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Put together an incident handoff

You have to hand off a half-finished investigation, and the next person doesn't know where to start.

When to use it At shift change or when you pause an investigation

What you get

An incident handoff the next person on shift can pick up immediately.

Before you start

  • You have logs, errors or troubleshooting notes

Steps

  1. Order the user-visible symptoms by time
  2. Save commands and log evidence
  3. Separate confirmed facts from hypotheses
  4. Write down the next safe check

Deliverables

  • Incident timeline
  • Hypothesis table
  • Next steps

Done when

  • Sensitive data is redacted
  • Nothing already tried will be repeated

Paste this into your agent

Turn the current troubleshooting into a handoff: impact, timeline, environment, repro steps, key logs, confirmed facts, hypotheses still to test, actions already tried and the next safe check. Redact credentials. Do not run any new commands. Stop once you've produced the above; don't go on to anything else.