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name: incident-postmortem description: Draft an incident postmortem with timeline, RCA, and action items. Use when a senior developer needs a structured post-incident report.

Incident Postmortem

Purpose

Draft an incident postmortem with timeline, RCA, and action items.

Inputs to request

• Incident timeline and impact.
• Logs, alerts, and change history.
• Mitigations taken and outcomes.

Workflow

1. Build a clear incident timeline from evidence.
2. Identify root causes and contributing factors.
3. Define corrective and preventive actions.

Output

• Postmortem draft with action items.

Quality bar

• Focus on systemic causes over blame.
• Assign owners and due dates for actions.