AWS has introduced CloudWatch Investigations, a generative AI feature designed to streamline DevOps troubleshooting by integrating with Slack for real-time collaboration. This capability helps teams quickly assess the severity of alerts and determine root causes by analyzing multiple metrics and logs, significantly reducing resolution times. The blog explains how to set up this integration and interact with investigations within Slack to enhance team efficiency during incidents.

Plaid has launched its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, integrating with Anthropic's AI assistant Claude to enhance user management of Plaid integrations. This tool enables users to monitor performance metrics, optimize conversion rates, and improve troubleshooting through natural language queries and instant diagnostics, all while maintaining security measures. Initially available to select Claude customers, the setup involves copying the MCP server URL into Claude for access.