Postmortem Writing
Skill ActiveWrite effective blameless postmortems with root cause analysis, timelines, and action items. Use when conducting incident reviews, writing postmortem documents, or improving incident response processes.
To assist users in writing effective, blameless postmortems that drive organizational learning and prevent future incidents.
Features
- Write blameless postmortems
- Conduct root cause analysis (5 Whys)
- Generate incident timelines
- Create actionable follow-up items
- Facilitate blameless culture
Use Cases
- Conducting post-incident reviews
- Writing postmortem documents
- Improving incident response processes
- Facilitating blameless postmortem meetings
Non-Goals
- Assigning blame to individuals
- Hiding information during incident reviews
- Conducting real-time incident management
- Providing automated incident detection
Workflow
- Review incident triggers and context.
- Draft postmortem document using provided templates.
- Facilitate postmortem meeting based on guide.
- Perform root cause analysis (e.g., 5 Whys).
- Define and assign action items with owners and due dates.
- Finalize document and track action item completion.
Practices
- Blameless Culture
- Incident Analysis
- Action Item Management
Versioning
- warning:Release ManagementThere is no explicit versioning information (like a `version` field in frontmatter or changelog) readily available for this skill. The README references installation from `main`.
Installation
First, add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents/plugin install incident-response@claude-code-workflowsQuality Score
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