Elastic Compute Service:Manage ECS instances with Workbench AI Agent mode

Prerequisites

Ensure the following requirements are met:

• Your Alibaba Cloud account or RAM user has permissions to log on to the target instance with Workbench.

• (Optional) If the task involves downloading software from the internet, the instance has public network access via a public IP address or NAT Gateway.

Use the AI Agent mode

1. Log on to a Linux instance using Workbench

   On the ECS console, find the target instance and click Connect in the Actions column. Then, click Sign in now next to Workbench.

2. Enter AI Agent mode

   After logging on, enter AI Agent mode in one of the following ways:

   • Method 1 (Button): Click Agent at the top of the terminal.

     Available only in the new version of Workbench.

     The Agent button also displays the keyboard shortcut ⌘ I.

   • Method 2 (Keyboard shortcut): In the terminal, press Command + I (macOS) or Ctrl + Shift + I (Windows).

   • Method 3 (Context menu): Right-click in the terminal and select AI Terminal Mode.

3. Enter a prompt

   The input prompt changes to the AI Agent style. Type a natural language prompt and press Enter. For example:

   My instance is a bit slow. Help me analyze and fix it.

   Press Shift + Enter to force the agent to treat your input as natural language rather than a shell command.

4. Review and run commands

   The agent interprets your prompt and plans the corresponding shell commands. Review each command and click Run.

   Important

   AI-generated content is for reference only. Verify each command before running it. You are responsible for any consequences of command execution.

   [root@iZbp000000000000 ~]# My instance is a bit slow, help me analyze and fix the problem.
   
   ● Sure, let me help you analyze why the instance is slow. First, let's check CPU usage to see if any process is consuming too many resources.
   
   Do you agree to run the following command and view the output?
   
     top -b -n 1 | head -n 20
   
   This command takes a snapshot of current CPU usage to help identify processes that may be consuming too many resources.
   
   [root@iZbp000000000000 ~]#

   [root@iZbpoooooooooooo ~]# top -b -n 1 | head -n 20
   top - 15:30:54 up 5 days, 23:08,  2 users,  load average: 4.94, 3.58, 2.71
   Tasks: 113 total,   7 running, 106 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
   %Cpu(s): 96.8 us,  3.2 sy,  0.0 ni,  0.0 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st
   MiB Mem :  7589.5 total,  5603.6 free,   682.5 used,  1562.0 buff/cache
   MiB Swap:    0.0 total,    0.0 free,    0.0 used.  6907.0 avail Mem
   
     PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
   44580 root      20   0  236580   9352   2760 R  93.3   0.1   0:47.32 python
   44581 root      20   0  236580   9492   2900 R  86.7   0.1   0:47.40 python
       1 root      20   0  103576  11480   8580 S   0.0   0.1   0:04.15 systemd
       2 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.04 kthreadd
       3 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 rcu_gp
       4 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 rcu_par_gp
       6 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 kworker/0:0H-events_highpri
       8 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0   0.0   0:00.31 kworker/0:1H-events_highpri
       9 root       0 -20       0      0      0 I   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 mm_percpu_wq
      11 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 rcu_tasks_rude_
      12 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 rcu_tasks_trace
      13 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0.0   0.0   0:01.20 ksoftirqd/0
      14 root      20   0       0      0      0 R   0.0   0.0   0:21.35 rcu_sched
   [root@iZbpoooooooooooo ~]#

   High-risk commands, such as kill, are highlighted in red and require a second confirmation before execution.

   While the AI is generating a response, click the icon or press Ctrl/Command + C to stop generation.

   [root@iZbp1oooooooooooooooo ~]# My instance is a bit slow, help me analyze and fix the problem.
   ○ Sure, let me help you analyze why the instance is slow. First, let's check CPU usage and look for any high-load processes.

   To edit a command before running it, click Modify or press Ctrl/Command + E. After editing, click Save or press ESC.

5. Start a new conversation

   Click New Conversation below the AI output to clear the conversation history.

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