How does this skill help with incident response?

It provides structured templates that ensure incoming engineers have full context on active issues and ongoing investigations, significantly reducing the time to resolution and preventing information loss.

What is included in the handoff checklist?

The checklist covers access verification (VPN, kubectl), alerting setup, review of recent incidents, environment readiness, and confirmation of escalation paths.

Does this skill integrate with tools like PagerDuty?

While the skill is platform-agnostic, the patterns are designed to complement incident management tools by ensuring the human-to-human context transfer is as efficient as the automated alerting.

Can I customize the handoff templates?

Yes, the patterns provide a comprehensive baseline for shift summaries, mid-incident updates, and sync agendas that can be easily adapted to any team's specific infrastructure or workflow.

On-Call Handoff Patterns

Name: On-Call Handoff Patterns
Author: drgaciw

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Facilitates seamless on-call shift transitions with standardized templates and checklists for incident response and context transfer.

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This skill provides a structured framework for engineering teams to manage on-call shift changes effectively. It streamlines the transfer of critical information—including active incidents, ongoing investigations, and recent system changes—using standardized templates for shift documents and mid-incident handoffs. By following these established patterns, teams can reduce tribal knowledge, prevent alert fatigue, and ensure operational continuity during high-pressure incident response scenarios, whether performing a routine weekly rotation or transitioning an active SEV1 incident.

Características Principales

Standardized shift handoff templates for document and sync calls
Mid-incident transition guides for high-severity issue handovers
Clear escalation procedures and immediate trigger guidelines
Pre-shift and post-shift checklists to ensure operational readiness
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Structured patterns for documenting investigations and recent system changes

Casos de Uso

Onboarding new engineers to a team's specific on-call rotation and procedures
Providing technical context and status updates during an active severity incident
Transitioning on-call responsibilities between engineers at the end of a shift

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Características Principales

Standardized shift handoff templates for document and sync calls
Mid-incident transition guides for high-severity issue handovers
Clear escalation procedures and immediate trigger guidelines
Pre-shift and post-shift checklists to ensure operational readiness
0 GitHub stars
Structured patterns for documenting investigations and recent system changes

Casos de Uso

Onboarding new engineers to a team's specific on-call rotation and procedures
Providing technical context and status updates during an active severity incident
Transitioning on-call responsibilities between engineers at the end of a shift