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Generate operational runbooks from codebase analysis covering deployment, incident response, scaling, and monitoring, with copy-paste commands and rollback steps.
Install Runbook Generator
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill runbook-generator -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills runbook-generator --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/runbook-generator .claude/skills/runbook-generator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "runbook-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/runbook-generator into .claude/skills/runbook-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runbook-generator", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/runbook-generatorType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill runbook-generator -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills runbook-generator --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/runbook-generator .agents/skills/runbook-generator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "runbook-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/runbook-generator into .agents/skills/runbook-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runbook-generator", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill runbook-generator -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills runbook-generator --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/runbook-generator .cursor/skills/runbook-generator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "runbook-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/runbook-generator into .cursor/skills/runbook-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runbook-generator", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git --path engineering/runbook-generator--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill runbook-generator -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills runbook-generator --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/runbook-generator .gemini/skills/runbook-generator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "runbook-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/runbook-generator into .gemini/skills/runbook-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runbook-generator", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills runbook-generatorInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill runbook-generator -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/runbook-generator .github/skills/runbook-generator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "runbook-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/runbook-generator into .github/skills/runbook-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runbook-generator", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill runbook-generator -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills runbook-generator --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/runbook-generator .opencode/skills/runbook-generator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "runbook-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/runbook-generator into .opencode/skills/runbook-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runbook-generator", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
runbook-generator- GitHub stars
- 881
- Token cost
- ~1.7k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 715 words
- Files
- 7 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 349
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Generate operational runbooks from codebase analysis covering deployment, incident response, scaling, and monitoring, with copy-paste commands and rollback steps.
- Bootstrapping ops docs
- SKILL.md covers Core Capabilities, When to Use, Clarify First and Tools, plus 3 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python
- Preparing for on-call
What it does
Runbook Generator is an agent skill from borghei/Claude-Skills. Generate operational runbooks from codebase analysis covering deployment, incident response, scaling, and monitoring, with copy-paste commands and rollback steps. Use when bootstrapping ops docs, preparing for on-call, or post-incident.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/quality-and-troubleshooting.md`, `references/runbook-templates.md` and `references/staleness-and-maintenance.md`).
It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Runbooks and postmortems and Incident response. The repository describes itself as: 385 AI skills, 77 expert agents, and 900 stdlib Python tools for every team: engineering, PM, marketing, C-level, compliance, business ops, research, and a LinkedIn toolkit… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Bootstrapping ops docs
- Preparing for on-call
Example prompts
- “/runbook-generator”
Requirements
- Python 3
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4a698e8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 3 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Runbook Generator loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 715 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from borghei/Claude-Skills at commit 4a698e8, republished under its MIT licence (© borghei). 715 words, ~1,731 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/runbook-generator/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 6 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- runbook-generator
- description
- Generate operational runbooks from codebase analysis covering deployment, incident response, scaling, and monitoring, with copy-paste commands and rollback steps. Use when bootstrapping ops docs, preparing for on-call, or post-incident.
- license
- MIT + Commons Clause
- metadata.version
- 1.1.0
- metadata.author
- borghei
- metadata.category
- engineering
- metadata.domain
- site-reliability
- metadata.tier
- POWERFUL
- metadata.updated
- 2026-06-17
- metadata.frameworks
- github-actions, vercel, aws, kubernetes, postgresql
Runbook Generator
Analyze a codebase and generate production-grade operational runbooks with copy-paste commands, verification checks after every step, rollback procedures for every destructive action, escalation paths with contact information, and time estimates for capacity planning. Detects the stack (CI/CD, database, hosting, containers) and produces runbooks tailored to the actual infrastructure. Includes staleness detection to flag runbooks when referenced config files change.
Keywords: runbook, operational procedures, incident response, deployment, rollback, database maintenance, scaling, monitoring, on-call, SRE, postmortem
Core Capabilities
- Stack detection — identify CI/CD platform, database, hosting, and orchestration from repo files; map to runbook templates; extract connection strings, deploy commands, and infra details.
- Runbook types — deployment (pre-checks, deploy, smoke tests, rollback), incident response (triage→diagnose→mitigate→resolve→postmortem), database maintenance (backup, migration, vacuum, reindex), scaling (horizontal/vertical), and monitoring (alerts, dashboards, on-call rotation).
- Format discipline — numbered steps with copy-paste commands, a VERIFY check after EVERY step, time estimates, a rollback procedure for every destructive action, and escalation paths with decision criteria.
- Maintenance — staleness detection linked to config file modification dates, quarterly review cadence, and a staging dry-run validation framework.
When to Use
- Codebase has no runbooks and you need to bootstrap them.
- Existing runbooks are outdated or incomplete.
- Onboarding a new engineer for on-call rotation.
- Preparing for an incident response drill.
- Post-incident improvement: updating runbooks with lessons learned.
Clarify First
Before generating the runbook, confirm these inputs. If any is unknown or vague, ASK — do not assume:
- Runbook type — deployment / incident response / database maintenance / scaling / monitoring (selects the template and step structure)
- Actual stack — CI/CD platform, database, hosting, and orchestration (every copy-paste command and rollback step is stack-specific)
- Escalation contacts & severity routing — who is paged at each level (fills the escalation table; a runbook without it is unusable on-call)
Stop rule: ask only the 2-3 that most change the output. If the user says "just draft it," proceed and list your assumptions at the top of the artifact.
