runbook-generator

Generate operational runbooks from a service name — deployment, incident response, maintenance, and rollback workflows. Templated structure customizable per environment. Use when documenting on-call procedures for a new service, standardizing incident response across teams, or producing runbooks before launching to production.

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-organized, mostly lean skill body with concrete quick-start commands, a clear workflow, and correctly-signaled bundle references. Minor gaps in output examples, feedback loops, and section consolidation keep each dimension at a solid 4.

Suggestions

Show a short example of the generated runbook skeleton so users know what to expect without running the script first.

Add an explicit validate→fix→retry step to the Recommended Workflow (e.g., verify generated sections against the template, fix gaps, re-check) to strengthen feedback loops.

Consolidate the overlapping Overview, Core Capabilities, and When to Use sections to tighten conciseness.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is lean with no concept over-explanation and real copy-pasteable commands, but Overview, Core Capabilities, and When to Use mildly restate each other and could be consolidated to reach a 5.	4 / 5
Actionability	Quick Start gives concrete executable commands ('python3 scripts/runbook_generator.py payments-api' and a flagged --owner/--output variant), but there is no example of the generated runbook output, leaving a minor gap.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The Recommended Workflow lists a clear 5-step sequence including a 'Dry-run in staging' checkpoint, but lacks an explicit validate→fix→retry feedback loop that would justify a 5.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	The body is an overview that cleanly signals one-level-deep references to the real files references/runbook-templates.md and scripts/runbook_generator.py, with content appropriately split; only the single reference listing keeps it from a 5.	4 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, specific description that clearly states capabilities and provides explicit 'Use when…' trigger guidance with natural on-call/incident-response vocabulary. The only minor gap is slightly limited synonym coverage in the trigger terms.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — 'deployment, incident response, maintenance, and rollback workflows' plus 'templated structure customizable per environment' — giving comprehensive coverage of runbook types rather than vague language.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Generate operational runbooks from a service name…') and when ('Use when documenting on-call procedures for a new service, standardizing incident response across teams, or producing runbooks before launching to production') with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Natural phrases users would say are present — 'on-call procedures', 'incident response', 'runbooks' — but coverage stops short of synonyms/variations that would warrant a 5.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear niche (operational runbooks for services) with distinct triggers (on-call procedures, incident response, runbooks) and minimal overlap risk with other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: alirezarezvani/claude-skills
Path: engineering/skills/runbook-generator/SKILL.md
Commit: 19392f7

Reviewed: ~3 hours ago

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