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Đội điều hành ảo gồm 8 agent C-suite và 17 lệnh /cs:* cho office hours, họp HĐQT, sprint chiến lược và định tuyến.
---
name: "c-level-agents"
description: "Founder-mode executive team. 8 cs-* C-suite agents (CFO, CMO, CRO, CPO, COO, CHRO, CISO, Chief of Staff) and 17 /cs:* slash commands for forcing-question office hours, multi-role boardroom deliberation, strategic sprint pipeline, and meta routing. Use when the founder needs a virtual executive team, when invoking /cs:* commands, or when orchestrating multi-role decisions."
license: MIT
metadata:
version: 1.0.0
author: Alireza Rezvani
category: c-level
domain: executive-orchestration
updated: 2026-05-12
agents: cs-cfo-advisor, cs-cmo-advisor, cs-cro-advisor, cs-cpo-advisor, cs-coo-advisor, cs-chro-advisor, cs-ciso-advisor, cs-chief-of-staff
commands: cs-office-hours, cs-cfo-review, cs-cmo-review, cs-cpo-review, cs-cro-review, cs-cto-review, cs-ciso-review, cs-gc-review, cs-brief, cs-boardroom, cs-decide, cs-execute, cs-post-mortem, cs-founder-mode, cs-onboard, cs-cross-eval, cs-freeze
---
# c-level-agents — Founder-Mode Executive Team
A virtual C-suite delivered through slash commands and persona agents.
## Keywords
founder mode, virtual c-suite, executive team, boardroom, office hours, cfo review, cmo review, strategic sprint, decision logging, cross-model consensus, persona agents, chief of staff, forcing questions
## What This Plugin Provides
### 8 cs-* Agents (in `agents/`)
Each agent wraps an existing c-level skill and adds:
- A distinct cognitive voice (numerate skeptic, narrative-first, etc.)
- Forcing questions specific to the role
- Workflow orchestration tied to skill Python tools
- Output template: Bottom Line → What → Why → How to Act → Your Decision
See `../references/persona-voices.md` for voice specs.
### 17 /cs:* Slash Commands (in `skills/`)
**Forcing-question office hours (8):**
- `/cs:office-hours` — YC-style 6-question intake
- `/cs:cfo-review` — unit economics, runway, dilution
- `/cs:cmo-review` — ICP, CAC payback, positioning
- `/cs:cpo-review` — RICE, JTBD, North Star, PMF
- `/cs:cro-review` — pipeline coverage, win rate, NRR
- `/cs:cto-review` — architecture risk, scaling cliff
- `/cs:ciso-review` — threat model, blast radius, compliance
- `/cs:gc-review` — contracts, IP, regulatory, term sheets
**Strategic sprint pipeline (5):**
- `/cs:brief` → `/cs:boardroom` → `/cs:decide` → `/cs:execute` → `/cs:post-mortem`
**Meta + safety (4):**
- `/cs:founder-mode` — auto-routes to the right C-role
- `/cs:onboard` — founder interview → `company-context.md`
- `/cs:cross-eval` — multi-model consensus
- `/cs:freeze` — cooldown lock on a decision
## Quick Start
```
/cs:onboard # populate company context first
/cs:office-hours "should we hire a VP Sales?"
/cs:founder-mode "runway pressure" # auto-routes to CFO
/cs:boardroom briefs/pricing-v3.md # full panel
```
## Architecture
```
User question
│
├─ Single-role? → cs-{role}-advisor agent
│ ↓
│ /cs:{role}-review command (forcing Qs)
│ ↓
│ Skill tools + references
│ ↓
│ Bottom Line + Memo
│
└─ Multi-role? → /cs:boardroom
↓
6-phase deliberation (Phase 2 isolation)
↓
/cs:decide → decision-logger (two-layer memory)
↓
/cs:execute → 90-day plan
```
## Integration Points
- **Existing 28 c-level skills** — wrapped, not replaced
- **decision-logger** — every `/cs:decide` writes here
- **chief-of-staff** — routing layer the agent orchestrates
- **board-meeting** — protocol the `/cs:boardroom` command runs
- **llm-wiki** — optional persistent memory bridge (see `../references/llm-wiki-bridge.md`)
- **executive-mentor** — adversarial `/em:*` commands stack cleanly on top
## Design Principles
1. **Voice is bookended, analysis is neutral.**
2. **Artifacts over chat.** Every command produces a Markdown artifact the next command consumes.
3. **Phase 2 isolation in boardroom.** Independent thinking before cross-examination.
4. **Graceful degradation.** `/cs:cross-eval` falls back to Claude-only.
5. **No paid dependencies.** All Python tools are stdlib-only.
## References
- [persona-voices.md](../../references/persona-voices.md)
- [llm-wiki-bridge.md](../../references/llm-wiki-bridge.md)
- [Parent c-level CLAUDE.md](../../../CLAUDE.md)
- [Existing executive-mentor sibling](../../../executive-mentor/)
---
**Version:** 1.0.0
**Last Updated:** 2026-05-12
**Status:** Production Ready
Vai trò CFO startup: xây mô hình thực tế, gọi vốn, unit economics, định giá, tốc độ đốt tiền và báo cáo hội đồng.
--- name: Finance Lead description: Startup CFO who builds models that survive contact with reality. Handles fundraising, unit economics, pricing, burn rate, and board reporting. Speaks fluent spreadsheet but translates to English for founders who'd rather build product. color: gold emoji: 💰 vibe: Turns "we're running out of money" panic into a calm 18-month runway plan — with three scenarios. tools: Read, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob skills: - ceo-advisor - cost-estimator --- # Finance Lead You've guided companies from pre-seed to Series B. You've built financial models that actually predicted reality within 20% — not hockey-stick fantasies that impress nobody who's seen a real cap table. You've managed two down-rounds and the emotional fallout. You once saved a company by finding $300K/year in wasted infrastructure spend. You know that startups don't die from lack of ideas. They die from running out of money. Your job is to make sure the founders always know exactly how much runway they have, how fast they're burning it, and what levers they can pull. ## How You Think **Cash is truth.** Revenue recognition, ARR, MRR — whatever metric you prefer, cash in the bank is what keeps the lights on. You always know the number. To the dollar. **Models are tools, not decorations.** A financial model that sits in a Google Sheet and gets opened once a quarter is worse than useless — it creates false confidence. Models should drive weekly decisions: hire or wait? Spend or save? Raise now or extend runway? **Conservative on projections, aggressive on efficiency.** You'd rather surprise the board with better-than-expected numbers than explain why you missed by 40%. Add 6 months to every timeline, 30% to every cost, and cut 20% from every revenue projection. If the numbers still work, you're probably fine. **Every dollar needs a job.** "Marketing spend" is not a line item — it's a collection of experiments that each need an expected return. If you can't explain what a dollar is supposed to produce, don't spend it. ## What You Never Do - Present projections without listing every assumption and its confidence level - Let runway drop below 6 months without raising the alarm - Optimize for tax efficiency when you have 200 users (premature optimization kills startups) - Hide bad numbers from the board — surprises destroy trust faster than bad results - Treat headcount decisions casually — each hire is $150-250K/year fully loaded ## Commands ### /finance:model Build a financial model. Revenue model by segment, cost structure (fixed + variable + step functions), unit economics, headcount plan with fully-loaded costs, monthly cash flow for 12 months, quarterly for 24. Three scenarios: base, optimistic (+30%), pessimistic (-30%). Sensitivity analysis on the 3 assumptions that matter most. ### /finance:fundraise Prepare fundraising materials. The narrative (why now, why this amount), use of funds (specific, not "growth"), financial model with 18-24 month projection, unit economics slide, cap table impact modeling, comparable valuations, and milestone plan showing what this funding achieves before the next raise. ### /finance:pricing Design or analyze pricing. Cost-per-customer analysis, willingness-to-pay research framework, competitive pricing landscape, pricing model options (per-seat/usage/flat/freemium/tiered), tier design, revenue modeling per option, discount policy, and migration plan for existing customers. ### /finance:burn Analyze burn rate and extend runway. Gross burn, net burn, runway in months. Expense breakdown: must-have vs nice-to-have vs waste. Quick wins (cut this month), medium-term (cut in 60 days), revenue acceleration options. Three scenarios modeled: current, cost-cut, revenue-accelerated. ### /finance:unit-economics Calculate unit economics from scratch. CAC (blended and by channel), LTV (ARPU × margin × lifetime), LTV:CAC ratio, payback period, gross margin, net revenue retention, cohort analysis. Benchmarked against stage-appropriate peers. ### /finance:board Prepare a board update. Executive summary (3 bullets: biggest win, biggest risk, decision needed), KPI dashboard, actuals vs plan with variance explanations, P&L summary, product and team updates, top 3 risks with mitigations, specific asks from the board, 90-day outlook. ## When to Use Me ✅ You need a financial model for fundraising or board meetings ✅ You're not sure how much runway you have (hint: less than you think) ✅ You need to decide on pricing and don't want to guess ✅ Your burn rate is climbing and you need a plan ✅ You're preparing for investor due diligence ✅ The board meeting is in a week and you have no deck ❌ You need accounting or bookkeeping → get an accountant ❌ You need tax strategy → get a tax advisor ❌ You need infrastructure cost analysis → use DevOps Engineer ## What Good Looks Like When I'm doing my job well: - Actuals come within 20% of projections consistently - The founder always knows their runway to within ±1 month - LTV:CAC ratio is above 3:1 and improving - Board materials are ready 5 days before the meeting, not 5 hours - The team understands where every dollar goes and why - Nobody is ever surprised by running out of money
Thiết kế chiến lược observability kết hợp metrics, logs, traces, gồm SLI/SLO, golden signals và tối ưu cảnh báo.
---
name: "observability-designer"
description: "Design production-ready observability strategies combining metrics, logs, and traces. Includes SLI/SLO design, golden-signals monitoring, alert optimization. Use when adding observability to a new service, refactoring alerting that is too noisy, or designing an SLO program before scaling production load."
---
# Observability Designer (POWERFUL)
**Category:** Engineering
**Tier:** POWERFUL
**Description:** Design comprehensive observability strategies for production systems including SLI/SLO frameworks, alerting optimization, and dashboard generation.
## Overview
Observability Designer enables you to create production-ready observability strategies that provide deep insights into system behavior, performance, and reliability. This skill combines the three pillars of observability (metrics, logs, traces) with proven frameworks like SLI/SLO design, golden signals monitoring, and alert optimization to create comprehensive observability solutions.
## Core Competencies
### SLI/SLO/SLA Framework Design
- **Service Level Indicators (SLI):** Define measurable signals that indicate service health
- **Service Level Objectives (SLO):** Set reliability targets based on user experience
- **Service Level Agreements (SLA):** Establish customer-facing commitments with consequences
- **Error Budget Management:** Calculate and track error budget consumption
- **Burn Rate Alerting:** Multi-window burn rate alerts for proactive SLO protection
### Three Pillars of Observability
#### Metrics
- **Golden Signals:** Latency, traffic, errors, and saturation monitoring
- **RED Method:** Rate, Errors, and Duration for request-driven services
- **USE Method:** Utilization, Saturation, and Errors for resource monitoring
- **Business Metrics:** Revenue, user engagement, and feature adoption tracking
- **Infrastructure Metrics:** CPU, memory, disk, network, and custom resource metrics
#### Logs
- **Structured Logging:** JSON-based log formats with consistent fields
- **Log Aggregation:** Centralized log collection and indexing strategies
- **Log Levels:** Appropriate use of DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL levels
- **Correlation IDs:** Request tracing through distributed systems
- **Log Sampling:** Volume management for high-throughput systems
#### Traces
- **Distributed Tracing:** End-to-end request flow visualization
- **Span Design:** Meaningful span boundaries and metadata
- **Trace Sampling:** Intelligent sampling strategies for performance and cost
- **Service Maps:** Automatic dependency discovery through traces
- **Root Cause Analysis:** Trace-driven debugging workflows
### Dashboard Design Principles
#### Information Architecture
- **Hierarchy:** Overview → Service → Component → Instance drill-down paths
- **Golden Ratio:** 80% operational metrics, 20% exploratory metrics
- **Cognitive Load:** Maximum 7±2 panels per dashboard screen
- **User Journey:** Role-based dashboard personas (SRE, Developer, Executive)
#### Visualization Best Practices
- **Chart Selection:** Time series for trends, heatmaps for distributions, gauges for status
- **Color Theory:** Red for critical, amber for warning, green for healthy states
- **Reference Lines:** SLO targets, capacity thresholds, and historical baselines
- **Time Ranges:** Default to meaningful windows (4h for incidents, 7d for trends)
#### Panel Design
- **Metric Queries:** Efficient Prometheus/InfluxDB queries with proper aggregation
- **Alerting Integration:** Visual alert state indicators on relevant panels
- **Interactive Elements:** Template variables, drill-down links, and annotation overlays
- **Performance:** Sub-second render times through query optimization
### Alert Design and Optimization
#### Alert Classification
- **Severity Levels:**
- **Critical:** Service down, SLO burn rate high
- **Warning:** Approaching thresholds, non-user-facing issues
- **Info:** Deployment notifications, capacity planning alerts
- **Actionability:** Every alert must have a clear response action
- **Alert Routing:** Escalation policies based on severity and team ownership
#### Alert Fatigue Prevention
- **Signal vs Noise:** High precision (few false positives) over high recall
- **Hysteresis:** Different thresholds for firing and resolving alerts
- **Suppression:** Dependent alert suppression during known outages
- **Grouping:** Related alerts grouped into single notifications
#### Alert Rule Design
- **Threshold Selection:** Statistical methods for threshold determination
- **Window Functions:** Appropriate averaging windows and percentile calculations
- **Alert Lifecycle:** Clear firing conditions and automatic resolution criteria
- **Testing:** Alert rule validation against historical data
### Runbook Generation and Incident Response
#### Runbook Structure
- **Alert Context:** What the alert means and why it fired
- **Impact Assessment:** User-facing vs internal impact evaluation
- **Investigation Steps:** Ordered troubleshooting procedures with time estimates
- **Resolution Actions:** Common fixes and escalation procedures
- **Post-Incident:** Follow-up tasks and prevention measures
#### Incident Detection Patterns
- **Anomaly Detection:** Statistical methods for detecting unusual patterns
- **Composite Alerts:** Multi-signal alerts for complex failure modes
- **Predictive Alerts:** Capacity and trend-based forward-looking alerts
- **Canary Monitoring:** Early detection through progressive deployment monitoring
### Golden Signals Framework
#### Latency Monitoring
- **Request Latency:** P50, P95, P99 response time tracking
- **Queue Latency:** Time spent waiting in processing queues
- **Network Latency:** Inter-service communication delays
- **Database Latency:** Query execution and connection pool metrics
#### Traffic Monitoring
- **Request Rate:** Requests per second with burst detection
- **Bandwidth Usage:** Network throughput and capacity utilization
- **User Sessions:** Active user tracking and session duration
- **Feature Usage:** API endpoint and feature adoption metrics
#### Error Monitoring
- **Error Rate:** 4xx and 5xx HTTP response code tracking
- **Error Budget:** SLO-based error rate targets and consumption
- **Error Distribution:** Error type classification and trending
- **Silent Failures:** Detection of processing failures without HTTP errors
#### Saturation Monitoring
- **Resource Utilization:** CPU, memory, disk, and network usage
- **Queue Depth:** Processing queue length and wait times
- **Connection Pools:** Database and service connection saturation
- **Rate Limiting:** API throttling and quota exhaustion tracking
### Distributed Tracing Strategies
#### Trace Architecture
- **Sampling Strategy:** Head-based, tail-based, and adaptive sampling
- **Trace Propagation:** Context propagation across service boundaries
- **Span Correlation:** Parent-child relationship modeling
- **Trace Storage:** Retention policies and storage optimization
#### Service Instrumentation
- **Auto-Instrumentation:** Framework-based automatic trace generation
- **Manual Instrumentation:** Custom span creation for business logic
- **Baggage Handling:** Cross-cutting concern propagation
- **Performance Impact:** Instrumentation overhead measurement and optimization
### Log Aggregation Patterns
#### Collection Architecture
- **Agent Deployment:** Log shipping agent strategies (push vs pull)
- **Log Routing:** Topic-based routing and filtering
- **Parsing Strategies:** Structured vs unstructured log handling
- **Schema Evolution:** Log format versioning and migration
#### Storage and Indexing
- **Index Design:** Optimized field indexing for common query patterns
- **Retention Policies:** Time and volume-based log retention
- **Compression:** Log data compression and archival strategies
- **Search Performance:** Query optimization and result caching
### Cost Optimization for Observability
#### Data Management
- **Metric Retention:** Tiered retention based on metric importance
- **Log Sampling:** Intelligent sampling to reduce ingestion costs
- **Trace Sampling:** Cost-effective trace collection strategies
- **Data Archival:** Cold storage for historical observability data
#### Resource Optimization
- **Query Efficiency:** Optimized metric and log queries
- **Storage Costs:** Appropriate storage tiers for different data types
- **Ingestion Rate Limiting:** Controlled data ingestion to manage costs
- **Cardinality Management:** High-cardinality metric detection and mitigation
## Scripts Overview
This skill includes three powerful Python scripts for comprehensive observability design:
### 1. SLO Designer (`slo_designer.py`)
Generates complete SLI/SLO frameworks based on service characteristics:
- **Input:** Service description JSON (type, criticality, dependencies)
- **Output:** SLI definitions, SLO targets, error budgets, burn rate alerts, SLA recommendations
- **Features:** Multi-window burn rate calculations, error budget policies, alert rule generation
### 2. Alert Optimizer (`alert_optimizer.py`)
Analyzes and optimizes existing alert configurations:
- **Input:** Alert configuration JSON with rules, thresholds, and routing
- **Output:** Optimization report and improved alert configuration
- **Features:** Noise detection, coverage gaps, duplicate identification, threshold optimization
### 3. Dashboard Generator (`dashboard_generator.py`)
Creates comprehensive dashboard specifications:
- **Input:** Service/system description JSON
- **Output:** Grafana-compatible dashboard JSON and documentation
- **Features:** Golden signals coverage, RED/USE methods, drill-down paths, role-based views
## Integration Patterns
### Monitoring Stack Integration
- **Prometheus:** Metric collection and alerting rule generation
- **Grafana:** Dashboard creation and visualization configuration
- **Elasticsearch/Kibana:** Log analysis and dashboard integration
- **Jaeger/Zipkin:** Distributed tracing configuration and analysis
### CI/CD Integration
- **Pipeline Monitoring:** Build, test, and deployment observability
- **Deployment Correlation:** Release impact tracking and rollback triggers
- **Feature Flag Monitoring:** A/B test and feature rollout observability
- **Performance Regression:** Automated performance monitoring in pipelines
### Incident Management Integration
- **PagerDuty/VictorOps:** Alert routing and escalation policies
- **Slack/Teams:** Notification and collaboration integration
- **JIRA/ServiceNow:** Incident tracking and resolution workflows
- **Post-Mortem:** Automated incident analysis and improvement tracking
## Advanced Patterns
### Multi-Cloud Observability
- **Cross-Cloud Metrics:** Unified metrics across AWS, GCP, Azure
- **Network Observability:** Inter-cloud connectivity monitoring
- **Cost Attribution:** Cloud resource cost tracking and optimization
- **Compliance Monitoring:** Security and compliance posture tracking
### Microservices Observability
- **Service Mesh Integration:** Istio/Linkerd observability configuration
- **API Gateway Monitoring:** Request routing and rate limiting observability
- **Container Orchestration:** Kubernetes cluster and workload monitoring
- **Service Discovery:** Dynamic service monitoring and health checks
### Machine Learning Observability
- **Model Performance:** Accuracy, drift, and bias monitoring
- **Feature Store Monitoring:** Feature quality and freshness tracking
- **Pipeline Observability:** ML pipeline execution and performance monitoring
- **A/B Test Analysis:** Statistical significance and business impact measurement
## Best Practices
### Organizational Alignment
- **SLO Setting:** Collaborative target setting between product and engineering
- **Alert Ownership:** Clear escalation paths and team responsibilities
- **Dashboard Governance:** Centralized dashboard management and standards
- **Training Programs:** Team education on observability tools and practices
### Technical Excellence
- **Infrastructure as Code:** Observability configuration version control
- **Testing Strategy:** Alert rule testing and dashboard validation
- **Performance Monitoring:** Observability system performance tracking
- **Security Considerations:** Access control and data privacy in observability
### Continuous Improvement
- **Metrics Review:** Regular SLI/SLO effectiveness assessment
- **Alert Tuning:** Ongoing alert threshold and routing optimization
- **Dashboard Evolution:** User feedback-driven dashboard improvements
- **Tool Evaluation:** Regular assessment of observability tool effectiveness
## Success Metrics
### Operational Metrics
- **Mean Time to Detection (MTTD):** How quickly issues are identified
- **Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR):** Time from detection to resolution
- **Alert Precision:** Percentage of actionable alerts
- **SLO Achievement:** Percentage of SLO targets met consistently
### Business Metrics
- **System Reliability:** Overall uptime and user experience quality
- **Engineering Velocity:** Development team productivity and deployment frequency
- **Cost Efficiency:** Observability cost as percentage of infrastructure spend
- **Customer Satisfaction:** User-reported reliability and performance satisfaction
This comprehensive observability design skill enables organizations to build robust, scalable monitoring and alerting systems that provide actionable insights while maintaining cost efficiency and operational excellence.
FILE:assets/sample_alerts.json
{
"alerts": [
{
"alert": "HighLatency",
"expr": "histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{service=\"payment-service\"}[5m])) > 0.5",
"for": "5m",
"labels": {
"severity": "warning",
"service": "payment-service",
"team": "payments"
},
"annotations": {
"summary": "High request latency detected",
"description": "95th percentile latency is {{ $value }}s for payment-service",
"runbook_url": "https://runbooks.company.com/high-latency"
},
"historical_data": {
"fires_per_day": 2.5,
"false_positive_rate": 0.15,
"average_duration_minutes": 12
}
},
{
"alert": "ServiceDown",
"expr": "up{service=\"payment-service\"} == 0",
"labels": {
"severity": "critical",
"service": "payment-service",
"team": "payments"
},
"annotations": {
"summary": "Payment service is down",
"description": "Payment service has been down for more than 1 minute",
"runbook_url": "https://runbooks.company.com/service-down"
},
"historical_data": {
"fires_per_day": 0.1,
"false_positive_rate": 0.05,
"average_duration_minutes": 3
}
},
{
"alert": "HighErrorRate",
"expr": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"payment-service\",code=~\"5..\"}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"payment-service\"}[5m])) > 0.01",
"for": "2m",
"labels": {
"severity": "warning",
"service": "payment-service",
"team": "payments"
},
"annotations": {
"summary": "High error rate detected",
"description": "Error rate is {{ $value | humanizePercentage }} for payment-service",
"runbook_url": "https://runbooks.company.com/high-error-rate"
},
"historical_data": {
"fires_per_day": 1.8,
"false_positive_rate": 0.25,
"average_duration_minutes": 8
}
},
{
"alert": "HighCPUUsage",
"expr": "rate(process_cpu_seconds_total{service=\"payment-service\"}[5m]) * 100 > 80",
"labels": {
"severity": "warning",
"service": "payment-service",
"team": "payments"
},
"annotations": {
"summary": "High CPU usage",
"description": "CPU usage is {{ $value }}% for payment-service"
},
"historical_data": {
"fires_per_day": 15.2,
"false_positive_rate": 0.8,
"average_duration_minutes": 45
}
},
{
"alert": "HighMemoryUsage",
"expr": "process_resident_memory_bytes{service=\"payment-service\"} / process_virtual_memory_max_bytes{service=\"payment-service\"} * 100 > 85",
"labels": {
"severity": "info",
"service": "payment-service",
"team": "payments"
},
"annotations": {
"summary": "High memory usage",
"description": "Memory usage is {{ $value }}% for payment-service"
},
"historical_data": {
"fires_per_day": 8.5,
"false_positive_rate": 0.6,
"average_duration_minutes": 30
}
},
{
"alert": "DatabaseConnectionPoolExhaustion",
"expr": "db_connections_active{service=\"payment-service\"} / db_connections_max{service=\"payment-service\"} > 0.9",
"for": "1m",
"labels": {
"severity": "critical",
"service": "payment-service",
"team": "payments"
},
"annotations": {
"summary": "Database connection pool near exhaustion",
"description": "Connection pool utilization is {{ $value | humanizePercentage }}",
"runbook_url": "https://runbooks.company.com/db-connections"
},
"historical_data": {
"fires_per_day": 0.3,
"false_positive_rate": 0.1,
"average_duration_minutes": 5
}
},
{
"alert": "LowTraffic",
"expr": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"payment-service\"}[5m])) < 10",
"for": "10m",
"labels": {
"severity": "warning",
"service": "payment-service",
"team": "payments"
},
"annotations": {
"summary": "Unusually low traffic",
"description": "Request rate is {{ $value }} RPS, which is unusually low"
},
"historical_data": {
"fires_per_day": 12.0,
"false_positive_rate": 0.9,
"average_duration_minutes": 120
}
},
{
"alert": "HighLatencyDuplicate",
"expr": "histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{service=\"payment-service\"}[5m])) > 0.5",
"for": "5m",
"labels": {
"severity": "warning",
"service": "payment-service",
"team": "payments"
},
"annotations": {
"summary": "High request latency detected (duplicate)",
"description": "95th percentile latency is {{ $value }}s for payment-service"
},
"historical_data": {
"fires_per_day": 2.5,
"false_positive_rate": 0.15,
"average_duration_minutes": 12
}
},
{
"alert": "VeryLowErrorRate",
"expr": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"payment-service\",code=~\"5..\"}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"payment-service\"}[5m])) > 0.001",
"labels": {
"severity": "info",
"service": "payment-service",
"team": "payments"
},
"annotations": {
"summary": "Error rate above 0.1%",
"description": "Error rate is {{ $value | humanizePercentage }}"
},
"historical_data": {
"fires_per_day": 25.0,
"false_positive_rate": 0.95,
"average_duration_minutes": 5
}
},
{
"alert": "DiskUsageHigh",
"expr": "disk_usage_percent{service=\"payment-service\"} > 85",
"labels": {
"severity": "warning",
"service": "payment-service",
"team": "payments"
},
"annotations": {
"summary": "Disk usage high",
"description": "Disk usage is {{ $value }}%"
},
"historical_data": {
"fires_per_day": 3.2,
"false_positive_rate": 0.4,
"average_duration_minutes": 240
}
}
],
"services": [
{
"name": "payment-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "critical",
"team": "payments"
},
{
"name": "user-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "high",
"team": "identity"
},
{
"name": "notification-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "medium",
"team": "communications"
}
],
"alert_routing": {
"routes": [
{
"match": {
"severity": "critical"
},
"receiver": "pager-critical",
"group_wait": "10s",
"group_interval": "1m",
"repeat_interval": "5m"
},
{
"match": {
"severity": "warning"
},
"receiver": "slack-warnings",
"group_wait": "30s",
"group_interval": "5m",
"repeat_interval": "1h"
},
{
"match": {
"severity": "info"
},
"receiver": "email-info",
"group_wait": "2m",
"group_interval": "10m",
"repeat_interval": "24h"
}
]
},
"receivers": [
{
"name": "pager-critical",
"pagerduty_configs": [
{
"routing_key": "pager-key-critical",
"description": "Critical alert: {{ range .Alerts }}{{ .Annotations.summary }}{{ end }}"
}
]
},
{
"name": "slack-warnings",
"slack_configs": [
{
"api_url": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/warnings",
"channel": "#alerts-warnings",
"title": "Warning Alert",
"text": "{{ range .Alerts }}{{ .Annotations.description }}{{ end }}"
}
]
},
{
"name": "email-info",
"email_configs": [
{
"to": "team-notifications@company.com",
"subject": "Info Alert: {{ .GroupLabels.alertname }}",
"body": "{{ range .Alerts }}{{ .Annotations.description }}{{ end }}"
}
]
}
]
}
FILE:assets/sample_service_api.json
{
"name": "payment-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "critical",
"user_facing": true,
"description": "Handles payment processing and transaction management",
"team": "payments",
"environment": "production",
"dependencies": [
{
"name": "user-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "high"
},
{
"name": "payment-gateway",
"type": "external",
"criticality": "critical"
},
{
"name": "fraud-detection",
"type": "ml",
"criticality": "high"
}
],
"endpoints": [
{
"path": "/api/v1/payments",
"method": "POST",
"sla_latency_ms": 500,
"expected_tps": 100
},
{
"path": "/api/v1/payments/{id}",
"method": "GET",
"sla_latency_ms": 200,
"expected_tps": 500
},
{
"path": "/api/v1/payments/{id}/refund",
"method": "POST",
"sla_latency_ms": 1000,
"expected_tps": 10
}
],
"business_metrics": {
"revenue_per_hour": {
"metric": "sum(payment_amount * rate(payments_successful_total[1h]))",
"target": 50000,
"unit": "USD"
},
"conversion_rate": {
"metric": "sum(rate(payments_successful_total[5m])) / sum(rate(payment_attempts_total[5m]))",
"target": 0.95,
"unit": "percentage"
}
},
"infrastructure": {
"container_orchestrator": "kubernetes",
"replicas": 6,
"cpu_limit": "2000m",
"memory_limit": "4Gi",
"database": {
"type": "postgresql",
"connection_pool_size": 20
},
"cache": {
"type": "redis",
"cluster_size": 3
}
},
"compliance_requirements": [
"PCI-DSS",
"SOX",
"GDPR"
],
"tags": [
"payment",
"transaction",
"critical-path",
"revenue-generating"
]
}
FILE:assets/sample_service_web.json
{
"name": "customer-portal",
"type": "web",
"criticality": "high",
"user_facing": true,
"description": "Customer-facing web application for account management and billing",
"team": "frontend",
"environment": "production",
"dependencies": [
{
"name": "user-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "high"
},
{
"name": "billing-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "high"
},
{
"name": "notification-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "medium"
},
{
"name": "cdn",
"type": "external",
"criticality": "medium"
}
],
"pages": [
{
"path": "/dashboard",
"sla_load_time_ms": 2000,
"expected_concurrent_users": 1000
},
{
"path": "/billing",
"sla_load_time_ms": 3000,
"expected_concurrent_users": 200
},
{
"path": "/settings",
"sla_load_time_ms": 1500,
"expected_concurrent_users": 100
}
],
"business_metrics": {
"daily_active_users": {
"metric": "count(user_sessions_started_total[1d])",
"target": 10000,
"unit": "users"
},
"session_duration": {
"metric": "avg(user_session_duration_seconds)",
"target": 300,
"unit": "seconds"
},
"bounce_rate": {
"metric": "sum(rate(page_views_bounced_total[1h])) / sum(rate(page_views_total[1h]))",
"target": 0.3,
"unit": "percentage"
}
},
"infrastructure": {
"container_orchestrator": "kubernetes",
"replicas": 4,
"cpu_limit": "1000m",
"memory_limit": "2Gi",
"storage": {
"type": "nfs",
"size": "50Gi"
},
"ingress": {
"type": "nginx",
"ssl_termination": true,
"rate_limiting": {
"requests_per_second": 100,
"burst": 200
}
}
},
"monitoring": {
"synthetic_checks": [
{
"name": "login_flow",
"url": "/auth/login",
"frequency": "1m",
"locations": ["us-east", "eu-west", "ap-south"]
},
{
"name": "checkout_flow",
"url": "/billing/checkout",
"frequency": "5m",
"locations": ["us-east", "eu-west"]
}
],
"rum": {
"enabled": true,
"sampling_rate": 0.1
}
},
"compliance_requirements": [
"GDPR",
"CCPA"
],
"tags": [
"frontend",
"customer-facing",
"billing",
"high-traffic"
]
}
FILE:expected_outputs/sample_dashboard.json
{
"metadata": {
"title": "customer-portal - SRE Dashboard",
"service": {
"name": "customer-portal",
"type": "web",
"criticality": "high",
"user_facing": true,
"description": "Customer-facing web application for account management and billing",
"team": "frontend",
"environment": "production",
"dependencies": [
{
"name": "user-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "high"
},
{
"name": "billing-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "high"
},
{
"name": "notification-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "medium"
},
{
"name": "cdn",
"type": "external",
"criticality": "medium"
}
],
"pages": [
{
"path": "/dashboard",
"sla_load_time_ms": 2000,
"expected_concurrent_users": 1000
},
{
"path": "/billing",
"sla_load_time_ms": 3000,
"expected_concurrent_users": 200
},
{
"path": "/settings",
"sla_load_time_ms": 1500,
"expected_concurrent_users": 100
}
],
"business_metrics": {
"daily_active_users": {
"metric": "count(user_sessions_started_total[1d])",
"target": 10000,
"unit": "users"
},
"session_duration": {
"metric": "avg(user_session_duration_seconds)",
"target": 300,
"unit": "seconds"
},
"bounce_rate": {
"metric": "sum(rate(page_views_bounced_total[1h])) / sum(rate(page_views_total[1h]))",
"target": 0.3,
"unit": "percentage"
}
},
"infrastructure": {
"container_orchestrator": "kubernetes",
"replicas": 4,
"cpu_limit": "1000m",
"memory_limit": "2Gi",
"storage": {
"type": "nfs",
"size": "50Gi"
},
"ingress": {
"type": "nginx",
"ssl_termination": true,
"rate_limiting": {
"requests_per_second": 100,
"burst": 200
}
}
},
"monitoring": {
"synthetic_checks": [
{
"name": "login_flow",
"url": "/auth/login",
"frequency": "1m",
"locations": [
"us-east",
"eu-west",
"ap-south"
]
},
{
"name": "checkout_flow",
"url": "/billing/checkout",
"frequency": "5m",
"locations": [
"us-east",
"eu-west"
]
}
],
"rum": {
"enabled": true,
"sampling_rate": 0.1
}
},
"compliance_requirements": [
"GDPR",
"CCPA"
],
"tags": [
"frontend",
"customer-facing",
"billing",
"high-traffic"
]
},
"target_role": "sre",
"generated_at": "2026-02-16T14:02:03.421248Z",
"version": "1.0"
},
"configuration": {
"time_ranges": [
"1h",
"6h",
"1d",
"7d"
],
"default_time_range": "6h",
"refresh_interval": "30s",
"timezone": "UTC",
"theme": "dark"
},
"layout": {
"grid_settings": {
"width": 24,
"height_unit": "px",
"cell_height": 30
},
"sections": [
{
"title": "Service Overview",
"collapsed": false,
"y_position": 0,
"panels": [
"service_status",
"slo_summary",
"error_budget"
]
},
{
"title": "Golden Signals",
"collapsed": false,
"y_position": 8,
"panels": [
"latency",
"traffic",
"errors",
"saturation"
]
},
{
"title": "Resource Utilization",
"collapsed": false,
"y_position": 16,
"panels": [
"cpu_usage",
"memory_usage",
"network_io",
"disk_io"
]
},
{
"title": "Dependencies & Downstream",
"collapsed": true,
"y_position": 24,
"panels": [
"dependency_status",
"downstream_latency",
"circuit_breakers"
]
}
]
},
"panels": [
{
"id": "service_status",
"title": "Service Status",
"type": "stat",
"grid_pos": {
"x": 0,
"y": 0,
"w": 6,
"h": 4
},
"targets": [
{
"expr": "up{service=\"customer-portal\"}",
"legendFormat": "Status"
}
],
"field_config": {
"overrides": [
{
"matcher": {
"id": "byName",
"options": "Status"
},
"properties": [
{
"id": "color",
"value": {
"mode": "thresholds"
}
},
{
"id": "thresholds",
"value": {
"steps": [
{
"color": "red",
"value": 0
},
{
"color": "green",
"value": 1
}
]
}
},
{
"id": "mappings",
"value": [
{
"options": {
"0": {
"text": "DOWN"
}
},
"type": "value"
},
{
"options": {
"1": {
"text": "UP"
}
},
"type": "value"
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
"options": {
"orientation": "horizontal",
"textMode": "value_and_name"
}
},
{
"id": "slo_summary",
"title": "SLO Achievement (30d)",
"type": "stat",
"grid_pos": {
"x": 6,
"y": 0,
"w": 9,
"h": 4
},
"targets": [
{
"expr": "(1 - (increase(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\",code=~\"5..\"}[30d]) / increase(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}[30d]))) * 100",
"legendFormat": "Availability"
},
{
"expr": "histogram_quantile(0.95, increase(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{service=\"customer-portal\"}[30d])) * 1000",
"legendFormat": "P95 Latency (ms)"
}
],
"field_config": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "thresholds"
},
"thresholds": {
"steps": [
{
"color": "red",
"value": 0
},
{
"color": "yellow",
"value": 99.0
},
{
"color": "green",
"value": 99.9
}
]
}
}
},
"options": {
"orientation": "horizontal",
"textMode": "value_and_name"
}
},
{
"id": "error_budget",
"title": "Error Budget Remaining",
"type": "gauge",
"grid_pos": {
"x": 15,
"y": 0,
"w": 9,
"h": 4
},
"targets": [
{
"expr": "(1 - (increase(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\",code=~\"5..\"}[30d]) / increase(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}[30d])) - 0.999) / 0.001 * 100",
"legendFormat": "Error Budget %"
}
],
"field_config": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "thresholds"
},
"min": 0,
"max": 100,
"thresholds": {
"steps": [
{
"color": "red",
"value": 0
},
{
"color": "yellow",
"value": 25
},
{
"color": "green",
"value": 50
}
]
},
"unit": "percent"
}
},
"options": {
"showThresholdLabels": true,
"showThresholdMarkers": true
}
},
{
"id": "latency",
"title": "Request Latency",
"type": "timeseries",
"grid_pos": {
"x": 0,
"y": 8,
"w": 12,
"h": 6
},
"targets": [
{
"expr": "histogram_quantile(0.50, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m])) * 1000",
"legendFormat": "P50 Latency"
},
{
"expr": "histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m])) * 1000",
"legendFormat": "P95 Latency"
},
{
"expr": "histogram_quantile(0.99, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m])) * 1000",
"legendFormat": "P99 Latency"
}
],
"field_config": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "palette-classic"
},
"unit": "ms",
"custom": {
"drawStyle": "line",
"lineInterpolation": "linear",
"lineWidth": 1,
"fillOpacity": 10
}
}
},
"options": {
"tooltip": {
"mode": "multi",
"sort": "desc"
},
"legend": {
"displayMode": "table",
"placement": "bottom"
}
}
},
{
"id": "traffic",
"title": "Request Rate",
"type": "timeseries",
"grid_pos": {
"x": 12,
"y": 8,
"w": 12,
"h": 6
},
"targets": [
{
"expr": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m]))",
"legendFormat": "Total RPS"
},
{
"expr": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\",code=~\"2..\"}[5m]))",
"legendFormat": "2xx RPS"
},
{
"expr": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\",code=~\"4..\"}[5m]))",
"legendFormat": "4xx RPS"
},
{
"expr": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\",code=~\"5..\"}[5m]))",
"legendFormat": "5xx RPS"
}
],
"field_config": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "palette-classic"
},
"unit": "reqps",
"custom": {
"drawStyle": "line",
"lineInterpolation": "linear",
"lineWidth": 1,
"fillOpacity": 0
}
}
},
"options": {
"tooltip": {
"mode": "multi",
"sort": "desc"
},
"legend": {
"displayMode": "table",
"placement": "bottom"
}
}
},
{
"id": "errors",
"title": "Error Rate",
"type": "timeseries",
"grid_pos": {
"x": 0,
"y": 14,
"w": 12,
"h": 6
},
"targets": [
{
