Uh, is this a good idea? Examining the viability of reusable prompt-based workflows for developers

It’s tempting to throw AI onto everything we do these days. But do we have to?

Can we be lazy enough to tell our AI assistant to set up our local developer tooling for us with just some well-constructed prompts, without having to rely on our platform engineering friends?

Can we achieve the Star Trek dream of saying, “Computer, run level 10 diagnostic.” and the computer would just know? And could it be repeatable and shareable?

This talk explores the developer's journey of creating a natural-language, reusable prompt-based workflow with Block's Codename Goose to provision a local development environment.

Attendees will learn about:
* MCP and Goose
* The target demo workflow
* Challenges faced, and key takeaways

Attendees will also come away with an understanding of the possibilities and limits of creating reusable prompt-based workflows, answering the question: can developers self-provision tools using natural language? And just because they CAN, SHOULD THEY?