About eng-runbook
An engineering runbook skill that produces a single-page HTML runbook from a service brief and DESIGN.md. Its specified layout covers service details, alerts, dashboards, procedures, on-call rotations, and incident response.
Key features
- 01Read DESIGN.md and service brief
- 02Summarize service and dependencies
- 03Create an alerts table
- 04List dashboards and links
- 05Include procedures and on-call details
- 06Add incident response checklist
Use cases
- 01Creating a concise service runbook
- 02Documenting alert responses and procedures
- 03Organizing on-call and incident steps
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ mphinance/ alpha-skills --skill eng-runbookAfter installing, type/eng-runbookin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Bundled filesexample.htmlREADME.md
Details
From the project READMEEngineering Runbook Skill
Produce a single-page engineering runbook.
Workflow
- Read DESIGN.md.
- Identify the service from the brief.
- Layout:
- Header: service name, owner team, severity tier, version.
- Service summary paragraph + dependency list.
- Alerts table: alert name / severity / what it means / first response.
- Dashboards & links list.
- Common procedures block (3–4) with code blocks (deploy, rollback, rotate keys).
- On-call rotation table (week / primary / secondary / backup).
- Incident response checklist (5 numbered steps).
- One inline
<style>, semantic HTML, monospace for code blocks.
Output contract
<artifact identifier="runbook-name" type="text/html" title="Service Runbook">
<!doctype html>...</artifact>
Comments
Markdown supported