA window

Other prompts that work well:

  • "Who is affected if we decommission staging-db-03?"
  • "List downstream dependencies for device LAP-4421 before reassignment."
  • "Compare blast radius for prod-api-01 vs prod-api-02, which is safer to patch first?"

Better answers need better CMDB links

If the agent reports gaps, run CMDB Intelligence first to link orphaned servers and domains. Incomplete relationships mean incomplete blast radius.

Visual graph companion

The AI summary is fastest for change approval conversations. When you present to leadership or a CAB, open the visual CMDB Blast Radius view for the same asset, you get an interactive graph while keeping the AI narrative for context and Q&A.

After you approve the window

Share the AI summary with Carlos and post a Slack alert using notification channels so affected teams know the maintenance schedule.

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