Pritesh Kiri
DevRel Engineer at Harness | LitmusChaos Maintainer | Organizer, AI Dev Circle & AAIF Bengaluru
Bengaluru, India
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Pritesh Kiri is a DevRel Engineer at Harness and a community manager and maintainer of LitmusChaos, an open-source cloud-native chaos engineering platform.
He works at the intersection of AI agents, MCP, agent protocols, platform engineering, and cloud-native technologies. He regularly speaks at technical conferences and contributes to open-source projects, developer education, and technical documentation.
Beyond his engineering work, Pritesh organizes AI Dev Circle by ReactPlay and the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) Bengaluru community, bringing developers together through technical meetups, workshops, and hands-on learning.
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Lambda Managed Instances: When Serverless Meets EC2 Power
Discovered how Lambda Managed Instances blend the ease of serverless with the power of EC2. The session highlighted the architecture, use cases, and the future of cloud compute on AWS.
AWS Community Days Bengaluru 2026
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7482055967749210112/
Blog - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-first-aws-community-day-bengaluru-pritesh-kiri-t9mdc/
Talking Chaos: An AI Co-Pilot for Resilience With LitmusChaos
Learned how to effectively use the LitmusMCP Server to simplify chaos engineering with AI assistants. The session showcased key capabilities, integration patterns, and practical demonstrations.
FOSS ASIA, Bangkok 2026
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRPpgz3O19s
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pritesh-kiri_gave-my-first-international-talk-and-it-ugcPost-7440318038970826752-QaoR
Blog - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/story-my-first-international-talk-foss-asia-pritesh-kiri-j2oac/
Why Open Source Communities Matter
Explored why open source communities are the foundation of innovation, collaboration, and sustainable software development. The session highlighted how active participation can accelerate learning, career growth, and meaningful contributions.
DevConf India 2026
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pritesh-kiri_the-best-part-of-conferences-isnt-just-the-ugcPost-7428776898861912064-eF1C
Blog - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/here-why-open-source-conferences-special-me-pritesh-kiri-ufwyc/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAy4mgyX61Q
Breaking Things before they break you: Chaos Engineering with Litmus
Explored the fundamentals of chaos engineering and how Litmus helps teams proactively uncover weaknesses before they impact production. The session covered practical experiments, resilience testing strategies, and real-world use cases.
CNCF Hyderabad Meetup, 2025
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cncfhyderabad-community-meetup-share-7390317693020774400-WzJ-
Blog - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/speaking-cncf-hyderabad-november-event-pritesh-kiri-1dxkc/?trackingId=jvD09b8%2FS7u8r3SrnnLwlg%3D%3D
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dtg-5Ab-Io&list=PLPP8t2V7gfl40sZHmzDmtIdOnLNhLnEja&index=4
Litmus MCP Server: Chaos Engineering Made Accessible
Introduced the Litmus MCP Server and demonstrated how AI assistants can interact with chaos engineering workflows using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The session showcased how it simplifies running experiments, managing infrastructure, and improving resilience testing.
HacktoberFest, DigitalOcean Event 2025
Blog - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hacktoberfest-hackathon-2025-ft-litmuschos-mcp-server-pritesh-kiri-sfldc/?trackingId=gFcvzT1fSNi1k%2FopNOwXmA%3D%3D
Chaos Engineering with LitmusChaos and LitmusMCP
A practical introduction to chaos engineering with LitmusChaos, enhanced by LitmusMCP for AI-powered interactions. Discussed how teams can design, execute, and manage resilience tests more efficiently.
DevConf India 2026
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pritesh-kiri_the-best-part-of-conferences-isnt-just-the-ugcPost-7428776898861912064-eF1C
Blog - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/here-why-open-source-conferences-special-me-pritesh-kiri-ufwyc/
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyvHNyeVRZw
LitmusChaos and MCP for beginners
An introductory session on LitmusChaos and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), showing how AI assistants can simplify chaos engineering workflows. Covered the fundamentals, architecture, and how to get started with AI-driven resilience testing.
CNCF Kolkata Meetup 2025
Blog - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/speaking-cncf-kolkata-my-first-visit-city-great-community-kiri-v2ohc/
Building communities that lasts
Discussed what it really takes to build communities that last, from creating genuine relationships to keeping members engaged over the long term. We also explored practical lessons on consistency, ownership, and building a culture people want to be part of.
DevRel Con India 2024
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pritesh-kiri_devrelcon-ugcPost-7274092964795027457-9uaz
How to make most out of open source communities?
Explored how to make the most of open source communities, whether you’re a contributor, maintainer, or learner. Covered practical ways to build your network, grow your career, contribute effectively, and create a lasting impact.
Hacktoberfest 2024 at Nokia Office Bengaluru
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pritesh-kiri_had-an-amazing-time-at-the-hacktoberfest-ugcPost-7253285298762129408-2nNq
From CRDs to Conversations: Simplifying Chaos Engineering with MCP
Explore how MCP can interface with a Kubernetes-native chaos engineering platform like LitmusChaos, exposing experiment discovery, execution, and analysis through natural language.
Learn the key design patterns and challenges of mapping stateful, asynchronous, and inherently unpredictable infrastructure workflows to MCP tools.
MCP Dev Summit Seoul (South Korea)
Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT62S7RvNFA
Pritesh Kiri
DevRel Engineer at Harness | LitmusChaos Maintainer | Organizer, AI Dev Circle & AAIF Bengaluru
Bengaluru, India
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