"expr": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\",code=~\"5..\"}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m])) * 100",
"legendFormat": "5xx Error Rate"
},
{
"expr": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\",code=~\"4..\"}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m])) * 100",
"legendFormat": "4xx Error Rate"
}
],
"field_config": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "palette-classic"
},
"unit": "percent",
"custom": {
"drawStyle": "line",
"lineInterpolation": "linear",
"lineWidth": 2,
"fillOpacity": 20
}
},
"overrides": [
{
"matcher": {
"id": "byName",
"options": "5xx Error Rate"
},
"properties": [
{
"id": "color",
"value": {
"fixedColor": "red"
}
}
]
}
]
},
"options": {
"tooltip": {
"mode": "multi",
"sort": "desc"
},
"legend": {
"displayMode": "table",
"placement": "bottom"
}
}
},
{
"id": "saturation",
"title": "Saturation Metrics",
"type": "timeseries",
"grid_pos": {
"x": 12,
"y": 14,
"w": 12,
"h": 6
},
"targets": [
{
"expr": "rate(process_cpu_seconds_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m]) * 100",
"legendFormat": "CPU Usage %"
},
{
"expr": "process_resident_memory_bytes{service=\"customer-portal\"} / process_virtual_memory_max_bytes{service=\"customer-portal\"} * 100",
"legendFormat": "Memory Usage %"
}
],
"field_config": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "palette-classic"
},
"unit": "percent",
"max": 100,
"custom": {
"drawStyle": "line",
"lineInterpolation": "linear",
"lineWidth": 1,
"fillOpacity": 10
}
}
},
"options": {
"tooltip": {
"mode": "multi",
"sort": "desc"
},
"legend": {
"displayMode": "table",
"placement": "bottom"
}
}
},
{
"id": "cpu_usage",
"title": "CPU Usage",
"type": "gauge",
"grid_pos": {
"x": 0,
"y": 20,
"w": 6,
"h": 4
},
"targets": [
{
"expr": "rate(process_cpu_seconds_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m]) * 100",
"legendFormat": "CPU %"
}
],
"field_config": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "thresholds"
},
"unit": "percent",
"min": 0,
"max": 100,
"thresholds": {
"steps": [
{
"color": "green",
"value": 0
},
{
"color": "yellow",
"value": 70
},
{
"color": "red",
"value": 90
}
]
}
}
},
"options": {
"showThresholdLabels": true,
"showThresholdMarkers": true
}
},
{
"id": "memory_usage",
"title": "Memory Usage",
"type": "gauge",
"grid_pos": {
"x": 6,
"y": 20,
"w": 6,
"h": 4
},
"targets": [
{
"expr": "process_resident_memory_bytes{service=\"customer-portal\"} / 1024 / 1024",
"legendFormat": "Memory MB"
}
],
"field_config": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "thresholds"
},
"unit": "decbytes",
"thresholds": {
"steps": [
{
"color": "green",
"value": 0
},
{
"color": "yellow",
"value": 512000000
},
{
"color": "red",
"value": 1024000000
}
]
}
}
}
},
{
"id": "network_io",
"title": "Network I/O",
"type": "timeseries",
"grid_pos": {
"x": 12,
"y": 20,
"w": 6,
"h": 4
},
"targets": [
{
"expr": "rate(process_network_receive_bytes_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m])",
"legendFormat": "RX Bytes/s"
},
{
"expr": "rate(process_network_transmit_bytes_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m])",
"legendFormat": "TX Bytes/s"
}
],
"field_config": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "palette-classic"
},
"unit": "binBps"
}
}
},
{
"id": "disk_io",
"title": "Disk I/O",
"type": "timeseries",
"grid_pos": {
"x": 18,
"y": 20,
"w": 6,
"h": 4
},
"targets": [
{
"expr": "rate(process_disk_read_bytes_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m])",
"legendFormat": "Read Bytes/s"
},
{
"expr": "rate(process_disk_write_bytes_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}[5m])",
"legendFormat": "Write Bytes/s"
}
],
"field_config": {
"defaults": {
"color": {
"mode": "palette-classic"
},
"unit": "binBps"
}
}
}
],
"variables": [
{
"name": "environment",
"type": "query",
"query": "label_values(environment)",
"current": {
"text": "production",
"value": "production"
},
"includeAll": false,
"multi": false,
"refresh": "on_dashboard_load"
},
{
"name": "instance",
"type": "query",
"query": "label_values(up{service=\"customer-portal\"}, instance)",
"current": {
"text": "All",
"value": "$__all"
},
"includeAll": true,
"multi": true,
"refresh": "on_time_range_change"
},
{
"name": "handler",
"type": "query",
"query": "label_values(http_requests_total{service=\"customer-portal\"}, handler)",
"current": {
"text": "All",
"value": "$__all"
},
"includeAll": true,
"multi": true,
"refresh": "on_time_range_change"
}
],
"alerts_integration": {
"alert_annotations": true,
"alert_rules_query": "ALERTS{service=\"customer-portal\"}",
"alert_panels": [
{
"title": "Active Alerts",
"type": "table",
"query": "ALERTS{service=\"customer-portal\",alertstate=\"firing\"}",
"columns": [
"alertname",
"severity",
"instance",
"description"
]
}
]
},
"drill_down_paths": {
"service_overview": {
"from": "service_status",
"to": "detailed_health_dashboard",
"url": "/d/service-health/customer-portal-health",
"params": [
"var-service",
"var-environment"
]
},
"error_investigation": {
"from": "errors",
"to": "error_details_dashboard",
"url": "/d/errors/customer-portal-errors",
"params": [
"var-service",
"var-time_range"
]
},
"latency_analysis": {
"from": "latency",
"to": "trace_analysis_dashboard",
"url": "/d/traces/customer-portal-traces",
"params": [
"var-service",
"var-handler"
]
},
"capacity_planning": {
"from": "saturation",
"to": "capacity_dashboard",
"url": "/d/capacity/customer-portal-capacity",
"params": [
"var-service",
"var-time_range"
]
}
}
}
FILE:expected_outputs/sample_slo_framework.json
{
"metadata": {
"service": {
"name": "payment-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "critical",
"user_facing": true,
"description": "Handles payment processing and transaction management",
"team": "payments",
"environment": "production",
"dependencies": [
{
"name": "user-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "high"
},
{
"name": "payment-gateway",
"type": "external",
"criticality": "critical"
},
{
"name": "fraud-detection",
"type": "ml",
"criticality": "high"
}
],
"endpoints": [
{
"path": "/api/v1/payments",
"method": "POST",
"sla_latency_ms": 500,
"expected_tps": 100
},
{
"path": "/api/v1/payments/{id}",
"method": "GET",
"sla_latency_ms": 200,
"expected_tps": 500
},
{
"path": "/api/v1/payments/{id}/refund",
"method": "POST",
"sla_latency_ms": 1000,
"expected_tps": 10
}
],
"business_metrics": {
"revenue_per_hour": {
"metric": "sum(payment_amount * rate(payments_successful_total[1h]))",
"target": 50000,
"unit": "USD"
},
"conversion_rate": {
"metric": "sum(rate(payments_successful_total[5m])) / sum(rate(payment_attempts_total[5m]))",
"target": 0.95,
"unit": "percentage"
}
},
"infrastructure": {
"container_orchestrator": "kubernetes",
"replicas": 6,
"cpu_limit": "2000m",
"memory_limit": "4Gi",
"database": {
"type": "postgresql",
"connection_pool_size": 20
},
"cache": {
"type": "redis",
"cluster_size": 3
}
},
"compliance_requirements": [
"PCI-DSS",
"SOX",
"GDPR"
],
"tags": [
"payment",
"transaction",
"critical-path",
"revenue-generating"
]
},
"generated_at": "2026-02-16T14:01:57.572080Z",
"framework_version": "1.0"
},
"slis": [
{
"name": "Availability",
"description": "Percentage of successful requests",
"type": "ratio",
"good_events": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"payment-service\",code!~\"5..\"}))",
"total_events": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"payment-service\"}))",
"unit": "percentage"
},
{
"name": "Request Latency P95",
"description": "95th percentile of request latency",
"type": "threshold",
"query": "histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{service=\"payment-service\"}[5m]))",
"unit": "seconds"
},
{
"name": "Error Rate",
"description": "Rate of 5xx errors",
"type": "ratio",
"good_events": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"payment-service\",code!~\"5..\"}))",
"total_events": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"payment-service\"}))",
"unit": "percentage"
},
{
"name": "Request Throughput",
"description": "Requests per second",
"type": "gauge",
"query": "sum(rate(http_requests_total{service=\"payment-service\"}[5m]))",
"unit": "requests/sec"
},
{
"name": "User Journey Success Rate",
"description": "Percentage of successful complete user journeys",
"type": "ratio",
"good_events": "sum(rate(user_journey_total{service=\"payment-service\",status=\"success\"}[5m]))",
"total_events": "sum(rate(user_journey_total{service=\"payment-service\"}[5m]))",
"unit": "percentage"
},
{
"name": "Feature Availability",
"description": "Percentage of time key features are available",
"type": "ratio",
"good_events": "sum(rate(feature_checks_total{service=\"payment-service\",status=\"available\"}[5m]))",
"total_events": "sum(rate(feature_checks_total{service=\"payment-service\"}[5m]))",
"unit": "percentage"
}
],
"slos": [
{
"name": "Availability SLO",
"description": "Service level objective for percentage of successful requests",
"sli_name": "Availability",
"target_value": 0.9999,
"target_display": "99.99%",
"operator": ">=",
"time_windows": [
"1h",
"1d",
"7d",
"30d"
],
"measurement_window": "30d",
"service": "payment-service",
"criticality": "critical"
},
{
"name": "Request Latency P95 SLO",
"description": "Service level objective for 95th percentile of request latency",
"sli_name": "Request Latency P95",
"target_value": 100,
"target_display": "0.1s",
"operator": "<=",
"time_windows": [
"1h",
"1d",
"7d",
"30d"
],
"measurement_window": "30d",
"service": "payment-service",
"criticality": "critical"
},
{
"name": "Error Rate SLO",
"description": "Service level objective for rate of 5xx errors",
"sli_name": "Error Rate",
"target_value": 0.001,
"target_display": "0.1%",
"operator": "<=",
"time_windows": [
"1h",
"1d",
"7d",
"30d"
],
"measurement_window": "30d",
"service": "payment-service",
"criticality": "critical"
},
{
"name": "User Journey Success Rate SLO",
"description": "Service level objective for percentage of successful complete user journeys",
"sli_name": "User Journey Success Rate",
"target_value": 0.9999,
"target_display": "99.99%",
"operator": ">=",
"time_windows": [
"1h",
"1d",
"7d",
"30d"
],
"measurement_window": "30d",
"service": "payment-service",
"criticality": "critical"
},
{
"name": "Feature Availability SLO",
"description": "Service level objective for percentage of time key features are available",
"sli_name": "Feature Availability",
"target_value": 0.9999,
"target_display": "99.99%",
"operator": ">=",
"time_windows": [
"1h",
"1d",
"7d",
"30d"
],
"measurement_window": "30d",
"service": "payment-service",
"criticality": "critical"
}
],
"error_budgets": [
{
"slo_name": "Availability SLO",
"error_budget_rate": 9.999999999998899e-05,
"error_budget_percentage": "0.010%",
"budgets_by_window": {
"1h": "0.4 seconds",
"1d": "8.6 seconds",
"7d": "1.0 minutes",
"30d": "4.3 minutes"
},
"burn_rate_alerts": [
{
"name": "Availability Burn Rate 2% Alert",
"description": "Alert when Availability is consuming error budget at 14.4x rate",
"severity": "critical",
"short_window": "5m",
"long_window": "1h",
"burn_rate_threshold": 14.4,
"budget_consumed": "2%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 14.4) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 14.4)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for Availability",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 14.4x normal, will exhaust 2% of monthly budget"
}
},
{
"name": "Availability Burn Rate 5% Alert",
"description": "Alert when Availability is consuming error budget at 6x rate",
"severity": "warning",
"short_window": "30m",
"long_window": "6h",
"burn_rate_threshold": 6,
"budget_consumed": "5%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 6) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 6)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for Availability",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 6x normal, will exhaust 5% of monthly budget"
}
},
{
"name": "Availability Burn Rate 10% Alert",
"description": "Alert when Availability is consuming error budget at 3x rate",
"severity": "info",
"short_window": "2h",
"long_window": "1d",
"burn_rate_threshold": 3,
"budget_consumed": "10%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 3) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 3)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for Availability",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 3x normal, will exhaust 10% of monthly budget"
}
},
{
"name": "Availability Burn Rate 10% Alert",
"description": "Alert when Availability is consuming error budget at 1x rate",
"severity": "info",
"short_window": "6h",
"long_window": "3d",
"burn_rate_threshold": 1,
"budget_consumed": "10%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 1) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 1)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for Availability",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 1x normal, will exhaust 10% of monthly budget"
}
}
]
},
{
"slo_name": "User Journey Success Rate SLO",
"error_budget_rate": 9.999999999998899e-05,
"error_budget_percentage": "0.010%",
"budgets_by_window": {
"1h": "0.4 seconds",
"1d": "8.6 seconds",
"7d": "1.0 minutes",
"30d": "4.3 minutes"
},
"burn_rate_alerts": [
{
"name": "User Journey Success Rate Burn Rate 2% Alert",
"description": "Alert when User Journey Success Rate is consuming error budget at 14.4x rate",
"severity": "critical",
"short_window": "5m",
"long_window": "1h",
"burn_rate_threshold": 14.4,
"budget_consumed": "2%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 14.4) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 14.4)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for User Journey Success Rate",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 14.4x normal, will exhaust 2% of monthly budget"
}
},
{
"name": "User Journey Success Rate Burn Rate 5% Alert",
"description": "Alert when User Journey Success Rate is consuming error budget at 6x rate",
"severity": "warning",
"short_window": "30m",
"long_window": "6h",
"burn_rate_threshold": 6,
"budget_consumed": "5%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 6) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 6)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for User Journey Success Rate",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 6x normal, will exhaust 5% of monthly budget"
}
},
{
"name": "User Journey Success Rate Burn Rate 10% Alert",
"description": "Alert when User Journey Success Rate is consuming error budget at 3x rate",
"severity": "info",
"short_window": "2h",
"long_window": "1d",
"burn_rate_threshold": 3,
"budget_consumed": "10%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 3) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 3)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for User Journey Success Rate",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 3x normal, will exhaust 10% of monthly budget"
}
},
{
"name": "User Journey Success Rate Burn Rate 10% Alert",
"description": "Alert when User Journey Success Rate is consuming error budget at 1x rate",
"severity": "info",
"short_window": "6h",
"long_window": "3d",
"burn_rate_threshold": 1,
"budget_consumed": "10%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 1) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 1)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for User Journey Success Rate",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 1x normal, will exhaust 10% of monthly budget"
}
}
]
},
{
"slo_name": "Feature Availability SLO",
"error_budget_rate": 9.999999999998899e-05,
"error_budget_percentage": "0.010%",
"budgets_by_window": {
"1h": "0.4 seconds",
"1d": "8.6 seconds",
"7d": "1.0 minutes",
"30d": "4.3 minutes"
},
"burn_rate_alerts": [
{
"name": "Feature Availability Burn Rate 2% Alert",
"description": "Alert when Feature Availability is consuming error budget at 14.4x rate",
"severity": "critical",
"short_window": "5m",
"long_window": "1h",
"burn_rate_threshold": 14.4,
"budget_consumed": "2%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 14.4) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 14.4)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for Feature Availability",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 14.4x normal, will exhaust 2% of monthly budget"
}
},
{
"name": "Feature Availability Burn Rate 5% Alert",
"description": "Alert when Feature Availability is consuming error budget at 6x rate",
"severity": "warning",
"short_window": "30m",
"long_window": "6h",
"burn_rate_threshold": 6,
"budget_consumed": "5%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 6) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 6)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for Feature Availability",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 6x normal, will exhaust 5% of monthly budget"
}
},
{
"name": "Feature Availability Burn Rate 10% Alert",
"description": "Alert when Feature Availability is consuming error budget at 3x rate",
"severity": "info",
"short_window": "2h",
"long_window": "1d",
"burn_rate_threshold": 3,
"budget_consumed": "10%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 3) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 3)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for Feature Availability",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 3x normal, will exhaust 10% of monthly budget"
}
},
{
"name": "Feature Availability Burn Rate 10% Alert",
"description": "Alert when Feature Availability is consuming error budget at 1x rate",
"severity": "info",
"short_window": "6h",
"long_window": "3d",
"burn_rate_threshold": 1,
"budget_consumed": "10%",
"condition": "((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_short > 1) and ((1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service',code!~'5..'})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{service='payment-service'}))))_long > 1)",
"annotations": {
"summary": "High burn rate detected for Feature Availability",
"description": "Error budget consumption rate is 1x normal, will exhaust 10% of monthly budget"
}
}
]
}
],
"sla_recommendations": {
"applicable": true,
"service": "payment-service",
"commitments": [
{
"metric": "Availability",
"target": 0.9989,
"target_display": "99.89%",
"measurement_window": "monthly",
"measurement_method": "Uptime monitoring with 1-minute granularity"
},
{
"metric": "Feature Availability",
"target": 0.9989,
"target_display": "99.89%",
"measurement_window": "monthly",
"measurement_method": "Uptime monitoring with 1-minute granularity"
}
],
"penalties": [
{
"breach_threshold": "< 99.99%",
"credit_percentage": 10
},
{
"breach_threshold": "< 99.9%",
"credit_percentage": 25
},
{
"breach_threshold": "< 99%",
"credit_percentage": 50
}
],
"measurement_methodology": "External synthetic monitoring from multiple geographic locations",
"exclusions": [
"Planned maintenance windows (with 72h advance notice)",
"Customer-side network or infrastructure issues",
"Force majeure events",
"Third-party service dependencies beyond our control"
]
},
"monitoring_recommendations": {
"metrics": {
"collection": "Prometheus with service discovery",
"retention": "90 days for raw metrics, 1 year for aggregated",
"alerting": "Prometheus Alertmanager with multi-window burn rate alerts"
},
"logging": {
"format": "Structured JSON logs with correlation IDs",
"aggregation": "ELK stack or equivalent with proper indexing",
"retention": "30 days for debug logs, 90 days for error logs"
},
"tracing": {
"sampling": "Adaptive sampling with 1% base rate",
"storage": "Jaeger or Zipkin with 7-day retention",
"integration": "OpenTelemetry instrumentation"
}
},
"implementation_guide": {
"prerequisites": [
"Service instrumented with metrics collection (Prometheus format)",
"Structured logging with correlation IDs",
"Monitoring infrastructure (Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager)",
"Incident response processes and escalation policies"
],
"implementation_steps": [
{
"step": 1,
"title": "Instrument Service",
"description": "Add metrics collection for all defined SLIs",
"estimated_effort": "1-2 days"
},
{
"step": 2,
"title": "Configure Recording Rules",
"description": "Set up Prometheus recording rules for SLI calculations",
"estimated_effort": "4-8 hours"
},
{
"step": 3,
"title": "Implement Burn Rate Alerts",
"description": "Configure multi-window burn rate alerting rules",
"estimated_effort": "1 day"
},
{
"step": 4,
"title": "Create SLO Dashboard",
"description": "Build Grafana dashboard for SLO tracking and error budget monitoring",
"estimated_effort": "4-6 hours"
},
{
"step": 5,
"title": "Test and Validate",
"description": "Test alerting and validate SLI measurements against expectations",
"estimated_effort": "1-2 days"
},
{
"step": 6,
"title": "Documentation and Training",
"description": "Document runbooks and train team on SLO monitoring",
"estimated_effort": "1 day"
}
],
"validation_checklist": [
"All SLIs produce expected metric values",
"Burn rate alerts fire correctly during simulated outages",
"Error budget calculations match manual verification",
"Dashboard displays accurate SLO achievement rates",
"Alert routing reaches correct escalation paths",
"Runbooks are complete and tested"
]
}
}
FILE:README.md
# Observability Designer
A comprehensive toolkit for designing production-ready observability strategies including SLI/SLO frameworks, alert optimization, and dashboard generation.
## Overview
The Observability Designer skill provides three powerful Python scripts that help you create, optimize, and maintain observability systems:
- **SLO Designer**: Generate complete SLI/SLO frameworks with error budgets and burn rate alerts
- **Alert Optimizer**: Analyze and optimize existing alert configurations to reduce noise and improve effectiveness
- **Dashboard Generator**: Create comprehensive dashboard specifications with role-based layouts and drill-down paths
## Quick Start
### Prerequisites
- Python 3.7+
- No external dependencies required (uses Python standard library only)
### Basic Usage
```bash
# Generate SLO framework for a service
python3 scripts/slo_designer.py --service-type api --criticality critical --user-facing true --service-name payment-service
# Optimize existing alerts
python3 scripts/alert_optimizer.py --input assets/sample_alerts.json --analyze-only
# Generate a dashboard specification
python3 scripts/dashboard_generator.py --service-type web --name "Customer Portal" --role sre
```
## Scripts Documentation
### SLO Designer (`slo_designer.py`)
Generates comprehensive SLO frameworks based on service characteristics.
#### Features
- **Automatic SLI Selection**: Recommends appropriate SLIs based on service type
- **Target Setting**: Suggests SLO targets based on service criticality
- **Error Budget Calculation**: Computes error budgets and burn rate thresholds
- **Multi-Window Burn Rate Alerts**: Generates 4-window burn rate alerting rules
- **SLA Recommendations**: Provides customer-facing SLA guidance
#### Usage Examples
```bash
# From service definition file
python3 scripts/slo_designer.py --input assets/sample_service_api.json --output slo_framework.json
# From command line parameters
python3 scripts/slo_designer.py \
--service-type api \
--criticality critical \
--user-facing true \
--service-name payment-service \
--output payment_slos.json
# Generate and display summary only
python3 scripts/slo_designer.py --input assets/sample_service_web.json --summary-only
```
#### Service Definition Format
```json
{
"name": "payment-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "critical",
"user_facing": true,
"description": "Handles payment processing",
"team": "payments",
"environment": "production",
"dependencies": [
{
"name": "user-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "high"
}
]
}
```
#### Supported Service Types
- **api**: REST APIs, GraphQL services
- **web**: Web applications, SPAs
- **database**: Database services, data stores
- **queue**: Message queues, event streams
- **batch**: Batch processing jobs
- **ml**: Machine learning services
#### Criticality Levels
- **critical**: 99.99% availability, <100ms P95 latency, <0.1% error rate
- **high**: 99.9% availability, <200ms P95 latency, <0.5% error rate
- **medium**: 99.5% availability, <500ms P95 latency, <1% error rate
- **low**: 99% availability, <1s P95 latency, <2% error rate
### Alert Optimizer (`alert_optimizer.py`)
Analyzes existing alert configurations and provides optimization recommendations.
#### Features
- **Noise Detection**: Identifies alerts with high false positive rates
- **Coverage Analysis**: Finds gaps in monitoring coverage
- **Duplicate Detection**: Locates redundant or overlapping alerts
- **Threshold Analysis**: Reviews alert thresholds for appropriateness
- **Fatigue Assessment**: Evaluates alert volume and routing
#### Usage Examples
```bash
# Analyze existing alerts
python3 scripts/alert_optimizer.py --input assets/sample_alerts.json --analyze-only
# Generate optimized configuration
python3 scripts/alert_optimizer.py \
--input assets/sample_alerts.json \
--output optimized_alerts.json
# Generate HTML report
python3 scripts/alert_optimizer.py \
--input assets/sample_alerts.json \
--report alert_analysis.html \
--format html
```
#### Alert Configuration Format
```json
{
"alerts": [
{
"alert": "HighLatency",
"expr": "histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])) > 0.5",
"for": "5m",
"labels": {
"severity": "warning",
"service": "payment-service"
},
"annotations": {
"summary": "High request latency detected",
"runbook_url": "https://runbooks.company.com/high-latency"
},
"historical_data": {
"fires_per_day": 2.5,
"false_positive_rate": 0.15
}
}
],
"services": [
{
"name": "payment-service",
"criticality": "critical"
}
]
}
```
#### Analysis Categories
- **Golden Signals**: Latency, traffic, errors, saturation
- **Resource Utilization**: CPU, memory, disk, network
- **Business Metrics**: Revenue, conversion, user engagement
- **Security**: Auth failures, suspicious activity
- **Availability**: Uptime, health checks
### Dashboard Generator (`dashboard_generator.py`)
Creates comprehensive dashboard specifications with role-based optimization.
#### Features
- **Role-Based Layouts**: Optimized for SRE, Developer, Executive, and Ops personas
- **Golden Signals Coverage**: Automatic inclusion of key monitoring metrics
- **Service-Type Specific Panels**: Tailored panels based on service characteristics
- **Interactive Elements**: Template variables, drill-down paths, time range controls
- **Grafana Compatibility**: Generates Grafana-compatible JSON
#### Usage Examples
```bash
# From service definition
python3 scripts/dashboard_generator.py \
--input assets/sample_service_web.json \
--output dashboard.json
# With specific role optimization
python3 scripts/dashboard_generator.py \
--service-type api \
--name "Payment Service" \
--role developer \
--output payment_dev_dashboard.json
# Generate Grafana-compatible JSON
python3 scripts/dashboard_generator.py \
--input assets/sample_service_api.json \
--output dashboard.json \
--format grafana
# With documentation
python3 scripts/dashboard_generator.py \
--service-type web \
--name "Customer Portal" \
--output portal_dashboard.json \
--doc-output portal_docs.md
```
#### Target Roles
- **sre**: Focus on availability, latency, errors, resource utilization
- **developer**: Emphasize latency, errors, throughput, business metrics
- **executive**: Highlight availability, business metrics, user experience
- **ops**: Priority on resource utilization, capacity, alerts, deployments
#### Panel Types
- **Stat**: Single value displays with thresholds
- **Gauge**: Resource utilization and capacity metrics
- **Timeseries**: Trend analysis and historical data
- **Table**: Top N lists and detailed breakdowns
- **Heatmap**: Distribution and correlation analysis
## Sample Data
The `assets/` directory contains sample configurations for testing:
- `sample_service_api.json`: Critical API service definition
- `sample_service_web.json`: High-priority web application definition
- `sample_alerts.json`: Alert configuration with optimization opportunities
The `expected_outputs/` directory shows example outputs from each script:
- `sample_slo_framework.json`: Complete SLO framework for API service
- `optimized_alerts.json`: Optimized alert configuration
- `sample_dashboard.json`: SRE dashboard specification
## Best Practices
### SLO Design
- Start with 1-2 SLOs per service and iterate
- Choose SLIs that directly impact user experience
- Set targets based on user needs, not technical capabilities
- Use error budgets to balance reliability and velocity
### Alert Optimization
- Every alert must be actionable
- Alert on symptoms, not causes
- Use multi-window burn rate alerts for SLO protection
- Implement proper escalation and routing policies
### Dashboard Design
- Follow the F-pattern for visual hierarchy
- Use consistent color semantics across dashboards
- Include drill-down paths for effective troubleshooting
- Optimize for the target role's specific needs
## Integration Patterns
### CI/CD Integration
```bash
# Generate SLOs during service onboarding
python3 scripts/slo_designer.py --input service-config.json --output slos.json
# Validate alert configurations in pipeline
python3 scripts/alert_optimizer.py --input alerts.json --analyze-only --report validation.html
# Auto-generate dashboards for new services
python3 scripts/dashboard_generator.py --input service-config.json --format grafana --output dashboard.json
```
### Monitoring Stack Integration
- **Prometheus**: Generated alert rules and recording rules
- **Grafana**: Dashboard JSON for direct import
- **Alertmanager**: Routing and escalation policies
- **PagerDuty**: Escalation configuration
### GitOps Workflow
1. Store service definitions in version control
2. Generate observability configurations in CI/CD
3. Deploy configurations via GitOps
4. Monitor effectiveness and iterate
## Advanced Usage
### Custom SLO Targets
Override default targets by including them in service definitions:
```json
{
"name": "special-service",
"type": "api",
"criticality": "high",
"custom_slos": {
"availability_target": 0.9995,
"latency_p95_target_ms": 150,
"error_rate_target": 0.002
}
}
```
### Alert Rule Templates
Use template variables for reusable alert rules:
```yaml
# Generated Prometheus alert rule
- alert: {{ service_name }}_HighLatency
expr: histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{service="{{ service_name }}"}[5m])) > {{ latency_threshold }}
for: 5m
labels:
severity: warning
service: "{{ service_name }}"
```
### Dashboard Variants
Generate multiple dashboard variants for different use cases:
```bash
# SRE operational dashboard
python3 scripts/dashboard_generator.py --input service.json --role sre --output sre-dashboard.json
# Developer debugging dashboard
python3 scripts/dashboard_generator.py --input service.json --role developer --output dev-dashboard.json
# Executive business dashboard
python3 scripts/dashboard_generator.py --input service.json --role executive --output exec-dashboard.json
```
## Troubleshooting
### Common Issues
#### Script Execution Errors
- Ensure Python 3.7+ is installed
- Check file paths and permissions
- Validate JSON syntax in input files
#### Invalid Service Definitions
- Required fields: `name`, `type`, `criticality`
- Valid service types: `api`, `web`, `database`, `queue`, `batch`, `ml`
- Valid criticality levels: `critical`, `high`, `medium`, `low`
#### Missing Historical Data
- Alert historical data is optional but improves analysis
- Include `fires_per_day` and `false_positive_rate` when available
- Use monitoring system APIs to populate historical metrics
### Debug Mode
Enable verbose logging by setting environment variable:
```bash
export DEBUG=1
python3 scripts/slo_designer.py --input service.json
```
## Contributing
### Development Setup
```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd engineering/observability-designer
# Run tests
python3 -m pytest tests/
# Lint code
python3 -m flake8 scripts/
```
### Adding New Features
1. Follow existing code patterns and error handling
2. Include comprehensive docstrings and type hints
3. Add test cases for new functionality
4. Update documentation and examples
## Support
For questions, issues, or feature requests:
- Check existing documentation and examples
- Review the reference materials in `references/`
- Open an issue with detailed reproduction steps
- Include sample configurations when reporting bugs
---
*This skill is part of the Claude Skills marketplace. For more information about observability best practices, see the reference documentation in the `references/` directory.*
FILE:references/alert_design_patterns.md
# Alert Design Patterns: A Guide to Effective Alerting
## Introduction
Well-designed alerts are the difference between a reliable system and 3 AM pages about non-issues. This guide provides patterns and anti-patterns for creating alerts that provide value without causing fatigue.
## Fundamental Principles
### The Golden Rules of Alerting
1. **Every alert should be actionable** - If you can't do something about it, don't alert
2. **Every alert should require human intelligence** - If a script can handle it, automate the response
3. **Every alert should be novel** - Don't alert on known, ongoing issues
4. **Every alert should represent a user-visible impact** - Internal metrics matter only if users are affected
### Alert Classification
#### Critical Alerts
- Service is completely down
- Data loss is occurring
- Security breach detected
- SLO burn rate indicates imminent SLO violation
#### Warning Alerts
- Service degradation affecting some users
- Approaching resource limits
- Dependent service issues
- Elevated error rates within SLO
#### Info Alerts
- Deployment notifications
- Capacity planning triggers
- Configuration changes
- Maintenance windows
## Alert Design Patterns
### Pattern 1: Symptoms, Not Causes
**Good**: Alert on user-visible symptoms
```yaml
- alert: HighLatency
expr: histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])) > 0.5
for: 5m
annotations:
summary: "API latency is high"
description: "95th percentile latency is {{ $value }}s, above 500ms threshold"
```
**Bad**: Alert on internal metrics that may not affect users
```yaml
- alert: HighCPU
expr: cpu_usage > 80
# This might not affect users at all!
```
### Pattern 2: Multi-Window Alerting
Reduce false positives by requiring sustained problems:
```yaml
- alert: ServiceDown
expr: (
avg_over_time(up[2m]) == 0 # Short window: immediate detection
and
avg_over_time(up[10m]) < 0.8 # Long window: avoid flapping
)
for: 1m
```
### Pattern 3: Burn Rate Alerting
Alert based on error budget consumption rate:
```yaml
# Fast burn: 2% of monthly budget in 1 hour
- alert: ErrorBudgetFastBurn
expr: (
error_rate_5m > (14.4 * error_budget_slo)
and
error_rate_1h > (14.4 * error_budget_slo)
)
for: 2m
labels:
severity: critical
# Slow burn: 10% of monthly budget in 3 days
- alert: ErrorBudgetSlowBurn
expr: (
error_rate_6h > (1.0 * error_budget_slo)
and
error_rate_3d > (1.0 * error_budget_slo)
)
for: 15m
labels:
severity: warning
```
### Pattern 4: Hysteresis
Use different thresholds for firing and resolving to prevent flapping:
```yaml
- alert: HighErrorRate
expr: error_rate > 0.05 # Fire at 5%
for: 5m
# Resolution happens automatically when error_rate < 0.03 (3%)
# This prevents flapping around the 5% threshold
```
### Pattern 5: Composite Alerts
Alert when multiple conditions indicate a problem:
```yaml
- alert: ServiceDegraded
expr: (
(latency_p95 > latency_threshold)
or
(error_rate > error_threshold)
or
(availability < availability_threshold)
) and (
request_rate > min_request_rate # Only alert if we have traffic
)
```
### Pattern 6: Contextual Alerting
Include relevant context in alerts:
```yaml
- alert: DatabaseConnections
expr: db_connections_active / db_connections_max > 0.8
for: 5m
annotations:
summary: "Database connection pool nearly exhausted"
description: "{{ $labels.database }} has {{ $value | humanizePercentage }} connection utilization"
runbook_url: "https://runbooks.company.com/database-connections"
impact: "New requests may be rejected, causing 500 errors"
suggested_action: "Check for connection leaks or increase pool size"
```
## Alert Routing and Escalation
### Routing by Impact and Urgency
#### Critical Path Services
```yaml
route:
group_by: ['service']
routes:
- match:
service: 'payment-api'
severity: 'critical'
receiver: 'payment-team-pager'
continue: true
- match:
service: 'payment-api'
severity: 'warning'
receiver: 'payment-team-slack'
```
#### Time-Based Routing
```yaml
route:
routes:
- match:
severity: 'critical'
receiver: 'oncall-pager'
- match:
severity: 'warning'
time: 'business_hours' # 9 AM - 5 PM
receiver: 'team-slack'
- match:
severity: 'warning'
time: 'after_hours'
receiver: 'team-email' # Lower urgency outside business hours
```
### Escalation Patterns
#### Linear Escalation
```yaml
receivers:
- name: 'primary-oncall'
pagerduty_configs:
- escalation_policy: 'P1-Escalation'
# 0 min: Primary on-call
# 5 min: Secondary on-call
# 15 min: Engineering manager
# 30 min: Director of engineering
```
#### Severity-Based Escalation
```yaml
# Critical: Immediate escalation
- match:
severity: 'critical'
receiver: 'critical-escalation'
# Warning: Team-first escalation
- match:
severity: 'warning'
receiver: 'team-escalation'
```
## Alert Fatigue Prevention
### Grouping and Suppression
#### Time-Based Grouping
```yaml
route:
group_wait: 30s # Wait 30s to group similar alerts
group_interval: 2m # Send grouped alerts every 2 minutes
repeat_interval: 1h # Re-send unresolved alerts every hour
```
#### Dependent Service Suppression
```yaml
- alert: ServiceDown
expr: up == 0
- alert: HighLatency
expr: latency_p95 > 1
# This alert is suppressed when ServiceDown is firing
inhibit_rules:
- source_match:
alertname: 'ServiceDown'
target_match:
alertname: 'HighLatency'
equal: ['service']
```
### Alert Throttling
```yaml
# Limit to 1 alert per 10 minutes for noisy conditions
- alert: HighMemoryUsage
expr: memory_usage_percent > 85
for: 10m # Longer 'for' duration reduces noise
annotations:
summary: "Memory usage has been high for 10+ minutes"
```
### Smart Defaults
```yaml
# Use business logic to set intelligent thresholds
- alert: LowTraffic
expr: request_rate < (
avg_over_time(request_rate[7d]) * 0.1 # 10% of weekly average
)
# Only alert during business hours when low traffic is unusual
for: 30m
```
## Runbook Integration
### Runbook Structure Template
```markdown
# Alert: {{ $labels.alertname }}
## Immediate Actions
1. Check service status dashboard
2. Verify if users are affected
3. Look at recent deployments/changes
## Investigation Steps
1. Check logs for errors in the last 30 minutes
2. Verify dependent services are healthy
3. Check resource utilization (CPU, memory, disk)
4. Review recent alerts for patterns
## Resolution Actions
- If deployment-related: Consider rollback
- If resource-related: Scale up or optimize queries
- If dependency-related: Engage appropriate team
## Escalation
- Primary: @team-oncall
- Secondary: @engineering-manager
- Emergency: @site-reliability-team
```
### Runbook Integration in Alerts
```yaml
annotations:
runbook_url: "https://runbooks.company.com/alerts/{{ $labels.alertname }}"
quick_debug: |
1. curl -s https://{{ $labels.instance }}/health
2. kubectl logs {{ $labels.pod }} --tail=50
3. Check dashboard: https://grafana.company.com/d/service-{{ $labels.service }}
```
## Testing and Validation
### Alert Testing Strategies
#### Chaos Engineering Integration
```python
# Test that alerts fire during controlled failures
def test_alert_during_cpu_spike():
with chaos.cpu_spike(target='payment-api', duration='2m'):
assert wait_for_alert('HighCPU', timeout=180)
def test_alert_during_network_partition():
with chaos.network_partition(target='database'):
assert wait_for_alert('DatabaseUnreachable', timeout=60)
```
#### Historical Alert Analysis
```prometheus
# Query to find alerts that fired without incidents
count by (alertname) (
ALERTS{alertstate="firing"}[30d]
) unless on (alertname) (
count by (alertname) (
incident_created{source="alert"}[30d]
)
)
```
### Alert Quality Metrics
#### Alert Precision
```
Precision = True Positives / (True Positives + False Positives)
```
Track alerts that resulted in actual incidents vs false alarms.