Tools
| Tool | Purpose | Command |
|---|---|---|
runbook_scaffolder.py | Generate runbook markdown templates from a JSON service definition | python scripts/runbook_scaffolder.py -i service.json --type deployment -o runbook.md |
runbook_validator.py | Validate runbook markdown for completeness and quality (required sections, VERIFY blocks, hardcoded creds, escalation table) | python scripts/runbook_validator.py --dir docs/runbooks --strict |
staleness_checker.py | Check runbook freshness against configurable staleness thresholds | python scripts/staleness_checker.py docs/runbooks --threshold 90 --json |
References
Load the reference that matches the task — keep this file lean and pull detail on demand:
- references/runbook-templates.md — the stack-detection shell commands plus full deployment, incident response, and database maintenance runbook templates with copy-paste commands, VERIFY blocks, rollback, and escalation tables. Read when scanning a repo or writing a runbook.
- references/staleness-and-maintenance.md — the staleness-detection CI script and the 7-step quarterly review process. Read when automating freshness checks or running a quarterly review.
- references/quality-and-troubleshooting.md — common pitfalls, the best-practice checklist, the troubleshooting table, and the success-criteria bar. Read before shipping a runbook.
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Scope & Limitations
This skill covers:
- Generating deployment, incident response, database maintenance, scaling, and monitoring runbooks from codebase analysis
- Stack detection for common CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins), databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB), and hosting providers (Vercel, Fly.io, Kubernetes, AWS)
- Staleness detection automation and quarterly review processes
- Escalation path templates with severity-based routing
This skill does NOT cover:
- Automated execution of runbook steps — it generates documentation, not orchestration (see
ci-cd-pipeline-builderfor automated pipelines) - Infrastructure provisioning or Terraform/Pulumi code generation (see
migration-architectfor schema migration tooling) - Observability stack setup such as Prometheus rules, Grafana dashboards, or alert definitions (see
observability-designerfor monitoring infrastructure) - Security incident response or vulnerability remediation playbooks (see
skill-security-auditorfor security-focused analysis)
Integration Points
| Skill | Integration | Data Flow |
|---|---|---|
ci-cd-pipeline-builder | Runbook deployment steps align with pipeline stages | Pipeline config feeds into deployment runbook generation; runbook rollback steps reference pipeline rollback triggers |
observability-designer | Monitoring runbook references alert rules and dashboards | Observability outputs (alert names, dashboard URLs) are embedded in runbook VERIFY and Monitor steps |
migration-architect | Database maintenance runbook uses migration tooling conventions | Migration file paths and commands flow into the database runbook template; rollback steps mirror migration rollback commands |
release-manager | Release process triggers runbook execution checkpoints | Release tags and changelogs feed into runbook staleness checks; release gates reference runbook pre-deployment checklists |
env-secrets-manager | Runbook commands reference env vars managed by secrets tooling | Secret names and vault paths flow into runbook env var references; rotation schedules inform runbook update cadence |
changelog-generator | Post-deployment runbook steps cross-reference changelog entries | Changelog diffs help identify which runbook steps need re-verification after a release |
© borghei, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 6 other files (scripts, references) in engineering/runbook-generator of borghei/Claude-Skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/quality-and-troubleshooting.md
- references/runbook-templates.md
- references/staleness-and-maintenance.md
- scripts/runbook_scaffolder.py
- scripts/runbook_validator.py
- scripts/staleness_checker.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4a698e8
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| Incident Response686f6c61/alfred-dev | 117 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Superset Incident Triagesuperset-sh/superset | 15k | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Post-Incident DebriefVeryGoodOpenSource/vgv-wingspan | 109 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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What does Runbook Generator do?
Generate operational runbooks from codebase analysis covering deployment, incident response, scaling, and monitoring, with copy-paste commands and rollback steps. Runbook Generator is an agent skill from borghei/Claude-Skills. Generate operational runbooks from codebase analysis covering deployment, incident response, scaling, and monitoring, with copy-paste commands and rollback steps.
When should I use Runbook Generator?
Runbook Generator fits situations like: bootstrapping ops docs; preparing for on-call.
How do I install Runbook Generator in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill runbook-generator -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (engineering/runbook-generator in borghei/Claude-Skills) into .claude/skills/runbook-generator in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Runbook Generator in Codex?
Run `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill runbook-generator -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (engineering/runbook-generator in borghei/Claude-Skills) into .agents/skills/runbook-generator in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Runbook Generator in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill runbook-generator -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/runbook-generator, .gemini/skills/runbook-generator, .github/skills/runbook-generator and .opencode/skills/runbook-generator in your project.
What does Runbook Generator need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Runbook Generator needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Runbook Generator access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Runbook Generator safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Runbook Generator use?
Runbook Generator is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Runbook Generator use?
About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Runbook Generator?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Runbook Generator: Oncall (pigweed-project/pigweed, 548 stars), Activation Governance Chaos Rollout (Ali-Marandi/DataSense, 107 stars), Incident Response (686f6c61/alfred-dev, 117 stars) and Superset Incident Triage (superset-sh/superset, 15k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Runbook Generator?
borghei (a GitHub user) maintains it in borghei/Claude-Skills, which has 881 GitHub stars. The repository holds 349 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: borghei/Claude-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.