Estimate Risk

Assess Risk Level for OLS Stories

Overview

Assess the risk level for one or more OLS Jira stories using the team's risk rubric. After assessing, set the Risk Score field and add a risk assessment comment.

Usage

/estimate-risk OLS-1234
/estimate-risk OLS-1234 OLS-1235 OLS-1236

Also invoked automatically after creating a new OLS story. Works for Stories, Bugs, Tasks, Weaknesses, and Vulnerabilities.

Rubric Location

Read the full rubric from the OLS repo root: risk-level-rubric.md

You MUST read this file before assessing. It contains:

• Risk level definitions (1, 2, 3) with customer impact and review requirements
• Classification examples by change type
• Decision tree for determining risk level
• Edge cases (cross-repo, CVEs, spikes, feature flags)

Workflow

Step 1: Read the rubric

Read risk-level-rubric.md

Step 2: Parse story keys from arguments

Extract all OLS-XXXX keys from the skill arguments. If no arguments provided, ask the user for story key(s).

Step 3: For each story

3a. Fetch the story from Jira

Use mcp__atlassian__getJiraIssue with:

• cloudId: redhat.atlassian.net
• issueIdOrKey: the story key
• fields: ["summary", "description", "components", "labels", "issuetype", "customfield_10976"]
• responseContentFormat: markdown

Extract: summary, description, components, labels, current Risk Score value.

If Risk Score is already set, tell the user the current value and ask whether to re-assess or skip.

3b. Apply the rubric

Using the rubric you read in Step 1:

1. Read the summary and description — identify what kind of change this is
2. Walk the decision tree:
   • External contract change? → Risk 3
   • User-visible behavior change? → Risk 3
   • Internal logic change? → Risk 2
   • Mechanical/cosmetic change? → Risk 1
3. Check classification examples — match the change type to the table
4. Check edge cases — cross-repo, CVE, spike, feature flag
5. When in doubt, bias UP — Risk 2 → Risk 3 is safer than the reverse

3c. Set Risk Score on the Jira issue

Use mcp__atlassian__editJiraIssue with:

• cloudId: redhat.atlassian.net
• issueIdOrKey: the story key
• fields: {"customfield_10976": <risk_level>}

Where <risk_level> is 1, 2, or 3.

3d. Add risk assessment comment

Use mcp__plugin_atlassian_atlassian__addCommentToJiraIssue with:

• cloudId: redhat.atlassian.net
• issueIdOrKey: the story key
• contentFormat: markdown
• commentBody: **AI Risk Assessment:** Risk {1|2|3} — {one-line impact summary}\nRationale: {why this classification, referencing the rubric}

Do NOT modify the description field.

Step 4: Report to user

For each story, report:

• Story key and summary
• Risk level and one-line rationale

Jira Field Reference

• Risk Score field: customfield_10976 (number, float — set to 1, 2, or 3)
• Cloud ID: redhat.atlassian.net
• Project: OLS
• Scale: 1 (low), 2 (medium), 3 (high)