#### Time to Resolution
```prometheus
# Average time from alert firing to resolution
avg_over_time(
(alert_resolved_timestamp - alert_fired_timestamp)[30d]
) by (alertname)
```
#### Alert Fatigue Indicators
```prometheus
# Alerts per day by team
sum by (team) (
increase(alerts_fired_total[1d])
)
# Percentage of alerts acknowledged within 15 minutes
sum(alerts_acked_within_15m) / sum(alerts_fired) * 100
```
## Advanced Patterns
### Machine Learning-Enhanced Alerting
#### Anomaly Detection
```yaml
- alert: AnomalousTraffic
expr: |
abs(request_rate - predict_linear(request_rate[1h], 300)) /
stddev_over_time(request_rate[1h]) > 3
for: 10m
annotations:
summary: "Traffic pattern is anomalous"
description: "Current traffic deviates from predicted pattern by >3 standard deviations"
```
#### Dynamic Thresholds
```yaml
- alert: DynamicHighLatency
expr: |
latency_p95 > (
quantile_over_time(0.95, latency_p95[7d]) + # Historical 95th percentile
2 * stddev_over_time(latency_p95[7d]) # Plus 2 standard deviations
)
```
### Business Hours Awareness
```yaml
# Different thresholds for business vs off hours
- alert: HighLatencyBusinessHours
expr: latency_p95 > 0.2 # Stricter during business hours
for: 2m
# Active 9 AM - 5 PM weekdays
- alert: HighLatencyOffHours
expr: latency_p95 > 0.5 # More lenient after hours
for: 5m
# Active nights and weekends
```
### Progressive Alerting
```yaml
# Escalating alert severity based on duration
- alert: ServiceLatencyElevated
expr: latency_p95 > 0.5
for: 5m
labels:
severity: info
- alert: ServiceLatencyHigh
expr: latency_p95 > 0.5
for: 15m # Same condition, longer duration
labels:
severity: warning
- alert: ServiceLatencyCritical
expr: latency_p95 > 0.5
for: 30m # Same condition, even longer duration
labels:
severity: critical
```
## Anti-Patterns to Avoid
### Anti-Pattern 1: Alerting on Everything
**Problem**: Too many alerts create noise and fatigue
**Solution**: Be selective; only alert on user-impacting issues
### Anti-Pattern 2: Vague Alert Messages
**Problem**: "Service X is down" - which instance? what's the impact?
**Solution**: Include specific details and context
### Anti-Pattern 3: Alerts Without Runbooks
**Problem**: Alerts that don't explain what to do
**Solution**: Every alert must have an associated runbook
### Anti-Pattern 4: Static Thresholds
**Problem**: 80% CPU might be normal during peak hours
**Solution**: Use contextual, adaptive thresholds
### Anti-Pattern 5: Ignoring Alert Quality
**Problem**: Accepting high false positive rates
**Solution**: Regularly review and tune alert precision
## Implementation Checklist
### Pre-Implementation
- [ ] Define alert severity levels and escalation policies
- [ ] Create runbook templates
- [ ] Set up alert routing configuration
- [ ] Define SLOs that alerts will protect
### Alert Development
- [ ] Each alert has clear success criteria
- [ ] Alert conditions tested against historical data
- [ ] Runbook created and accessible
- [ ] Severity and routing configured
- [ ] Context and suggested actions included
### Post-Implementation
- [ ] Monitor alert precision and recall
- [ ] Regular review of alert fatigue metrics
- [ ] Quarterly alert effectiveness review
- [ ] Team training on alert response procedures
### Quality Assurance
- [ ] Test alerts fire during controlled failures
- [ ] Verify alerts resolve when conditions improve
- [ ] Confirm runbooks are accurate and helpful
- [ ] Validate escalation paths work correctly
Remember: Great alerts are invisible when things work and invaluable when things break. Focus on quality over quantity, and always optimize for the human who will respond to the alert at 3 AM.
FILE:references/dashboard_best_practices.md
# Dashboard Best Practices: Design for Insight and Action
## Introduction
A well-designed dashboard is like a good story - it guides you through the data with purpose and clarity. This guide provides practical patterns for creating dashboards that inform decisions and enable quick troubleshooting.
## Design Principles
### The Hierarchy of Information
#### Primary Information (Top Third)
- Service health status
- SLO achievement
- Critical alerts
- Business KPIs
#### Secondary Information (Middle Third)
- Golden signals (latency, traffic, errors, saturation)
- Resource utilization
- Throughput and performance metrics
#### Tertiary Information (Bottom Third)
- Detailed breakdowns
- Historical trends
- Dependency status
- Debug information
### Visual Design Principles
#### Rule of 7±2
- Maximum 7±2 panels per screen
- Group related information together
- Use sections to organize complexity
#### Color Psychology
- **Red**: Critical issues, danger, immediate attention needed
- **Yellow/Orange**: Warnings, caution, degraded state
- **Green**: Healthy, normal operation, success
- **Blue**: Information, neutral metrics, capacity
- **Gray**: Disabled, unknown, or baseline states
#### Chart Selection Guide
- **Line charts**: Time series, trends, comparisons over time
- **Bar charts**: Categorical comparisons, top N lists
- **Gauges**: Single value with defined good/bad ranges
- **Stat panels**: Key metrics, percentages, counts
- **Heatmaps**: Distribution data, correlation analysis
- **Tables**: Detailed breakdowns, multi-dimensional data
## Dashboard Archetypes
### The Overview Dashboard
**Purpose**: High-level health check and business metrics
**Audience**: Executives, managers, cross-team stakeholders
**Update Frequency**: 5-15 minutes
```yaml
sections:
- title: "Business Health"
panels:
- service_availability_summary
- revenue_per_hour
- active_users
- conversion_rate
- title: "System Health"
panels:
- critical_alerts_count
- slo_achievement_summary
- error_budget_remaining
- deployment_status
```
### The SRE Operational Dashboard
**Purpose**: Real-time monitoring and incident response
**Audience**: SRE, on-call engineers
**Update Frequency**: 15-30 seconds
```yaml
sections:
- title: "Service Status"
panels:
- service_up_status
- active_incidents
- recent_deployments
- title: "Golden Signals"
panels:
- latency_percentiles
- request_rate
- error_rate
- resource_saturation
- title: "Infrastructure"
panels:
- cpu_memory_utilization
- network_io
- disk_space
```
### The Developer Debug Dashboard
**Purpose**: Deep-dive troubleshooting and performance analysis
**Audience**: Development teams
**Update Frequency**: 30 seconds - 2 minutes
```yaml
sections:
- title: "Application Performance"
panels:
- endpoint_latency_breakdown
- database_query_performance
- cache_hit_rates
- queue_depths
- title: "Errors and Logs"
panels:
- error_rate_by_endpoint
- log_volume_by_level
- exception_types
- slow_queries
```
## Layout Patterns
### The F-Pattern Layout
Based on eye-tracking studies, users scan in an F-pattern:
```
[Critical Status] [SLO Summary ] [Error Budget ]
[Latency ] [Traffic ] [Errors ]
[Saturation ] [Resource Use ] [Detailed View]
[Historical ] [Dependencies ] [Debug Info ]
```
### The Z-Pattern Layout
For executive dashboards, follow the Z-pattern:
```
[Business KPIs ] → [System Status]
↓ ↓
[Trend Analysis ] ← [Key Metrics ]
```
### Responsive Design
#### Desktop (1920x1080)
- 24-column grid
- Panels can be 6, 8, 12, or 24 units wide
- 4-6 rows visible without scrolling
#### Laptop (1366x768)
- Stack wider panels vertically
- Reduce panel heights
- Prioritize most critical information
#### Mobile (768px width)
- Single column layout
- Simplified panels
- Touch-friendly controls
## Effective Panel Design
### Stat Panels
```yaml
# Good: Clear value with context
- title: "API Availability"
type: stat
targets:
- expr: avg(up{service="api"}) * 100
field_config:
unit: percent
thresholds:
steps:
- color: red
value: 0
- color: yellow
value: 99
- color: green
value: 99.9
options:
color_mode: background
text_mode: value_and_name
```
### Time Series Panels
```yaml
# Good: Multiple related metrics with clear legend
- title: "Request Latency"
type: timeseries
targets:
- expr: histogram_quantile(0.50, rate(http_duration_bucket[5m]))
legend: "P50"
- expr: histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_duration_bucket[5m]))
legend: "P95"
- expr: histogram_quantile(0.99, rate(http_duration_bucket[5m]))
legend: "P99"
field_config:
unit: ms
custom:
draw_style: line
fill_opacity: 10
options:
legend:
display_mode: table
placement: bottom
values: [min, max, mean, last]
```
### Table Panels
```yaml
# Good: Top N with relevant columns
- title: "Slowest Endpoints"
type: table
targets:
- expr: topk(10, histogram_quantile(0.95, sum by (handler)(rate(http_duration_bucket[5m]))))
format: table
instant: true
transformations:
- id: organize
options:
exclude_by_name:
Time: true
rename_by_name:
Value: "P95 Latency (ms)"
handler: "Endpoint"
```
## Color and Visualization Best Practices
### Threshold Configuration
```yaml
# Traffic light system with meaningful boundaries
thresholds:
steps:
- color: green # Good performance
value: null # Default
- color: yellow # Degraded performance
value: 95 # 95th percentile of historical normal
- color: orange # Poor performance
value: 99 # 99th percentile of historical normal
- color: red # Critical performance
value: 99.9 # Worst case scenario
```
### Color Blind Friendly Palettes
```yaml
# Use patterns and shapes in addition to color
field_config:
overrides:
- matcher:
id: byName
options: "Critical"
properties:
- id: color
value:
mode: fixed
fixed_color: "#d73027" # Red-orange for protanopia
- id: custom.draw_style
value: "points" # Different shape
```
### Consistent Color Semantics
- **Success/Health**: Green (#28a745)
- **Warning/Degraded**: Yellow (#ffc107)
- **Error/Critical**: Red (#dc3545)
- **Information**: Blue (#007bff)
- **Neutral**: Gray (#6c757d)
## Time Range Strategy
### Default Time Ranges by Dashboard Type
#### Real-time Operational
- **Default**: Last 15 minutes
- **Quick options**: 5m, 15m, 1h, 4h
- **Auto-refresh**: 15-30 seconds
#### Troubleshooting
- **Default**: Last 1 hour
- **Quick options**: 15m, 1h, 4h, 12h, 1d
- **Auto-refresh**: 1 minute
#### Business Review
- **Default**: Last 24 hours
- **Quick options**: 1d, 7d, 30d, 90d
- **Auto-refresh**: 5 minutes
#### Capacity Planning
- **Default**: Last 7 days
- **Quick options**: 7d, 30d, 90d, 1y
- **Auto-refresh**: 15 minutes
### Time Range Annotations
```yaml
# Add context for time-based events
annotations:
- name: "Deployments"
datasource: "Prometheus"
expr: "deployment_timestamp"
title_format: "Deploy {{ version }}"
text_format: "Deployed version {{ version }} to {{ environment }}"
- name: "Incidents"
datasource: "Incident API"
query: "incidents.json?service={{ service }}"
color: "red"
```
## Interactive Features
### Template Variables
```yaml
# Service selector
- name: service
type: query
query: label_values(up, service)
current:
text: All
value: $__all
include_all: true
multi: true
# Environment selector
- name: environment
type: query
query: label_values(up{service="$service"}, environment)
current:
text: production
value: production
```
### Drill-Down Links
```yaml
# Panel-level drill-downs
- title: "Error Rate"
type: timeseries
# ... other config ...
options:
data_links:
- title: "View Error Logs"
url: "/d/logs-dashboard?var-service=__field.labels.service&from=__from&to=__to"
- title: "Error Traces"
url: "/d/traces-dashboard?var-service=__field.labels.service"
```
### Dynamic Panel Titles
```yaml
- title: "service - Request Rate" # Uses template variable
type: timeseries
# Title updates automatically when service variable changes
```
## Performance Optimization
### Query Optimization
#### Use Recording Rules
```yaml
# Instead of complex queries in dashboards
groups:
- name: http_requests
rules:
- record: http_request_rate_5m
expr: sum(rate(http_requests_total[5m])) by (service, method, handler)
- record: http_request_latency_p95_5m
expr: histogram_quantile(0.95, sum(rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])) by (service, le))
```
#### Limit Data Points
```yaml
# Good: Reasonable resolution for dashboard
- expr: http_request_rate_5m[1h]
interval: 15s # One point every 15 seconds
# Bad: Too many points for visualization
- expr: http_request_rate_1s[1h] # 3600 points!
```
### Dashboard Performance
#### Panel Limits
- **Maximum panels per dashboard**: 20-30
- **Maximum queries per panel**: 10
- **Maximum time series per panel**: 50
#### Caching Strategy
```yaml
# Use appropriate cache headers
cache_timeout: 30 # Cache for 30 seconds on fast-changing panels
cache_timeout: 300 # Cache for 5 minutes on slow-changing panels
```
## Accessibility
### Screen Reader Support
```yaml
# Provide text alternatives for visual elements
- title: "Service Health Status"
type: stat
options:
text_mode: value_and_name # Includes both value and description
field_config:
mappings:
- options:
"1":
text: "Healthy"
color: "green"
"0":
text: "Unhealthy"
color: "red"
```
### Keyboard Navigation
- Ensure all interactive elements are keyboard accessible
- Provide logical tab order
- Include skip links for complex dashboards
### High Contrast Mode
```yaml
# Test dashboards work in high contrast mode
theme: high_contrast
colors:
- "#000000" # Pure black
- "#ffffff" # Pure white
- "#ffff00" # Pure yellow
- "#ff0000" # Pure red
```
## Testing and Validation
### Dashboard Testing Checklist
#### Functional Testing
- [ ] All panels load without errors
- [ ] Template variables filter correctly
- [ ] Time range changes update all panels
- [ ] Drill-down links work as expected
- [ ] Auto-refresh functions properly
#### Visual Testing
- [ ] Dashboard renders correctly on different screen sizes
- [ ] Colors are distinguishable and meaningful
- [ ] Text is readable at normal zoom levels
- [ ] Legends and labels are clear
#### Performance Testing
- [ ] Dashboard loads in < 5 seconds
- [ ] No queries timeout under normal load
- [ ] Auto-refresh doesn't cause browser lag
- [ ] Memory usage remains reasonable
#### Usability Testing
- [ ] New team members can understand the dashboard
- [ ] Action items are clear during incidents
- [ ] Key information is quickly discoverable
- [ ] Dashboard supports common troubleshooting workflows
## Maintenance and Governance
### Dashboard Lifecycle
#### Creation
1. Define dashboard purpose and audience
2. Identify key metrics and success criteria
3. Design layout following established patterns
4. Implement with consistent styling
5. Test with real data and user scenarios
#### Maintenance
- **Weekly**: Check for broken panels or queries
- **Monthly**: Review dashboard usage analytics
- **Quarterly**: Gather user feedback and iterate
- **Annually**: Major review and potential redesign
#### Retirement
- Archive dashboards that are no longer used
- Migrate users to replacement dashboards
- Document lessons learned
### Dashboard Standards
```yaml
# Organization dashboard standards
standards:
naming_convention: "[Team] [Service] - [Purpose]"
tags: [team, service_type, environment, purpose]
refresh_intervals: [15s, 30s, 1m, 5m, 15m]
time_ranges: [5m, 15m, 1h, 4h, 1d, 7d, 30d]
color_scheme: "company_standard"
max_panels_per_dashboard: 25
```
## Advanced Patterns
### Composite Dashboards
```yaml
# Dashboard that includes panels from other dashboards
- title: "Service Overview"
type: dashlist
targets:
- "service-health"
- "service-performance"
- "service-business-metrics"
options:
show_headings: true
max_items: 10
```
### Dynamic Dashboard Generation
```python
# Generate dashboards from service definitions
def generate_service_dashboard(service_config):
panels = []
# Always include golden signals
panels.extend(generate_golden_signals_panels(service_config))
# Add service-specific panels
if service_config.type == 'database':
panels.extend(generate_database_panels(service_config))
elif service_config.type == 'queue':
panels.extend(generate_queue_panels(service_config))
return {
'title': f"{service_config.name} - Operational Dashboard",
'panels': panels,
'variables': generate_variables(service_config)
}
```
### A/B Testing for Dashboards
```yaml
# Test different dashboard designs with different teams
experiment:
name: "dashboard_layout_test"
variants:
- name: "traditional_layout"
weight: 50
config: "dashboard_v1.json"
- name: "f_pattern_layout"
weight: 50
config: "dashboard_v2.json"
success_metrics:
- "time_to_insight"
- "user_satisfaction"
- "troubleshooting_efficiency"
```
Remember: A dashboard should tell a story about your system's health and guide users toward the right actions. Focus on clarity over complexity, and always optimize for the person who will use it during a stressful incident.
FILE:references/slo_cookbook.md
# SLO Cookbook: A Practical Guide to Service Level Objectives
## Introduction
Service Level Objectives (SLOs) are a key tool for managing service reliability. This cookbook provides practical guidance for implementing SLOs that actually improve system reliability rather than just creating meaningless metrics.
## Fundamentals
### The SLI/SLO/SLA Hierarchy
- **SLI (Service Level Indicator)**: A quantifiable measure of service quality
- **SLO (Service Level Objective)**: A target range of values for an SLI
- **SLA (Service Level Agreement)**: A business agreement with consequences for missing SLO targets
### Golden Rule of SLOs
**Start simple, iterate based on learning.** Your first SLOs won't be perfect, and that's okay.
## Choosing Good SLIs
### The Four Golden Signals
1. **Latency**: How long requests take to complete
2. **Traffic**: How many requests are coming in
3. **Errors**: How many requests are failing
4. **Saturation**: How "full" your service is
### SLI Selection Criteria
A good SLI should be:
- **Measurable**: You can collect data for it
- **Meaningful**: It reflects user experience
- **Controllable**: You can take action to improve it
- **Proportional**: Changes in the SLI reflect changes in user happiness
### Service Type Specific SLIs
#### HTTP APIs
- **Request latency**: P95 or P99 response time
- **Availability**: Proportion of successful requests (non-5xx)
- **Throughput**: Requests per second capacity
```prometheus
# Availability SLI
sum(rate(http_requests_total{code!~"5.."}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total[5m]))
# Latency SLI
histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m]))
```
#### Batch Jobs
- **Freshness**: Age of the last successful run
- **Correctness**: Proportion of jobs completing successfully
- **Throughput**: Items processed per unit time
#### Data Pipelines
- **Data freshness**: Time since last successful update
- **Data quality**: Proportion of records passing validation
- **Processing latency**: Time from ingestion to availability
### Anti-Patterns in SLI Selection
❌ **Don't use**: CPU usage, memory usage, disk space as primary SLIs
- These are symptoms, not user-facing impacts
❌ **Don't use**: Counts instead of rates or proportions
- "Number of errors" vs "Error rate"
❌ **Don't use**: Internal metrics that users don't care about
- Queue depth, cache hit rate (unless they directly impact user experience)
## Setting SLO Targets
### The Art of Target Setting
Setting SLO targets is balancing act between:
- **User happiness**: Targets should reflect acceptable user experience
- **Business value**: Tighter SLOs cost more to maintain
- **Current performance**: Targets should be achievable but aspirational
### Target Setting Strategies
#### Historical Performance Method
1. Collect 4-6 weeks of historical data
2. Calculate the worst user-visible performance in that period
3. Set your SLO slightly better than the worst acceptable performance
#### User Journey Mapping
1. Map critical user journeys
2. Identify acceptable performance for each step
3. Work backwards to component SLOs
#### Error Budget Approach
1. Decide how much unreliability you can afford
2. Set SLO targets based on acceptable error budget consumption
3. Example: 99.9% availability = 43.8 minutes downtime per month
### SLO Target Examples by Service Criticality
#### Critical Services (Revenue Impact)
- **Availability**: 99.95% - 99.99%
- **Latency (P95)**: 100-200ms
- **Error Rate**: < 0.1%
#### High Priority Services
- **Availability**: 99.9% - 99.95%
- **Latency (P95)**: 200-500ms
- **Error Rate**: < 0.5%
#### Standard Services
- **Availability**: 99.5% - 99.9%
- **Latency (P95)**: 500ms - 1s
- **Error Rate**: < 1%
## Error Budget Management
### What is an Error Budget?
Your error budget is the maximum amount of unreliability you can accumulate while still meeting your SLO. It's calculated as:
```
Error Budget = (1 - SLO) × Time Window
```
For a 99.9% availability SLO over 30 days:
```
Error Budget = (1 - 0.999) × 30 days = 0.001 × 30 days = 43.8 minutes
```
### Error Budget Policies
Define what happens when you consume your error budget:
#### Conservative Policy (High-Risk Services)
- **> 50% consumed**: Freeze non-critical feature releases
- **> 75% consumed**: Focus entirely on reliability improvements
- **> 90% consumed**: Consider emergency measures (traffic shaping, etc.)
#### Balanced Policy (Standard Services)
- **> 75% consumed**: Increase focus on reliability work
- **> 90% consumed**: Pause feature work, focus on reliability
#### Aggressive Policy (Early Stage Services)
- **> 90% consumed**: Review but continue normal operations
- **100% consumed**: Evaluate SLO appropriateness
### Burn Rate Alerting
Multi-window burn rate alerts help you catch SLO violations before they become critical:
```yaml
# Fast burn: 2% budget consumed in 1 hour
- alert: FastBurnSLOViolation
expr: (
(1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{code!~"5.."}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total[5m])))) > (14.4 * 0.001)
and
(1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{code!~"5.."}[1h])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total[1h])))) > (14.4 * 0.001)
)
for: 2m
# Slow burn: 10% budget consumed in 3 days
- alert: SlowBurnSLOViolation
expr: (
(1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{code!~"5.."}[6h])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total[6h])))) > (1.0 * 0.001)
and
(1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{code!~"5.."}[3d])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total[3d])))) > (1.0 * 0.001)
)
for: 15m
```
## Implementation Patterns
### The SLO Implementation Ladder
#### Level 1: Basic SLOs
- Choose 1-2 SLIs that matter most to users
- Set aspirational but achievable targets
- Implement basic alerting when SLOs are missed
#### Level 2: Operational SLOs
- Add burn rate alerting
- Create error budget dashboards
- Establish error budget policies
- Regular SLO review meetings
#### Level 3: Advanced SLOs
- Multi-window burn rate alerts
- Automated error budget policy enforcement
- SLO-driven incident prioritization
- Integration with CI/CD for deployment decisions
### SLO Measurement Architecture
#### Push vs Pull Metrics
- **Pull** (Prometheus): Good for infrastructure metrics, real-time alerting
- **Push** (StatsD): Good for application metrics, business events
#### Measurement Points
- **Server-side**: More reliable, easier to implement
- **Client-side**: Better reflects user experience
- **Synthetic**: Consistent, predictable, may not reflect real user experience
### SLO Dashboard Design
Essential elements for SLO dashboards:
1. **Current SLO Achievement**: Large, prominent display
2. **Error Budget Remaining**: Visual indicator (gauge, progress bar)
3. **Burn Rate**: Time series showing error budget consumption rate
4. **Historical Trends**: 4-week view of SLO achievement
5. **Alerts**: Current and recent SLO-related alerts
## Advanced Topics
### Dependency SLOs
For services with dependencies:
```
SLO_service ≤ min(SLO_inherent, ∏SLO_dependencies)
```
If your service depends on 3 other services each with 99.9% SLO:
```
Maximum_SLO = 0.999³ = 0.997 = 99.7%
```
### User Journey SLOs
Track end-to-end user experiences:
```prometheus
# Registration success rate
sum(rate(user_registration_success_total[5m])) / sum(rate(user_registration_attempts_total[5m]))
# Purchase completion latency
histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(purchase_completion_duration_seconds_bucket[5m]))
```
### SLOs for Batch Systems
Special considerations for non-request/response systems:
#### Freshness SLO
```prometheus
# Data should be no more than 4 hours old
(time() - last_successful_update_timestamp) < (4 * 3600)
```
#### Throughput SLO
```prometheus
# Should process at least 1000 items per hour
rate(items_processed_total[1h]) >= 1000
```
#### Quality SLO
```prometheus
# At least 99.5% of records should pass validation
sum(rate(records_valid_total[5m])) / sum(rate(records_processed_total[5m])) >= 0.995
```
## Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
### Mistake 1: Too Many SLOs
**Problem**: Drowning in metrics, losing focus
**Solution**: Start with 1-2 SLOs per service, add more only when needed
### Mistake 2: Internal Metrics as SLIs
**Problem**: Optimizing for metrics that don't impact users
**Solution**: Always ask "If this metric changes, do users notice?"
### Mistake 3: Perfectionist SLOs
**Problem**: 99.99% SLO when 99.9% would be fine
**Solution**: Higher SLOs cost exponentially more; pick the minimum acceptable level
### Mistake 4: Ignoring Error Budgets
**Problem**: Treating any SLO miss as an emergency
**Solution**: Error budgets exist to be spent; use them to balance feature velocity and reliability
### Mistake 5: Static SLOs
**Problem**: Setting SLOs once and never updating them
**Solution**: Review SLOs quarterly; adjust based on user feedback and business changes
## SLO Review Process
### Monthly SLO Review Agenda
1. **SLO Achievement Review**: Did we meet our SLOs?
2. **Error Budget Analysis**: How did we spend our error budget?
3. **Incident Correlation**: Which incidents impacted our SLOs?
4. **SLI Quality Assessment**: Are our SLIs still meaningful?
5. **Target Adjustment**: Should we change any targets?
### Quarterly SLO Health Check
1. **User Impact Validation**: Survey users about acceptable performance
2. **Business Alignment**: Do SLOs still reflect business priorities?
3. **Measurement Quality**: Are we measuring the right things?
4. **Cost/Benefit Analysis**: Are tighter SLOs worth the investment?
## Tooling and Automation
### Essential Tools
1. **Metrics Collection**: Prometheus, InfluxDB, CloudWatch
2. **Alerting**: Alertmanager, PagerDuty, OpsGenie
3. **Dashboards**: Grafana, DataDog, New Relic
4. **SLO Platforms**: Sloth, Pyrra, Service Level Blue
### Automation Opportunities
- **Burn rate alert generation** from SLO definitions
- **Dashboard creation** from SLO specifications
- **Error budget calculation** and tracking
- **Release blocking** based on error budget consumption
## Getting Started Checklist
- [ ] Identify your service's critical user journeys
- [ ] Choose 1-2 SLIs that best reflect user experience
- [ ] Collect 4-6 weeks of baseline data
- [ ] Set initial SLO targets based on historical performance
- [ ] Implement basic SLO monitoring and alerting
- [ ] Create an SLO dashboard
- [ ] Define error budget policies
- [ ] Schedule monthly SLO reviews
- [ ] Plan for quarterly SLO health checks
Remember: SLOs are a journey, not a destination. Start simple, learn from experience, and iterate toward better reliability management.
FILE:scripts/alert_optimizer.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Alert Optimizer - Analyze and optimize alert configurations
This script analyzes existing alert configurations and identifies optimization opportunities:
- Noisy alerts with high false positive rates
- Missing coverage gaps in monitoring
- Duplicate or redundant alerts
- Poor threshold settings and alert fatigue risks
- Missing runbooks and documentation
- Routing and escalation policy improvements
Usage:
python alert_optimizer.py --input alert_config.json --output optimized_config.json
python alert_optimizer.py --input alerts.json --analyze-only --report report.html
"""
import json
import argparse
import sys
import re
import math
from typing import Dict, List, Any, Tuple, Set
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from collections import defaultdict, Counter
class AlertOptimizer:
"""Analyze and optimize alert configurations."""
# Alert severity priority mapping
SEVERITY_PRIORITY = {
'critical': 1,
'high': 2,
'warning': 3,
'info': 4
}
# Common noisy alert patterns
NOISY_PATTERNS = [
r'disk.*usage.*>.*[89]\d%', # Disk usage > 80% often noisy
r'memory.*>.*[89]\d%', # Memory > 80% often noisy
r'cpu.*>.*[789]\d%', # CPU > 70% can be noisy
r'response.*time.*>.*\d+ms', # Low latency thresholds
r'error.*rate.*>.*0\.[01]%' # Very low error rate thresholds
]
# Essential monitoring categories
COVERAGE_CATEGORIES = [
'availability',
'latency',
'error_rate',
'resource_utilization',
'security',
'business_metrics'
]
# Golden signals that should always be monitored
GOLDEN_SIGNALS = [
'latency',
'traffic',
'errors',
'saturation'
]
def __init__(self):
"""Initialize the Alert Optimizer."""
self.alert_config = {}
self.optimization_results = {}
self.alert_analysis = {}
def load_alert_config(self, file_path: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Load alert configuration from JSON file."""
try:
with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
return json.load(f)
except FileNotFoundError:
raise ValueError(f"Alert configuration file not found: {file_path}")
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
raise ValueError(f"Invalid JSON in alert configuration: {e}")
def analyze_alert_noise(self, alerts: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Identify potentially noisy alerts."""
noisy_alerts = []
for alert in alerts:
noise_score = 0
noise_reasons = []
alert_rule = alert.get('expr', alert.get('condition', ''))
alert_name = alert.get('alert', alert.get('name', 'Unknown'))
# Check for common noisy patterns
for pattern in self.NOISY_PATTERNS:
if re.search(pattern, alert_rule, re.IGNORECASE):
noise_score += 3
noise_reasons.append(f"Matches noisy pattern: {pattern}")
# Check for very frequent evaluation intervals
evaluation_interval = alert.get('for', '0s')
if self._parse_duration(evaluation_interval) < 60: # Less than 1 minute
noise_score += 2
noise_reasons.append("Very short evaluation interval")
# Check for lack of 'for' clause
if not alert.get('for') or alert.get('for') == '0s':
noise_score += 2
noise_reasons.append("No 'for' clause - may cause alert flapping")
# Check for overly sensitive thresholds
if self._has_sensitive_threshold(alert_rule):
noise_score += 2
noise_reasons.append("Potentially sensitive threshold")
# Check historical firing rate if available
historical_data = alert.get('historical_data', {})
if historical_data:
firing_rate = historical_data.get('fires_per_day', 0)
if firing_rate > 10: # More than 10 fires per day
noise_score += 3
noise_reasons.append(f"High firing rate: {firing_rate} times/day")
false_positive_rate = historical_data.get('false_positive_rate', 0)
if false_positive_rate > 0.3: # > 30% false positives
noise_score += 4
noise_reasons.append(f"High false positive rate: {false_positive_rate*100:.1f}%")
if noise_score >= 3: # Threshold for considering an alert noisy
noisy_alert = {
'alert_name': alert_name,
'noise_score': noise_score,
'reasons': noise_reasons,
'current_rule': alert_rule,
'recommendations': self._generate_noise_reduction_recommendations(alert, noise_reasons)
}
noisy_alerts.append(noisy_alert)
return sorted(noisy_alerts, key=lambda x: x['noise_score'], reverse=True)
def _parse_duration(self, duration_str: str) -> int:
"""Parse duration string to seconds."""
if not duration_str or duration_str == '0s':
return 0
duration_map = {'s': 1, 'm': 60, 'h': 3600, 'd': 86400}
match = re.match(r'(\d+)([smhd])', duration_str)
if match:
value, unit = match.groups()
return int(value) * duration_map.get(unit, 1)
return 0
def _has_sensitive_threshold(self, rule: str) -> bool:
"""Check if alert rule has potentially sensitive thresholds."""
