U0508 Research Incident Playbook Synthesizer

Research Incident Playbook Synthesizer

Why This Skill Exists

We need this skill because research throughput degrades without reproducibility and prioritization. This specific skill creates repeatable response procedures from incident history.

When To Use

Use this skill when the request explicitly needs "Research Incident Playbook Synthesizer" outcomes in the Scientific Research Systems domain.

Step-by-Step Implementation Guide

1. Define the scope and success metrics for Research Incident Playbook Synthesizer, including at least three measurable KPIs tied to non-reproducible results and wasted cycles.
2. Design and version the input/output contract for hypotheses, experiments, and replication evidence, then add schema validation and failure-mode handling.
3. Implement the core capability using pattern-to-playbook synthesis, and produce incident playbooks with deterministic scoring.
4. Integrate the skill into swarm orchestration: task routing, approval gates, retry strategy, and rollback controls.
5. Add unit, integration, and simulation tests that explicitly cover non-reproducible results and wasted cycles, then run regression baselines.
6. Deploy behind a feature flag, monitor telemetry/alerts for two release cycles, and iterate thresholds based on observed outcomes.

Required Deliverables

• Capability contract: input schema, deterministic scoring, output schema, and failure modes.
• Runtime profile: communication-engine using pattern-to-playbook synthesis to produce incident playbooks.
• Orchestration integration: scientific-research-systems:communication-engine routing, approval gates, retries, and rollback controls.
• Validation evidence: unit, integration, simulation, regression-baseline suites and rollout telemetry.

Operational Runbook

Preflight

• Confirm the Research Incident Playbook Synthesizer request scope, source evidence, and measurable success criteria before execution.
• Verify feature flag skill_0508_research-incident-playbook-synth, approval gates, and rollback owner before autonomous use.

Execution

• Execute pattern-to-playbook synthesis with deterministic scoring and reproducible trace capture.
• Produce incident playbooks plus scorecard, assumptions, and unresolved-risk notes.

Recovery

• Fail closed when required signals, evidence, or approval gates are missing.
• Rollback to the last stable baseline when posture is critical or validation fails.

Handoff

• Publish incident playbooks, validation evidence, and telemetry links to downstream owners.
• Queue follow-up tasks for unresolved risks, threshold tuning, or approval review.

Guardrails

• [quality] Require deterministic scoring and validation evidence before promotion.
• [reliability] Preserve retries, rollback controls, and failure-mode evidence for every run.
• [safety] Route critical posture or missing approval gates to human review before autonomous action.