🎯 Overview
runZero is a powerful asset inventory and discovery platform, but customers often need to go beyond the UI to integrate with their existing systems or automate specific workflows.The runZero Scripts repo was created as a bridge — providing practical, ready-to-use examples for:
- Automating exports and tagging
- Integrating with third-party tools (e.g., EDR, MDM, CMDB)
- Creating custom health and coverage reports
- Performing complex data transformations via the API
🧩 Key Skills & Contributions
- Python Development: Authored reusable scripts leveraging the
requestslibrary and structured JSON payloads for the runZero REST API. - API Expertise: Deep understanding of the runZero API for data retrieval, enrichment, and automation workflows.
- Customer Enablement: Created shareable, easy-to-extend scripts for customers to adapt within their own environments.
- Product Feedback Loop: Partnered with Product and Engineering teams to turn repeat customer workarounds into official features.
- Documentation: Provided clear usage examples and inline code documentation to accelerate adoption.
🏆 Impact
- Helped hundreds of customers extend platform functionality beyond the UI.
- Reduced manual effort in asset tagging, data enrichment, and report generation.
- Led to multiple product improvements through data-driven insights gathered from customer use cases.
- Established a community reference point for technical users integrating with the runZero ecosystem.
🛠️ Tech Stack
| Category | Tools |
|---|---|
| Language | Python |
| Core Libraries | requests, json, argparse |
| Platform | runZero REST API |
| Hosting | GitHub |
| Integration Targets | EDR, MDM, CMDB, and automation tools |
🔗 Resources
- Repository: github.com/tdiderich/runZero-scripts
- Collaborators: Community & Customer Success Engineering team
- Phase: Active
- Type: Developer Tools & Automation