Runbook Creation

Generates operational runbooks with severity levels, response times, escalation paths, and step-by-step procedures for incidents and maintenance. You'd use this when documenting incident response, on-call procedures, or SOPs instead of writing them from scratch. The templates include all the stuff people actually need during an outage: exact commands to run, expected outputs, verification steps, and communication templates. Honestly, the best part is it pushes you to document escalation contacts and response times upfront, which is exactly what gets forgotten until 2am when the database is on fire.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill runbook-creation --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Overview

Create comprehensive operational runbooks that provide step-by-step procedures for common operational tasks, incident response, and system maintenance.

When to Use

Incident response procedures
Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
On-call playbooks
System maintenance guides
Disaster recovery procedures
Deployment runbooks
Escalation procedures
Service restoration guides

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

# Incident Response Runbook

## Quick Reference

**Severity Levels:**

- P0 (Critical): Complete outage, data loss, security breach
- P1 (High): Major feature down, significant user impact
- P2 (Medium): Minor feature degradation, limited user impact
- P3 (Low): Cosmetic issues, minimal user impact

**Response Times:**

- P0: Immediate (24/7)
- P1: 15 minutes (business hours), 1 hour (after hours)
- P2: 4 hours (business hours)
- P3: Next business day

**Escalation Contacts:**

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