How does this skill help with remediation tracking?

It provides structured tables to define, prioritize (P0-P2), and assign owners to action items, ensuring that lessons learned are translated into tracked engineering tasks.

When should I use the 5 Whys analysis template?

Use the 5 Whys template during or after an incident review to dig past surface-level symptoms and identify the underlying technical, organizational, or process-related root causes.

What incidents require a full postmortem document?

Full postmortems are typically required for customer-facing outages, data loss, security incidents, or any high-severity event (SEV1/SEV2) where the root cause is not immediately obvious.

What is a blameless postmortem?

A blameless postmortem is an incident review process that focuses on system flaws and contributing factors rather than individual human error, encouraging honest reporting and systemic improvement.

Postmortem Writing & Incident Response

Name: Postmortem Writing & Incident Response
Author: nguyendinhquocx

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Analytics & Monitoring

Drafts effective, blameless postmortems with root cause analysis and actionable follow-up items to improve system reliability.

About

This skill provides a structured framework for conducting incident reviews and documenting postmortems through a lens of psychological safety. It emphasizes a blameless culture, focusing on systemic improvements and identifying contributing factors rather than individual mistakes. Users can leverage standardized templates for standard, 5 Whys, or minor incident reports, ensuring all critical aspects—including timelines, detection gaps, and business impact—are captured to drive organizational learning and prevent the recurrence of failures.

Key Features

Blameless postmortem templates and 5 Whys analysis frameworks
Identification of incident triggers and detection gap analysis
Facilitation guides for running effective post-incident review meetings
Action item prioritization and owner assignment structures
Standardized incident timelines and impact assessment guides
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Use Cases

Standardizing technical documentation for system failures and near-misses
Building a culture of psychological safety and organizational learning
Conducting high-severity (SEV1/SEV2) incident reviews and documentation

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npx skillfish add nguyendinhquocx/code-ai postmortem-writing

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