Does this skill help track follow-up tasks?

Yes, it includes specialized templates for creating, prioritizing, and assigning action items with owners and due dates to ensure the lessons learned are actually implemented.

When should I trigger a postmortem document?

Postmortems should be triggered by major outages (SEV1/SEV2), customer-facing downtime over 15 minutes, data loss, security breaches, or significant 'near-miss' events.

What is a blameless postmortem?

A blameless postmortem is a practice that focuses on identifying systemic failures rather than individual human errors, encouraging transparency and psychological safety to prevent future incidents.

How does this skill help with root cause analysis?

It provides a structured '5 Whys' framework and step-by-step templates to help teams dig past surface-level symptoms to find the fundamental vulnerabilities in their systems.

Postmortem Writing & Incident Analysis

Name: Postmortem Writing & Incident Analysis
Author: gwickman

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Deployment & DevOps

Generates comprehensive, blameless incident postmortems including root cause analysis, event timelines, and actionable follow-up items.

This skill provides a structured framework for conducting incident reviews and creating detailed postmortem documents that prioritize organizational learning over individual blame. It guides users through the entire post-incident lifecycle—from building accurate timelines and performing deep-dive 5 Whys root cause analyses to identifying systemic improvements and tracking P0/P1 action items—ensuring teams can prevent recurrence and strengthen their technical infrastructure.

Key Features

01Systemic failure pattern identification

02Action item prioritization and assignment

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045 Whys root cause analysis framework

05Blameless postmortem template generation

06Automated incident timeline construction

Use Cases

01Conducting a formal SEV1/SEV2 incident review after a production outage

02Drafting executive summaries of technical debt identified during near-misses

03Facilitating a postmortem meeting with a structured, blameless agenda

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npx skillfish add gwickman/auto-dev-test-target-1 postmortem-writing

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