SRE
SRE runbook template: diagnosis, bounded action, and recovery
Download a Markdown runbook template and follow a database connection example that separates symptoms, mitigation decisions, and verified recovery.
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Agent skills for SRE: write the execution contract
Define inputs, permissions, idempotency, verification, and stop conditions for one operational capability before expanding its authority.
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AIOps Automated Remediation: A Practical SRE Workflow
Connect AI-assisted diagnosis to bounded runbooks, explicit approval gates, and independent recovery checks. Start with a practical SRE rollout checklist.
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When agents can change production
Define the action, contain its scope, and verify what changed at the destination.
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NotebookLM for SRE: build a source-backed incident dossier
Use a curated notebook to compare runbooks and incident evidence, while keeping citations, freshness, and operational authority in view.
Leadership & Culture
Incident authority: make the next mitigation decidable
Separate incident coordination from mitigation authority, compare competing actions, and use a worksheet that preserves decisions and verification.
How-To
How to evaluate incident-response agents
Build repeatable cases and check recovery independently, with a runnable Python grader.
Technology Overviews
Supervising coding agents with Herdr
Check agent status, terminal persistence, and recovery before adopting Herdr.
AIOps
Connect PagerDuty, Jira, and Slack without losing incident state
A design guide for an incident assistant that handles duplicate events, partial failures, and reviewed AI summaries across tools.
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Slack for operations: keep coordination separate from authority
Design incident channels, bot actions, evidence links, and a fallback path that still works when the chat system is unavailable.
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Where ChatGPT can help an SRE, and what to verify
Use language-model assistance for evidence review, draft communication, and practice, with a clear boundary around production decisions.
SRE
Run a post-incident review that explains the difficult decisions
Prepare evidence, reconstruct the timeline, examine contributing conditions, and choose follow-up proportionate to the incident.