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name: incident-postmortem
description: Draft an incident postmortem with timeline, RCA, and action items. Use when a senior developer needs a structured post-incident report.
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# Incident Postmortem

## Purpose
Draft an incident postmortem with timeline, RCA, and action items.

## Inputs to request
- Incident timeline and impact.
- Logs, alerts, and change history.
- Mitigations taken and outcomes.

## Workflow
1. Build a clear incident timeline from evidence.
2. Identify root causes and contributing factors.
3. Define corrective and preventive actions.

## Output
- Postmortem draft with action items.

## Quality bar
- Focus on systemic causes over blame.
- Assign owners and due dates for actions.