Writing Runbooks skill: what it does and how to install it
Structures operational procedures in the technical-writer plugin with ordered, tested steps, risk labels, rollback instructions and troubleshooting.
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Install
$ npx skills add riekelt/technical-writer --skill writing-runbooksRun it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.
About this skill
What it does. Defines a runbook format for procedures people execute under pressure: tested, copy-pasteable steps, risk labels, version-pinned prerequisites, rollback instructions and verification. It also sets symptom-first troubleshooting and mapping, dated deprecation and expiry rules for migrations.
When to use it. Use for runbooks, setup, release, migration, deprecation and troubleshooting guides, or operator-facing strings. Do not use for design rationale or reference material nobody executes; untested procedures must be run first or labelled drafts.
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