Agent skill

Escalation Tree

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Design a support/incident escalation tree — who handles what, when it escalates, and to whom.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Escalation Tree

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill escalation-tree -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills escalation-tree --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/escalation-tree .claude/skills/escalation-tree && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
escalation-tree
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
474 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Design a support/incident escalation tree — who handles what, when it escalates, and to whom.

  • Asked to design an escalation path
  • SKILL.md covers Required Inputs, Output Format, Quality Checks and Anti-Patterns, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • An escalation matrix

What it does

Escalation Tree is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Design a support/incident escalation tree — who handles what, when it escalates, and to whom. Use when asked to design an escalation path, an escalation matrix, support tiers, an on-call escalation policy, or to fix 'tickets bounce around / nothing gets escalated in time'. Produces an escalation tree — tiers & ownership, severity definitions, time-based triggers, routing rules, contacts/roles, and the customer-communication cadence per level.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Incident response. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to design an escalation path
  • An escalation matrix
  • An on-call escalation policy
  • Fix tickets bounce around / nothing gets escalated in time

Example prompts

  • “tickets bounce around / nothing gets escalated in time”
  • “/escalation-tree”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Escalation Tree loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 116 tokens; SKILL.md has 474 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~116
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 474 words, ~1,001 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/escalation-tree/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
escalation-tree
description
Design a support/incident escalation tree — who handles what, when it escalates, and to whom. Use when asked to design an escalation path, an escalation matrix, support tiers, an on-call escalation policy, or to fix 'tickets bounce around / nothing gets escalated in time'. Produces an escalation tree — tiers & ownership, severity definitions, time-based triggers, routing rules, contacts/roles, and the customer-communication cadence per level.

Escalation Tree Skill

Escalation goes wrong two ways: things sit too long before someone senior is pulled in, or everything gets escalated and senior people drown. A clear escalation tree fixes both — it defines the tiers, the severity that sets the path, the time triggers that force escalation, and who owns each step. This skill designs that, so the right person is on the right issue at the right time.

Required Inputs

Ask for these only if they aren't already provided:

  • The context — customer support, incident/on-call, or both.
  • The tiers/teams available — tier-1/2/3, engineering on-call, management, exec.
  • Severity meaning — what counts as critical vs. high vs. normal in your context.
  • Constraints — hours of coverage, SLAs/contractual response times, key roles.

Output Format

Escalation Tree: [support / incident]

1. Severity levels — define each (SEV1/P1 … or Critical/High/Normal/Low) with concrete criteria — what qualifies, blast radius, and the response & resolution targets per level. Ambiguous severity is why escalation fails.

2. The tiers — who owns what:

TierOwnsCan resolveEscalates when
Tier 1first response, known issuesrunbook itemsunresolved in [time] or sev ≥ [x]
Tier 2deeper diagnosismost issuesneeds code/infra change
Eng on-callcode/infrathe system—

3. The tree (routing) — by severity, the path and the time triggers:

SEV1 → page eng on-call immediately + notify manager; if unacked in 5 min → secondary; if 15 min → eng lead. Normal → tier-1; if unresolved in 1 business day → tier-2.

Show the branch logic clearly (who, after how long, to whom).

4. Contacts & roles — by role (not just names — names change): who fills each, primary/secondary, and how they're reached per severity (page vs. Slack vs. ticket).

5. Customer communication — the update cadence per severity (e.g. SEV1: status-page + update every 30 min; normal: reply within SLA). Who owns the customer comms vs. the fix.

6. After — for high-sev, the handoff to a postmortem (pair with incident-postmortem).

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Quality Checks

  • Severity levels have concrete qualifying criteria + response/resolution targets
  • Each tier's ownership and "escalate when" condition is explicit
  • Escalation triggers are time-boxed (after N minutes/days), not "when needed"
  • Routing is defined by role with primary/secondary and the contact method per severity
  • Customer-communication cadence is specified per level, with an owner
  • High-severity paths hand off to a postmortem

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not leave severity fuzzy — if "critical" is subjective, everything becomes critical (or nothing does)
  • Do not write "escalate when needed" — time-box it so issues don't rot waiting on judgement
  • Do not route to named people only — use roles with primary/secondary; people leave and go on holiday
  • Do not forget customer comms in the tree — internal escalation without customer updates still feels like neglect
  • Do not over-escalate everything — tiers exist so seniors see only what truly needs them

Based On

Support & incident-management practice — severity matrices, tiered ownership, time-based escalation, on-call routing.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Design an escalation path."
  • "Support tiers."
  • "Fix tickets bounce around / nothing gets escalated in time."

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/escalation-tree of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Escalation Tree

What does Escalation Tree do?

Design a support/incident escalation tree — who handles what, when it escalates, and to whom. Escalation Tree is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Design a support/incident escalation tree — who handles what, when it escalates, and to whom.

When should I use Escalation Tree?

Escalation Tree fits situations like: asked to design an escalation path; an escalation matrix; an on-call escalation policy; fix tickets bounce around / nothing gets escalated in time.

How do I install Escalation Tree in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill escalation-tree -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/escalation-tree in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/escalation-tree in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Escalation Tree in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill escalation-tree -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/escalation-tree in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/escalation-tree in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Escalation Tree 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill escalation-tree -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/escalation-tree, .gemini/skills/escalation-tree, .github/skills/escalation-tree and .opencode/skills/escalation-tree in your project.

What does Escalation Tree need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Escalation Tree is instructions for the agent only.

Does Escalation Tree 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 Escalation Tree 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Escalation Tree use?

Escalation Tree is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Escalation Tree use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Escalation Tree?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Escalation Tree: Kubernetes Network Root Cause Analysis (kubeshark/kubeshark, 12k stars), Nix Config Debug (ryan4yin/nix-config, 2.1k stars), UModel Root Cause Analysis (alibaba/UnifiedModel, 415 stars) and Learnings (kortix-ai/suna, 20k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Escalation Tree?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-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.