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What does the Pagerduty Oncall skill do?

Manage on-call schedules and escalation policies in PagerDuty. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

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Pagerduty Oncall by gabrielmoreira — Agent Skill

Name: Pagerduty Oncall
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: gabrielmoreira

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PagerDuty On-Call Skill

Manage on-call schedules and escalation policies in PagerDuty.

Tools

Tool	Description
`list_oncalls`	List current on-call users across schedules
`get_schedule`	Get detailed schedule information
`list_schedules`	List all on-call schedules
`list_schedule_users`	List users assigned to a schedule
`get_escalation_policy`	Get escalation policy details
`list_escalation_policies`	List all escalation policies
`create_schedule`	Create a new on-call schedule (requires write)
`update_schedule`	Update an existing schedule (requires write)
`create_schedule_override`	Create a schedule override (requires write)

Example Queries

Who is on-call right now?
→ list_oncalls()

Get on-call for a specific schedule
→ list_oncalls(schedule_ids=["PSCHD123"])

List all schedules
→ list_schedules()

Get escalation policy details
→ get_escalation_policy(escalation_policy_id="PESCL456")

Create an override for vacation coverage
→ create_schedule_override(schedule_id="...", user_id="...", start="...", end="...")

Workflows

On-Call Visibility

List current on-calls: list_oncalls()
Get schedule details: get_schedule(schedule_id="...")
Review escalation policy: get_escalation_policy(escalation_policy_id="...")
Identify coverage gaps

Shift Handoff

List current on-calls: list_oncalls()
Get schedule for next shift: list_schedule_users(schedule_id="...")
Review active incidents before handoff
Document handoff notes in incident

Schedule Override (Vacation Coverage)

Get schedule details: get_schedule(schedule_id="...")
Identify coverage period
Create override: create_schedule_override(schedule_id="...", user_id="...", start="...", end="...")
Verify override applied: list_oncalls(since="...", until="...")

Escalation Review

List all escalation policies: list_escalation_policies()
Get policy details: get_escalation_policy(escalation_policy_id="...")
Review escalation levels and timeouts
Identify gaps in coverage

Prerequisites

PAGERDUTY_USER_API_KEY PagerDuty User API key
PAGERDUTY_API_HOST API host (optional, for EU customers)

Server

This skill uses the pagerduty-mcp server via uvx (stdio transport).

Notes

Write operations (create/update schedule, overrides) require --enable-write-tools
Schedule changes should be communicated to affected team members
Overrides are useful for planned absences (vacation, training)

---name: pagerduty-oncalldescription: Manage on-call schedules and escalation policies in PagerDuty.license: Apache-2.0--- # PagerDuty On-Call Skill Manage on-call schedules and escalation policies in PagerDuty. ## Tools | Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | `list_oncalls` | List current on-call users across schedules | | `get_schedule` | Get detailed schedule information | | `list_schedules` | List all on-call schedules | | `list_schedule_users` | List users assigned to a schedule | | `get_escalation_policy` | Get escalation policy details | | `list_escalation_policies` | List all escalation policies | | `create_schedule` | Create a new on-call schedule (requires write) | | `update_schedule` | Update an existing schedule (requires write) | | `create_schedule_override` | Create a schedule override (requires write) | ## Example Queries ``` Who is on-call right now? → list_oncalls() Get on-call for a specific schedule → list_oncalls(schedule_ids=["PSCHD123"]) List all schedules → list_schedules() Get escalation policy details → get_escalation_policy(escalation_policy_id="PESCL456") Create an override for vacation coverage → create_schedule_override(schedule_id="...", user_id="...", start="...", end="...") ``` ## Workflows ### On-Call Visibility 1. List current on-calls: `list_oncalls()` 2. Get schedule details: `get_schedule(schedule_id="...")` 3. Review escalation policy: `get_escalation_policy(escalation_policy_id="...")` 4. Identify coverage gaps ### Shift Handoff 1. List current on-calls: `list_oncalls()` 2. Get schedule for next shift: `list_schedule_users(schedule_id="...")` 3. Review active incidents before handoff 4. Document handoff notes in incident ### Schedule Override (Vacation Coverage) 1. Get schedule details: `get_schedule(schedule_id="...")` 2. Identify coverage period 3. Create override: `create_schedule_override(schedule_id="...", user_id="...", start="...", end="...")` 4. Verify override applied: `list_oncalls(since="...", until="...")` ### Escalation Review 1. List all escalation policies: `list_escalation_policies()` 2. Get policy details: `get_escalation_policy(escalation_policy_id="...")` 3. Review escalation levels and timeouts 4. Identify gaps in coverage ## Prerequisites - `PAGERDUTY_USER_API_KEY` PagerDuty User API key - `PAGERDUTY_API_HOST` API host (optional, for EU customers) ## Server This skill uses the `pagerduty-mcp` server via uvx (stdio transport). ## Notes - Write operations (create/update schedule, overrides) require `--enable-write-tools` - Schedule changes should be communicated to affected team members - Overrides are useful for planned absences (vacation, training)

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