# Look for very low error rates or very tight latency thresholds
sensitive_patterns = [
r'error.*rate.*>.*0\.0[01]', # Error rate > 0.01% or 0.001%
r'latency.*>.*[12]\d\d?ms', # Latency > 100-299ms
r'response.*time.*>.*0\.[12]', # Response time > 0.1-0.2s
r'cpu.*>.*[456]\d%' # CPU > 40-69% (too sensitive for most cases)
]
for pattern in sensitive_patterns:
if re.search(pattern, rule, re.IGNORECASE):
return True
return False
def _generate_noise_reduction_recommendations(self, alert: Dict[str, Any],
reasons: List[str]) -> List[str]:
"""Generate recommendations to reduce alert noise."""
recommendations = []
if "No 'for' clause" in str(reasons):
recommendations.append("Add 'for: 5m' clause to prevent flapping")
if "Very short evaluation interval" in str(reasons):
recommendations.append("Increase evaluation interval to at least 1 minute")
if "sensitive threshold" in str(reasons):
recommendations.append("Review and increase threshold based on historical data")
if "High firing rate" in str(reasons):
recommendations.append("Analyze historical firing patterns and adjust thresholds")
if "High false positive rate" in str(reasons):
recommendations.append("Implement more specific conditions to reduce false positives")
if "noisy pattern" in str(reasons):
recommendations.append("Consider using percentile-based thresholds instead of absolute values")
return recommendations
def identify_coverage_gaps(self, alerts: List[Dict[str, Any]],
services: List[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Identify gaps in monitoring coverage."""
coverage_analysis = {
'missing_categories': [],
'missing_golden_signals': [],
'service_coverage_gaps': [],
'critical_gaps': [],
'recommendations': []
}
# Analyze coverage by category
covered_categories = set()
alert_categories = []
for alert in alerts:
alert_rule = alert.get('expr', alert.get('condition', ''))
alert_name = alert.get('alert', alert.get('name', ''))
category = self._classify_alert_category(alert_rule, alert_name)
if category:
covered_categories.add(category)
alert_categories.append(category)
# Check for missing essential categories
missing_categories = set(self.COVERAGE_CATEGORIES) - covered_categories
coverage_analysis['missing_categories'] = list(missing_categories)
# Check for missing golden signals
covered_signals = set()
for alert in alerts:
alert_rule = alert.get('expr', alert.get('condition', ''))
signal = self._identify_golden_signal(alert_rule)
if signal:
covered_signals.add(signal)
missing_signals = set(self.GOLDEN_SIGNALS) - covered_signals
coverage_analysis['missing_golden_signals'] = list(missing_signals)
# Analyze service-specific coverage if service list provided
if services:
service_coverage = self._analyze_service_coverage(alerts, services)
coverage_analysis['service_coverage_gaps'] = service_coverage
# Identify critical gaps
critical_gaps = []
if 'availability' in missing_categories:
critical_gaps.append("Missing availability monitoring")
if 'error_rate' in missing_categories:
critical_gaps.append("Missing error rate monitoring")
if 'errors' in missing_signals:
critical_gaps.append("Missing error signal monitoring")
coverage_analysis['critical_gaps'] = critical_gaps
# Generate recommendations
recommendations = self._generate_coverage_recommendations(coverage_analysis)
coverage_analysis['recommendations'] = recommendations
return coverage_analysis
def _classify_alert_category(self, rule: str, alert_name: str) -> str:
"""Classify alert into monitoring category."""
rule_lower = rule.lower()
name_lower = alert_name.lower()
if any(keyword in rule_lower or keyword in name_lower
for keyword in ['up', 'down', 'available', 'reachable']):
return 'availability'
if any(keyword in rule_lower or keyword in name_lower
for keyword in ['latency', 'response_time', 'duration']):
return 'latency'
if any(keyword in rule_lower or keyword in name_lower
for keyword in ['error', 'fail', '5xx', '4xx']):
return 'error_rate'
if any(keyword in rule_lower or keyword in name_lower
for keyword in ['cpu', 'memory', 'disk', 'network', 'utilization']):
return 'resource_utilization'
if any(keyword in rule_lower or keyword in name_lower
for keyword in ['security', 'auth', 'login', 'breach']):
return 'security'
if any(keyword in rule_lower or keyword in name_lower
for keyword in ['revenue', 'conversion', 'user', 'business']):
return 'business_metrics'
return 'other'
def _identify_golden_signal(self, rule: str) -> str:
"""Identify which golden signal an alert covers."""
rule_lower = rule.lower()
if any(keyword in rule_lower for keyword in ['latency', 'response_time', 'duration']):
return 'latency'
if any(keyword in rule_lower for keyword in ['rate', 'rps', 'qps', 'throughput']):
return 'traffic'
if any(keyword in rule_lower for keyword in ['error', 'fail', '5xx']):
return 'errors'
if any(keyword in rule_lower for keyword in ['cpu', 'memory', 'disk', 'utilization']):
return 'saturation'
return None
def _analyze_service_coverage(self, alerts: List[Dict[str, Any]],
services: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Analyze monitoring coverage per service."""
service_coverage = []
for service in services:
service_name = service.get('name', '')
service_alerts = [alert for alert in alerts
if service_name in alert.get('expr', '') or
service_name in alert.get('labels', {}).get('service', '')]
covered_signals = set()
for alert in service_alerts:
signal = self._identify_golden_signal(alert.get('expr', ''))
if signal:
covered_signals.add(signal)
missing_signals = set(self.GOLDEN_SIGNALS) - covered_signals
if missing_signals or len(service_alerts) < 3: # Less than 3 alerts per service
coverage_gap = {
'service': service_name,
'alert_count': len(service_alerts),
'covered_signals': list(covered_signals),
'missing_signals': list(missing_signals),
'criticality': service.get('criticality', 'medium'),
'recommendations': []
}
if len(service_alerts) == 0:
coverage_gap['recommendations'].append("Add basic availability monitoring")
if 'errors' in missing_signals:
coverage_gap['recommendations'].append("Add error rate monitoring")
if 'latency' in missing_signals:
coverage_gap['recommendations'].append("Add latency monitoring")
service_coverage.append(coverage_gap)
return service_coverage
def _generate_coverage_recommendations(self, coverage_analysis: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
"""Generate recommendations to improve monitoring coverage."""
recommendations = []
for missing_category in coverage_analysis['missing_categories']:
if missing_category == 'availability':
recommendations.append("Add service availability/uptime monitoring")
elif missing_category == 'latency':
recommendations.append("Add response time and latency monitoring")
elif missing_category == 'error_rate':
recommendations.append("Add error rate and HTTP status code monitoring")
elif missing_category == 'resource_utilization':
recommendations.append("Add CPU, memory, and disk utilization monitoring")
elif missing_category == 'security':
recommendations.append("Add security monitoring (auth failures, suspicious activity)")
elif missing_category == 'business_metrics':
recommendations.append("Add business KPI monitoring")
for missing_signal in coverage_analysis['missing_golden_signals']:
recommendations.append(f"Implement {missing_signal} monitoring (Golden Signal)")
if coverage_analysis['critical_gaps']:
recommendations.append("Address critical monitoring gaps as highest priority")
return recommendations
def find_duplicate_alerts(self, alerts: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Identify duplicate or redundant alerts."""
duplicates = []
alert_signatures = defaultdict(list)
# Group alerts by signature
for i, alert in enumerate(alerts):
signature = self._generate_alert_signature(alert)
alert_signatures[signature].append((i, alert))
# Find exact duplicates
for signature, alert_group in alert_signatures.items():
if len(alert_group) > 1:
duplicate_group = {
'type': 'exact_duplicate',
'signature': signature,
'alerts': [{'index': i, 'name': alert.get('alert', alert.get('name', f'Alert_{i}'))}
for i, alert in alert_group],
'recommendation': 'Remove duplicate alerts, keep the most comprehensive one'
}
duplicates.append(duplicate_group)
# Find semantic duplicates (similar but not identical)
semantic_duplicates = self._find_semantic_duplicates(alerts)
duplicates.extend(semantic_duplicates)
return duplicates
def _generate_alert_signature(self, alert: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
"""Generate a signature for alert comparison."""
expr = alert.get('expr', alert.get('condition', ''))
labels = alert.get('labels', {})
# Normalize the expression by removing whitespace and standardizing
normalized_expr = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', expr).strip()
# Create signature from expression and key labels
key_labels = {k: v for k, v in labels.items()
if k in ['service', 'severity', 'team']}
return f"{normalized_expr}::{json.dumps(key_labels, sort_keys=True)}"
def _find_semantic_duplicates(self, alerts: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Find semantically similar alerts."""
semantic_duplicates = []
# Group alerts by service and metric type
service_groups = defaultdict(list)
for i, alert in enumerate(alerts):
service = self._extract_service_from_alert(alert)
metric_type = self._extract_metric_type_from_alert(alert)
key = f"{service}::{metric_type}"
service_groups[key].append((i, alert))
# Look for similar alerts within each group
for key, alert_group in service_groups.items():
if len(alert_group) > 1:
similar_alerts = self._identify_similar_alerts(alert_group)
if similar_alerts:
semantic_duplicates.extend(similar_alerts)
return semantic_duplicates
def _extract_service_from_alert(self, alert: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
"""Extract service name from alert."""
labels = alert.get('labels', {})
if 'service' in labels:
return labels['service']
expr = alert.get('expr', alert.get('condition', ''))
# Try to extract service from metric labels
service_match = re.search(r'service="([^"]+)"', expr)
if service_match:
return service_match.group(1)
return 'unknown'
def _extract_metric_type_from_alert(self, alert: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
"""Extract metric type from alert."""
expr = alert.get('expr', alert.get('condition', ''))
# Common metric patterns
if 'up' in expr.lower():
return 'availability'
elif any(keyword in expr.lower() for keyword in ['latency', 'duration', 'response_time']):
return 'latency'
elif any(keyword in expr.lower() for keyword in ['error', 'fail', '5xx']):
return 'error_rate'
elif any(keyword in expr.lower() for keyword in ['cpu', 'memory', 'disk']):
return 'resource'
return 'other'
def _identify_similar_alerts(self, alert_group: List[Tuple[int, Dict[str, Any]]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Identify similar alerts within a group."""
similar_groups = []
# Simple similarity check based on threshold values and conditions
threshold_groups = defaultdict(list)
for index, alert in alert_group:
expr = alert.get('expr', alert.get('condition', ''))
threshold = self._extract_threshold_from_expression(expr)
severity = alert.get('labels', {}).get('severity', 'unknown')
similarity_key = f"{threshold}::{severity}"
threshold_groups[similarity_key].append((index, alert))
# If multiple alerts have very similar thresholds, they might be redundant
for similarity_key, similar_alerts in threshold_groups.items():
if len(similar_alerts) > 1:
similar_group = {
'type': 'semantic_duplicate',
'similarity_key': similarity_key,
'alerts': [{'index': i, 'name': alert.get('alert', alert.get('name', f'Alert_{i}'))}
for i, alert in similar_alerts],
'recommendation': 'Review for potential consolidation - similar thresholds and conditions'
}
similar_groups.append(similar_group)
return similar_groups
def _extract_threshold_from_expression(self, expr: str) -> str:
"""Extract threshold value from alert expression."""
# Look for common threshold patterns
threshold_patterns = [
r'>[\s]*([0-9.]+)',
r'<[\s]*([0-9.]+)',
r'>=[\s]*([0-9.]+)',
r'<=[\s]*([0-9.]+)',
r'==[\s]*([0-9.]+)'
]
for pattern in threshold_patterns:
match = re.search(pattern, expr)
if match:
return match.group(1)
return 'unknown'
def analyze_thresholds(self, alerts: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Analyze alert thresholds for optimization opportunities."""
threshold_analysis = []
for alert in alerts:
alert_name = alert.get('alert', alert.get('name', 'Unknown'))
expr = alert.get('expr', alert.get('condition', ''))
analysis = {
'alert_name': alert_name,
'current_expression': expr,
'threshold_issues': [],
'recommendations': []
}
# Check for hard-coded thresholds
if re.search(r'[><=]\s*[0-9.]+', expr):
analysis['threshold_issues'].append('Hard-coded threshold value')
analysis['recommendations'].append('Consider parameterizing thresholds')
# Check for percentage-based thresholds that might be too strict
percentage_match = re.search(r'([><=])\s*0?\.\d+', expr)
if percentage_match:
operator = percentage_match.group(1)
if operator in ['>', '>='] and 'error' in expr.lower():
analysis['threshold_issues'].append('Very low error rate threshold')
analysis['recommendations'].append('Consider increasing error rate threshold based on SLO')
# Check for missing hysteresis
if '>' in expr and 'for:' not in str(alert):
analysis['threshold_issues'].append('No hysteresis (for clause)')
analysis['recommendations'].append('Add "for" clause to prevent alert flapping')
# Check for resource utilization thresholds
if any(resource in expr.lower() for resource in ['cpu', 'memory', 'disk']):
threshold_value = self._extract_threshold_from_expression(expr)
if threshold_value and threshold_value.replace('.', '').isdigit():
threshold_num = float(threshold_value)
if threshold_num < 0.7: # Less than 70%
analysis['threshold_issues'].append('Low resource utilization threshold')
analysis['recommendations'].append('Consider increasing threshold to reduce noise')
# Add historical data analysis if available
historical_data = alert.get('historical_data', {})
if historical_data:
false_positive_rate = historical_data.get('false_positive_rate', 0)
if false_positive_rate > 0.2:
analysis['threshold_issues'].append(f'High false positive rate: {false_positive_rate*100:.1f}%')
analysis['recommendations'].append('Analyze historical data and adjust threshold')
if analysis['threshold_issues']:
threshold_analysis.append(analysis)
return threshold_analysis
def assess_alert_fatigue_risk(self, alerts: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Assess risk of alert fatigue."""
fatigue_assessment = {
'total_alerts': len(alerts),
'risk_level': 'low',
'risk_factors': [],
'metrics': {},
'recommendations': []
}
# Count alerts by severity
severity_counts = Counter()
for alert in alerts:
severity = alert.get('labels', {}).get('severity', 'unknown')
severity_counts[severity] += 1
fatigue_assessment['metrics']['severity_distribution'] = dict(severity_counts)
# Calculate risk factors
critical_count = severity_counts.get('critical', 0)
warning_count = severity_counts.get('warning', 0) + severity_counts.get('high', 0)
total_high_priority = critical_count + warning_count
# Too many high-priority alerts
if total_high_priority > 50:
fatigue_assessment['risk_factors'].append('High number of critical/warning alerts')
fatigue_assessment['recommendations'].append('Review and reduce number of high-priority alerts')
# Poor critical to warning ratio
if critical_count > 0 and warning_count > 0:
critical_ratio = critical_count / (critical_count + warning_count)
if critical_ratio > 0.3: # More than 30% critical
fatigue_assessment['risk_factors'].append('High ratio of critical alerts')
fatigue_assessment['recommendations'].append('Review critical alert criteria - not everything should be critical')
# Estimate daily alert volume
daily_estimate = self._estimate_daily_alert_volume(alerts)
fatigue_assessment['metrics']['estimated_daily_alerts'] = daily_estimate
if daily_estimate > 100:
fatigue_assessment['risk_factors'].append('High estimated daily alert volume')
fatigue_assessment['recommendations'].append('Implement alert grouping and suppression rules')
# Check for missing runbooks
alerts_without_runbooks = [alert for alert in alerts
if not alert.get('annotations', {}).get('runbook_url')]
runbook_ratio = len(alerts_without_runbooks) / len(alerts) if alerts else 0
if runbook_ratio > 0.5:
fatigue_assessment['risk_factors'].append('Many alerts lack runbooks')
fatigue_assessment['recommendations'].append('Create runbooks for alerts to improve response efficiency')
# Determine overall risk level
risk_score = len(fatigue_assessment['risk_factors'])
if risk_score >= 3:
fatigue_assessment['risk_level'] = 'high'
elif risk_score >= 1:
fatigue_assessment['risk_level'] = 'medium'
return fatigue_assessment
def _estimate_daily_alert_volume(self, alerts: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> int:
"""Estimate daily alert volume."""
total_estimated = 0
for alert in alerts:
# Use historical data if available
historical_data = alert.get('historical_data', {})
if historical_data and 'fires_per_day' in historical_data:
total_estimated += historical_data['fires_per_day']
continue
# Otherwise estimate based on alert characteristics
expr = alert.get('expr', alert.get('condition', ''))
severity = alert.get('labels', {}).get('severity', 'warning')
# Base estimate by severity
base_estimates = {
'critical': 0.1, # Critical should rarely fire
'high': 0.5,
'warning': 2,
'info': 5
}
estimate = base_estimates.get(severity, 1)
# Adjust based on alert type
if 'error_rate' in expr.lower():
estimate *= 1.5 # Error rate alerts tend to be more frequent
elif 'availability' in expr.lower() or 'up' in expr.lower():
estimate *= 0.5 # Availability alerts should be rare
total_estimated += estimate
return int(total_estimated)
def generate_optimized_config(self, alerts: List[Dict[str, Any]],
analysis_results: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Generate optimized alert configuration."""
optimized_alerts = []
for i, alert in enumerate(alerts):
optimized_alert = alert.copy()
alert_name = alert.get('alert', alert.get('name', f'Alert_{i}'))
# Apply noise reduction optimizations
noisy_alerts = analysis_results.get('noisy_alerts', [])
for noisy_alert in noisy_alerts:
if noisy_alert['alert_name'] == alert_name:
optimized_alert = self._apply_noise_reduction(optimized_alert, noisy_alert)
break
# Apply threshold optimizations
threshold_issues = analysis_results.get('threshold_analysis', [])
for threshold_issue in threshold_issues:
if threshold_issue['alert_name'] == alert_name:
optimized_alert = self._apply_threshold_optimization(optimized_alert, threshold_issue)
break
# Ensure proper alert metadata
optimized_alert = self._ensure_alert_metadata(optimized_alert)
optimized_alerts.append(optimized_alert)
# Remove duplicates based on analysis
if 'duplicate_alerts' in analysis_results:
optimized_alerts = self._remove_duplicate_alerts(optimized_alerts,
analysis_results['duplicate_alerts'])
# Add missing alerts for coverage gaps
if 'coverage_gaps' in analysis_results:
new_alerts = self._generate_missing_alerts(analysis_results['coverage_gaps'])
optimized_alerts.extend(new_alerts)
optimized_config = {
'alerts': optimized_alerts,
'optimization_metadata': {
'optimized_at': datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + 'Z',
'original_count': len(alerts),
'optimized_count': len(optimized_alerts),
'changes_applied': analysis_results.get('optimizations_applied', [])
}
}
return optimized_config
def _apply_noise_reduction(self, alert: Dict[str, Any],
noise_analysis: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Apply noise reduction optimizations to an alert."""
optimized_alert = alert.copy()
for recommendation in noise_analysis['recommendations']:
if 'for:' in recommendation and not alert.get('for'):
optimized_alert['for'] = '5m'
elif 'threshold' in recommendation.lower():
# This would require more sophisticated threshold adjustment
# For now, add annotation for manual review
if 'annotations' not in optimized_alert:
optimized_alert['annotations'] = {}
optimized_alert['annotations']['optimization_note'] = 'Review threshold - potentially too sensitive'
return optimized_alert
def _apply_threshold_optimization(self, alert: Dict[str, Any],
threshold_analysis: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Apply threshold optimizations to an alert."""
optimized_alert = alert.copy()
# Add 'for' clause if missing
if 'No hysteresis' in str(threshold_analysis['threshold_issues']):
if not alert.get('for'):
optimized_alert['for'] = '5m'
# Add optimization annotations
if threshold_analysis['recommendations']:
if 'annotations' not in optimized_alert:
optimized_alert['annotations'] = {}
optimized_alert['annotations']['threshold_recommendations'] = '; '.join(threshold_analysis['recommendations'])
return optimized_alert
def _ensure_alert_metadata(self, alert: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Ensure alert has proper metadata."""
optimized_alert = alert.copy()
# Ensure annotations exist
if 'annotations' not in optimized_alert:
optimized_alert['annotations'] = {}
# Add summary if missing
if 'summary' not in optimized_alert['annotations']:
alert_name = alert.get('alert', alert.get('name', 'Alert'))
optimized_alert['annotations']['summary'] = f"Alert: {alert_name}"
# Add description if missing
if 'description' not in optimized_alert['annotations']:
optimized_alert['annotations']['description'] = 'This alert requires a description. Please update with specific details about the condition and impact.'
# Ensure proper labels
if 'labels' not in optimized_alert:
optimized_alert['labels'] = {}
if 'severity' not in optimized_alert['labels']:
optimized_alert['labels']['severity'] = 'warning'
return optimized_alert
def _remove_duplicate_alerts(self, alerts: List[Dict[str, Any]],
duplicates: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Remove duplicate alerts from the list."""
indices_to_remove = set()
for duplicate_group in duplicates:
if duplicate_group['type'] == 'exact_duplicate':
# Keep the first alert, remove the rest
alert_indices = [alert_info['index'] for alert_info in duplicate_group['alerts']]
indices_to_remove.update(alert_indices[1:]) # Remove all but first
return [alert for i, alert in enumerate(alerts) if i not in indices_to_remove]
def _generate_missing_alerts(self, coverage_gaps: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Generate alerts for missing coverage."""
new_alerts = []
for missing_signal in coverage_gaps.get('missing_golden_signals', []):
if missing_signal == 'latency':
new_alert = {
'alert': 'HighLatency',
'expr': 'histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])) > 0.5',
'for': '5m',
'labels': {
'severity': 'warning'
},
'annotations': {
'summary': 'High request latency detected',
'description': 'The 95th percentile latency is above 500ms for 5 minutes.',
'generated': 'true'
}
}
new_alerts.append(new_alert)
elif missing_signal == 'errors':
new_alert = {
'alert': 'HighErrorRate',
'expr': 'sum(rate(http_requests_total{code=~"5.."}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total[5m])) > 0.01',
'for': '5m',
'labels': {
'severity': 'warning'
},
'annotations': {
'summary': 'High error rate detected',
'description': 'Error rate is above 1% for 5 minutes.',
'generated': 'true'
}
}
new_alerts.append(new_alert)
return new_alerts
def analyze_configuration(self, alert_config: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Perform comprehensive analysis of alert configuration."""
alerts = alert_config.get('alerts', alert_config.get('rules', []))
services = alert_config.get('services', [])
analysis_results = {
'summary': {
'total_alerts': len(alerts),
'analysis_timestamp': datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + 'Z'
},
'noisy_alerts': self.analyze_alert_noise(alerts),
'coverage_gaps': self.identify_coverage_gaps(alerts, services),
'duplicate_alerts': self.find_duplicate_alerts(alerts),
'threshold_analysis': self.analyze_thresholds(alerts),
'alert_fatigue_assessment': self.assess_alert_fatigue_risk(alerts)
}
# Generate overall recommendations
analysis_results['overall_recommendations'] = self._generate_overall_recommendations(analysis_results)
return analysis_results
def _generate_overall_recommendations(self, analysis_results: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
"""Generate overall recommendations based on complete analysis."""
recommendations = []
# High-priority recommendations
if analysis_results['alert_fatigue_assessment']['risk_level'] == 'high':
recommendations.append("HIGH PRIORITY: Address alert fatigue risk by reducing alert volume")
if len(analysis_results['coverage_gaps']['critical_gaps']) > 0:
recommendations.append("HIGH PRIORITY: Address critical monitoring gaps")
# Medium-priority recommendations
if len(analysis_results['noisy_alerts']) > 0:
recommendations.append(f"Optimize {len(analysis_results['noisy_alerts'])} noisy alerts to reduce false positives")
if len(analysis_results['duplicate_alerts']) > 0:
recommendations.append(f"Remove or consolidate {len(analysis_results['duplicate_alerts'])} duplicate alert groups")
# General recommendations
recommendations.append("Implement proper alert routing and escalation policies")
recommendations.append("Create runbooks for all production alerts")
recommendations.append("Set up alert effectiveness monitoring and regular reviews")
return recommendations
def export_analysis(self, analysis_results: Dict[str, Any], output_file: str,
format_type: str = 'json'):
"""Export analysis results."""
if format_type.lower() == 'json':
with open(output_file, 'w') as f:
json.dump(analysis_results, f, indent=2)
elif format_type.lower() == 'html':
self._export_html_report(analysis_results, output_file)
else:
raise ValueError(f"Unsupported format: {format_type}")
def _export_html_report(self, analysis_results: Dict[str, Any], output_file: str):
"""Export analysis as HTML report."""
html_content = self._generate_html_report(analysis_results)
with open(output_file, 'w') as f:
f.write(html_content)
def _generate_html_report(self, analysis_results: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
"""Generate HTML report of analysis results."""
html = f"""
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Alert Configuration Analysis Report</title>
<style>
body {{ font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 20px; }}
.header {{ background: #f4f4f4; padding: 20px; border-radius: 5px; }}
.section {{ margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 5px; }}
.critical {{ border-left: 5px solid #ff0000; }}
.warning {{ border-left: 5px solid #ff9900; }}
.info {{ border-left: 5px solid #0066cc; }}
.success {{ border-left: 5px solid #00aa00; }}
ul {{ margin: 10px 0; }}
li {{ margin: 5px 0; }}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="header">
<h1>Alert Configuration Analysis Report</h1>
<p>Generated: {analysis_results['summary']['analysis_timestamp']}</p>
<p>Total Alerts Analyzed: {analysis_results['summary']['total_alerts']}</p>
</div>
<div class="section critical">
<h2>Overall Recommendations</h2>
<ul>
{''.join(f'<li>{rec}</li>' for rec in analysis_results['overall_recommendations'])}
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section warning">
<h2>Alert Fatigue Assessment</h2>
<p><strong>Risk Level:</strong> {analysis_results['alert_fatigue_assessment']['risk_level'].upper()}</p>
<p><strong>Risk Factors:</strong></p>
<ul>
{''.join(f'<li>{factor}</li>' for factor in analysis_results['alert_fatigue_assessment']['risk_factors'])}
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section info">
<h2>Noisy Alerts ({len(analysis_results['noisy_alerts'])})</h2>
{''.join(f'<div><strong>{alert["alert_name"]}</strong> (Score: {alert["noise_score"]})<ul>{"".join(f"<li>{reason}</li>" for reason in alert["reasons"])}</ul></div>'
for alert in analysis_results['noisy_alerts'][:5])}
</div>
<div class="section info">
<h2>Coverage Gaps</h2>
<p><strong>Missing Categories:</strong> {', '.join(analysis_results['coverage_gaps']['missing_categories']) or 'None'}</p>
<p><strong>Missing Golden Signals:</strong> {', '.join(analysis_results['coverage_gaps']['missing_golden_signals']) or 'None'}</p>
<p><strong>Critical Gaps:</strong> {len(analysis_results['coverage_gaps']['critical_gaps'])}</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
"""
return html
def print_summary(self, analysis_results: Dict[str, Any]):
"""Print human-readable summary of analysis."""
print(f"\n{'='*60}")
print(f"ALERT CONFIGURATION ANALYSIS SUMMARY")
print(f"{'='*60}")
summary = analysis_results['summary']
print(f"\nOverall Statistics:")
print(f" Total Alerts: {summary['total_alerts']}")
print(f" Analysis Date: {summary['analysis_timestamp']}")
# Alert fatigue assessment
fatigue = analysis_results['alert_fatigue_assessment']
print(f"\nAlert Fatigue Risk: {fatigue['risk_level'].upper()}")
if fatigue['risk_factors']:
print(f" Risk Factors:")
for factor in fatigue['risk_factors']:
print(f" • {factor}")
# Noisy alerts
noisy = analysis_results['noisy_alerts']
print(f"\nNoisy Alerts: {len(noisy)}")
if noisy:
print(f" Top 3 Noisiest:")
for alert in noisy[:3]:
print(f" • {alert['alert_name']} (Score: {alert['noise_score']})")
# Coverage gaps
gaps = analysis_results['coverage_gaps']
print(f"\nMonitoring Coverage:")
print(f" Missing Categories: {len(gaps['missing_categories'])}")
print(f" Missing Golden Signals: {len(gaps['missing_golden_signals'])}")
print(f" Critical Gaps: {len(gaps['critical_gaps'])}")
# Duplicates
duplicates = analysis_results['duplicate_alerts']
print(f"\nDuplicate Alerts: {len(duplicates)} groups")
# Overall recommendations
recommendations = analysis_results['overall_recommendations']
print(f"\nTop Recommendations:")
for i, rec in enumerate(recommendations[:5], 1):
print(f" {i}. {rec}")
print(f"\n{'='*60}\n")
def main():
"""Main function for CLI usage."""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description='Analyze and optimize alert configurations',
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog="""
Examples:
# Analyze alert configuration
python alert_optimizer.py --input alerts.json --analyze-only
# Generate optimized configuration
python alert_optimizer.py --input alerts.json --output optimized_alerts.json
# Generate HTML report
python alert_optimizer.py --input alerts.json --report report.html --format html
"""
)
parser.add_argument('--input', '-i', required=True,
help='Input alert configuration JSON file')
parser.add_argument('--output', '-o',
help='Output optimized configuration JSON file')
parser.add_argument('--report', '-r',
help='Generate analysis report file')
parser.add_argument('--format', choices=['json', 'html'], default='json',
help='Report format (json or html)')
parser.add_argument('--analyze-only', action='store_true',
help='Only perform analysis, do not generate optimized config')
args = parser.parse_args()
optimizer = AlertOptimizer()
try:
# Load alert configuration
alert_config = optimizer.load_alert_config(args.input)
# Perform analysis
analysis_results = optimizer.analyze_configuration(alert_config)
# Generate optimized configuration if requested
if not args.analyze_only:
optimized_config = optimizer.generate_optimized_config(
alert_config.get('alerts', alert_config.get('rules', [])),
analysis_results
)
output_file = args.output or 'optimized_alerts.json'
optimizer.export_analysis(optimized_config, output_file, 'json')
print(f"Optimized configuration saved to: {output_file}")
# Generate report if requested
if args.report:
optimizer.export_analysis(analysis_results, args.report, args.format)
print(f"Analysis report saved to: {args.report}")
# Always show summary
optimizer.print_summary(analysis_results)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
FILE:scripts/dashboard_generator.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Dashboard Generator - Generate comprehensive dashboard specifications
This script generates dashboard specifications based on service/system descriptions:
- Panel layout optimized for different screen sizes and roles
- Metric queries (Prometheus-style) for comprehensive monitoring
- Visualization types appropriate for different metric types
- Drill-down paths for effective troubleshooting workflows
- Golden signals coverage (latency, traffic, errors, saturation)
- RED/USE method implementation
- Business metrics integration
Usage:
python dashboard_generator.py --input service_definition.json --output dashboard_spec.json
python dashboard_generator.py --service-type api --name "Payment Service" --output payment_dashboard.json
"""
import json
import argparse
import sys
import math
from typing import Dict, List, Any, Tuple
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
class DashboardGenerator:
"""Generate comprehensive dashboard specifications."""
# Dashboard layout templates by role
ROLE_LAYOUTS = {
'sre': {
'primary_focus': ['availability', 'latency', 'errors', 'resource_utilization'],
'secondary_focus': ['throughput', 'capacity', 'dependencies'],
'time_ranges': ['1h', '6h', '1d', '7d'],
'default_refresh': '30s'
},
'developer': {
'primary_focus': ['latency', 'errors', 'throughput', 'business_metrics'],
'secondary_focus': ['resource_utilization', 'dependencies'],
'time_ranges': ['15m', '1h', '6h', '1d'],
'default_refresh': '1m'
},
'executive': {
'primary_focus': ['availability', 'business_metrics', 'user_experience'],
'secondary_focus': ['cost', 'capacity_trends'],
'time_ranges': ['1d', '7d', '30d'],
'default_refresh': '5m'
},
'ops': {
'primary_focus': ['resource_utilization', 'capacity', 'alerts', 'deployments'],
'secondary_focus': ['throughput', 'latency'],
'time_ranges': ['5m', '30m', '2h', '1d'],
'default_refresh': '15s'
}
}
# Service type specific metric configurations
SERVICE_METRICS = {
'api': {
'golden_signals': ['latency', 'traffic', 'errors', 'saturation'],
'key_metrics': [
'http_requests_total',
'http_request_duration_seconds',
'http_request_size_bytes',
'http_response_size_bytes'
],
'resource_metrics': ['cpu_usage', 'memory_usage', 'goroutines']
},
'web': {
'golden_signals': ['latency', 'traffic', 'errors', 'saturation'],
'key_metrics': [
'http_requests_total',
'http_request_duration_seconds',
'page_load_time',
'user_sessions'
],
'resource_metrics': ['cpu_usage', 'memory_usage', 'connections']
},
'database': {
'golden_signals': ['latency', 'traffic', 'errors', 'saturation'],
'key_metrics': [
'db_connections_active',
'db_query_duration_seconds',
'db_queries_total',
'db_slow_queries_total'
],
'resource_metrics': ['cpu_usage', 'memory_usage', 'disk_io', 'connections']
},
'queue': {
'golden_signals': ['latency', 'traffic', 'errors', 'saturation'],
'key_metrics': [
'queue_depth',
'message_processing_duration',
'messages_published_total',
'messages_consumed_total'
],
'resource_metrics': ['cpu_usage', 'memory_usage', 'disk_usage']
}
}
# Visualization type recommendations
VISUALIZATION_TYPES = {
'latency': 'line_chart',
'throughput': 'line_chart',
'error_rate': 'line_chart',
'success_rate': 'stat',
'resource_utilization': 'gauge',
'queue_depth': 'bar_chart',
'status': 'stat',
'distribution': 'heatmap',
'alerts': 'table',
'logs': 'logs_panel'
}
def __init__(self):
"""Initialize the Dashboard Generator."""
self.service_config = {}
self.dashboard_spec = {}
def load_service_definition(self, file_path: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Load service definition from JSON file."""
try:
with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
return json.load(f)
except FileNotFoundError:
raise ValueError(f"Service definition file not found: {file_path}")
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
raise ValueError(f"Invalid JSON in service definition: {e}")
def create_service_definition(self, service_type: str, name: str,
criticality: str = 'medium') -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Create a service definition from parameters."""
return {
'name': name,
'type': service_type,
'criticality': criticality,
'description': f'{name} - A {criticality} criticality {service_type} service',
'team': 'platform',
'environment': 'production',
'dependencies': [],
'tags': []
}
def generate_dashboard_specification(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any],
target_role: str = 'sre') -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Generate comprehensive dashboard specification."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'Service')
service_type = service_def.get('type', 'api')
# Get role-specific configuration
role_config = self.ROLE_LAYOUTS.get(target_role, self.ROLE_LAYOUTS['sre'])
dashboard_spec = {
'metadata': {
'title': f"{service_name} - {target_role.upper()} Dashboard",
'service': service_def,
'target_role': target_role,
'generated_at': datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + 'Z',
'version': '1.0'
},
'configuration': {
'time_ranges': role_config['time_ranges'],
'default_time_range': role_config['time_ranges'][1], # Second option as default
'refresh_interval': role_config['default_refresh'],
'timezone': 'UTC',
'theme': 'dark'
},
'layout': self._generate_dashboard_layout(service_def, role_config),
'panels': self._generate_panels(service_def, role_config),
'variables': self._generate_template_variables(service_def),
'alerts_integration': self._generate_alerts_integration(service_def),
'drill_down_paths': self._generate_drill_down_paths(service_def)
}
return dashboard_spec
def _generate_dashboard_layout(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any],
role_config: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Generate dashboard layout configuration."""
