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Incident Assistant: Severity → Runbook → Comms

A multi-step incident helper using seed runbooks: classify severity, pick runbook, draft first comms.

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Paste an incident blurb — severity, runbook, actions, and first comms draft.

Technical notes

generateObject over seed runbooks at /api/demos/vercel-incident.

Incident assistant (classify → runbook → comms)

Multi-step response without standing infrastructure: classify severity, pick runbook, draft first comms.

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Case studyArchitecture, governance, and how to adapt this pattern in a pilot

Business use case

Incidents aren’t solved by a “chatbot.” They’re solved by quick classification, consistent runbook execution, and timely comms. This pattern turns messy incident text into a structured plan without building a platform.

Delivery playbookDiscovery → pilot → scale
  1. 1
    Discovery2–4 wks

    Agree severity rubric, runbook ownership, and comms cadence with SRE and support leadership.

  2. 2
    Pilot6–8 wks

    Run incident blurbs through plan generator; human reviews every output before sending comms.

  3. 3
    Scaleongoing

    Wire into incident tooling; export spans to OTel and store plans alongside postmortems.

Where else this appliesIncidents need structure: severity, runbook, actions, and comms. This pattern produces a human-reviewable plan without building an incident platform.

Customer comms drafts

Generate first update drafts with consistent cadence language.

On-call handoffs

Turn messy Slack updates into a clean action list and timeline.

Postmortem scaffolds

Capture immediate actions and decisions for later review.

Support coordination

Keep support macros aligned with the incident plan.

Seed runbooks keep the demo portable; swap the runbook store and export telemetry once you operationalize it.