Postmortem Writing
Automatically drafts clear, concise postmortems from incident data, highlighting root causes and actionable improvements.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add postmortem-writing npx -- -y @trustedskills/postmortem-writing
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"postmortem-writing": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/postmortem-writing"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The postmortem-writing skill helps AI agents analyze past events or processes to identify what went well, what didn’t, and how future outcomes can be improved. It enables structured reflection on completed tasks, projects, or incidents, often used in professional settings like software development, project management, and incident response.
When to use it
- After a project has been completed to evaluate its success and lessons learned
- Following an incident or failure to identify root causes and prevent recurrence
- As part of a team retrospective to improve collaboration and processes
Key capabilities
- Structured analysis of past events
- Identification of successes and failures
- Generation of actionable insights for future improvement
Example prompts
- "Write a postmortem report on the recent software deployment."
- "Analyze what went wrong with the customer support incident last week."
- "Summarize the key takeaways from our team’s project retrospective."
Tips & gotchas
- Provide clear context or data about the event being analyzed for accurate results.
- Use this skill in conjunction with other tools like incident tracking systems to ensure comprehensive insights.
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