AI writes a script, finds a manual page, or sorts through an error log in seconds. It doesn’t know your infrastructure: every command gets reviewed and tested outside production before it runs.
AI helps systems administrators with tasks such as “Understand an inherited script or scheduled task,” “Write a PowerShell or Bash script,” and “Sort through an error log without letting it leave.” Start with a single task, in Claude: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
TodayAn uncommented script has run every night for years. Nobody dares touch it, and yet the server has to be migrated.
With ClaudeA clear explanation of the script, its risks, and what to verify before touching it.
GitHub Copilot · Copilot Chat, in VS Code
TodayWriting the core logic takes ten minutes. Error handling, logging, and a dry-run mode take fifty, so they get skipped.
With GitHub CopilotA commented script, with a dry-run mode and a log, ready to be tested outside production.
Ollama · A model installed on your computer
TodayThousands of lines to go through while users wait, and a log too sensitive to paste into an online assistant.
With OllamaThe lines that matter, a timeline, and possible causes to verify, without the log ever leaving your computer.
Also
Perplexity · “Research”
A sourced file for the upgrade: prerequisites, known pitfalls, end of support, and rollback.
Gemini Notebook · A notebook per device or per product
The steps to follow, taken from the manual, with a reference to the passage for each step.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
A numbered runbook as a Word file, with the checks and the rollback, ready to be tested by a colleague.
Microsoft Power Automate · “Create with Copilot”
A flow that gets each request approved in Teams and keeps a record of who asked, who approved, and when.
Microsoft Copilot · Copilot in Excel
The list of accounts to check and a license count by department, to present to your manager.
Miro · “Create with AI”
A first editable architecture diagram, to correct and then attach to the documentation.
ChatGPT · “Chat” mode
An announcement email and a reminder that everyone can understand, with the essentials in the first sentence.
All 10 use cases on this page are in Nova, each with its steps and its prompt.
Try the interactive demoWhat to check
An old script often contains a plaintext password or key: remove them before pasting, and change them if they are still active.
Understand an inherited script or scheduled taskClaudeThe prompt to copy
You are an experienced systems administrator. Explain this [PowerShell, Bash, batch] script found on [type of server], launched by a scheduled task [frequency]. I want: what it does in five sentences, then block by block; what it modifies or deletes; the permissions it assumes; what happens on error; the risks (plaintext password, hard-coded path, deletion with no check). Finally, tell me what to verify before disabling or migrating it. If you don’t know a command, say so instead of guessing. Here is the script:
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobWrite a PowerShell or Bash script
In your jobUnderstand an inherited script or scheduled task
In your jobPrepare a version upgrade
In your jobSort through an error log without letting it leave
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
Explain a script you inherited, write a runbook as a Word file, clean up your intervention notes.
Recommended planFree to start. For company data: Team, $25 per user per month ($20 if billed yearly).
In VS Code, it completes your PowerShell or Bash scripts as you type and answers your questions about the code open on screen.
Recommended planFree, $0: 2,000 code suggestions per month. At a company: Business, $19 per user per month.
Prepare a version upgrade or check an end-of-support date, with a link to the vendor’s page for each point.
Recommended planFree: 3 “Pro” searches per day and 1 “Research” report per month. Then: Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
You upload the manufacturers’ manuals and your own procedures. It answers by showing the page, without looking anywhere else.
Recommended planFree: 50 sources per notebook and 50 questions per day. Included in Google Workspace if your company uses it.
An AI model that runs on your computer, even offline: the sensible way to have it read a log or a configuration file that must not leave the building.
Recommended planFree, $0: the software, the models to download, and the chats are free on your computer.
If the company is on Microsoft 365: you describe the workflow, and Copilot builds it. Useful for access requests, onboarding, and offboarding.
Recommended planIncluded with Microsoft 365, for standard connectors. Premium connectors: Power Automate Premium, €13.00 excl. tax per user per month, paid yearly.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, GitHub Copilot, Perplexity, Gemini Notebook, Ollama, and Microsoft Power Automate. All of them can be used for free to get started.
Explain a script you inherited, write a runbook as a Word file, clean up your intervention notes. The plan to choose: Free to start. For company data: Team, $25 per user per month ($20 if billed yearly).
With “Understand an inherited script or scheduled task,” in Claude. Allow 10 minutes the first time. A clear explanation of the script, its risks, and what to verify before touching it.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.