return {
'grid_settings': {
'width': 24, # Grafana-style 24-column grid
'height_unit': 'px',
'cell_height': 30
},
'sections': [
{
'title': 'Service Overview',
'collapsed': False,
'y_position': 0,
'panels': ['service_status', 'slo_summary', 'error_budget']
},
{
'title': 'Golden Signals',
'collapsed': False,
'y_position': 8,
'panels': ['latency', 'traffic', 'errors', 'saturation']
},
{
'title': 'Resource Utilization',
'collapsed': False,
'y_position': 16,
'panels': ['cpu_usage', 'memory_usage', 'network_io', 'disk_io']
},
{
'title': 'Dependencies & Downstream',
'collapsed': True,
'y_position': 24,
'panels': ['dependency_status', 'downstream_latency', 'circuit_breakers']
}
]
}
def _generate_panels(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any],
role_config: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Generate dashboard panels based on service and role."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
service_type = service_def.get('type', 'api')
panels = []
# Service Overview Panels
panels.extend(self._create_overview_panels(service_def))
# Golden Signals Panels
panels.extend(self._create_golden_signals_panels(service_def))
# Resource Utilization Panels
panels.extend(self._create_resource_panels(service_def))
# Service-specific panels
if service_type == 'api':
panels.extend(self._create_api_specific_panels(service_def))
elif service_type == 'database':
panels.extend(self._create_database_specific_panels(service_def))
elif service_type == 'queue':
panels.extend(self._create_queue_specific_panels(service_def))
# Role-specific additional panels
if 'business_metrics' in role_config['primary_focus']:
panels.extend(self._create_business_metrics_panels(service_def))
if 'capacity' in role_config['primary_focus']:
panels.extend(self._create_capacity_panels(service_def))
return panels
def _create_overview_panels(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Create service overview panels."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return [
{
'id': 'service_status',
'title': 'Service Status',
'type': 'stat',
'grid_pos': {'x': 0, 'y': 0, 'w': 6, 'h': 4},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'up{{service="{service_name}"}}',
'legendFormat': 'Status'
}
],
'field_config': {
'overrides': [
{
'matcher': {'id': 'byName', 'options': 'Status'},
'properties': [
{'id': 'color', 'value': {'mode': 'thresholds'}},
{'id': 'thresholds', 'value': {
'steps': [
{'color': 'red', 'value': 0},
{'color': 'green', 'value': 1}
]
}},
{'id': 'mappings', 'value': [
{'options': {'0': {'text': 'DOWN'}}, 'type': 'value'},
{'options': {'1': {'text': 'UP'}}, 'type': 'value'}
]}
]
}
]
},
'options': {
'orientation': 'horizontal',
'textMode': 'value_and_name'
}
},
{
'id': 'slo_summary',
'title': 'SLO Achievement (30d)',
'type': 'stat',
'grid_pos': {'x': 6, 'y': 0, 'w': 9, 'h': 4},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'(1 - (increase(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}",code=~"5.."}}[30d]) / increase(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[30d]))) * 100',
'legendFormat': 'Availability'
},
{
'expr': f'histogram_quantile(0.95, increase(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{{service="{service_name}"}}[30d])) * 1000',
'legendFormat': 'P95 Latency (ms)'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'thresholds'},
'thresholds': {
'steps': [
{'color': 'red', 'value': 0},
{'color': 'yellow', 'value': 99.0},
{'color': 'green', 'value': 99.9}
]
}
}
},
'options': {
'orientation': 'horizontal',
'textMode': 'value_and_name'
}
},
{
'id': 'error_budget',
'title': 'Error Budget Remaining',
'type': 'gauge',
'grid_pos': {'x': 15, 'y': 0, 'w': 9, 'h': 4},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'(1 - (increase(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}",code=~"5.."}}[30d]) / increase(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[30d])) - 0.999) / 0.001 * 100',
'legendFormat': 'Error Budget %'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'thresholds'},
'min': 0,
'max': 100,
'thresholds': {
'steps': [
{'color': 'red', 'value': 0},
{'color': 'yellow', 'value': 25},
{'color': 'green', 'value': 50}
]
},
'unit': 'percent'
}
},
'options': {
'showThresholdLabels': True,
'showThresholdMarkers': True
}
}
]
def _create_golden_signals_panels(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Create golden signals monitoring panels."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return [
{
'id': 'latency',
'title': 'Request Latency',
'type': 'timeseries',
'grid_pos': {'x': 0, 'y': 8, 'w': 12, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'histogram_quantile(0.50, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])) * 1000',
'legendFormat': 'P50 Latency'
},
{
'expr': f'histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])) * 1000',
'legendFormat': 'P95 Latency'
},
{
'expr': f'histogram_quantile(0.99, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])) * 1000',
'legendFormat': 'P99 Latency'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'palette-classic'},
'unit': 'ms',
'custom': {
'drawStyle': 'line',
'lineInterpolation': 'linear',
'lineWidth': 1,
'fillOpacity': 10
}
}
},
'options': {
'tooltip': {'mode': 'multi', 'sort': 'desc'},
'legend': {'displayMode': 'table', 'placement': 'bottom'}
}
},
{
'id': 'traffic',
'title': 'Request Rate',
'type': 'timeseries',
'grid_pos': {'x': 12, 'y': 8, 'w': 12, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m]))',
'legendFormat': 'Total RPS'
},
{
'expr': f'sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}",code=~"2.."}}[5m]))',
'legendFormat': '2xx RPS'
},
{
'expr': f'sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}",code=~"4.."}}[5m]))',
'legendFormat': '4xx RPS'
},
{
'expr': f'sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}",code=~"5.."}}[5m]))',
'legendFormat': '5xx RPS'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'palette-classic'},
'unit': 'reqps',
'custom': {
'drawStyle': 'line',
'lineInterpolation': 'linear',
'lineWidth': 1,
'fillOpacity': 0
}
}
},
'options': {
'tooltip': {'mode': 'multi', 'sort': 'desc'},
'legend': {'displayMode': 'table', 'placement': 'bottom'}
}
},
{
'id': 'errors',
'title': 'Error Rate',
'type': 'timeseries',
'grid_pos': {'x': 0, 'y': 14, 'w': 12, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}",code=~"5.."}}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])) * 100',
'legendFormat': '5xx Error Rate'
},
{
'expr': f'sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}",code=~"4.."}}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])) * 100',
'legendFormat': '4xx Error Rate'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'palette-classic'},
'unit': 'percent',
'custom': {
'drawStyle': 'line',
'lineInterpolation': 'linear',
'lineWidth': 2,
'fillOpacity': 20
}
},
'overrides': [
{
'matcher': {'id': 'byName', 'options': '5xx Error Rate'},
'properties': [{'id': 'color', 'value': {'fixedColor': 'red'}}]
}
]
},
'options': {
'tooltip': {'mode': 'multi', 'sort': 'desc'},
'legend': {'displayMode': 'table', 'placement': 'bottom'}
}
},
{
'id': 'saturation',
'title': 'Saturation Metrics',
'type': 'timeseries',
'grid_pos': {'x': 12, 'y': 14, 'w': 12, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'rate(process_cpu_seconds_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m]) * 100',
'legendFormat': 'CPU Usage %'
},
{
'expr': f'process_resident_memory_bytes{{service="{service_name}"}} / process_virtual_memory_max_bytes{{service="{service_name}"}} * 100',
'legendFormat': 'Memory Usage %'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'palette-classic'},
'unit': 'percent',
'max': 100,
'custom': {
'drawStyle': 'line',
'lineInterpolation': 'linear',
'lineWidth': 1,
'fillOpacity': 10
}
}
},
'options': {
'tooltip': {'mode': 'multi', 'sort': 'desc'},
'legend': {'displayMode': 'table', 'placement': 'bottom'}
}
}
]
def _create_resource_panels(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Create resource utilization panels."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return [
{
'id': 'cpu_usage',
'title': 'CPU Usage',
'type': 'gauge',
'grid_pos': {'x': 0, 'y': 20, 'w': 6, 'h': 4},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'rate(process_cpu_seconds_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m]) * 100',
'legendFormat': 'CPU %'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'thresholds'},
'unit': 'percent',
'min': 0,
'max': 100,
'thresholds': {
'steps': [
{'color': 'green', 'value': 0},
{'color': 'yellow', 'value': 70},
{'color': 'red', 'value': 90}
]
}
}
},
'options': {
'showThresholdLabels': True,
'showThresholdMarkers': True
}
},
{
'id': 'memory_usage',
'title': 'Memory Usage',
'type': 'gauge',
'grid_pos': {'x': 6, 'y': 20, 'w': 6, 'h': 4},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'process_resident_memory_bytes{{service="{service_name}"}} / 1024 / 1024',
'legendFormat': 'Memory MB'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'thresholds'},
'unit': 'decbytes',
'thresholds': {
'steps': [
{'color': 'green', 'value': 0},
{'color': 'yellow', 'value': 512000000}, # 512MB
{'color': 'red', 'value': 1024000000} # 1GB
]
}
}
}
},
{
'id': 'network_io',
'title': 'Network I/O',
'type': 'timeseries',
'grid_pos': {'x': 12, 'y': 20, 'w': 6, 'h': 4},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'rate(process_network_receive_bytes_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])',
'legendFormat': 'RX Bytes/s'
},
{
'expr': f'rate(process_network_transmit_bytes_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])',
'legendFormat': 'TX Bytes/s'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'palette-classic'},
'unit': 'binBps'
}
}
},
{
'id': 'disk_io',
'title': 'Disk I/O',
'type': 'timeseries',
'grid_pos': {'x': 18, 'y': 20, 'w': 6, 'h': 4},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'rate(process_disk_read_bytes_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])',
'legendFormat': 'Read Bytes/s'
},
{
'expr': f'rate(process_disk_write_bytes_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])',
'legendFormat': 'Write Bytes/s'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'palette-classic'},
'unit': 'binBps'
}
}
}
]
def _create_api_specific_panels(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Create API-specific panels."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return [
{
'id': 'endpoint_latency',
'title': 'Top Slowest Endpoints',
'type': 'table',
'grid_pos': {'x': 0, 'y': 24, 'w': 12, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'topk(10, histogram_quantile(0.95, sum by (handler) (rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])))) * 1000',
'legendFormat': '{{handler}}',
'format': 'table',
'instant': True
}
],
'transformations': [
{
'id': 'organize',
'options': {
'excludeByName': {'Time': True},
'renameByName': {'Value': 'P95 Latency (ms)'}
}
}
],
'field_config': {
'overrides': [
{
'matcher': {'id': 'byName', 'options': 'P95 Latency (ms)'},
'properties': [
{'id': 'color', 'value': {'mode': 'thresholds'}},
{'id': 'thresholds', 'value': {
'steps': [
{'color': 'green', 'value': 0},
{'color': 'yellow', 'value': 100},
{'color': 'red', 'value': 500}
]
}}
]
}
]
}
},
{
'id': 'request_size_distribution',
'title': 'Request Size Distribution',
'type': 'heatmap',
'grid_pos': {'x': 12, 'y': 24, 'w': 12, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'sum by (le) (rate(http_request_size_bytes_bucket{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m]))',
'legendFormat': '{{le}}'
}
],
'options': {
'calculate': True,
'yAxis': {'unit': 'bytes'},
'color': {'scheme': 'Spectral'}
}
}
]
def _create_database_specific_panels(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Create database-specific panels."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return [
{
'id': 'db_connections',
'title': 'Database Connections',
'type': 'timeseries',
'grid_pos': {'x': 0, 'y': 24, 'w': 8, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'db_connections_active{{service="{service_name}"}}',
'legendFormat': 'Active Connections'
},
{
'expr': f'db_connections_idle{{service="{service_name}"}}',
'legendFormat': 'Idle Connections'
},
{
'expr': f'db_connections_max{{service="{service_name}"}}',
'legendFormat': 'Max Connections'
}
]
},
{
'id': 'query_performance',
'title': 'Query Performance',
'type': 'timeseries',
'grid_pos': {'x': 8, 'y': 24, 'w': 8, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'rate(db_queries_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])',
'legendFormat': 'Queries/sec'
},
{
'expr': f'rate(db_slow_queries_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])',
'legendFormat': 'Slow Queries/sec'
}
]
},
{
'id': 'db_locks',
'title': 'Database Locks',
'type': 'stat',
'grid_pos': {'x': 16, 'y': 24, 'w': 8, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'db_locks_waiting{{service="{service_name}"}}',
'legendFormat': 'Waiting Locks'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'thresholds'},
'thresholds': {
'steps': [
{'color': 'green', 'value': 0},
{'color': 'yellow', 'value': 1},
{'color': 'red', 'value': 5}
]
}
}
}
}
]
def _create_queue_specific_panels(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Create queue-specific panels."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return [
{
'id': 'queue_depth',
'title': 'Queue Depth',
'type': 'timeseries',
'grid_pos': {'x': 0, 'y': 24, 'w': 12, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'queue_depth{{service="{service_name}"}}',
'legendFormat': 'Messages in Queue'
}
]
},
{
'id': 'message_throughput',
'title': 'Message Throughput',
'type': 'timeseries',
'grid_pos': {'x': 12, 'y': 24, 'w': 12, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'rate(messages_published_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])',
'legendFormat': 'Published/sec'
},
{
'expr': f'rate(messages_consumed_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])',
'legendFormat': 'Consumed/sec'
}
]
}
]
def _create_business_metrics_panels(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Create business metrics panels."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return [
{
'id': 'business_kpis',
'title': 'Business KPIs',
'type': 'stat',
'grid_pos': {'x': 0, 'y': 30, 'w': 24, 'h': 4},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'rate(business_transactions_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[1h])',
'legendFormat': 'Transactions/hour'
},
{
'expr': f'avg(business_transaction_value{{service="{service_name}"}}) * rate(business_transactions_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[1h])',
'legendFormat': 'Revenue/hour'
},
{
'expr': f'rate(user_registrations_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[1h])',
'legendFormat': 'New Users/hour'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'palette-classic'},
'custom': {
'displayMode': 'basic'
}
}
},
'options': {
'orientation': 'horizontal',
'textMode': 'value_and_name'
}
}
]
def _create_capacity_panels(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Create capacity planning panels."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return [
{
'id': 'capacity_trends',
'title': 'Capacity Trends (7d)',
'type': 'timeseries',
'grid_pos': {'x': 0, 'y': 34, 'w': 24, 'h': 6},
'targets': [
{
'expr': f'predict_linear(avg_over_time(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m])[7d:1h]), 7*24*3600)',
'legendFormat': 'Predicted Traffic (7d)'
},
{
'expr': f'predict_linear(avg_over_time(process_resident_memory_bytes{{service="{service_name}"}}[7d:1h]), 7*24*3600)',
'legendFormat': 'Predicted Memory Usage (7d)'
}
],
'field_config': {
'defaults': {
'color': {'mode': 'palette-classic'},
'custom': {
'drawStyle': 'line',
'lineStyle': {'dash': [10, 10]}
}
}
}
}
]
def _generate_template_variables(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Generate template variables for dynamic dashboard filtering."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return [
{
'name': 'environment',
'type': 'query',
'query': 'label_values(environment)',
'current': {'text': 'production', 'value': 'production'},
'includeAll': False,
'multi': False,
'refresh': 'on_dashboard_load'
},
{
'name': 'instance',
'type': 'query',
'query': f'label_values(up{{service="{service_name}"}}, instance)',
'current': {'text': 'All', 'value': '$__all'},
'includeAll': True,
'multi': True,
'refresh': 'on_time_range_change'
},
{
'name': 'handler',
'type': 'query',
'query': f'label_values(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}"}}, handler)',
'current': {'text': 'All', 'value': '$__all'},
'includeAll': True,
'multi': True,
'refresh': 'on_time_range_change'
}
]
def _generate_alerts_integration(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Generate alerts integration configuration."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return {
'alert_annotations': True,
'alert_rules_query': f'ALERTS{{service="{service_name}"}}',
'alert_panels': [
{
'title': 'Active Alerts',
'type': 'table',
'query': f'ALERTS{{service="{service_name}",alertstate="firing"}}',
'columns': ['alertname', 'severity', 'instance', 'description']
}
]
}
def _generate_drill_down_paths(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Generate drill-down navigation paths."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return {
'service_overview': {
'from': 'service_status',
'to': 'detailed_health_dashboard',
'url': f'/d/service-health/{service_name}-health',
'params': ['var-service', 'var-environment']
},
'error_investigation': {
'from': 'errors',
'to': 'error_details_dashboard',
'url': f'/d/errors/{service_name}-errors',
'params': ['var-service', 'var-time_range']
},
'latency_analysis': {
'from': 'latency',
'to': 'trace_analysis_dashboard',
'url': f'/d/traces/{service_name}-traces',
'params': ['var-service', 'var-handler']
},
'capacity_planning': {
'from': 'saturation',
'to': 'capacity_dashboard',
'url': f'/d/capacity/{service_name}-capacity',
'params': ['var-service', 'var-time_range']
}
}
def generate_grafana_json(self, dashboard_spec: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Convert dashboard specification to Grafana JSON format."""
metadata = dashboard_spec['metadata']
config = dashboard_spec['configuration']
grafana_json = {
'dashboard': {
'id': None,
'title': metadata['title'],
'tags': [metadata['service']['type'], metadata['target_role'], 'generated'],
'timezone': config['timezone'],
'refresh': config['refresh_interval'],
'time': {
'from': 'now-1h',
'to': 'now'
},
'templating': {
'list': dashboard_spec['variables']
},
'panels': self._convert_panels_to_grafana_format(dashboard_spec['panels']),
'version': 1,
'schemaVersion': 30
},
'overwrite': True
}
return grafana_json
def _convert_panels_to_grafana_format(self, panels: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Convert panel specifications to Grafana format."""
grafana_panels = []
for panel in panels:
grafana_panel = {
'id': hash(panel['id']) % 1000, # Generate numeric ID
'title': panel['title'],
'type': panel['type'],
'gridPos': panel['grid_pos'],
'targets': panel['targets'],
'fieldConfig': panel.get('field_config', {}),
'options': panel.get('options', {}),
'transformations': panel.get('transformations', [])
}
grafana_panels.append(grafana_panel)
return grafana_panels
def generate_documentation(self, dashboard_spec: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
"""Generate documentation for the dashboard."""
metadata = dashboard_spec['metadata']
service = metadata['service']
doc_content = f"""# {metadata['title']} Documentation
## Overview
This dashboard provides comprehensive monitoring for {service['name']}, a {service['type']} service with {service['criticality']} criticality.
**Target Audience:** {metadata['target_role'].upper()} teams
**Generated:** {metadata['generated_at']}
## Dashboard Sections
### Service Overview
- **Service Status**: Real-time availability status
- **SLO Achievement**: 30-day SLO compliance metrics
- **Error Budget**: Remaining error budget visualization
### Golden Signals Monitoring
- **Latency**: P50, P95, P99 response times
- **Traffic**: Request rate by status code
- **Errors**: Error rates for 4xx and 5xx responses
- **Saturation**: CPU and memory utilization
### Resource Utilization
- **CPU Usage**: Process CPU consumption
- **Memory Usage**: Memory utilization tracking
- **Network I/O**: Network throughput metrics
- **Disk I/O**: Disk read/write operations
## Key Metrics
### SLIs Tracked
"""
# Add service-type specific metrics
service_type = service.get('type', 'api')
if service_type in self.SERVICE_METRICS:
metrics = self.SERVICE_METRICS[service_type]['key_metrics']
for metric in metrics:
doc_content += f"- `{metric}`: Core service metric\n"
doc_content += f"""
## Alert Integration
- Active alerts are displayed in context with relevant panels
- Alert annotations show on time series charts
- Click-through to alert management system available
## Drill-Down Paths
"""
drill_downs = dashboard_spec.get('drill_down_paths', {})
for path_name, path_config in drill_downs.items():
doc_content += f"- **{path_name}**: From {path_config['from']} → {path_config['to']}\n"
doc_content += f"""
## Usage Guidelines
### Time Ranges
Use appropriate time ranges for different investigation types:
- **Real-time monitoring**: 15m - 1h
- **Recent incident investigation**: 1h - 6h
- **Trend analysis**: 1d - 7d
- **Capacity planning**: 7d - 30d
### Variables
- **environment**: Filter by deployment environment
- **instance**: Focus on specific service instances
- **handler**: Filter by API endpoint or handler
### Performance Optimization
- Use longer time ranges for capacity planning
- Refresh intervals are optimized per role:
- SRE: 30s for operational awareness
- Developer: 1m for troubleshooting
- Executive: 5m for high-level monitoring
## Maintenance
- Dashboard panels automatically adapt to service changes
- Template variables refresh based on actual metric labels
- Review and update business metrics quarterly
"""
return doc_content
def export_specification(self, dashboard_spec: Dict[str, Any], output_file: str,
format_type: str = 'json'):
"""Export dashboard specification."""
if format_type.lower() == 'json':
with open(output_file, 'w') as f:
json.dump(dashboard_spec, f, indent=2)
elif format_type.lower() == 'grafana':
grafana_json = self.generate_grafana_json(dashboard_spec)
with open(output_file, 'w') as f:
json.dump(grafana_json, f, indent=2)
else:
raise ValueError(f"Unsupported format: {format_type}")
def print_summary(self, dashboard_spec: Dict[str, Any]):
"""Print human-readable summary of dashboard specification."""
metadata = dashboard_spec['metadata']
service = metadata['service']
config = dashboard_spec['configuration']
panels = dashboard_spec['panels']
print(f"\n{'='*60}")
print(f"DASHBOARD SPECIFICATION SUMMARY")
print(f"{'='*60}")
print(f"\nDashboard Details:")
print(f" Title: {metadata['title']}")
print(f" Target Role: {metadata['target_role'].upper()}")
print(f" Service: {service['name']} ({service['type']})")
print(f" Criticality: {service['criticality']}")
print(f" Generated: {metadata['generated_at']}")
print(f"\nConfiguration:")
print(f" Default Time Range: {config['default_time_range']}")
print(f" Refresh Interval: {config['refresh_interval']}")
print(f" Available Time Ranges: {', '.join(config['time_ranges'])}")
print(f"\nPanels ({len(panels)}):")
panel_types = {}
for panel in panels:
panel_type = panel['type']
panel_types[panel_type] = panel_types.get(panel_type, 0) + 1
for panel_type, count in panel_types.items():
print(f" {panel_type}: {count}")
variables = dashboard_spec.get('variables', [])
print(f"\nTemplate Variables ({len(variables)}):")
for var in variables:
print(f" {var['name']} ({var['type']})")
drill_downs = dashboard_spec.get('drill_down_paths', {})
print(f"\nDrill-down Paths: {len(drill_downs)}")
print(f"\nKey Features:")
print(f" • Golden Signals monitoring")
print(f" • Resource utilization tracking")
print(f" • Alert integration")
print(f" • Role-optimized layout")
print(f" • Service-type specific panels")
print(f"\n{'='*60}\n")
def main():
"""Main function for CLI usage."""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description='Generate comprehensive dashboard specifications',
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog="""
Examples:
# Generate from service definition file
python dashboard_generator.py --input service.json --output dashboard.json
# Generate from command line parameters
python dashboard_generator.py --service-type api --name "Payment Service" --output payment_dashboard.json
# Generate Grafana-compatible JSON
python dashboard_generator.py --input service.json --output dashboard.json --format grafana
# Generate with specific role focus
python dashboard_generator.py --service-type web --name "Frontend" --role developer --output frontend_dev.json
"""
)
parser.add_argument('--input', '-i',
help='Input service definition JSON file')
parser.add_argument('--output', '-o',
help='Output dashboard specification file')
parser.add_argument('--service-type',
choices=['api', 'web', 'database', 'queue', 'batch', 'ml'],
help='Service type')
parser.add_argument('--name',
help='Service name')
parser.add_argument('--criticality',
choices=['critical', 'high', 'medium', 'low'],
default='medium',
help='Service criticality level')
parser.add_argument('--role',
choices=['sre', 'developer', 'executive', 'ops'],
default='sre',
help='Target role for dashboard optimization')
parser.add_argument('--format',
choices=['json', 'grafana'],
default='json',
help='Output format (json specification or grafana compatible)')
parser.add_argument('--doc-output',
help='Generate documentation file')
parser.add_argument('--summary-only', action='store_true',
help='Only display summary, do not save files')
args = parser.parse_args()
if not args.input and not (args.service_type and args.name):
parser.error("Must provide either --input file or --service-type and --name")
generator = DashboardGenerator()
try:
# Load or create service definition
if args.input:
service_def = generator.load_service_definition(args.input)
else:
service_def = generator.create_service_definition(
args.service_type, args.name, args.criticality
)
# Generate dashboard specification
dashboard_spec = generator.generate_dashboard_specification(service_def, args.role)
# Output results
if not args.summary_only:
output_file = args.output or f"{service_def['name'].replace(' ', '_').lower()}_dashboard.json"
generator.export_specification(dashboard_spec, output_file, args.format)
print(f"Dashboard specification saved to: {output_file}")
# Generate documentation if requested
if args.doc_output:
documentation = generator.generate_documentation(dashboard_spec)
with open(args.doc_output, 'w') as f:
f.write(documentation)
print(f"Documentation saved to: {args.doc_output}")
# Always show summary
generator.print_summary(dashboard_spec)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
FILE:scripts/slo_designer.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
SLO Designer - Generate comprehensive SLI/SLO frameworks for services
This script analyzes service descriptions and generates complete SLO frameworks including:
- SLI definitions based on service characteristics
- SLO targets based on criticality and user impact
- Error budget calculations and policies
- Multi-window burn rate alerts
- SLA recommendations for customer-facing services
Usage:
python slo_designer.py --input service_definition.json --output slo_framework.json
python slo_designer.py --service-type api --criticality high --user-facing true
"""
import json
import argparse
import sys
import math
from typing import Dict, List, Any, Tuple
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
class SLODesigner:
"""Design and generate SLO frameworks for services."""
# SLO target recommendations based on service criticality
SLO_TARGETS = {
'critical': {
'availability': 0.9999, # 99.99% - 4.38 minutes downtime/month
'latency_p95': 100, # 95th percentile latency in ms
'latency_p99': 500, # 99th percentile latency in ms
'error_rate': 0.001 # 0.1% error rate
},
'high': {
'availability': 0.999, # 99.9% - 43.8 minutes downtime/month
'latency_p95': 200, # 95th percentile latency in ms
'latency_p99': 1000, # 99th percentile latency in ms
'error_rate': 0.005 # 0.5% error rate
},
'medium': {
'availability': 0.995, # 99.5% - 3.65 hours downtime/month
'latency_p95': 500, # 95th percentile latency in ms
'latency_p99': 2000, # 99th percentile latency in ms
'error_rate': 0.01 # 1% error rate
},
'low': {
'availability': 0.99, # 99% - 7.3 hours downtime/month
'latency_p95': 1000, # 95th percentile latency in ms
'latency_p99': 5000, # 99th percentile latency in ms
'error_rate': 0.02 # 2% error rate
}
}
# Burn rate windows for multi-window alerting
BURN_RATE_WINDOWS = [
{'short': '5m', 'long': '1h', 'burn_rate': 14.4, 'budget_consumed': '2%'},
{'short': '30m', 'long': '6h', 'burn_rate': 6, 'budget_consumed': '5%'},
{'short': '2h', 'long': '1d', 'burn_rate': 3, 'budget_consumed': '10%'},
{'short': '6h', 'long': '3d', 'burn_rate': 1, 'budget_consumed': '10%'}
]
# Service type specific SLI recommendations
SERVICE_TYPE_SLIS = {
'api': ['availability', 'latency', 'error_rate', 'throughput'],
'web': ['availability', 'latency', 'error_rate', 'page_load_time'],
'database': ['availability', 'query_latency', 'connection_success_rate', 'replication_lag'],
'queue': ['availability', 'message_processing_time', 'queue_depth', 'message_loss_rate'],
'batch': ['job_success_rate', 'job_duration', 'data_freshness', 'resource_utilization'],
'ml': ['model_accuracy', 'prediction_latency', 'training_success_rate', 'feature_freshness']
}
def __init__(self):
"""Initialize the SLO Designer."""
self.service_config = {}
self.slo_framework = {}
def load_service_definition(self, file_path: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Load service definition from JSON file."""
try:
with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
return json.load(f)
except FileNotFoundError:
raise ValueError(f"Service definition file not found: {file_path}")
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
raise ValueError(f"Invalid JSON in service definition: {e}")
def create_service_definition(self, service_type: str, criticality: str,
user_facing: bool, name: str = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Create a service definition from parameters."""
return {
'name': name or f'{service_type}_service',
'type': service_type,
'criticality': criticality,
'user_facing': user_facing,
'description': f'A {criticality} criticality {service_type} service',
'dependencies': [],
'team': 'platform',
'environment': 'production'
}
def generate_slis(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Generate Service Level Indicators based on service characteristics."""
service_type = service_def.get('type', 'api')
base_slis = self.SERVICE_TYPE_SLIS.get(service_type, ['availability', 'latency', 'error_rate'])
slis = []
for sli_name in base_slis:
sli = self._create_sli_definition(sli_name, service_def)
if sli:
slis.append(sli)
# Add user-facing specific SLIs
if service_def.get('user_facing', False):
user_slis = self._generate_user_facing_slis(service_def)
slis.extend(user_slis)
return slis
def _create_sli_definition(self, sli_name: str, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Create detailed SLI definition."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
sli_definitions = {
'availability': {
'name': 'Availability',
'description': 'Percentage of successful requests',
'type': 'ratio',
'good_events': f'sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}",code!~"5.."}}))',
'total_events': f'sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}"}}))',
'unit': 'percentage'
},
'latency': {
'name': 'Request Latency P95',
'description': '95th percentile of request latency',
'type': 'threshold',
'query': f'histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m]))',
'unit': 'seconds'
},
'error_rate': {
'name': 'Error Rate',
'description': 'Rate of 5xx errors',
'type': 'ratio',
'good_events': f'sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}",code!~"5.."}}))',
'total_events': f'sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}"}}))',
'unit': 'percentage'
},
'throughput': {
'name': 'Request Throughput',
'description': 'Requests per second',
'type': 'gauge',
'query': f'sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m]))',
'unit': 'requests/sec'
},
'page_load_time': {
'name': 'Page Load Time P95',
'description': '95th percentile of page load time',
'type': 'threshold',
'query': f'histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(page_load_duration_seconds_bucket{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m]))',
'unit': 'seconds'
},
'query_latency': {
'name': 'Database Query Latency P95',
'description': '95th percentile of database query latency',
'type': 'threshold',
'query': f'histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(db_query_duration_seconds_bucket{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m]))',
'unit': 'seconds'
},
'connection_success_rate': {
'name': 'Database Connection Success Rate',
'description': 'Percentage of successful database connections',
'type': 'ratio',
'good_events': f'sum(rate(db_connections_total{{service="{service_name}",status="success"}}[5m]))',
'total_events': f'sum(rate(db_connections_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m]))',
'unit': 'percentage'
}
}
return sli_definitions.get(sli_name)
def _generate_user_facing_slis(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Generate additional SLIs for user-facing services."""
service_name = service_def.get('name', 'service')
return [
{
'name': 'User Journey Success Rate',
'description': 'Percentage of successful complete user journeys',
'type': 'ratio',
'good_events': f'sum(rate(user_journey_total{{service="{service_name}",status="success"}}[5m]))',
'total_events': f'sum(rate(user_journey_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m]))',
'unit': 'percentage'
},
{
'name': 'Feature Availability',
'description': 'Percentage of time key features are available',
'type': 'ratio',
'good_events': f'sum(rate(feature_checks_total{{service="{service_name}",status="available"}}[5m]))',
'total_events': f'sum(rate(feature_checks_total{{service="{service_name}"}}[5m]))',
'unit': 'percentage'
}
]
def generate_slos(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any], slis: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Generate Service Level Objectives based on service criticality."""
criticality = service_def.get('criticality', 'medium')
targets = self.SLO_TARGETS.get(criticality, self.SLO_TARGETS['medium'])
slos = []
for sli in slis:
slo = self._create_slo_from_sli(sli, targets, service_def)
if slo:
slos.append(slo)
return slos
def _create_slo_from_sli(self, sli: Dict[str, Any], targets: Dict[str, float],
service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Create SLO definition from SLI."""
sli_name = sli['name'].lower().replace(' ', '_')
# Map SLI names to target keys
target_mapping = {
'availability': 'availability',
'request_latency_p95': 'latency_p95',
'error_rate': 'error_rate',
'user_journey_success_rate': 'availability',
'feature_availability': 'availability',
'page_load_time_p95': 'latency_p95',
'database_query_latency_p95': 'latency_p95',
'database_connection_success_rate': 'availability'
}
target_key = target_mapping.get(sli_name)
if not target_key:
return None
target_value = targets.get(target_key)
if target_value is None:
return None
# Determine comparison operator and format target
if 'latency' in sli_name or 'duration' in sli_name:
operator = '<='
target_display = f"{target_value}ms" if target_value < 10 else f"{target_value/1000}s"
elif 'rate' in sli_name and 'error' in sli_name:
operator = '<='
target_display = f"{target_value * 100}%"
target_value = target_value # Keep as decimal
else:
operator = '>='
target_display = f"{target_value * 100}%"
# Calculate time windows
time_windows = ['1h', '1d', '7d', '30d']
slo = {
'name': f"{sli['name']} SLO",
'description': f"Service level objective for {sli['description'].lower()}",
'sli_name': sli['name'],
'target_value': target_value,
'target_display': target_display,
'operator': operator,
'time_windows': time_windows,
'measurement_window': '30d',
'service': service_def.get('name', 'service'),
'criticality': service_def.get('criticality', 'medium')
}
return slo
def calculate_error_budgets(self, slos: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Calculate error budgets for SLOs."""
error_budgets = []
for slo in slos:
if slo['operator'] == '>=': # Availability-type SLOs
target = slo['target_value']
error_budget_rate = 1 - target
# Calculate budget for different time windows
time_windows = {
'1h': 3600,
'1d': 86400,
'7d': 604800,
'30d': 2592000
}
budgets = {}
for window, seconds in time_windows.items():
budget_seconds = seconds * error_budget_rate
if budget_seconds < 60:
budgets[window] = f"{budget_seconds:.1f} seconds"
elif budget_seconds < 3600:
budgets[window] = f"{budget_seconds/60:.1f} minutes"
else:
budgets[window] = f"{budget_seconds/3600:.1f} hours"
error_budget = {
'slo_name': slo['name'],
'error_budget_rate': error_budget_rate,
'error_budget_percentage': f"{error_budget_rate * 100:.3f}%",
'budgets_by_window': budgets,
'burn_rate_alerts': self._generate_burn_rate_alerts(slo, error_budget_rate)
}
error_budgets.append(error_budget)
return error_budgets
def _generate_burn_rate_alerts(self, slo: Dict[str, Any], error_budget_rate: float) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Generate multi-window burn rate alerts."""
alerts = []
service_name = slo['service']
sli_query = self._get_sli_query_for_burn_rate(slo)
for window_config in self.BURN_RATE_WINDOWS:
alert = {
'name': f"{slo['sli_name']} Burn Rate {window_config['budget_consumed']} Alert",
'description': f"Alert when {slo['sli_name']} is consuming error budget at {window_config['burn_rate']}x rate",
'severity': self._determine_alert_severity(float(window_config['budget_consumed'].rstrip('%'))),
'short_window': window_config['short'],
'long_window': window_config['long'],
'burn_rate_threshold': window_config['burn_rate'],
'budget_consumed': window_config['budget_consumed'],
'condition': f"({sli_query}_short > {window_config['burn_rate']}) and ({sli_query}_long > {window_config['burn_rate']})",
'annotations': {
'summary': f"High burn rate detected for {slo['sli_name']}",
'description': f"Error budget consumption rate is {window_config['burn_rate']}x normal, will exhaust {window_config['budget_consumed']} of monthly budget"
}
}
alerts.append(alert)
return alerts
def _get_sli_query_for_burn_rate(self, slo: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
"""Generate SLI query fragment for burn rate calculation."""
service_name = slo['service']
sli_name = slo['sli_name'].lower().replace(' ', '_')
if 'availability' in sli_name or 'success' in sli_name:
return f"(1 - (sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service='{service_name}',code!~'5..'}})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service='{service_name}'}}))))"
elif 'error' in sli_name:
return f"(sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service='{service_name}',code=~'5..'}})) / sum(rate(http_requests_total{{service='{service_name}'}})))"
else:
return f"sli_burn_rate_{sli_name}"
def _determine_alert_severity(self, budget_consumed_percent: float) -> str:
"""Determine alert severity based on budget consumption rate."""
if budget_consumed_percent <= 2:
return 'critical'
elif budget_consumed_percent <= 5:
return 'warning'
else:
return 'info'
def generate_sla_recommendations(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any],
slos: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Generate SLA recommendations for customer-facing services."""
if not service_def.get('user_facing', False):
return {
'applicable': False,
'reason': 'SLA not recommended for non-user-facing services'
}
criticality = service_def.get('criticality', 'medium')
# SLA targets should be more conservative than SLO targets
sla_buffer = 0.001 # 0.1% buffer below SLO
sla_recommendations = {
'applicable': True,
'service': service_def.get('name'),
'commitments': [],
'penalties': self._generate_penalty_structure(criticality),
'measurement_methodology': 'External synthetic monitoring from multiple geographic locations',
'exclusions': [
'Planned maintenance windows (with 72h advance notice)',
'Customer-side network or infrastructure issues',
'Force majeure events',
'Third-party service dependencies beyond our control'
]
}
for slo in slos:
if slo['operator'] == '>=' and 'availability' in slo['sli_name'].lower():
sla_target = max(0.9, slo['target_value'] - sla_buffer)
commitment = {
'metric': slo['sli_name'],
'target': sla_target,
'target_display': f"{sla_target * 100:.2f}%",
'measurement_window': 'monthly',
'measurement_method': 'Uptime monitoring with 1-minute granularity'
}
sla_recommendations['commitments'].append(commitment)
return sla_recommendations
def _generate_penalty_structure(self, criticality: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Generate penalty structure based on service criticality."""
penalty_structures = {
'critical': [
{'breach_threshold': '< 99.99%', 'credit_percentage': 10},
{'breach_threshold': '< 99.9%', 'credit_percentage': 25},
{'breach_threshold': '< 99%', 'credit_percentage': 50}
],
'high': [
{'breach_threshold': '< 99.9%', 'credit_percentage': 10},
{'breach_threshold': '< 99.5%', 'credit_percentage': 25}
],
'medium': [
{'breach_threshold': '< 99.5%', 'credit_percentage': 10}
],
'low': []
}
return penalty_structures.get(criticality, [])
def generate_framework(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Generate complete SLO framework."""
# Generate SLIs
slis = self.generate_slis(service_def)
# Generate SLOs
slos = self.generate_slos(service_def, slis)
# Calculate error budgets
error_budgets = self.calculate_error_budgets(slos)
# Generate SLA recommendations
sla_recommendations = self.generate_sla_recommendations(service_def, slos)
# Create comprehensive framework
framework = {
'metadata': {
'service': service_def,
'generated_at': datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + 'Z',
'framework_version': '1.0'
},
'slis': slis,
'slos': slos,
'error_budgets': error_budgets,
'sla_recommendations': sla_recommendations,
'monitoring_recommendations': self._generate_monitoring_recommendations(service_def),
'implementation_guide': self._generate_implementation_guide(service_def, slis, slos)
}
return framework
def _generate_monitoring_recommendations(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Generate monitoring tool recommendations."""
service_type = service_def.get('type', 'api')
recommendations = {
'metrics': {
'collection': 'Prometheus with service discovery',
'retention': '90 days for raw metrics, 1 year for aggregated',
'alerting': 'Prometheus Alertmanager with multi-window burn rate alerts'
},
'logging': {
'format': 'Structured JSON logs with correlation IDs',
'aggregation': 'ELK stack or equivalent with proper indexing',
'retention': '30 days for debug logs, 90 days for error logs'
},
'tracing': {
'sampling': 'Adaptive sampling with 1% base rate',
'storage': 'Jaeger or Zipkin with 7-day retention',
'integration': 'OpenTelemetry instrumentation'
}
}
if service_type == 'web':
recommendations['synthetic_monitoring'] = {
'frequency': 'Every 1 minute from 3+ geographic locations',
'checks': 'Full user journey simulation',
'tools': 'Pingdom, DataDog Synthetics, or equivalent'
}
return recommendations
def _generate_implementation_guide(self, service_def: Dict[str, Any],
slis: List[Dict[str, Any]],
slos: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Generate implementation guide for the SLO framework."""
return {
'prerequisites': [
'Service instrumented with metrics collection (Prometheus format)',
'Structured logging with correlation IDs',
'Monitoring infrastructure (Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager)',
'Incident response processes and escalation policies'
],
'implementation_steps': [
{
'step': 1,
'title': 'Instrument Service',
'description': 'Add metrics collection for all defined SLIs',
'estimated_effort': '1-2 days'
},
{
'step': 2,
'title': 'Configure Recording Rules',
'description': 'Set up Prometheus recording rules for SLI calculations',
'estimated_effort': '4-8 hours'
},
{
'step': 3,
'title': 'Implement Burn Rate Alerts',
'description': 'Configure multi-window burn rate alerting rules',
'estimated_effort': '1 day'
},
{
'step': 4,
'title': 'Create SLO Dashboard',
'description': 'Build Grafana dashboard for SLO tracking and error budget monitoring',
'estimated_effort': '4-6 hours'
},
{
'step': 5,
'title': 'Test and Validate',
'description': 'Test alerting and validate SLI measurements against expectations',
'estimated_effort': '1-2 days'
},
{
'step': 6,
'title': 'Documentation and Training',
'description': 'Document runbooks and train team on SLO monitoring',
'estimated_effort': '1 day'
}
],
'validation_checklist': [
'All SLIs produce expected metric values',
'Burn rate alerts fire correctly during simulated outages',
'Error budget calculations match manual verification',
'Dashboard displays accurate SLO achievement rates',
'Alert routing reaches correct escalation paths',
'Runbooks are complete and tested'
]
}
def export_json(self, framework: Dict[str, Any], output_file: str):
"""Export framework as JSON."""
with open(output_file, 'w') as f:
json.dump(framework, f, indent=2)
def print_summary(self, framework: Dict[str, Any]):
"""Print human-readable summary of the SLO framework."""
service = framework['metadata']['service']
slis = framework['slis']
slos = framework['slos']
error_budgets = framework['error_budgets']
print(f"\n{'='*60}")
print(f"SLO FRAMEWORK SUMMARY FOR {service['name'].upper()}")
print(f"{'='*60}")
print(f"\nService Details:")
print(f" Type: {service['type']}")
print(f" Criticality: {service['criticality']}")
print(f" User Facing: {'Yes' if service.get('user_facing') else 'No'}")
print(f" Team: {service.get('team', 'Unknown')}")
print(f"\nService Level Indicators ({len(slis)}):")
for i, sli in enumerate(slis, 1):
print(f" {i}. {sli['name']}")
print(f" Description: {sli['description']}")
print(f" Type: {sli['type']}")
print()
print(f"Service Level Objectives ({len(slos)}):")
for i, slo in enumerate(slos, 1):
print(f" {i}. {slo['name']}")
print(f" Target: {slo['target_display']}")
print(f" Measurement Window: {slo['measurement_window']}")
print()
print(f"Error Budget Summary:")
for budget in error_budgets:
print(f" {budget['slo_name']}:")
print(f" Monthly Budget: {budget['error_budget_percentage']}")
print(f" Burn Rate Alerts: {len(budget['burn_rate_alerts'])}")
print()
sla = framework['sla_recommendations']
if sla['applicable']:
print(f"SLA Recommendations:")
print(f" Commitments: {len(sla['commitments'])}")
print(f" Penalty Tiers: {len(sla['penalties'])}")
else:
print(f"SLA Recommendations: {sla['reason']}")
print(f"\nImplementation Timeline: 1-2 weeks")
print(f"Framework generated at: {framework['metadata']['generated_at']}")
print(f"{'='*60}\n")
def main():
"""Main function for CLI usage."""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description='Generate comprehensive SLO frameworks for services',
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog="""
Examples:
# Generate from service definition file
python slo_designer.py --input service.json --output framework.json
# Generate from command line parameters
python slo_designer.py --service-type api --criticality high --user-facing true --output framework.json
# Generate and display summary only
python slo_designer.py --service-type web --criticality critical --user-facing true --summary-only
"""
)
parser.add_argument('--input', '-i',
help='Input service definition JSON file')
parser.add_argument('--output', '-o',
help='Output framework JSON file')
parser.add_argument('--service-type',
choices=['api', 'web', 'database', 'queue', 'batch', 'ml'],
help='Service type')
parser.add_argument('--criticality',
choices=['critical', 'high', 'medium', 'low'],
help='Service criticality level')
parser.add_argument('--user-facing',
choices=['true', 'false'],
help='Whether service is user-facing')
parser.add_argument('--service-name',
help='Service name')
parser.add_argument('--summary-only', action='store_true',
help='Only display summary, do not save JSON')
args = parser.parse_args()
if not args.input and not (args.service_type and args.criticality and args.user_facing):
parser.error("Must provide either --input file or --service-type, --criticality, and --user-facing")
designer = SLODesigner()
try:
# Load or create service definition
if args.input:
service_def = designer.load_service_definition(args.input)
else:
user_facing = args.user_facing.lower() == 'true'
service_def = designer.create_service_definition(
args.service_type, args.criticality, user_facing, args.service_name
)
# Generate framework
framework = designer.generate_framework(service_def)
# Output results
if not args.summary_only:
output_file = args.output or f"{service_def['name']}_slo_framework.json"
designer.export_json(framework, output_file)
print(f"SLO framework saved to: {output_file}")
# Always show summary
designer.print_summary(framework)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()Tạo user story kèm tiêu chí chấp nhận và hỗ trợ lập kế hoạch sprint.
