incident-commander-checklist

When to Use This Skill

Use at incident declaration or when service degradation is detected.

Required Inputs

• Severity and blast radius\n- Affected systems\n- Incident owner

Output Artifacts

• Triage checklist\n- Communication timeline\n- Escalation and resolution log

Workflow

1. Collect scope, constraints, and success criteria.
2. Build a deterministic execution plan with explicit checks.
3. Run read-first diagnostics and capture baseline evidence.
4. Propose safe execution steps with rollback or abort criteria.
5. Produce final artifacts with owners and next actions.

Safety Checks

• Timestamp every decision\n- Keep read-first diagnostics before remediation\n- Require explicit closure criteria