Turn an intent + target platforms into a netlab topology YAML (parse-validated).

intent: free text, e.g. "ebgp peering" or "ospf two routers". The module is inferred. platforms: NOS list, dut first (MVP free set: srlinux, frr, cumulus, vyos, linux). Feed the returned topology_yaml to render_config or validate_in_lab.

Render real per-device config from a netlab topology — offline, no containers.

Returns {per_node: {node: {module: config_text}}, clab_yaml, disclaimer}. This is the netlab data-model transform + Jinja2 render; the config matches what would deploy.

What netlab declares a platform supports, overlaid with what was observed in the lab.

declared comes from netlab; observed comes from prior validate_in_lab/harvest runs. conflicts flags cells declared-supported but observed-failing for the current version.

Return a previously lab-passed topology + rendered config for module+platform, if any.

Index netlab's integration test topologies (real, maintained multi-platform scenarios).

With no module: list available modules + counts. With a module: list its scenarios.

Record a negative result (a combo that did not work) into the compatibility matrix.

Diagnose this host's lab readiness in one call — run this first when anything fails.

Reports docker/containerlab availability + versions, the netlab version, which platforms are allowed, which devices have locally loaded images (deployable without a pull), and which devices can anchor validate tests per module.

Deploy a topology to containerlab, run netlab validate, and record the verdict.

Requires docker + containerlab on a Linux host. Returns the verdict (pass/fail/warning), rendered config, raw validate output, and persists a version-scoped matrix row. The lab is always torn down afterward. On a host without containerlab this returns verdict "unavailable" rather than failing.