Three Languages, One Binary: Building a VMware Nutanix Inventory With Claude
Cisco, Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
A Cisco DevNet engineer describes using Claude to build a single tool that inventories VMware and Nutanix environments.
A Cisco DevNet engineer describes being unable to quickly say how many servers the team runs across VMware vCenter (seven clusters) and Nutanix Prism Central (three).
The data sat in separate tabs, mismatched CSV exports and a frequently rebuilt spreadsheet.
The author used Claude to build a single-binary tool that produces a unified, exportable VMware and Nutanix inventory.
The post covers how the tool came together across three programming languages.