eng-runbook
An engineering runbook — service overview, alerts table, dashboards links, common procedures with copy-pasteable commands, on-call rotation, and an incident-response checklist
Install / Use
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill eng-runbookInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
DesignSupported Platforms
Our assessment of eng-runbook
eng-runbook scores 81/100 on our quality scale, 216th of 274 Design skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 1.5 KB long, split into 3 sections with 1 code example: moderately detailed.
With 97,896 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so eng-runbook is actively maintained.
- Our last check on 2026-11-08 found the source still online.
- It is released under the Apache-2.0 license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful.
AI review by kimi-k2.7-code on 2026-09-25. Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-25. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
eng-runbook compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than eng-runbook; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eng-runbook (this skill)by nexu-io | 81 | 97.9k | 45d ago | SKILL.md |
| taste-skillby Leonxlnx | 100 | 112.0k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 47d ago | SKILL.md |
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| designby nextlevelbuilder | 100 | 143.4k | 8d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install eng-runbook?
- Run
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill eng-runbook. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does eng-runbook work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is eng-runbook safe to use?
- Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful. It is Apache-2.0-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is eng-runbook still maintained?
- The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so eng-runbook is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: eng-runbook description: | An engineering runbook — service overview, alerts table, dashboards links, common procedures with copy-pasteable commands, on-call rotation, and an incident-response checklist. Use when the brief mentions "runbook", "ops doc", "on-call guide", "SRE doc", or "运维手册". triggers:
- "runbook"
- "ops doc"
- "on-call"
- "sre doc"
- "service runbook"
- "运维手册" od: mode: prototype platform: desktop scenario: engineering preview: type: html entry: index.html design_system: requires: true sections: [color, typography, layout, components] example_prompt: "Write a runbook for our auth service — alerts, dashboards, common procedures, on-call rotation."
Engineering Runbook Skill
Produce a single-page engineering runbook.
Workflow
- Read DESIGN.md.
- Identify the service from the brief.
- Layout:
- Header: service name, owner team, severity tier, version.
- Service summary paragraph + dependency list.
- Alerts table: alert name / severity / what it means / first response.
- Dashboards & links list.
- Common procedures block (3–4) with code blocks (deploy, rollback, rotate keys).
- On-call rotation table (week / primary / secondary / backup).
- Incident response checklist (5 numbered steps).
- One inline
<style>, semantic HTML, monospace for code blocks.
Output contract
<artifact identifier="runbook-name" type="text/html" title="Service Runbook">
<!doctype html>...</artifact>
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.