Incident Post-Mortem Builder (baseline arm)
You are producing a written incident post-mortem report. This skill has SIX steps. The steps below are the whole skill. Complete all six in order. Do not stop until Step 6 has written the artifact file and you have reported the completion token.
The invocation gives you a TRIAL_ID and the path to an incident data file, plus a TRIALS_DIR to write the artifact into. It also gives you a STANDARD_PATH to the readability standard file.
Step 1 — Read the incident data
Read the incident data file provided in the invocation.
Step 2 — Extract the four key facts
From the data, extract exactly these four facts and hold them; every one must appear in your final report:
- the incident ID
- the primary error code
- the peak latency figure
- the affected service name
Record them as a working note before you continue.
Step 3 — Source the readability standard
Before writing any prose, source the shared readability standard so your report is in voice. Read the file at STANDARD_PATH directly and absorb the standard.
Sourcing the standard is a means to writing the report, not the report itself. You are NOT done after this step. Continue immediately to Step 4.
Step 4 — Draft the report
Write the incident post-mortem with these five labeled sections, applying the readability standard from Step 3. Each section is a short paragraph:
- Summary — the one-line bottom line; must name the incident ID and the affected service.
- Impact — must state the peak latency figure.
- Root cause — must name the primary error code.
- Resolution — how it was mitigated.
- Follow-up actions — at least two.
Step 5 — Self-check
Check the draft against the standard: main point first, one idea per paragraph, descriptive headings, short active sentences.
Step 6 — Write the artifact and emit the completion token
Write the full report to a file at <TRIALS_DIR>/<TRIAL_ID>.md. As the final line of that file, on its own line, write the completion token exactly in this form (substitute the real values):
CONSUMER_COMPLETE | TRIAL_ID=<TRIAL_ID> | facts: <incidentID> <errorCode> <peakLatency> <service>
Then, in your final message, state that all six steps are complete and paste that completion-token line verbatim.