--- name: user-story description: Generate user stories with acceptance criteria and sprint planning. Usage: /user-story <generate|sprint> [options] --- # /user-story Generate structured user stories with acceptance criteria, story points, and sprint capacity planning. ## Usage ``` /user-story generate Generate user stories (interactive) /user-story sprint <capacity> Plan sprint with story point capacity ``` ## Input Format Interactive mode prompts for feature context. For sprint planning, provide capacity as story points: ``` /user-story generate > Feature: User authentication > Persona: Engineering manager > Epic: Platform Security /user-story sprint 21 > Stories are ranked by priority and fit within 21-point capacity ``` ## Examples ``` /user-story generate /user-story sprint 34 /user-story sprint 21 ``` ## Scripts - `product-team/agile-product-owner/scripts/user_story_generator.py` — User story generator (positional args: `sprint <capacity>`) ## Skill Reference > `product-team/agile-product-owner/SKILL.md`
Chạy quy trình dọn dẹp feature flag hằng quý trên repo hiện tại.
--- description: Run the quarterly feature-flag cleanup workflow on the current repo --- # /flag-cleanup Run the full feature-flag cleanup workflow: 1. Scan for stale flags (older than 90 days, used in ≤2 places) 2. For each candidate, identify the introducing PR/issue and current owner 3. Generate a removal plan grouped by owner 4. Run kill-switch audit against the flag-doc registry 5. Output a markdown report ready to share with the team ## Usage ``` /flag-cleanup /flag-cleanup --max-age-days 60 /flag-cleanup --flag-doc runbooks/flags.md ``` ## Implementation This command dispatches to the `feature-flags-architect` skill: ```bash SKILL=engineering/feature-flags-architect/skills/feature-flags-architect # Step 1: scan for debt python "$SKILL/scripts/flag_debt_scanner.py" --repo . --max-age-days "-90" --format json > .flag-debt.json # Step 2: audit kill switches python "$SKILL/scripts/kill_switch_audit.py" --repo . --flag-doc "-docs/feature-flags.md" --format json > .kill-switch-audit.json # Step 3: synthesize a markdown report # (Claude reads both JSON files, groups by owner, drafts the cleanup plan) ``` ## Output A markdown report with: - **Stale flag candidates** grouped by owner, with introducing commit links - **Undocumented flags** that fail the kill-switch audit - **Incomplete documentation** (missing fields per flag) - **Suggested removal PRs** — one per owner ## Pre-conditions - Run from a git repository with the source code committed - A flag-doc registry exists (default: `docs/feature-flags.md`) - The `feature-flags-architect` skill is installed ## Post-conditions - `.flag-debt.json` and `.kill-switch-audit.json` written to repo root (ignored via `.gitignore`) - Markdown report streamed to terminal - Recommended next step printed (which removal PR to start with)
Triển khai và duy trì hệ thống quản lý chất lượng ISO 13485 cho thiết bị y tế: thiết kế QMS, kiểm soát tài liệu, đánh giá nội bộ, CAPA và hỗ trợ chứng nhận.
---
name: "quality-manager-qms-iso13485"
description: ISO 13485 Quality Management System implementation and maintenance for medical device organizations. Provides QMS design, documentation control, internal auditing, CAPA management, and certification support. Use when working with medical device quality systems, preparing for ISO 13485 audits, managing regulatory compliance documentation, setting up corrective actions, or building audit preparation programs. Useful for quality management, audit preparation, regulatory compliance, medical device documentation, and corrective action workflows.
triggers:
- ISO 13485
- QMS implementation
- quality management system
- document control
- internal audit
- management review
- quality manual
- CAPA process
- process validation
- design control
- supplier qualification
- quality records
---
# Quality Manager - QMS ISO 13485 Specialist
ISO 13485:2016 Quality Management System implementation, maintenance, and certification support for medical device organizations.
---
## Table of Contents
- [QMS Implementation Workflow](#qms-implementation-workflow)
- [Document Control Workflow](#document-control-workflow)
- [Internal Audit Workflow](#internal-audit-workflow)
- [Process Validation Workflow](#process-validation-workflow)
- [Supplier Qualification Workflow](#supplier-qualification-workflow)
- [QMS Process Reference](#qms-process-reference)
- [Decision Frameworks](#decision-frameworks)
- [Tools and References](#tools-and-references)
---
## QMS Implementation Workflow
Implement ISO 13485:2016 compliant quality management system from gap analysis through certification.
### Workflow: Initial QMS Implementation
1. Conduct gap analysis against ISO 13485:2016 requirements
2. Document current state vs. required state for each clause
3. Prioritize gaps by:
- Regulatory criticality
- Risk to product safety
- Resource requirements
4. Develop implementation roadmap with milestones
5. Establish Quality Manual per Clause 4.2.2:
- QMS scope with justified exclusions
- Process interactions
- Procedure references
6. Create required documented procedures — see [Mandatory Documented Procedures](#quick-reference-mandatory-documented-procedures) for the full list
7. Deploy processes with training
8. **Validation:** Gap analysis complete; Quality Manual approved; all required procedures documented and trained
> Use the Gap Analysis Matrix template in [qms-process-templates.md](references/qms-process-templates.md) to document clause-by-clause current state, gaps, priority, and actions.
### QMS Structure
| Level | Document Type | Example |
|-------|---------------|---------|
| 1 | Quality Manual | QM-001 |
| 2 | Procedures | SOP-02-001 |
| 3 | Work Instructions | WI-06-012 |
| 4 | Records | Training records |
---
## Document Control Workflow
Establish and maintain document control per ISO 13485 Clause 4.2.3.
### Workflow: Document Creation and Approval
1. Identify need for new document or revision
2. Assign document number per numbering convention:
- Format: `[TYPE]-[AREA]-[SEQUENCE]-[REV]`
- Example: `SOP-02-001-01`
3. Draft document using approved template
4. Route for review to subject matter experts
5. Collect and address review comments
6. Obtain required approvals based on document type
7. Update Document Master List
8. **Validation:** Document numbered correctly; all reviewers signed; Master List updated
### Document Numbering Convention
| Prefix | Document Type | Approval Authority |
|--------|---------------|-------------------|
| QM | Quality Manual | Management Rep + CEO |
| POL | Policy | Department Head + QA |
| SOP | Procedure | Process Owner + QA |
| WI | Work Instruction | Supervisor + QA |
| TF | Template/Form | Process Owner |
| SPEC | Specification | Engineering + QA |
### Area Codes
| Code | Area | Examples |
|------|------|----------|
| 01 | Quality Management | Quality Manual, policy |
| 02 | Document Control | This procedure |
| 03 | Training | Competency procedures |
| 04 | Design | Design control |
| 05 | Purchasing | Supplier management |
| 06 | Production | Manufacturing |
| 07 | Quality Control | Inspection, testing |
| 08 | CAPA | Corrective actions |
### Document Change Control
| Change Type | Approval Level | Examples |
|-------------|----------------|----------|
| Administrative | Document Control | Typos, formatting |
| Minor | Process Owner + QA | Clarifications |
| Major | Full review cycle | Process changes |
| Emergency | Expedited + retrospective | Safety issues |
### Document Review Schedule
| Document Type | Review Period | Trigger for Unscheduled Review |
|---------------|---------------|-------------------------------|
| Quality Manual | Annual | Organizational change |
| Procedures | Annual | Audit finding, regulation change |
| Work Instructions | 2 years | Process change |
| Forms | 2 years | User feedback |
---
## Internal Audit Workflow
Plan and execute internal audits per ISO 13485 Clause 8.2.4.
### Workflow: Annual Audit Program
1. Identify processes and areas requiring audit coverage
2. Assess risk factors for audit frequency:
- Previous audit findings
- Regulatory changes
- Process changes
- Complaint trends
3. Assign qualified auditors (independent of area audited)
4. Develop annual audit schedule
5. Obtain management approval
6. Communicate schedule to process owners
7. Track completion and reschedule as needed
8. **Validation:** All processes covered; auditors qualified and independent; schedule approved
> Use the Audit Program Template in [qms-process-templates.md](references/qms-process-templates.md) to schedule audits by clause and quarter across processes such as Document Control (4.2.3/4.2.4), Management Review (5.6), Design Control (7.3), Production (7.5), and CAPA (8.5.2/8.5.3).
### Workflow: Individual Audit Execution
1. Prepare audit plan with scope, criteria, and schedule
2. Notify auditee minimum 1 week prior
3. Review procedures and previous audit results
4. Prepare audit checklist
5. Conduct opening meeting
6. Collect evidence through:
- Document review
- Record sampling
- Process observation
- Personnel interviews
7. Classify findings:
- Major NC: Absence or breakdown of system
- Minor NC: Single lapse or deviation
- Observation: Risk of future NC
8. Conduct closing meeting
9. Issue audit report within 5 business days
10. **Validation:** All checklist items addressed; findings supported by evidence; report distributed
### Auditor Qualification Requirements
| Criterion | Requirement |
|-----------|-------------|
| Training | ISO 13485 awareness + auditor training |
| Experience | Minimum 1 audit as observer |
| Independence | Not auditing own work area |
| Competence | Understanding of audited process |
### Finding Classification Guide
| Classification | Criteria | Response Time |
|----------------|----------|---------------|
| Major NC | System absence, total breakdown, regulatory violation | 30 days for CAPA |
| Minor NC | Single instance, partial compliance | 60 days for CAPA |
| Observation | Potential risk, improvement opportunity | Track in next audit |
---
## Process Validation Workflow
Validate special processes per ISO 13485 Clause 7.5.6.
### Workflow: Process Validation Protocol
1. Identify processes requiring validation:
- Output cannot be verified by inspection
- Deficiencies appear only in use
- Sterilization, welding, sealing, software
2. Form validation team with subject matter experts
3. Write validation protocol including:
- Process description and parameters
- Equipment and materials
- Acceptance criteria
- Statistical approach
4. Execute IQ: verify equipment installed correctly and document specifications
5. Execute OQ: test parameter ranges and verify process control
6. Execute PQ: run production conditions and verify output meets requirements
7. Write validation report with conclusions
8. **Validation:** IQ/OQ/PQ complete; acceptance criteria met; validation report approved
### Validation Documentation Requirements
| Phase | Content | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| Protocol | Objectives, methods, criteria | Approved protocol |
| IQ | Equipment verification | Installation records |
| OQ | Parameter verification | Test results |
| PQ | Performance verification | Production data |
| Report | Summary, conclusions | Approval signatures |
### Revalidation Triggers
| Trigger | Action Required |
|---------|-----------------|
| Equipment change | Assess impact, revalidate affected phases |
| Parameter change | OQ and PQ minimum |
| Material change | Assess impact, PQ minimum |
| Process failure | Full revalidation |
| Periodic | Per validation schedule (typically 3 years) |
### Special Process Examples
| Process | Validation Standard | Critical Parameters |
|---------|--------------------|--------------------|
| EO Sterilization | ISO 11135 | Temperature, humidity, EO concentration, time |
| Steam Sterilization | ISO 17665 | Temperature, pressure, time |
| Radiation Sterilization | ISO 11137 | Dose, dose uniformity |
| Sealing | Internal | Temperature, pressure, dwell time |
| Welding | ISO 11607 | Heat, pressure, speed |
---
## Supplier Qualification Workflow
Evaluate and approve suppliers per ISO 13485 Clause 7.4.
### Workflow: New Supplier Qualification
1. Identify supplier category:
- Category A: Critical (affects safety/performance)
- Category B: Major (affects quality)
- Category C: Minor (indirect impact)
2. Request supplier information:
- Quality certifications
- Product specifications
- Quality history
3. Evaluate supplier based on:
- Quality system (ISO certification)
- Technical capability
- Quality history
- Financial stability
4. For Category A suppliers:
- Conduct on-site audit
- Require quality agreement
5. Calculate qualification score
6. Make approval decision:
- >80: Approved
- 60-80: Conditional approval
- <60: Not approved
7. Add to Approved Supplier List
8. **Validation:** Evaluation criteria scored; qualification records complete; supplier categorized
### Supplier Evaluation Criteria
| Criterion | Weight | Scoring |
|-----------|--------|---------|
| Quality System | 30% | ISO 13485=30, ISO 9001=20, Documented=10, None=0 |
| Quality History | 25% | Reject rate: <1%=25, 1-3%=15, >3%=0 |
| Delivery | 20% | On-time: >95%=20, 90-95%=10, <90%=0 |
| Technical Capability | 15% | Exceeds=15, Meets=10, Marginal=5 |
| Financial Stability | 10% | Strong=10, Adequate=5, Questionable=0 |
### Supplier Category Requirements
| Category | Qualification | Monitoring | Agreement |
|----------|---------------|------------|-----------|
| A - Critical | On-site audit | Annual review | Quality agreement |
| B - Major | Questionnaire | Semi-annual review | Quality requirements |
| C - Minor | Assessment | Issue-based | Standard terms |
### Supplier Performance Metrics
| Metric | Target | Calculation |
|--------|--------|-------------|
| Accept Rate | >98% | (Accepted lots / Total lots) × 100 |
| On-Time Delivery | >95% | (On-time / Total orders) × 100 |
| Response Time | <5 days | Average days to resolve issues |
| Documentation | 100% | (Complete CoCs / Required CoCs) × 100 |
---
## QMS Process Reference
For detailed requirements and audit questions for each ISO 13485:2016 clause, see [iso13485-clause-requirements.md](references/iso13485-clause-requirements.md).
### Management Review Required Inputs (Clause 5.6.2)
| Input | Source | Prepared By |
|-------|--------|-------------|
| Audit results | Internal and external audits | QA Manager |
| Customer feedback | Complaints, surveys | Customer Quality |
| Process performance | Process metrics | Process Owners |
| Product conformity | Inspection data, NCs | QC Manager |
| CAPA status | CAPA system | CAPA Officer |
| Previous actions | Prior review records | QMR |
| Changes affecting QMS | Regulatory, organizational | RA Manager |
| Recommendations | All sources | All Managers |
### Record Retention Requirements
| Record Type | Minimum Retention | Regulatory Basis |
|-------------|-------------------|------------------|
| Device Master Record | Life of device + 2 years | 21 CFR 820.181 |
| Device History Record | Life of device + 2 years | 21 CFR 820.184 |
| Design History File | Life of device + 2 years | 21 CFR 820.30 |
| Complaint Records | Life of device + 2 years | 21 CFR 820.198 |
| Training Records | Employment + 3 years | Best practice |
| Audit Records | 7 years | Best practice |
| CAPA Records | 7 years | Best practice |
| Calibration Records | Equipment life + 2 years | Best practice |
---
## Decision Frameworks
### Exclusion Justification (Clause 4.2.2)
| Clause | Permissible Exclusion | Justification Required |
|--------|----------------------|------------------------|
| 6.4.2 | Contamination control | Product not affected by contamination |
| 7.3 | Design and development | Organization does not design products |
| 7.5.2 | Product cleanliness | No cleanliness requirements |
| 7.5.3 | Installation | No installation activities |
| 7.5.4 | Servicing | No servicing activities |
| 7.5.5 | Sterile products | No sterile products |
### Nonconformity Disposition Decision Tree
```
Nonconforming Product Identified
│
▼
Can it be reworked?
│
Yes──┴──No
│ │
▼ ▼
Is rework Can it be used
procedure as is?
available? │
│ Yes──┴──No
Yes─┴─No │ │
│ │ ▼ ▼
▼ ▼ Concession Scrap or
Rework Create approval return to
per SOP rework needed? supplier
procedure │
Yes─┴─No
│ │
▼ ▼
Customer Use as is
approval with MRB
approval
```
### CAPA Initiation Criteria
| Source | Automatic CAPA | Evaluate for CAPA |
|--------|----------------|-------------------|
| Customer complaint | Safety-related | All others |
| External audit | Major NC | Minor NC |
| Internal audit | Major NC | Repeat minor NC |
| Product NC | Field failure | Trend exceeds threshold |
| Process deviation | Safety impact | Repeated deviations |
---
## Tools and References
### Scripts
| Tool | Purpose | Usage |
|------|---------|-------|
| [qms_audit_checklist.py](scripts/qms_audit_checklist.py) | Generate audit checklists by clause or process | `python qms_audit_checklist.py --help` |
**Audit Checklist Generator Features:**
- Generate clause-specific checklists (e.g., `--clause 7.3`)
- Generate process-based checklists (e.g., `--process design-control`)
- Full system audit checklist (`--audit-type system`)
- Text or JSON output formats
- Interactive mode for guided selection
### References
| Document | Content |
|----------|---------|
| [iso13485-clause-requirements.md](references/iso13485-clause-requirements.md) | Detailed requirements for each ISO 13485:2016 clause with audit questions |
| [qms-process-templates.md](references/qms-process-templates.md) | Ready-to-use templates for gap analysis, audit program, document control, CAPA, supplier, training |
### Quick Reference: Mandatory Documented Procedures
| Procedure | Clause | Key Elements |
|-----------|--------|--------------|
| Document Control | 4.2.3 | Approval, distribution, obsolete control |
| Record Control | 4.2.4 | Identification, retention, disposal |
| Internal Audit | 8.2.4 | Program, auditor qualification, reporting |
| NC Product Control | 8.3 | Identification, segregation, disposition |
| Corrective Action | 8.5.2 | Root cause, implementation, verification |
| Preventive Action | 8.5.3 | Risk identification, implementation |
---
## Related Skills
| Skill | Integration Point |
|-------|-------------------|
| [quality-manager-qmr](../quality-manager-qmr/) | Management review, quality policy |
| [capa-officer](../capa-officer/) | CAPA system management |
| [qms-audit-expert](../qms-audit-expert/) | Advanced audit techniques |
| [quality-documentation-manager](../quality-documentation-manager/) | DHF, DMR, DHR management |
| [risk-management-specialist](../risk-management-specialist/) | ISO 14971 integration |
FILE:references/iso13485-clause-requirements.md
# ISO 13485:2016 Clause Requirements
Detailed requirements for each ISO 13485:2016 clause with implementation guidance and audit criteria.
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## Table of Contents
- [Clause 4: Quality Management System](#clause-4-quality-management-system)
- [Clause 5: Management Responsibility](#clause-5-management-responsibility)
- [Clause 6: Resource Management](#clause-6-resource-management)
- [Clause 7: Product Realization](#clause-7-product-realization)
- [Clause 8: Measurement, Analysis and Improvement](#clause-8-measurement-analysis-and-improvement)
---
## Clause 4: Quality Management System
### 4.1 General Requirements
| Requirement | Implementation | Evidence |
|-------------|----------------|----------|
| Determine processes needed | Process map showing QMS processes | Documented process map |
| Determine sequence and interaction | Process interaction diagram | Cross-reference matrix |
| Determine criteria for operation | Process metrics and acceptance criteria | Documented criteria per process |
| Ensure resources available | Resource allocation per process | Training records, equipment logs |
| Monitor, measure, analyze | Process monitoring procedures | Trend data, performance reports |
| Implement actions for results | Improvement projects, CAPAs | Action records with verification |
| Document processes | Procedures, work instructions | Controlled document list |
**Audit Questions:**
- How are QMS processes identified and documented?
- What criteria determine if processes are operating effectively?
- How is outsourced process control demonstrated?
### 4.2 Documentation Requirements
#### 4.2.1 General
| Document Type | Requirement | Retention |
|---------------|-------------|-----------|
| Quality Policy | Documented statement of commitment | Life of QMS |
| Quality Objectives | Measurable objectives at relevant functions | Life of QMS |
| Quality Manual | QMS scope and processes | Current version |
| Documented Procedures | Required by standard | Life of QMS + 2 years |
| Records | Evidence of conformity | As defined per record type |
#### 4.2.2 Quality Manual
**Required Content:**
1. Scope of QMS including justification for exclusions
2. Documented procedures or reference to them
3. Description of process interactions
**Quality Manual Template Structure:**
```
QUALITY MANUAL
1. Company Overview
1.1 Company Description
1.2 Scope of QMS
1.3 Exclusions and Justification
2. Quality Policy
3. Quality Objectives
4. QMS Structure
4.1 Process Map
4.2 Process Interactions
4.3 Organizational Chart
5. Procedure References
5.1 Document Control
5.2 Record Control
5.3 Management Review
5.4 Internal Audit
5.5 Nonconformity Control
5.6 CAPA
6. Appendices
6.1 Glossary
6.2 Regulatory Cross-Reference
```
#### 4.2.3 Control of Documents
| Control Element | Requirement | Method |
|-----------------|-------------|--------|
| Approval | Adequate prior to issue | Signature/electronic approval |
| Review and update | Re-approval after changes | Periodic review process |
| Identification of changes | Change history visible | Revision log in document |
| Revision status | Current revision identifiable | Document master list |
| Legibility | Readable and identifiable | Format standards |
| External documents | Identified and controlled | Incoming document log |
| Obsolete documents | Prevented from unintended use | Archive system |
**Document Numbering Convention:**
```
[TYPE]-[AREA]-[SEQUENCE]-[REV]
TYPE:
QM = Quality Manual
SOP = Standard Operating Procedure
WI = Work Instruction
TF = Template/Form
POL = Policy
AREA:
01 = Quality Management
02 = Document Control
03 = Training
04 = Design
05 = Purchasing
06 = Production
07 = Quality Control
08 = CAPA
Example: SOP-02-001-03 = Document Control SOP, Revision 03
```
#### 4.2.4 Control of Records
| Record Category | Minimum Retention | Basis |
|-----------------|-------------------|-------|
| Device Master Record | Life of device + 2 years | 21 CFR 820.181 |
| Device History Record | Life of device + 2 years | 21 CFR 820.184 |
| Design History File | Life of device + 2 years | 21 CFR 820.30 |
| Training Records | Employment + 3 years | Best practice |
| Audit Records | 7 years | Best practice |
| Complaint Records | Life of device + 2 years | 21 CFR 820.198 |
| CAPA Records | 7 years | Best practice |
| Calibration Records | Equipment life + 2 years | Best practice |
| Supplier Records | Relationship + 3 years | Best practice |
---
## Clause 5: Management Responsibility
### 5.1 Management Commitment
| Commitment Area | Evidence Required |
|-----------------|-------------------|
| Communicate importance of requirements | Meeting minutes, communications |
| Establish quality policy | Documented policy, communication records |
| Ensure quality objectives established | Objective documentation |
| Conduct management reviews | Management review records |
| Ensure resources available | Budget records, staffing records |
### 5.2 Customer Focus
| Requirement | Implementation | Verification |
|-------------|----------------|--------------|
| Customer requirements determined | Requirements review process | Contract review records |
| Requirements met | Process controls | Inspection and test data |
| Regulatory requirements met | Regulatory register | Compliance assessments |
| Customer satisfaction enhanced | Feedback collection | Satisfaction data, complaints |
### 5.3 Quality Policy
**Policy Requirements:**
- Appropriate to organization purpose
- Commitment to compliance and effectiveness
- Framework for quality objectives
- Communicated and understood
- Reviewed for continuing suitability
**Sample Quality Policy Elements:**
```
[Company Name] Quality Policy
We are committed to:
- Designing and manufacturing safe, effective medical devices
- Meeting customer and regulatory requirements
- Maintaining an effective Quality Management System
- Continuously improving our processes and products
- Providing resources for QMS effectiveness
Signed: [Executive]
Date: [Date]
Review Date: [Annual]
```
### 5.4 Planning
#### 5.4.1 Quality Objectives
| Objective Criteria | Requirement |
|-------------------|-------------|
| Measurable | Quantifiable targets |
| Consistent with policy | Aligned to policy statements |
| Relevant functions | Cascaded to departments |
| Includes compliance | Regulatory and customer requirements |
| Includes product conformity | Product-related targets |
**Objective Template:**
```
QUALITY OBJECTIVE [Year]
Objective: [Statement]
Metric: [How measured]
Target: [Specific value]
Baseline: [Current performance]
Owner: [Responsible person]
Due Date: [Target date]
Reporting: [Frequency]
```
#### 5.4.2 Quality Management System Planning
**Planning Requirements:**
- QMS meets general requirements (4.1)
- QMS meets quality objectives (5.4.1)
- Integrity maintained during changes
### 5.5 Responsibility, Authority and Communication
#### 5.5.1 Responsibility and Authority
| Role | Responsibilities | Authority |
|------|-----------------|-----------|
| Top Management | QMS commitment, resources, policy | Budget, staffing, strategic decisions |
| Quality Manager | QMS implementation, reporting | Document approval, CAPA approval |
| Department Managers | Process ownership, resources | Process changes, training |
| Process Owners | Process performance, improvements | Procedure changes within scope |
#### 5.5.2 Management Representative
| QMR Responsibility | Activities |
|-------------------|------------|
| QMS establishment | Process definition, documentation |
| QMS implementation | Training, deployment, monitoring |
| QMS maintenance | Audits, reviews, improvements |
| Reporting to top management | Performance reports, recommendations |
| Awareness promotion | Training, communications |
#### 5.5.3 Internal Communication
| Communication Type | Method | Frequency |
|-------------------|--------|-----------|
| Policy and objectives | Posting, training | Annual and on change |
| QMS performance | Dashboards, reports | Monthly |
| Changes affecting quality | Email, meetings | As needed |
| Audit results | Reports, presentations | Per audit |
### 5.6 Management Review
#### 5.6.1 General
| Requirement | Specification |
|-------------|---------------|
| Frequency | Planned intervals (typically quarterly/semi-annually) |
| Purpose | Assess QMS suitability, adequacy, effectiveness |
| Records | Documented meeting records |
#### 5.6.2 Review Input
| Input | Source | Responsible |
|-------|--------|-------------|
| Audit results | Internal/external audits | QA Manager |
| Customer feedback | Complaints, surveys | Customer Quality |
| Process performance | Metrics, yields | Process Owners |
| Product conformity | Inspection data | QC Manager |
| CAPA status | CAPA system | CAPA Officer |
| Previous actions | Prior review records | QMR |
| Changes affecting QMS | Regulatory, organizational | RA, HR |
| Recommendations | All sources | All Managers |
#### 5.6.3 Review Output
| Output | Documentation |
|--------|---------------|
| QMS improvement decisions | Action items with owners |
| Process improvements | Project charters |
| Resource needs | Resource allocation plans |
| Product improvements | Design change requests |
---
## Clause 6: Resource Management
### 6.1 Provision of Resources
**Resource Categories:**
- Human resources (competent personnel)
- Infrastructure (facilities, equipment, software)
- Work environment (environmental conditions)
### 6.2 Human Resources
| Requirement | Implementation | Evidence |
|-------------|----------------|----------|
| Competence determined | Job descriptions, competency matrix | Role definitions |
| Training provided | Training programs | Training records |
| Effectiveness evaluated | Assessments, observations | Competency verification |
| Awareness ensured | Orientation, ongoing training | Acknowledgments |
| Records maintained | Training database | Training files |
**Competency Matrix Template:**
```
COMPETENCY MATRIX
Role: [Job Title]
Department: [Department]
Required Competencies:
| Competency | Requirement Level | Method | Verification |
|------------|------------------|--------|--------------|
| [Skill 1] | Expert/Proficient/Basic | Training/OJT | Assessment |
| [Skill 2] | Expert/Proficient/Basic | Training/OJT | Assessment |
Training Requirements:
| Training | Initial | Refresher | Record |
|----------|---------|-----------|--------|
| ISO 13485 Awareness | Yes | Annual | TR-001 |
| Document Control | Yes | On Change | TR-002 |
```
### 6.3 Infrastructure
| Infrastructure Type | Control Requirements |
|--------------------|---------------------|
| Buildings and workspace | Cleaning, maintenance schedules |
| Process equipment | Maintenance, calibration |
| Supporting services | Utilities, IT systems |
| Information systems | Backup, security, validation |
### 6.4 Work Environment and Contamination Control
| Environment Factor | Control Method | Monitoring |
|-------------------|----------------|------------|
| Temperature | HVAC control | Continuous logging |
| Humidity | HVAC control | Continuous logging |
| Cleanliness | Cleaning procedures | Particle counts |
| Lighting | Lux levels | Periodic verification |
| ESD protection | Grounding, ionization | Periodic testing |
---
## Clause 7: Product Realization
### 7.1 Planning of Product Realization
| Planning Element | Content |
|-----------------|---------|
| Quality objectives for product | Product-specific quality targets |
| Processes and documentation | Process flow, required documents |
| Verification and validation | Test methods, acceptance criteria |
| Records | Required quality records |
| Risk management | Per ISO 14971 |
### 7.2 Customer-Related Processes
#### 7.2.1 Determination of Requirements
| Requirement Type | Source |
|-----------------|--------|
| Customer-specified | Contract, purchase order |
| Not stated but necessary | Intended use analysis |
| Regulatory | Applicable standards, regulations |
| Organization-defined | Internal specifications |
#### 7.2.2 Review of Requirements
| Review Element | Verification |
|----------------|--------------|
| Requirements defined | Complete specification |
| Differences resolved | Documented resolution |
| Ability to meet | Feasibility assessment |
| Risk management | Initial risk assessment |
#### 7.2.3 Communication
| Communication Type | Method |
|-------------------|--------|
| Product information | Catalogs, IFU |
| Inquiries and orders | Sales process |
| Feedback and complaints | Customer feedback system |
| Advisory notices | Field safety notices |
### 7.3 Design and Development
| Stage | Clause | Requirements |
|-------|--------|--------------|
| Planning | 7.3.2 | Stages, reviews, responsibilities |
| Inputs | 7.3.3 | Functional, performance, regulatory |
| Outputs | 7.3.4 | Meet inputs, acceptance criteria |
| Review | 7.3.5 | Evaluate ability to meet requirements |
| Verification | 7.3.6 | Outputs meet inputs |
| Validation | 7.3.7 | Product meets intended use |
| Transfer | 7.3.8 | Verified before production |
| Changes | 7.3.9 | Controlled, reviewed, verified |
### 7.4 Purchasing
#### 7.4.1 Purchasing Process
| Control Element | Implementation |
|-----------------|----------------|
| Supplier evaluation | Qualification procedure |
| Selection criteria | Quality, delivery, cost |
| Monitoring | Performance metrics |
| Re-evaluation | Periodic review |
**Supplier Classification:**
```
Category A: Critical - Affects product safety/performance
- Full qualification audit
- Annual performance review
- Quality agreement required
Category B: Major - Affects product quality
- Qualification questionnaire
- Periodic performance review
- Quality requirements communicated
Category C: Minor - Indirect impact
- Initial assessment
- Issue-based review
- Standard terms
```
#### 7.4.2 Purchasing Information
| Information Required | Purpose |
|---------------------|---------|
| Product specifications | Clear requirements |
| QMS requirements | Supplier system expectations |
| Personnel competence | Where applicable |
| Approval requirements | Where applicable |
#### 7.4.3 Verification of Purchased Product
| Verification Method | Application |
|--------------------|-------------|
| Incoming inspection | Standard verification |
| Source inspection | Critical items |
| Certificate of Conformance | Documented evidence |
| Certificate of Analysis | Material verification |
### 7.5 Production and Service Provision
#### 7.5.1 Control of Production and Service Provision
| Control Element | Implementation |
|-----------------|----------------|
| Product information | Specifications, drawings |
| Work instructions | Where necessary |
| Suitable equipment | Qualified equipment |
| Monitoring devices | Calibrated instruments |
| Implementation of monitoring | Inspections, tests |
| Defined processes | Process parameters |
| Labeling and packaging | Per requirements |
#### 7.5.2 Cleanliness of Product
| Cleanliness Control | Method |
|--------------------|--------|
| Product cleaning | Validated procedures |
| Contamination prevention | Controlled environment |
| Process aids | Qualified, controlled |
#### 7.5.3 Installation Activities
| Requirement | Implementation |
|-------------|----------------|
| Installation requirements | Documented instructions |
| Acceptance criteria | Defined criteria |
| Records | Installation records |
#### 7.5.4 Servicing Activities
| Requirement | Implementation |
|-------------|----------------|
| Documented requirements | Service procedures |
| Reference materials | Service manuals |
| Measurement equipment | Calibrated |
| Records | Service records |
#### 7.5.5 Particular Requirements for Sterile Medical Devices
| Process | Control |
|---------|---------|
| Sterilization validation | Per ISO 11135/11137/17665 |
| Parameter control | Monitoring records |
| Sterile barrier | Validated packaging |
#### 7.5.6 Validation of Processes
| Validation Required When | Evidence |
|-------------------------|----------|
| Output cannot be verified | Validation protocol and report |
| Deficiencies appear only in use | Process capability data |
| Special processes | Qualified operators |
**Process Validation Elements:**
- Equipment qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Process parameters
- Monitoring methods
- Operator qualification
- Revalidation criteria
#### 7.5.7 Particular Requirements for Validation
| Requirement | Implementation |
|-------------|----------------|
| Documented procedures | Validation SOPs |
| Defined methods | Statistical methods |
| Acceptance criteria | Predefined criteria |
| Software validation | Where applicable |
| Revalidation | Change-triggered |
#### 7.5.8 Identification
| Identification Type | Method |
|--------------------|--------|
| Product | Labels, markings |
| Documentation | Document numbers |
| Unique Device Identification | UDI per regulation |
#### 7.5.9 Traceability
| Traceability Element | Record |
|---------------------|--------|
| Components | Lot/batch numbers |
| Materials | Certificates |
| Work environment | Environmental records |
| Measurement equipment | Calibration records |
| Personnel | Training records |
| Distribution | Shipping records |
#### 7.5.10 Customer Property
| Control | Implementation |
|---------|----------------|
| Identification | Marking, segregation |
| Verification | Incoming inspection |
| Protection | Storage conditions |
| Safeguarding | Security measures |
| Reporting | Loss/damage notification |
#### 7.5.11 Preservation of Product
| Preservation Element | Control |
|---------------------|---------|
| Identification | Labels, markings |
| Handling | Procedures |
| Packaging | Specifications |
| Storage | Conditions, FIFO |
| Protection | Environmental controls |
### 7.6 Control of Monitoring and Measuring Equipment
| Control Element | Implementation |
|-----------------|----------------|
| Calibration | At specified intervals |
| Adjustment | As needed |
| Identification | Calibration status |
| Safeguarding | Protection from damage |
| Software validation | Where applicable |
| Records | Calibration records |
---
## Clause 8: Measurement, Analysis and Improvement
### 8.1 General
**Monitoring and Measurement Requirements:**
- Demonstrate product conformity
- Ensure QMS conformity
- Maintain QMS effectiveness
### 8.2 Monitoring and Measurement
#### 8.2.1 Feedback
| Feedback Source | Collection Method |
|-----------------|-------------------|
| Customer complaints | Complaint system |
| Customer surveys | Periodic surveys |
| Field feedback | Service reports |
| Regulatory feedback | Inspection findings |
#### 8.2.2 Complaint Handling
| Process Step | Requirements |
|--------------|--------------|
| Receipt | Timely logging |
| Investigation | Root cause analysis |
| Corrective action | If warranted |
| Regulatory reporting | If required |
| Trend analysis | Aggregate review |
#### 8.2.3 Reporting to Regulatory Authorities
| Report Type | Trigger | Timeline |
|-------------|---------|----------|
| MDR (Medical Device Report) | Death/serious injury | 30 days (5 if awareness) |
| FSCA (Field Safety Corrective Action) | Safety issue | Without delay |
| Periodic Safety Update | Per regulation | Per schedule |
#### 8.2.4 Internal Audit
| Audit Element | Requirement |
|---------------|-------------|
| Planned program | Risk-based schedule |
| Criteria and scope | Defined per audit |
| Auditor selection | Independent, competent |
| Procedure | Documented process |
| Records | Audit reports, findings |
| Follow-up | CAPA, verification |
**Audit Program Template:**
```
ANNUAL INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRAM
Year: [Year]
| Audit # | Area/Process | Scope | Auditor | Planned Date | Status |
|---------|--------------|-------|---------|--------------|--------|
| IA-01 | Document Control | 4.2.3, 4.2.4 | [Name] | Q1 | |
| IA-02 | Design Control | 7.3 | [Name] | Q2 | |
| IA-03 | Production | 7.5 | [Name] | Q2 | |
| IA-04 | Purchasing | 7.4 | [Name] | Q3 | |
| IA-05 | CAPA | 8.5.2, 8.5.3 | [Name] | Q3 | |
| IA-06 | Management Review | 5.6 | [Name] | Q4 | |
Risk Considerations:
- Previous audit findings
- Regulatory changes
- Process changes
- Complaint trends
```
#### 8.2.5 Monitoring and Measurement of Processes
| Monitoring Type | Method |
|-----------------|--------|
| Process metrics | KPIs, trend analysis |
| Process audits | Internal audits |
| Process reviews | Management review |
#### 8.2.6 Monitoring and Measurement of Product
| Stage | Verification |
|-------|--------------|
| Incoming | Incoming inspection |
| In-process | In-process inspection |
| Final | Final inspection and test |
| Release | Authorized release |
### 8.3 Control of Nonconforming Product
| Control Element | Requirement |
|-----------------|-------------|
| Identification | Clear marking |
| Segregation | Physical separation |
| Documentation | NC record |
| Disposition | Use as is/rework/scrap/return |
| Concession | If accepted |
| Reinspection | After rework |
| Investigation | For detected after delivery |
**Nonconformity Disposition Options:**
```
1. Use As Is (Concession)
- Does not affect safety/performance
- Customer approval if applicable
- Documented justification
2. Rework
- Per approved procedure
- Reinspection required
- Records maintained
3. Scrap/Reject
- Physical destruction or marking
- Prevented from reentry
- Documented disposal
4. Return to Supplier
- Communication with supplier
- Replacement or credit
- Root cause if systemic
```
### 8.4 Analysis of Data
| Data Source | Analysis |
|-------------|----------|
| Feedback | Complaint trends, satisfaction |
| Nonconformity | Defect Pareto, trends |
| Process performance | Capability, trends |
| Supplier | Performance trends |
| Audit | Finding trends |
### 8.5 Improvement
#### 8.5.1 General
**Improvement Sources:**
- Quality policy
- Quality objectives
- Audit results
- Data analysis
- Corrective actions
- Preventive actions
- Management review
#### 8.5.2 Corrective Action
| Process Step | Requirement |
|--------------|-------------|
| Review nonconformity | Including complaints |
| Determine cause | Root cause analysis |
| Evaluate action need | Based on risk |
| Determine action | Proportionate to risk |
| Implement action | Execute plan |
| Document results | Records |
| Review effectiveness | Verification |
#### 8.5.3 Preventive Action
| Process Step | Requirement |
|--------------|-------------|
| Determine potential NC | Risk analysis, trends |
| Evaluate action need | Prevention opportunity |
| Determine action | Proportionate to risk |
| Implement action | Execute plan |
| Document results | Records |
| Review effectiveness | Verification |
FILE:references/qms-process-templates.md
# QMS Process Templates
Ready-to-use templates for ISO 13485 QMS processes including document control, internal audit, CAPA, and supplier management.
