Chat Ops

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. An operating style in which operational tasks are triggered, monitored, or discussed through chat tools like Slack or Teams, often with bots and automation integrated directly into conversations. Chat Ops blends communication and action in one place.

    In plain English: Running operational work through chat tools with automation and bots.

    Example: "Their team leaned heavily on Chat Ops so deployments, rollbacks, and incident updates could all happen visibly in the same Slack thread."

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