A multi-vendor diagnostic skill for analyzing BGP peering states, path selection algorithms, and route propagation across enterprise and service provider networks.
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1. ClawHub CLI
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npx clawhub@latest install bgp-analysis
2. Manual Installation
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3. Prompt Installation
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Help me install bgp-analysis using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is BGP Protocol Analysis?
The BGP Protocol Analysis skill provides a protocol-reasoning-driven approach to managing Border Gateway Protocol environments. Unlike basic health checks, this skill enables deep inspection of the BGP Finite State Machine (FSM), walking the best-path algorithm to resolve asymmetric routing, and validating complex route filtering policies.
Designed for network engineers and SREs, it offers a unified diagnostic flow across Cisco IOS-XE/NX-OS, Juniper JunOS, and Arista EOS. By using these Openclaw Skills, users can move beyond surface-level metrics to interpret the technical truth of the control plane, ensuring stable convergence and accurate prefix propagation.
BGP Protocol Analysis Use Cases
- Troubleshooting BGP peers stuck in Idle, Connect, or Active states.
- Investigating route leaks where prefixes appear in unauthorized tables.
- Verifying path selection outcomes after policy changes or community updates.
- Assessing convergence speed after planned maintenance or unplanned failover events.
- Validating route filtering and prefix-list application to prevent transit provider issues.
How BGP Protocol Analysis Works
- Session Inventory: Collects and compares peer states against the expected topology to identify missing or non-established neighbors.
- State Diagnosis: Analyzes the BGP FSM (Idle, Connect, Active, etc.) to isolate Layer 3 reachability issues or parameter mismatches.
- Route Table Analysis: Verifies prefix exchange counts to detect significant deviations, withdrawals, or potential leaks.
- Path Selection Walkthrough: Evaluates attributes like Weight, Local Preference, and AS Path length to determine why a specific route was chosen.
- Filtering Validation: Inspects route-maps and prefix-lists to ensure intended policies are correctly applied to inbound and outbound traffic.
- Convergence Assessment: Monitors for dampened paths or high update churn to ensure network stability.
BGP Protocol Analysis Setup
Ensure you have SSH access to the target routers with read-only privileges. This skill requires the ssh binary available in your environment.
To begin a diagnostic session, use the following commands based on your vendor:
# Cisco IOS-XE/NX-OS
show bgp ipv4 unicast summary
# Juniper JunOS
show bgp summary
# Arista EOS
show ip bgp summary
BGP Protocol Analysis Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes protocol data into structured reports and comparison tables:
| Data Point | Description | Key Indicators |
|---|---|---|
| Peer State | Current FSM status | Established vs. Non-Established |
| Prefix Count | Routes received/advertised | >10% deviation triggers alerts |
| Path Attributes | BGP decision criteria | Local Pref, AS-Path, MED, etc. |
| Timer Values | Protocol timings | Hold, Keepalive, and MRAI intervals |
Standardized report templates include sections for Session Status, Findings (Severity/Root Cause), and Path Analysis.
BGP Protocol Analysis Advanced Features
- Multi-vendor syntax mapping for seamless operations across Cisco, Juniper, and Arista environments.
- Detailed FSM error decoding to identify MD5 mismatches, TTL issues, or capability negotiation failures.
- Convergence target benchmarking for eBGP and iBGP failover scenarios.
- Protocol-first reasoning trees for resolving complex issues like route oscillation and memory pressure from full internet tables.
- Support for RFC 8092 Large Communities to ensure end-to-end propagation in transit networks.
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