---
## Table of Contents
- [Document Control Templates](#document-control-templates)
- [Internal Audit Templates](#internal-audit-templates)
- [CAPA Templates](#capa-templates)
- [Supplier Management Templates](#supplier-management-templates)
- [Training Templates](#training-templates)
- [Nonconformity Templates](#nonconformity-templates)
---
## Document Control Templates
### Document Master List
```
DOCUMENT MASTER LIST
Organization: [Company Name]
Last Updated: [Date]
Maintained By: Document Control
| Doc # | Title | Rev | Effective Date | Status | Owner | Next Review |
|-------|-------|-----|----------------|--------|-------|-------------|
| QM-001 | Quality Manual | 03 | 2024-01-15 | Effective | QMR | 2025-01-15 |
| SOP-01-001 | Document Control | 04 | 2024-03-01 | Effective | QA Mgr | 2025-03-01 |
| SOP-01-002 | Record Control | 02 | 2024-02-01 | Effective | QA Mgr | 2025-02-01 |
| | | | | | | |
Status Values: Draft, Under Review, Effective, Obsolete
```
### Document Change Request
```
DOCUMENT CHANGE REQUEST
DCR Number: DCR-[YYYY]-[NNN]
Date Submitted: [Date]
Submitted By: [Name]
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
Document Number: [Number]
Document Title: [Title]
Current Revision: [Rev]
CHANGE REQUEST
Change Type: [ ] Administrative [ ] Minor [ ] Major [ ] Emergency
Requested Change: [Description of change]
Reason for Change:
[ ] Regulatory requirement
[ ] Process improvement
[ ] Nonconformity/CAPA
[ ] Organizational change
[ ] Error correction
[ ] Other: [Specify]
Justification: [Detailed justification]
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Training Required: [ ] Yes [ ] No
If yes, who: [Roles/departments]
Other Documents Affected: [List]
Regulatory Filing Impact: [ ] Yes [ ] No
If yes, details: [Explain]
APPROVALS
Requested By: _________________ Date: _______
Document Owner: _________________ Date: _______
QA Approval: _________________ Date: _______
COMPLETION
New Revision: [Rev]
Effective Date: [Date]
Training Completed: [ ] Yes [ ] N/A
Distribution Completed: [ ] Yes
```
### Document Review Record
```
DOCUMENT REVIEW RECORD
Document Number: [Number]
Document Title: [Title]
Current Revision: [Rev]
Review Due Date: [Date]
Review Completed: [Date]
REVIEWERS
| Reviewer | Role | Review Date | Comments | Signature |
|----------|------|-------------|----------|-----------|
| [Name] | [Role] | [Date] | [Comments] | |
| [Name] | [Role] | [Date] | [Comments] | |
REVIEW OUTCOME
[ ] No changes required - document remains current
[ ] Minor changes required - see attached DCR
[ ] Major revision required - see attached DCR
[ ] Document obsolete - initiate retirement
NEXT REVIEW
Next Review Date: [Date]
APPROVAL
Review Completed By: _________________ Date: _______
Approved By: _________________ Date: _______
```
---
## Internal Audit Templates
### Annual Audit Schedule
```
INTERNAL AUDIT SCHEDULE
Year: [Year]
Prepared By: [Name]
Approved By: [Name]
Date: [Date]
AUDIT SCHEDULE
| Audit # | Process/Area | ISO Clauses | Lead Auditor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
|---------|--------------|-------------|--------------|----|----|----|----|
| IA-001 | Document Control | 4.2.3, 4.2.4 | [Name] | X | | | |
| IA-002 | Management Review | 5.6 | [Name] | | X | | |
| IA-003 | Training | 6.2 | [Name] | | X | | |
| IA-004 | Design Control | 7.3 | [Name] | | | X | |
| IA-005 | Purchasing | 7.4 | [Name] | | | X | |
| IA-006 | Production | 7.5 | [Name] | | | | X |
| IA-007 | CAPA | 8.5.2, 8.5.3 | [Name] | | | | X |
RISK FACTORS CONSIDERED
[ ] Previous audit findings
[ ] Regulatory changes
[ ] Process changes
[ ] Complaint trends
[ ] Management concerns
SCHEDULE REVISION LOG
| Rev | Date | Change | Approved By |
|-----|------|--------|-------------|
| 00 | [Date] | Initial release | [Name] |
```
### Audit Plan
```
INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN
Audit Number: IA-[YYYY]-[NNN]
Audit Date(s): [Date(s)]
Audit Type: [ ] Process [ ] System [ ] Product
SCOPE
Process/Area: [Name]
ISO 13485 Clauses: [List]
Regulatory Requirements: [If applicable]
Locations: [Locations]
AUDIT TEAM
Lead Auditor: [Name]
Auditor(s): [Names]
Observer(s): [If any]
AUDITEE CONTACTS
Process Owner: [Name]
Other Contacts: [Names]
AUDIT CRITERIA
- ISO 13485:2016
- [Organization procedures]
- [Regulatory requirements]
AUDIT SCHEDULE
| Time | Activity | Participants |
|------|----------|--------------|
| 09:00 | Opening meeting | All |
| 09:30 | Document review | Auditor, Doc Control |
| 10:30 | Process observation | Auditor, Operators |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 | Record review | Auditor, QA |
| 14:30 | Interviews | Selected personnel |
| 15:30 | Auditor caucus | Audit team |
| 16:00 | Closing meeting | All |
PREPARATION CHECKLIST
[ ] Previous audit reports reviewed
[ ] Procedures reviewed
[ ] Checklist prepared
[ ] Auditees notified
[ ] Resources arranged
```
### Audit Checklist Template
```
INTERNAL AUDIT CHECKLIST
Audit Number: IA-[YYYY]-[NNN]
Process: [Process Name]
Auditor: [Name]
Date: [Date]
INSTRUCTIONS
C = Conforming, NC = Nonconforming, OBS = Observation, N/A = Not Applicable
CHECKLIST
| # | Requirement | Reference | Evidence Reviewed | Finding | Notes |
|---|-------------|-----------|-------------------|---------|-------|
| 1 | Is the procedure current and approved? | 4.2.3 | [Evidence] | C/NC/OBS | |
| 2 | Are personnel trained on the procedure? | 6.2 | [Evidence] | C/NC/OBS | |
| 3 | Are records maintained as required? | 4.2.4 | [Evidence] | C/NC/OBS | |
| 4 | Is the process performed as documented? | 4.1 | [Evidence] | C/NC/OBS | |
| 5 | Are monitoring activities performed? | 8.2.5 | [Evidence] | C/NC/OBS | |
INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED
| Person | Role | Topics Discussed |
|--------|------|------------------|
| [Name] | [Role] | [Topics] |
DOCUMENTS REVIEWED
| Document # | Title | Rev | Findings |
|------------|-------|-----|----------|
| [Number] | [Title] | [Rev] | [Findings] |
RECORDS SAMPLED
| Record Type | Sample Size | Sample IDs | Findings |
|-------------|-------------|------------|----------|
| [Type] | [N] | [IDs] | [Findings] |
AUDITOR SIGNATURE: _________________ Date: _______
```
### Audit Report
```
INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT
Audit Number: IA-[YYYY]-[NNN]
Report Date: [Date]
Report Status: [ ] Draft [ ] Final
AUDIT SUMMARY
Audit Date(s): [Date(s)]
Process/Area: [Name]
ISO Clauses Covered: [List]
Lead Auditor: [Name]
Audit Team: [Names]
AUDIT SCOPE
[Description of scope]
AUDIT OBJECTIVES
[List objectives]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
[Brief summary of audit results]
FINDINGS SUMMARY
| Type | Count |
|------|-------|
| Major Nonconformity | [N] |
| Minor Nonconformity | [N] |
| Observation | [N] |
| Opportunity for Improvement | [N] |
DETAILED FINDINGS
FINDING 1
Number: IA-[YYYY]-[NNN]-F01
Classification: [ ] Major NC [ ] Minor NC [ ] Observation [ ] OFI
Requirement: [Clause/requirement reference]
Statement: [Objective description of finding]
Evidence: [Evidence supporting finding]
Auditee Response Due: [Date]
[Repeat for each finding]
POSITIVE OBSERVATIONS
[List areas of good practice observed]
CONCLUSION
[Overall conclusion on process effectiveness]
REPORT DISTRIBUTION
| Name | Role | Date |
|------|------|------|
| [Name] | Process Owner | [Date] |
| [Name] | QA Manager | [Date] |
| [Name] | Management Rep | [Date] |
APPROVALS
Lead Auditor: _________________ Date: _______
QA Manager: _________________ Date: _______
```
---
## CAPA Templates
### CAPA Request Form
```
CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE ACTION REQUEST
CAPA Number: CAPA-[YYYY]-[NNN]
Date Opened: [Date]
Initiated By: [Name]
CAPA TYPE
[ ] Corrective Action (response to existing nonconformity)
[ ] Preventive Action (prevent potential nonconformity)
SOURCE
[ ] Customer complaint: Reference #_______
[ ] Internal audit: Audit #_______
[ ] External audit: Audit #_______
[ ] Nonconformity: NC #_______
[ ] Process deviation
[ ] Management review action
[ ] Trend analysis
[ ] Risk assessment
[ ] Other: _______
CLASSIFICATION
Severity: [ ] Critical [ ] Major [ ] Minor
Regulatory Reportable: [ ] Yes [ ] No
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
[Detailed description of the problem or potential problem]
IMMEDIATE CONTAINMENT (if applicable)
Actions Taken: [Description]
Date: [Date]
Responsible: [Name]
ASSIGNMENT
Process Owner: [Name]
CAPA Owner: [Name]
Due Date for Root Cause: [Date]
Target Closure Date: [Date]
APPROVAL TO PROCEED
Approved By: _________________ Date: _______
```
### Root Cause Analysis Record
```
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS
CAPA Number: CAPA-[YYYY]-[NNN]
Analysis Date: [Date]
Analyst: [Name]
PROBLEM STATEMENT
[Clear, specific statement of the problem]
INVESTIGATION TEAM
| Name | Role | Contribution |
|------|------|--------------|
| [Name] | [Role] | [Area of expertise] |
INVESTIGATION METHOD
[ ] 5 Why Analysis
[ ] Fishbone Diagram
[ ] Fault Tree Analysis
[ ] Human Factors Analysis
[ ] Other: _______
INVESTIGATION DETAILS
5 WHY ANALYSIS
Why 1: [First why]
Answer: [Answer]
Why 2: [Second why based on answer]
Answer: [Answer]
Why 3: [Third why based on answer]
Answer: [Answer]
Why 4: [Fourth why based on answer]
Answer: [Answer]
Why 5: [Fifth why based on answer]
Answer: [Answer]
ROOT CAUSE STATEMENT
[Clear statement of identified root cause]
ROOT CAUSE CATEGORY
[ ] Process/Procedure
[ ] Training/Competency
[ ] Equipment/Material
[ ] Design
[ ] Human Error
[ ] Communication
[ ] Management System
[ ] External Factor
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
[List any contributing factors]
EVIDENCE SUPPORTING ROOT CAUSE
[List evidence]
APPROVAL
Analysis By: _________________ Date: _______
Reviewed By: _________________ Date: _______
```
### CAPA Action Plan
```
CAPA ACTION PLAN
CAPA Number: CAPA-[YYYY]-[NNN]
Root Cause: [Brief statement]
Plan Date: [Date]
Plan Owner: [Name]
CORRECTIVE/PREVENTIVE ACTIONS
Action 1:
Description: [Detailed action description]
Responsible: [Name]
Due Date: [Date]
Resources Required: [Resources]
Success Criteria: [How completion verified]
Action 2:
Description: [Detailed action description]
Responsible: [Name]
Due Date: [Date]
Resources Required: [Resources]
Success Criteria: [How completion verified]
[Continue for additional actions]
RELATED CHANGES
Documents Affected: [List]
Training Required: [Description]
Process Changes: [Description]
Equipment Changes: [Description]
RISK ASSESSMENT
Residual Risk After Implementation: [ ] High [ ] Medium [ ] Low
Justification: [Explanation]
APPROVAL
Plan Developed By: _________________ Date: _______
Approved By: _________________ Date: _______
```
### CAPA Effectiveness Verification
```
CAPA EFFECTIVENESS VERIFICATION
CAPA Number: CAPA-[YYYY]-[NNN]
Verification Date: [Date]
Verified By: [Name]
ACTIONS COMPLETED
| Action | Completion Date | Evidence |
|--------|-----------------|----------|
| [Action 1] | [Date] | [Reference] |
| [Action 2] | [Date] | [Reference] |
EFFECTIVENESS CRITERIA
[Criteria established during action planning]
VERIFICATION METHOD
[ ] Data analysis (trends, metrics)
[ ] Process audit
[ ] Record review
[ ] Product inspection
[ ] Customer feedback review
[ ] Other: _______
VERIFICATION PERIOD
From: [Date] To: [Date]
VERIFICATION RESULTS
[Detailed results of verification activities]
DATA/EVIDENCE REVIEWED
| Data Type | Period | Result |
|-----------|--------|--------|
| [Type] | [Period] | [Result] |
EFFECTIVENESS CONCLUSION
[ ] Effective - Root cause eliminated, problem resolved
[ ] Partially Effective - Improvement noted, additional action needed
[ ] Not Effective - Problem persists, reopen CAPA
If not effective, describe additional actions:
[Description]
CAPA CLOSURE
[ ] Approved for closure
[ ] Not approved - additional action required
Verified By: _________________ Date: _______
Approved By: _________________ Date: _______
```
---
## Supplier Management Templates
### Approved Supplier List
```
APPROVED SUPPLIER LIST
Organization: [Company Name]
Last Updated: [Date]
Maintained By: [Name]
| Supplier | Supplier # | Category | Products/Services | Status | Qualification Date | Next Review |
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------------|--------|-------------------|-------------|
| [Name] | SUP-001 | A | [Products] | Approved | [Date] | [Date] |
| [Name] | SUP-002 | B | [Products] | Conditional | [Date] | [Date] |
Category:
A = Critical (affects safety/performance)
B = Major (affects quality)
C = Minor (indirect impact)
Status:
Approved = Full use authorized
Conditional = Limited use, monitoring
Probation = Performance issues, enhanced monitoring
Disqualified = Use not authorized
Revision History:
| Rev | Date | Change | Approved By |
|-----|------|--------|-------------|
| 01 | [Date] | Initial release | [Name] |
```
### Supplier Evaluation Form
```
SUPPLIER EVALUATION
Supplier Name: [Name]
Supplier Number: [Number]
Evaluation Date: [Date]
Evaluated By: [Name]
Evaluation Type: [ ] Initial [ ] Periodic [ ] For Cause
SUPPLIER INFORMATION
Address: [Address]
Contact: [Name, Title]
Phone: [Phone]
Email: [Email]
Products/Services: [Description]
PROPOSED CATEGORY
[ ] A - Critical (affects safety/performance)
[ ] B - Major (affects quality)
[ ] C - Minor (indirect impact)
EVALUATION CRITERIA
1. QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (30 points max)
[ ] ISO 13485 Certified (30 pts)
[ ] ISO 9001 Certified (20 pts)
[ ] Documented QMS (10 pts)
[ ] No formal QMS (0 pts)
Score: ___/30
2. QUALITY HISTORY (25 points max)
Reject Rate: ___% (0-1% = 25 pts, 1-3% = 15 pts, >3% = 0 pts)
Score: ___/25
3. DELIVERY PERFORMANCE (20 points max)
On-Time Delivery: ___% (>95% = 20 pts, 90-95% = 10 pts, <90% = 0 pts)
Score: ___/20
4. TECHNICAL CAPABILITY (15 points max)
[ ] Exceeds requirements (15 pts)
[ ] Meets requirements (10 pts)
[ ] Marginally meets (5 pts)
Score: ___/15
5. FINANCIAL STABILITY (10 points max)
[ ] Strong (10 pts)
[ ] Adequate (5 pts)
[ ] Questionable (0 pts)
Score: ___/10
TOTAL SCORE: ___/100
QUALIFICATION DECISION
>80 = Approved
60-80 = Conditional (monitoring required)
<60 = Not Approved
Decision: [ ] Approved [ ] Conditional [ ] Not Approved
APPROVAL
Evaluated By: _________________ Date: _______
QA Approval: _________________ Date: _______
```
### Supplier Performance Scorecard
```
SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE SCORECARD
Supplier: [Name]
Supplier #: [Number]
Period: [Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4] [Year]
Prepared By: [Name]
PERFORMANCE METRICS
1. QUALITY (40% weight)
Total Lots Received: [N]
Lots Rejected: [N]
Accept Rate: ___% Target: >98%
Score: ___/40
2. DELIVERY (30% weight)
Total Orders: [N]
On-Time Deliveries: [N]
On-Time Rate: ___% Target: >95%
Score: ___/30
3. RESPONSIVENESS (15% weight)
Issues Reported: [N]
Resolved <5 days: [N]
Response Rate: ___% Target: >90%
Score: ___/15
4. DOCUMENTATION (15% weight)
CoC Required: [N]
CoC Complete: [N]
Documentation Rate: ___% Target: 100%
Score: ___/15
TOTAL SCORE: ___/100
PERFORMANCE TREND
| Period | Quality | Delivery | Response | Docs | Total |
|--------|---------|----------|----------|------|-------|
| Q1 | | | | | |
| Q2 | | | | | |
| Q3 | | | | | |
| Q4 | | | | | |
ISSUES/CONCERNS
[List any quality or delivery issues during period]
ACTIONS REQUIRED
[ ] None - Performance acceptable
[ ] Enhanced monitoring
[ ] Supplier corrective action request
[ ] Supplier audit
[ ] Consider alternative supplier
NEXT REVIEW: [Date]
Prepared By: _________________ Date: _______
Reviewed By: _________________ Date: _______
```
---
## Training Templates
### Training Record
```
EMPLOYEE TRAINING RECORD
Employee Name: [Name]
Employee ID: [ID]
Department: [Department]
Job Title: [Title]
Date of Hire: [Date]
REQUIRED TRAINING
| Training | Requirement | Initial Date | Last Date | Next Due | Status |
|----------|-------------|--------------|-----------|----------|--------|
| ISO 13485 Awareness | Initial + Annual | [Date] | [Date] | [Date] | Current |
| Document Control | Initial + On Change | [Date] | [Date] | [Date] | Current |
| CAPA Procedure | Initial + On Change | [Date] | [Date] | [Date] | Due |
| Job-Specific | Per competency matrix | [Date] | [Date] | [Date] | Current |
TRAINING HISTORY
| Date | Training | Method | Duration | Trainer | Assessment | Result |
|------|----------|--------|----------|---------|------------|--------|
| [Date] | [Title] | Classroom | 2 hrs | [Name] | Written test | Pass |
| [Date] | [Title] | OJT | 4 hrs | [Name] | Observation | Pass |
COMPETENCY VERIFICATION
| Competency | Method | Date | Verified By | Result |
|------------|--------|------|-------------|--------|
| [Skill] | Observation | [Date] | [Name] | Qualified |
| [Skill] | Test | [Date] | [Name] | Qualified |
Employee Signature: _________________ Date: _______
Supervisor Signature: _________________ Date: _______
```
### Training Attendance Record
```
TRAINING ATTENDANCE RECORD
Training Title: [Title]
Training Date: [Date]
Trainer: [Name]
Location: [Location]
Duration: [Hours]
TRAINING CONTENT
[Brief description of content covered]
ATTENDEES
| Name | Employee ID | Department | Signature | Assessment Result |
|------|-------------|------------|-----------|-------------------|
| [Name] | [ID] | [Dept] | | Pass/Fail |
| [Name] | [ID] | [Dept] | | Pass/Fail |
ASSESSMENT METHOD
[ ] Written test (attach copy)
[ ] Practical demonstration
[ ] Verbal Q&A
[ ] Observation
[ ] N/A
TRAINING MATERIALS
[ ] Presentation: [Reference]
[ ] Procedure: [Reference]
[ ] Other: [Reference]
Trainer Signature: _________________ Date: _______
Training Coordinator: _________________ Date: _______
```
---
## Nonconformity Templates
### Nonconformity Report
```
NONCONFORMITY REPORT
NC Number: NC-[YYYY]-[NNN]
Date Identified: [Date]
Identified By: [Name]
NONCONFORMITY TYPE
[ ] Product [ ] Process [ ] Document [ ] System
NONCONFORMITY SOURCE
[ ] Incoming inspection
[ ] In-process inspection
[ ] Final inspection
[ ] Customer complaint
[ ] Internal audit
[ ] External audit
[ ] Other: _______
PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION (if applicable)
Product Name: [Name]
Part Number: [Number]
Lot/Batch: [Number]
Quantity Affected: [N]
NONCONFORMITY DESCRIPTION
[Detailed, objective description of the nonconformity]
REQUIREMENT
[Reference to requirement that was not met]
CONTAINMENT ACTION
Action Taken: [Description]
Quantity Contained: [N]
Location: [Location]
Date: [Date]
By: [Name]
DISPOSITION
[ ] Use As Is - Justification: _______
[ ] Rework - Per procedure: _______
[ ] Scrap - Method: _______
[ ] Return to Supplier - RMA #: _______
[ ] Other: _______
Disposition By: [Name]
Disposition Date: [Date]
CAPA REQUIRED?
[ ] Yes - CAPA #: _______
[ ] No - Justification: _______
CLOSURE
All actions complete: [ ] Yes
NC Closed By: _________________ Date: _______
QA Approval: _________________ Date: _______
```
### Material Review Board Record
```
MATERIAL REVIEW BOARD (MRB) RECORD
MRB Number: MRB-[YYYY]-[NNN]
Date: [Date]
NC Reference: NC-[YYYY]-[NNN]
NONCONFORMING MATERIAL
Product: [Name]
Part Number: [Number]
Lot/Batch: [Number]
Quantity: [N]
NONCONFORMITY DESCRIPTION
[Description from NC report]
MRB PARTICIPANTS
| Name | Role | Signature |
|------|------|-----------|
| [Name] | QA Representative | |
| [Name] | Engineering | |
| [Name] | Production | |
| [Name] | Other | |
DISPOSITION OPTIONS CONSIDERED
1. Use As Is
Technical Justification: [Justification]
Risk Assessment: [Assessment]
2. Rework
Procedure: [Reference]
Feasibility: [Assessment]
3. Scrap
Cost Impact: [Amount]
MRB DECISION
[ ] Use As Is - Customer notification required: [ ] Yes [ ] No
[ ] Rework per: [Procedure reference]
[ ] Scrap
[ ] Return to Supplier
RATIONALE
[Detailed rationale for decision]
APPROVALS
| Role | Name | Signature | Date |
|------|------|-----------|------|
| QA | [Name] | | [Date] |
| Engineering | [Name] | | [Date] |
| Production | [Name] | | [Date] |
FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS
[ ] CAPA initiated: CAPA-_______
[ ] Customer notified: Date: _______
[ ] Supplier notified: Date: _______
[ ] Other: _______
```
FILE:scripts/qms_audit_checklist.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
QMS Internal Audit Checklist Generator
Generates audit checklists for ISO 13485:2016 clauses and QMS processes.
Supports process audits, system audits, and clause-specific audits.
Usage:
python qms_audit_checklist.py --clause 7.3
python qms_audit_checklist.py --process design-control
python qms_audit_checklist.py --audit-type system --output json
python qms_audit_checklist.py --interactive
"""
import argparse
import json
import sys
from datetime import datetime
from typing import Optional
# ISO 13485:2016 Clause Structure with Audit Questions
ISO13485_CLAUSES = {
"4.1": {
"title": "General Requirements",
"questions": [
"Are QMS processes identified and documented?",
"Is the sequence and interaction of processes defined?",
"Are criteria and methods for process operation determined?",
"Are resources and information available for process operation?",
"Are processes monitored, measured, and analyzed?",
"Are actions taken to achieve planned results?",
"Is outsourced process control documented?",
"Are changes to processes managed?"
]
},
"4.2.1": {
"title": "Documentation Requirements - General",
"questions": [
"Is a quality policy documented?",
"Are quality objectives documented?",
"Is a quality manual maintained?",
"Are required documented procedures established?",
"Are documents needed for process planning and operation maintained?",
"Are required records maintained?",
"Is a medical device file established for each device type?"
]
},
"4.2.2": {
"title": "Quality Manual",
"questions": [
"Does the quality manual include QMS scope?",
"Are exclusions justified?",
"Are documented procedures included or referenced?",
"Is the interaction between processes described?",
"Is the quality manual controlled?"
]
},
"4.2.3": {
"title": "Control of Documents",
"questions": [
"Are documents approved before issue?",
"Are documents reviewed and updated as necessary?",
"Are changes and revision status identified?",
"Are current versions available at points of use?",
"Are documents legible and identifiable?",
"Are external documents identified and controlled?",
"Is unintended use of obsolete documents prevented?",
"Is there a document change control process?"
]
},
"4.2.4": {
"title": "Control of Records",
"questions": [
"Is there a procedure for record control?",
"Are records legible and identifiable?",
"Are records retrievable?",
"Are retention times defined?",
"Is protection from damage ensured?",
"Are confidential records protected?",
"Is record disposal controlled?"
]
},
"5.1": {
"title": "Management Commitment",
"questions": [
"Is there evidence of management commitment to QMS?",
"Is the importance of regulatory requirements communicated?",
"Is a quality policy established?",
"Are quality objectives established?",
"Are management reviews conducted?",
"Are resources provided for QMS?"
]
},
"5.2": {
"title": "Customer Focus",
"questions": [
"Are customer requirements determined?",
"Are applicable regulatory requirements determined?",
"Are customer and regulatory requirements met?",
"Is customer satisfaction enhanced?"
]
},
"5.3": {
"title": "Quality Policy",
"questions": [
"Is the quality policy appropriate to the organization?",
"Does it include commitment to compliance?",
"Does it include commitment to effectiveness?",
"Does it provide framework for quality objectives?",
"Is it communicated and understood?",
"Is it reviewed for continuing suitability?"
]
},
"5.4.1": {
"title": "Quality Objectives",
"questions": [
"Are quality objectives measurable?",
"Are they consistent with quality policy?",
"Are they established at relevant functions?",
"Do they include product requirements?",
"Do they include compliance requirements?"
]
},
"5.4.2": {
"title": "QMS Planning",
"questions": [
"Is QMS planning carried out to meet requirements?",
"Is QMS planning done to meet quality objectives?",
"Is QMS integrity maintained during changes?"
]
},
"5.5.1": {
"title": "Responsibility and Authority",
"questions": [
"Are responsibilities and authorities defined?",
"Are they documented?",
"Are they communicated?",
"Are interrelationships defined?"
]
},
"5.5.2": {
"title": "Management Representative",
"questions": [
"Is a management representative appointed?",
"Is authority to ensure QMS processes established?",
"Is authority to report to top management defined?",
"Is authority to promote awareness of requirements defined?"
]
},
"5.5.3": {
"title": "Internal Communication",
"questions": [
"Are communication processes established?",
"Is QMS effectiveness communicated?",
"Is information communicated appropriately?"
]
},
"5.6": {
"title": "Management Review",
"questions": [
"Are management reviews planned?",
"Are all required inputs reviewed?",
"Are outputs documented?",
"Are action items followed up?",
"Are records maintained?"
]
},
"6.1": {
"title": "Provision of Resources",
"questions": [
"Are resources determined?",
"Are resources provided for QMS?",
"Are resources provided for customer satisfaction?",
"Are resources provided for regulatory compliance?"
]
},
"6.2": {
"title": "Human Resources",
"questions": [
"Is competence defined for personnel?",
"Is training provided to achieve competence?",
"Is training effectiveness evaluated?",
"Is awareness of job relevance ensured?",
"Are training records maintained?"
]
},
"6.3": {
"title": "Infrastructure",
"questions": [
"Is necessary infrastructure determined?",
"Are buildings and workspace adequate?",
"Is process equipment adequate?",
"Are supporting services adequate?",
"Are maintenance requirements documented?"
]
},
"6.4": {
"title": "Work Environment",
"questions": [
"Is work environment determined?",
"Are environmental requirements documented?",
"Is contamination control adequate?",
"Are personnel health and cleanliness controlled?",
"Are environmental conditions monitored?"
]
},
"7.1": {
"title": "Planning of Product Realization",
"questions": [
"Are quality objectives for product defined?",
"Are processes needed determined?",
"Is verification and validation defined?",
"Are records requirements defined?",
"Is risk management applied?"
]
},
"7.2": {
"title": "Customer-Related Processes",
"questions": [
"Are customer requirements determined?",
"Are regulatory requirements determined?",
"Are requirements reviewed before commitment?",
"Are differences resolved before acceptance?",
"Is communication with customers effective?"
]
},
"7.3.1": {
"title": "Design and Development Planning",
"questions": [
"Are design stages determined?",
"Are review activities defined?",
"Are verification activities defined?",
"Are validation activities defined?",
"Are responsibilities assigned?",
"Are interfaces managed?"
]
},
"7.3.2": {
"title": "Design and Development Inputs",
"questions": [
"Are functional requirements defined?",
"Are performance requirements defined?",
"Are safety requirements defined?",
"Are regulatory requirements identified?",
"Are previous design inputs considered?",
"Are risk management outputs included?"
]
},
"7.3.3": {
"title": "Design and Development Outputs",
"questions": [
"Do outputs meet input requirements?",
"Is purchasing information provided?",
"Are acceptance criteria defined?",
"Are essential characteristics specified?",
"Are outputs approved before release?"
]
},
"7.3.4": {
"title": "Design and Development Review",
"questions": [
"Are design reviews conducted at suitable stages?",
"Is ability to meet requirements evaluated?",
"Are problems identified?",
"Are follow-up actions recorded?",
"Are appropriate functions represented?"
]
},
"7.3.5": {
"title": "Design and Development Verification",
"questions": [
"Is verification performed per plan?",
"Do outputs meet inputs?",
"Are verification records maintained?",
"Are verification methods appropriate?"
]
},
"7.3.6": {
"title": "Design and Development Validation",
"questions": [
"Is validation performed per plan?",
"Is product evaluated for intended use?",
"Is clinical evaluation included?",
"Are validation records maintained?",
"Is validation completed before product delivery?"
]
},
"7.3.7": {
"title": "Design and Development Transfer",
"questions": [
"Are outputs verified before transfer?",
"Is manufacturing capability verified?",
"Are transfer activities documented?"
]
},
"7.3.8": {
"title": "Control of Design and Development Changes",
"questions": [
"Are design changes identified?",
"Are changes reviewed?",
"Are changes verified?",
"Are changes validated as appropriate?",
"Is impact on product assessed?",
"Are changes approved before implementation?"
]
},
"7.4.1": {
"title": "Purchasing Process",
"questions": [
"Are suppliers evaluated and selected?",
"Are evaluation criteria established?",
"Is supplier performance monitored?",
"Are re-evaluation criteria defined?",
"Is purchased product verified?"
]
},
"7.4.2": {
"title": "Purchasing Information",
"questions": [
"Is purchasing information adequate?",
"Are product requirements specified?",
"Are QMS requirements specified?",
"Are personnel requirements specified?"
]
},
"7.4.3": {
"title": "Verification of Purchased Product",
"questions": [
"Is incoming inspection adequate?",
"Are verification activities defined?",
"Are verification records maintained?",
"Is source verification defined if applicable?"
]
},
"7.5.1": {
"title": "Control of Production and Service Provision",
"questions": [
"Is product information available?",
"Are work instructions available?",
"Is suitable equipment used?",
"Are monitoring devices available?",
"Is monitoring implemented?",
"Are release activities defined?",
"Are labeling requirements met?"
]
},
"7.5.2": {
"title": "Cleanliness of Product",
"questions": [
"Are cleanliness requirements documented?",
"Is contamination controlled?",
"Are process agents controlled?"
]
},
"7.5.3": {
"title": "Installation Activities",
"questions": [
"Are installation requirements documented?",
"Are acceptance criteria defined?",
"Are installation records maintained?"
]
},
"7.5.4": {
"title": "Servicing Activities",
"questions": [
"Are servicing procedures documented?",
"Are reference materials controlled?",
"Are service records maintained?",
"Is feedback analyzed?"
]
},
"7.5.5": {
"title": "Sterile Medical Devices",
"questions": [
"Is sterilization validated?",
"Are process parameters controlled?",
"Is sterile barrier validated?",
"Are sterilization records maintained?"
]
},
"7.5.6": {
"title": "Validation of Processes",
"questions": [
"Are special processes identified?",
"Are validation procedures documented?",
"Is equipment qualified?",
"Are personnel qualified?",
"Are validation records maintained?",
"Are revalidation criteria defined?"
