What is the primary benefit of the Chaos Experiment Design skill?

It ensures that chaos engineering is conducted scientifically with clear hypotheses and safety controls rather than just breaking systems randomly.

How does this help with blast radius control?

It provides patterns for limiting the scope of an experiment to specific users, services, or regions to ensure production stability is maintained during the test.

Can I use this for cloud-native applications?

Yes, it is specifically designed for distributed systems and cloud infrastructure where blast radius control and SLI monitoring are critical.

Does this skill perform the actual fault injection?

No, this skill focuses on the design and methodology of the experiment, helping you define the parameters and validation steps needed for tools like Gremlin, Chaos Mesh, or AWS FIS.

Is this suitable for beginners in chaos engineering?

Absolutely, it provides a structured framework that guides users through the professional best practices of reliability engineering.

Chaos Experiment Design

Name: Chaos Experiment Design
Author: adaptive-enforcement-lab

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Security & Testing

Guides the creation of structured chaos engineering experiments by defining hypotheses, success criteria, and blast radius controls.

About

This skill provides a comprehensive framework for transforming random fault injection into disciplined reliability engineering. It guides developers and SREs through a standard methodology of hypothesis formation, defining measurable Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and implementing strict blast radius controls to ensure experiments are safe and informative. By focusing on validation patterns and success criteria, it helps teams proactively identify system weaknesses and build more resilient distributed architectures without risking uncontrolled production outages.

Key Features

SLI and SLO-based monitoring integration
Domain-specific guidance for fault injection experiments
Blast radius definition and control strategies
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Structured hypothesis formation for reliability testing
Automated validation and rollback patterns

Use Cases

Designing a network latency experiment for microservices to test timeout configurations
Creating a database failover test with defined success metrics and recovery monitoring
Planning a region-evacuation exercise with controlled blast radius for cloud infrastructure

About

Key Features

SLI and SLO-based monitoring integration
Domain-specific guidance for fault injection experiments
Blast radius definition and control strategies
0 GitHub stars
Structured hypothesis formation for reliability testing
Automated validation and rollback patterns

Use Cases

Designing a network latency experiment for microservices to test timeout configurations
Creating a database failover test with defined success metrics and recovery monitoring
Planning a region-evacuation exercise with controlled blast radius for cloud infrastructure