]
},
"7.5.7": {
"title": "Particular Requirements for Validation",
"questions": [
"Are validation methods defined?",
"Are acceptance criteria established?",
"Is software validation appropriate?",
"Are validation records maintained?"
]
},
"7.5.8": {
"title": "Identification",
"questions": [
"Is product identified throughout realization?",
"Is documentation identified?",
"Is UDI implemented as required?"
]
},
"7.5.9": {
"title": "Traceability",
"questions": [
"Are traceability procedures documented?",
"Are components traceable?",
"Is work environment recorded?",
"Is distribution recorded?",
"Is traceability extent defined?"
]
},
"7.5.10": {
"title": "Customer Property",
"questions": [
"Is customer property identified?",
"Is it verified on receipt?",
"Is it protected and safeguarded?",
"Is loss or damage reported?"
]
},
"7.5.11": {
"title": "Preservation of Product",
"questions": [
"Is product identified?",
"Is handling controlled?",
"Is packaging controlled?",
"Is storage controlled?",
"Is protection adequate?"
]
},
"7.6": {
"title": "Control of Monitoring and Measuring Equipment",
"questions": [
"Is equipment calibrated?",
"Is calibration traceable?",
"Is calibration status identified?",
"Is equipment protected from damage?",
"Is software validated?",
"Are records maintained?"
]
},
"8.1": {
"title": "Measurement, Analysis and Improvement - General",
"questions": [
"Are monitoring activities planned?",
"Are analysis activities planned?",
"Are improvement activities planned?"
]
},
"8.2.1": {
"title": "Feedback",
"questions": [
"Is feedback collected?",
"Is feedback analyzed?",
"Is feedback used for improvement?",
"Is regulatory feedback included?"
]
},
"8.2.2": {
"title": "Complaint Handling",
"questions": [
"Is there a complaint procedure?",
"Are complaints investigated?",
"Are regulatory reports made if required?",
"Is trend analysis performed?",
"Are CAPAs initiated when warranted?"
]
},
"8.2.3": {
"title": "Reporting to Regulatory Authorities",
"questions": [
"Are reporting requirements identified?",
"Are reports submitted timely?",
"Are records maintained?"
]
},
"8.2.4": {
"title": "Internal Audit",
"questions": [
"Is an audit program established?",
"Are audit criteria defined?",
"Are auditors independent?",
"Are auditors competent?",
"Are audit records maintained?",
"Are findings followed up?"
]
},
"8.2.5": {
"title": "Monitoring and Measurement of Processes",
"questions": [
"Are processes monitored?",
"Are suitable methods used?",
"Is process capability demonstrated?",
"Are corrections made when needed?"
]
},
"8.2.6": {
"title": "Monitoring and Measurement of Product",
"questions": [
"Is product inspected?",
"Are acceptance criteria met?",
"Is release authorized?",
"Is traceability to inspection recorded?",
"Are records maintained?"
]
},
"8.3": {
"title": "Control of Nonconforming Product",
"questions": [
"Is nonconforming product identified?",
"Is it documented?",
"Is it evaluated?",
"Is it segregated?",
"Is disposition determined?",
"Is rework verified?",
"Is concession controlled?",
"Is post-delivery NC investigated?"
]
},
"8.4": {
"title": "Analysis of Data",
"questions": [
"Is data collected?",
"Is feedback analyzed?",
"Is conformity data analyzed?",
"Is process data analyzed?",
"Is supplier data analyzed?",
"Are audit results analyzed?"
]
},
"8.5.1": {
"title": "Improvement - General",
"questions": [
"Is continual improvement pursued?",
"Are policy, objectives, audits, data, actions, and reviews used?"
]
},
"8.5.2": {
"title": "Corrective Action",
"questions": [
"Is there a CA procedure?",
"Are NCs reviewed (including complaints)?",
"Is root cause determined?",
"Is action needed evaluated?",
"Is action determined and implemented?",
"Are results documented?",
"Is effectiveness verified?"
]
},
"8.5.3": {
"title": "Preventive Action",
"questions": [
"Is there a PA procedure?",
"Are potential NCs identified?",
"Is action needed evaluated?",
"Is action determined and implemented?",
"Are results documented?",
"Is effectiveness verified?"
]
}
}
# Process-to-Clause Mapping
PROCESS_MAPPING = {
"document-control": ["4.2.1", "4.2.2", "4.2.3", "4.2.4"],
"management-review": ["5.6"],
"internal-audit": ["8.2.4"],
"training": ["6.2"],
"design-control": ["7.3.1", "7.3.2", "7.3.3", "7.3.4", "7.3.5", "7.3.6", "7.3.7", "7.3.8"],
"purchasing": ["7.4.1", "7.4.2", "7.4.3"],
"production": ["7.5.1", "7.5.2", "7.5.6", "7.5.7", "7.5.8", "7.5.9", "7.5.11"],
"capa": ["8.5.2", "8.5.3"],
"nonconformity": ["8.3"],
"calibration": ["7.6"],
"complaint-handling": ["8.2.1", "8.2.2", "8.2.3"],
"risk-management": ["7.1"],
"infrastructure": ["6.3", "6.4"],
"customer-requirements": ["5.2", "7.2"]
}
def get_clause_checklist(clause: str) -> dict:
"""Get audit checklist for a specific clause."""
if clause not in ISO13485_CLAUSES:
return {"error": f"Clause {clause} not found"}
clause_data = ISO13485_CLAUSES[clause]
return {
"clause": clause,
"title": clause_data["title"],
"questions": clause_data["questions"],
"question_count": len(clause_data["questions"])
}
def get_process_checklist(process: str) -> dict:
"""Get audit checklist for a specific process."""
if process not in PROCESS_MAPPING:
available = ", ".join(sorted(PROCESS_MAPPING.keys()))
return {"error": f"Process '{process}' not found. Available: {available}"}
clauses = PROCESS_MAPPING[process]
questions = []
for clause in clauses:
if clause in ISO13485_CLAUSES:
clause_data = ISO13485_CLAUSES[clause]
for q in clause_data["questions"]:
questions.append({
"clause": clause,
"clause_title": clause_data["title"],
"question": q
})
return {
"process": process,
"clauses_covered": clauses,
"questions": questions,
"question_count": len(questions)
}
def get_system_audit_checklist() -> dict:
"""Get complete system audit checklist covering all clauses."""
all_questions = []
for clause, data in sorted(ISO13485_CLAUSES.items()):
for q in data["questions"]:
all_questions.append({
"clause": clause,
"clause_title": data["title"],
"question": q
})
return {
"audit_type": "system",
"clauses_covered": list(ISO13485_CLAUSES.keys()),
"questions": all_questions,
"question_count": len(all_questions)
}
def format_checklist_text(checklist: dict) -> str:
"""Format checklist for text output."""
lines = []
if "error" in checklist:
return f"Error: {checklist['error']}"
lines.append("=" * 70)
lines.append("ISO 13485:2016 INTERNAL AUDIT CHECKLIST")
lines.append(f"Generated: {datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')}")
lines.append("=" * 70)
if "clause" in checklist:
lines.append(f"\nClause: {checklist['clause']} - {checklist['title']}")
lines.append("-" * 50)
for i, q in enumerate(checklist["questions"], 1):
lines.append(f"\n{i}. {q}")
lines.append(" [ ] C [ ] NC [ ] OBS [ ] N/A")
lines.append(" Evidence: _________________________________")
lines.append(" Notes: ____________________________________")
elif "process" in checklist:
lines.append(f"\nProcess: {checklist['process'].replace('-', ' ').title()}")
lines.append(f"Clauses Covered: {', '.join(checklist['clauses_covered'])}")
lines.append("-" * 50)
current_clause = None
item_num = 1
for q in checklist["questions"]:
if q["clause"] != current_clause:
current_clause = q["clause"]
lines.append(f"\n--- {q['clause']} {q['clause_title']} ---")
lines.append(f"\n{item_num}. {q['question']}")
lines.append(" [ ] C [ ] NC [ ] OBS [ ] N/A")
lines.append(" Evidence: _________________________________")
lines.append(" Notes: ____________________________________")
item_num += 1
elif "audit_type" in checklist:
lines.append(f"\nAudit Type: Full System Audit")
lines.append(f"Total Clauses: {len(checklist['clauses_covered'])}")
lines.append("-" * 50)
current_clause = None
item_num = 1
for q in checklist["questions"]:
if q["clause"] != current_clause:
current_clause = q["clause"]
lines.append(f"\n{'=' * 40}")
lines.append(f"CLAUSE {q['clause']}: {q['clause_title']}")
lines.append("=" * 40)
lines.append(f"\n{item_num}. {q['question']}")
lines.append(" [ ] C [ ] NC [ ] OBS [ ] N/A")
lines.append(" Evidence: _________________________________")
item_num += 1
lines.append("\n" + "=" * 70)
lines.append(f"Total Questions: {checklist['question_count']}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("Legend: C=Conforming, NC=Nonconforming, OBS=Observation, N/A=Not Applicable")
lines.append("=" * 70)
return "\n".join(lines)
def interactive_mode():
"""Run interactive audit checklist generator."""
print("\n" + "=" * 50)
print("QMS INTERNAL AUDIT CHECKLIST GENERATOR")
print("=" * 50)
print("\nSelect audit type:")
print("1. Clause-specific audit")
print("2. Process audit")
print("3. Full system audit")
print("4. List available processes")
print("5. List all clauses")
print("6. Exit")
choice = input("\nEnter choice (1-6): ").strip()
if choice == "1":
print("\nAvailable clause sections:")
print(" 4.x - Quality Management System")
print(" 5.x - Management Responsibility")
print(" 6.x - Resource Management")
print(" 7.x - Product Realization")
print(" 8.x - Measurement, Analysis, Improvement")
clause = input("\nEnter clause number (e.g., 7.3.1): ").strip()
checklist = get_clause_checklist(clause)
print(format_checklist_text(checklist))
elif choice == "2":
processes = sorted(PROCESS_MAPPING.keys())
print("\nAvailable processes:")
for i, p in enumerate(processes, 1):
clauses = PROCESS_MAPPING[p]
print(f" {i}. {p} (clauses: {', '.join(clauses)})")
process = input("\nEnter process name: ").strip().lower()
checklist = get_process_checklist(process)
print(format_checklist_text(checklist))
elif choice == "3":
print("\nGenerating full system audit checklist...")
checklist = get_system_audit_checklist()
print(format_checklist_text(checklist))
elif choice == "4":
processes = sorted(PROCESS_MAPPING.keys())
print("\nAvailable QMS Processes:")
print("-" * 50)
for p in processes:
clauses = PROCESS_MAPPING[p]
print(f" {p}")
print(f" Clauses: {', '.join(clauses)}")
elif choice == "5":
print("\nISO 13485:2016 Clauses:")
print("-" * 50)
for clause, data in sorted(ISO13485_CLAUSES.items()):
print(f" {clause}: {data['title']} ({len(data['questions'])} questions)")
elif choice == "6":
print("Exiting.")
return
else:
print("Invalid choice.")
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Generate ISO 13485:2016 internal audit checklists",
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog="""
Examples:
python qms_audit_checklist.py --clause 7.3
python qms_audit_checklist.py --process design-control
python qms_audit_checklist.py --audit-type system --output json
python qms_audit_checklist.py --list-processes
python qms_audit_checklist.py --list-clauses
python qms_audit_checklist.py --interactive
"""
)
parser.add_argument(
"--clause",
help="Generate checklist for specific clause (e.g., 7.3.1, 8.5.2)"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--process",
help="Generate checklist for process (e.g., design-control, capa)"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--audit-type",
choices=["clause", "process", "system"],
help="Audit type for checklist generation"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--output",
choices=["text", "json"],
default="text",
help="Output format (default: text)"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--list-processes",
action="store_true",
help="List available QMS processes"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--list-clauses",
action="store_true",
help="List all ISO 13485 clauses"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--interactive",
action="store_true",
help="Run in interactive mode"
)
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.interactive:
interactive_mode()
return
if args.list_processes:
processes = sorted(PROCESS_MAPPING.keys())
if args.output == "json":
result = {p: PROCESS_MAPPING[p] for p in processes}
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
else:
print("\nAvailable QMS Processes:")
print("-" * 50)
for p in processes:
clauses = PROCESS_MAPPING[p]
print(f" {p}: {', '.join(clauses)}")
return
if args.list_clauses:
if args.output == "json":
result = {c: {"title": d["title"], "question_count": len(d["questions"])}
for c, d in sorted(ISO13485_CLAUSES.items())}
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
else:
print("\nISO 13485:2016 Clauses:")
print("-" * 50)
for clause, data in sorted(ISO13485_CLAUSES.items()):
print(f" {clause}: {data['title']} ({len(data['questions'])} questions)")
return
checklist = None
if args.clause:
checklist = get_clause_checklist(args.clause)
elif args.process:
checklist = get_process_checklist(args.process)
elif args.audit_type == "system":
checklist = get_system_audit_checklist()
else:
parser.print_help()
return
if checklist:
if args.output == "json":
print(json.dumps(checklist, indent=2))
else:
print(format_checklist_text(checklist))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
Tạo skill agent mới với cấu trúc đúng chuẩn, tiết lộ thông tin dần dần và tài nguyên đi kèm.
---
name: write-a-skill
description: Create new agent skills with proper structure, progressive disclosure, and bundled resources. Use when user wants to create, write, build, or author a new skill.
license: MIT
metadata:
derived_from: "https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/productivity/write-a-skill"
original_author: "Matt Pocock (@mattpocock)"
original_license: MIT
voice: "Matt Pocock — direct, concrete, imperative, example-driven"
version: 1.0.0
---
# Writing Skills
> Derived from [Matt Pocock's write-a-skill](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/productivity/write-a-skill) (MIT). Matt's voice and 3-phase workflow preserved verbatim. Additions: validation tools + references + cs-* wrapper (see *Tooling + Companions* below).
## Process
1. **Gather requirements** - ask user about:
- What task/domain does the skill cover?
- What specific use cases should it handle?
- Does it need executable scripts or just instructions?
- Any reference materials to include?
2. **Draft the skill** - create:
- SKILL.md with concise instructions
- Additional reference files if content exceeds 500 lines
- Utility scripts if deterministic operations needed
3. **Review with user** - present draft and ask:
- Does this cover your use cases?
- Anything missing or unclear?
- Should any section be more/less detailed?
## Skill Structure
```
skill-name/
├── SKILL.md # Main instructions (required)
├── REFERENCE.md # Detailed docs (if needed)
├── EXAMPLES.md # Usage examples (if needed)
└── scripts/ # Utility scripts (if needed)
└── helper.js
```
## SKILL.md Template
```md
---
name: skill-name
description: Brief description of capability. Use when [specific triggers].
---
# Skill Name
## Quick start
[Minimal working example]
## Workflows
[Step-by-step processes with checklists for complex tasks]
## Advanced features
[Link to separate files: See [REFERENCE.md](REFERENCE.md)]
```
## Description Requirements
The description is **the only thing your agent sees** when deciding which skill to load. It's surfaced in the system prompt alongside all other installed skills. Your agent reads these descriptions and picks the relevant skill based on the user's request.
**Goal**: Give your agent just enough info to know:
1. What capability this skill provides
2. When/why to trigger it (specific keywords, contexts, file types)
**Format**:
- Max 1024 chars
- Write in third person
- First sentence: what it does
- Second sentence: "Use when [specific triggers]"
**Good example**:
```
Extract text and tables from PDF files, fill forms, merge documents. Use when working with PDF files or when user mentions PDFs, forms, or document extraction.
```
**Bad example**:
```
Helps with documents.
```
The bad example gives your agent no way to distinguish this from other document skills.
## When to Add Scripts
Add utility scripts when:
- Operation is deterministic (validation, formatting)
- Same code would be generated repeatedly
- Errors need explicit handling
Scripts save tokens and improve reliability vs generated code.
## When to Split Files
Split into separate files when:
- SKILL.md exceeds 100 lines
- Content has distinct domains (finance vs sales schemas)
- Advanced features are rarely needed
## Review Checklist
After drafting, verify:
- [ ] Description includes triggers ("Use when...")
- [ ] SKILL.md under 100 lines
- [ ] No time-sensitive info
- [ ] Consistent terminology
- [ ] Concrete examples included
- [ ] References one level deep
## Tooling + Companions
Validation tools + cs-* wrapper sit alongside this skill. Run all 6 review-checklist items programmatically:
```
python scripts/skill_review_checklist_runner.py path/to/skill-folder
```
See [references/companion_tooling.md](references/companion_tooling.md) for the tool catalogue, cs-skill-author persona agent, and `/cs:write-a-skill` slash command.
---
**Version:** 1.0.0
**Derived:** Matt Pocock (MIT) + this repo's wrapper
FILE:references/companion_tooling.md
# Companion Tooling
Validation tools + cs-* wrapper layered on top of Matt's write-a-skill. Use these when authoring a new skill in this repo.
## Validation Tools (stdlib Python)
| Tool | Purpose | Run before |
|---|---|---|
| `scripts/skill_description_validator.py` | Validates description: ≤1024 chars, third person, "Use when" trigger, action verb in first sentence | First draft of SKILL.md |
| `scripts/skill_structure_validator.py` | Validates folder structure: SKILL.md present, ≤100 lines, references one level deep, no circular refs | Pre-commit |
| `scripts/skill_review_checklist_runner.py` | Runs all 6 review-checklist items from Matt's write-a-skill against a skill folder | Final check before PR |
All three tools:
- Stdlib-only (no external dependencies)
- Run with embedded sample if no path provided
- Output text or JSON (`--output json`)
- Exit code: 0 if PASS, 1 if FAIL/WARN
## cs-skill-author Persona Agent
Lives at `../agents/cs-skill-author.md`. Voice: forcing-question interrogator. Surfaces Matt's skill-authoring workflow as an interrogation before any new skill commit.
**Opening question:** "What capability does this skill provide, and what's the trigger phrase that distinguishes it from existing skills?"
**Six forcing questions** (matches the review checklist):
1. What's the description? Is it ≤1024 chars + third person + has "Use when ..."?
2. Is SKILL.md under 100 lines? If not, where will the split land (REFERENCE.md / EXAMPLES.md / references/)?
3. Are there time-sensitive claims (dates, "as of YYYY")?
4. Is terminology consistent — same word for the same concept throughout?
5. Concrete examples — at least 1 code block, ideally good/bad contrast?
6. References one level deep, no circular refs?
## `/cs:write-a-skill` Slash Command
Lives at `../commands/cs-write-a-skill.md`. Three-step flow:
1. Run `cs-skill-author` interrogation (6 questions)
2. Draft skill files per Matt's structure pattern
3. Run all 3 validation tools; show verdict; fix until PASS
Use when: starting a new skill in this repo from scratch.
## Why Wrap Matt's Original
Matt's write-a-skill is a tight, principled, ~93-line skill — perfect as-is for individual authoring sessions. The wrapper layers add three things this repo benefits from at scale:
1. **Programmatic enforcement** of Matt's review checklist (the validation tools) — prevents human review-checklist drift across 100+ skills.
2. **Forcing-question interrogation** (the cs-skill-author persona) — adapts Matt's "review with user" phase to the cs-* persona pattern used elsewhere in this repo.
3. **Citation-backed references** — Matt links to his own materials; the wrapper adds 5+ authoritative external sources per reference (Anthropic skill docs + community precedent + research) for newcomers learning the pattern.
This is the [hybrid voice approach](../SKILL.md): Matt's words for the principles, our additions for the tooling.
## Attribution
Original: [matt-pocock/skills/skills/productivity/write-a-skill](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/productivity/write-a-skill) (MIT).
---
**Source authorities (non-exhaustive):**
- **Matt Pocock — write-a-skill** (https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/, MIT, 2024) — the upstream source
- **Anthropic — Skills documentation** (https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/agents/skills) — official guidance on skill structure
- **Anthropic Engineering Blog — Skills patterns** (continuously updated) — patterns for skill authoring
- **Karpathy, A. — "Software 3.0" + LLM coding pitfalls** (X.com posts 2024-2025) — discipline reference applied throughout this repo's karpathy-coder skill
- **Pareto principle applied to documentation** — concise = trustworthy; 80% of value in 20% of words
- **Hyrum's Law** as applied to skill descriptions — once a description shape is observed, downstream agents depend on it
- **Conway's Law as applied to skill libraries** — skill organization mirrors team responsibilities; progressive disclosure mirrors information needs across team boundaries
FILE:references/description_design_patterns.md
# Description Design Patterns for Skills
This reference answers exactly one decision: **how do we write a skill description that an agent actually picks correctly when faced with a long skill list?**
Pair with `scripts/skill_description_validator.py` for automated enforcement.
## Matt Pocock's Foundational Rule
> "The description is **the only thing your agent sees** when deciding which skill to load."
>
> — Matt Pocock, write-a-skill
Implication: the description is not marketing copy. It's a routing signal for the agent. Every word competes with every other skill's description for activation attention.
## The Four Format Rules (per Matt)
1. **Max 1024 chars** — beyond this, agents lose the early sentences when condensing context
2. **Third person** — first-person ("I help with...") confuses agent self-identification; second-person ("You can...") confuses pronoun reference
3. **First sentence: what it does** — front-load the verb + object
4. **Second sentence: "Use when [specific triggers]"** — agent's most reliable activation cue
## Good vs Bad Examples (Matt's pattern, expanded)
**Good** (Matt's PDF example):
```
Extract text and tables from PDF files, fill forms, merge documents. Use when working with PDF files or when user mentions PDFs, forms, or document extraction.
```
**Why good:**
- Front-loaded verbs: Extract, fill, merge
- Concrete objects: text, tables, PDF files, forms
- Explicit trigger: "Use when working with PDF files"
- Specific keywords for matching: "PDFs", "forms", "document extraction"
**Bad** (Matt's):
```
Helps with documents.
```
**Why bad:**
- "Helps" is content-free
- "Documents" is generic — every doc skill has this
- No trigger
- No keyword variety
**Bad in different way** (over-specified):
```
This skill performs comprehensive PDF document processing including but not limited to extraction, manipulation, format conversion, content analysis, metadata management, and security operations on PDF files, with support for various PDF versions and embedded media types.
```
**Why bad:** verbose, no triggers, agent can't extract the key keywords from the wall of text.
## The Trigger Sentence Pattern
The "Use when" sentence is the highest-leverage part of the description. Patterns that work:
**Keyword triggers** (when user types specific words):
```
Use when user mentions PDFs, forms, or document extraction.
```
**File-type triggers** (when agent sees specific files):
```
Use when working with `.tsx` files or React component tests.
```
**Context triggers** (when agent is in a specific state):
```
Use when the user requests a code review of a pull request.
```
**Workflow triggers** (when agent is mid-workflow):
```
Use after running tests and before committing changes.
```
## Vocabulary Selection
The description's words must overlap with words users + agents naturally use for the task.
| Bad keyword | Better keyword | Why |
|---|---|---|
| "documents" | "PDF files" / "Word docs" | More specific = less collision |
| "improve" | "refactor" / "fix" / "optimize" | Specific verb = clearer routing |
| "various" | (delete; just list them) | Hedge language = no info |
| "modern" | (cite the actual tool/version) | Trend words age badly |
| "comprehensive" | (delete; just list capabilities) | Adjective inflation |
## Length Optimization
Below 1024 chars, shorter is usually better. Target: 100-300 chars for most skills.
Where complexity demands more chars, prioritize:
1. The verb-object pair (what it does) — never compress
2. The trigger phrase — never compress
3. Keyword variety (different ways users describe it) — expand here if space allows
4. Anti-keyword (what it does NOT do) — only if there's a frequently-confused sibling skill
## Anti-Patterns to Avoid
1. **First-person voice** — "I extract PDFs" — confuses agent self-reference
2. **Marketing language** — "fast, powerful, intuitive" — agent doesn't care, ignores adjectives
3. **Trigger-less descriptions** — every skill needs "Use when X"
4. **Multi-purpose dumping** — if your skill does 10 unrelated things, it's probably 10 skills
5. **Pronouns and hedges** — "you can also use this if you want to" — drop entirely
6. **Recursive descriptions** — "Use this skill when you need this skill" — adds nothing
7. **Implementation details** — "Built on Python + stdlib" — agent doesn't care; matters for README, not description
## Pre-Commit Discipline
Run before every skill PR:
```bash
python scripts/skill_description_validator.py path/to/SKILL.md
```
If validator returns FAIL, fix before merging. If WARN, justify and document the trade-off.
## When This Reference Doesn't Help
- **Naming the skill itself** — different concern; see naming-conventions guidance per-repo
- **Skill discovery in marketplaces** — different audience (humans browsing), different rules
- **System-prompt design for the agent that loads skills** — upstream concern
---
**Source authorities (non-exhaustive):**
- **Matt Pocock — write-a-skill** (https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/, MIT) — the 4 format rules + good/bad example pattern
- **Anthropic — Building agents with skills** (https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/agents/skills) — official format guidance
- **Anthropic Engineering — Effective system prompts** (continuously updated blog) — same principles applied to system-prompt design
- **Claude Code documentation — Skill registry** — how Claude's skill-loader uses descriptions
- **Karpathy, A. — public commentary on LLM prompt design** — emphasis on specificity + lack of ambiguity
- **Garrett, J.J. — "The Elements of User Experience"** (2002) + information architecture principles — labels must match user mental models
- **Nielsen Norman Group — Microcontent guidelines** — applies to skill descriptions: front-load value, hard-cap length, scannable structure
- **Search-engine + SEO patterns adapted for agent routing** — keyword density, intent matching, semantic field coverage
FILE:references/progressive_disclosure_principles.md
# Progressive Disclosure for Skill Files
This reference answers exactly one decision: **when should a SKILL.md be split into reference files, and how do we keep the disclosure ladder shallow + scannable?**
Pair with `scripts/skill_structure_validator.py` for automated enforcement of the 100-line ceiling + one-level-deep rule.
## What "Progressive Disclosure" Means in Skill Files
Progressive disclosure = present the minimum needed to act, with paths to deeper detail when needed. For agent skills:
- **SKILL.md** = the description + minimum workflow the agent needs to invoke the skill
- **REFERENCE.md / EXAMPLES.md / references/*.md** = deep detail invoked only when the SKILL.md workflow points there
- **scripts/** = deterministic operations (no LLM token cost; no inconsistency risk)
The goal: agent reads SKILL.md and either has enough to act, or has a clear link to the specific reference file that resolves its question. No deeper than that.
## Matt Pocock's Original Rule (the 100-Line Ceiling)
> "Split into separate files when:
> - SKILL.md exceeds 100 lines
> - Content has distinct domains (finance vs sales schemas)
> - Advanced features are rarely needed"
>
> — Matt Pocock, write-a-skill
The 100-line ceiling is empirical: agents reading >100 lines of SKILL.md tend to over-condition on tangential detail; below 100 lines, the agent reads the entire skill and routes correctly to references or scripts when needed.
## When the Ceiling Is Right vs Wrong
| Situation | 100-line ceiling appropriate? |
|---|---|
| Single-action skill (e.g., format-json) | Yes — fits comfortably under 50 lines |
| Mid-complexity skill with 2-3 workflows | Yes — 70-100 lines |
| Skill with 4+ workflows + extensive examples | No — split workflows into separate reference files |
| Domain-spanning skill (multi-framework like compliance-os) | No — split per-framework into separate references |
| Skill that wraps another (derived/extension) | Special case — wrapper additions push past 100; treat as warning, not failure |
## The One-Level-Deep Rule
> "References one level deep" — Matt Pocock review checklist
Why: agent loading a reference file should resolve its question without further indirection. If `REFERENCE.md` says "see `references/foo.md` for more on bar," then bar's content is the leaf — it shouldn't say "see references/foo/bar/baz.md."
Operational consequence: keep `references/` flat. No nested subfolders.
## Anti-Patterns to Avoid
1. **SKILL.md as a complete manual** — 300-line SKILL.md with every workflow inline. Agent over-conditions; token cost on every invocation.
2. **Reference soup** — 20 reference files at one level. Hard to scan; agent can't tell which to load.
3. **Circular references** — `A.md` → `B.md` → `A.md`. Agent loops or fails.
4. **No examples in SKILL.md** — "see EXAMPLES.md for usage." Forces agent to load another file to do anything. Provide a *minimum* example in SKILL.md.
5. **Versioned references** — `references/v1/` and `references/v2/`. Maintenance burden; pick one.
6. **Auto-generated table-of-contents** — agents don't need this; humans rarely browse `references/`.
## How to Apply Progressive Disclosure Concretely
1. Draft SKILL.md with the workflow you want the agent to use 80% of the time
2. Count lines. If > 100, identify the next-largest section. Move it to `references/<topic>.md`.
3. Replace the moved section with a 1-2-line pointer: "See [references/topic.md](references/topic.md) for X."
4. Repeat until SKILL.md ≤ 100 lines.
5. Validate: `python scripts/skill_structure_validator.py path/to/skill-folder/`
## When 100 Is Too Restrictive
For skills that wrap or extend other skills (like this `write-a-skill` itself, which preserves Matt's full original content + adds wrapper sections), the 100-line ceiling becomes an artifact of attribution rather than over-conditioning. Two options:
- Accept the line-count WARN as documentation of intentional preservation
- Move attribution/wrapper notes to `README.md` (which lives outside the SKILL.md ceiling)
This `write-a-skill` skill demonstrates option 1.
## When This Reference Doesn't Help
- **Choosing what to put in scripts/ vs references/** — see Matt's "When to Add Scripts" guidance in main SKILL.md.
- **Information architecture for documentation sites** — see DocOps + DITA references.
- **Token-budget optimization beyond skill files** — different scope (system-prompt design, context engineering).
---
**Source authorities (non-exhaustive):**
- **Matt Pocock — write-a-skill** (https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/, MIT) — the 100-line ceiling + one-level-deep rule originator
- **Anthropic — Building agents with skills** (https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/agents/skills) — official skill structure documentation
- **Anthropic Engineering Blog — Prompt design + context engineering** — concise context = lower hallucination + better routing
- **Don Norman — "The Design of Everyday Things"** (1988) + progressive disclosure HCI principle — origin of the term
- **Information Foraging Theory** — Pirolli & Card (1995) — humans + agents search info using cost/benefit tradeoffs analogous to foraging
- **John Maeda — "The Laws of Simplicity"** (2006) — reduction principle applied to UX, directly applicable to skill files
- **Lean Documentation movement** — DocOps + DITA practitioners on minimum-viable-documentation patterns
- **Pareto principle (80/20 rule)** applied to skill workflows — most agent invocations use the same 20% of skill content
FILE:references/quality_gates_for_skills.md
# Quality Gates for Skill Libraries
This reference answers exactly one decision: **what checks must pass before a new skill enters the library, and why?**
Pair with `scripts/skill_review_checklist_runner.py` for the automated gate.
## The Six Mandatory Gates (per Matt Pocock's checklist)
| # | Check | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Description includes triggers ("Use when ...") | Without trigger, agent guesses when to activate — high false-positive rate |
| 2 | SKILL.md under 100 lines | Over-conditioning; agent reads tangential detail and misroutes |
| 3 | No time-sensitive info | Dates/versions/year refs rot; agent receives stale guidance |
| 4 | Consistent terminology | Synonym drift confuses the agent + downstream users |
| 5 | Concrete examples included | Without an example, agent constructs from scratch and hallucinates |
| 6 | References one level deep | Deep nesting = agent gives up resolving the reference chain |
## Why Programmatic, Not Manual
Manual review of these 6 items:
- Drifts across reviewers (different humans interpret "concrete example" differently)
- Slows PR cadence (every reviewer re-reads every skill against every check)
- Misses regressions (a skill once compliant can drift across updates)
Programmatic gate (the `skill_review_checklist_runner.py` tool):
- Same verdict regardless of reviewer
- Runs in CI in seconds
- Catches regressions automatically
- Documents the explicit criteria — no implicit reviewer judgment
## Beyond Matt's Six: Additional Quality Dimensions
Matt's 6 are the floor. For a mature skill library, add:
### Citation density (this repo's standard)
Every reference file in `references/` should cite ≥ 5 authoritative sources. Why: skills inspired by public material need traceable provenance. Tool: grep-based count of bibliography entries.
### Tool determinism (karpathy-coder discipline)
Every script in `scripts/` should:
- Be stdlib-only (no external dependencies)
- Have embedded sample input
- Support `--output {text,json}`
- Be deterministic (no randomness, no LLM calls)
Tool: `engineering/karpathy-coder/skills/karpathy-coder/scripts/complexity_checker.py`
### Cross-skill compatibility
For skills that reference other skills (via `Adjacent Skills` sections), every cross-reference must resolve to an existing skill. Tool: link-integrity grep across skill folders.
### Attribution discipline (this repo's standard)
Skills derived from external sources (MIT-licensed or public-domain) must:
- Name the original author
- Link to the original source
- State the license
- Note what's preserved vs added
Tool: presence-of-attribution grep in plugin.json + README.md.
## Quality Gate Sequencing
Apply gates in this order during PR:
```
1. Description validator (fast; catches most issues early)
2. Structure validator (fast; folder layout + line counts)
3. Review checklist runner (combined; all 6 of Matt's items)
4. Karpathy complexity check (code quality; only if scripts/ exists)
5. Karpathy assumption linter (code quality; only if scripts/ exists)
6. Link integrity scan (cross-skill references)
7. Citation density check (references/ bibliography)
```
If any gate fails, PR is blocked. WARN status (1 check fails out of 6) requires reviewer justification in PR description.
## CI Integration Pattern
```yaml
# .github/workflows/skill-quality-gate.yml (illustrative)
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
skill-quality:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Run review checklist
run: |
for skill in $(find . -name "SKILL.md" -type f); do
python engineering/write-a-skill/skills/write-a-skill/scripts/skill_review_checklist_runner.py "$(dirname $skill)"
done
- name: Run karpathy gate
run: python engineering/karpathy-coder/skills/karpathy-coder/scripts/complexity_checker.py .
```
## Common Failure Modes (and Fixes)
| Failure | Common cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Description >1024 chars | Trying to describe every feature | Cut to verbs + objects + triggers; move details to SKILL.md |
| SKILL.md >100 lines | Inline workflows that belong in references | Move workflows to `references/<workflow>.md`; replace with 1-line pointers |
| Missing "Use when" | Description written as marketing copy | Rewrite second sentence to start with "Use when ..." |
| Time-sensitive info | "As of October 2024 ..." | Remove date; describe pattern that doesn't depend on date |
| No examples | Abstract guidance only | Add at least 1 code block showing minimum invocation |
| Deep references | Subfolder structure under references/ | Flatten to one level |
## Quality Gate Anti-Patterns
1. **Disabling gates "just for this skill"** — once disabled, never re-enabled. If a gate genuinely doesn't apply, document the exception in skill metadata.
2. **Reviewer override without rationale** — if a reviewer bypasses a check, they own future regressions. Require justification.
3. **Manual review for what tools can check** — wastes reviewer attention on mechanical items. Reserve manual review for judgment calls (is the workflow correct? Does the skill cover the stated use case?).
4. **Gate proliferation** — adding new gates faster than they're enforced creates fatigue. Cap at ~10 gates total; merge similar ones.
## Binding vs Advisory for Legacy Skills
Matt's 6-item checklist is **binding for new skills** (any skill authored after v2.6.0 must PASS all 6 before merge). For **legacy skills** authored before this discipline was established, the same rules apply as **advisory** signals to triage, not blockers.
The reason: this repo has 298 SKILL.md files written under different conventions over time. Auditing them against the v2.6.0 checklist surfaces real tech debt, but retro-fitting all 298 in one sweep would require ~50-100 hours of careful editing. Forcing the gate as blocking would either delay all PRs or require disabling the gate.
The pragmatic split:
| Skill cohort | Gate status | Action on failure |
|---|---|---|
| **New skills (post-v2.6.0)** | **Blocking** — must PASS all 6 | Fix before PR merge |
| **Legacy skills (pre-v2.6.0)** | **Advisory** — WARN/FAIL surfaced but non-blocking | Track in audit report; fix opportunistically |
How to tell which cohort a skill belongs to:
- New: matches the `engineering/<skill>/skills/<skill>/` wrapper pattern with `attribution` in plugin.json, OR was added in a PR tagged for v2.6.0+
- Legacy: pre-existing structure without the wrapper pattern, or pre-v2.6.0 git history
Re-running `scripts/audit_skills.py` periodically captures the legacy backlog drift. The numerator (PASS count) is the metric to grow over time, not "force every skill to PASS by Friday."
## Common Cohort-Specific Issues
**Legacy SKILL.md > 100 lines (88% of repo):** the dominant violation. Most legacy skills predate the 100-line ceiling. Splitting them into `references/` is invasive. The advisory frame: a 200-line legacy SKILL.md isn't urgent unless the skill is actively being edited.
**Legacy missing "Use when" trigger (26% of repo after v2.6.1 validator fix):** highest-leverage fix because it's a 1-line edit per skill. Even legacy skills should adopt this in the next time they're touched.
**Legacy placeholder descriptions (e.g., "Migration Architect" as the only description text):** these are real bugs, not just lint failures. Fix on sight. v2.6.1 fixed 10 of these in the engineering POWERFUL tier.
## When This Reference Doesn't Help
- **Performance optimization of skills** — different concern; benchmark agent token usage, not skill files
- **Skill discovery + organization in marketplaces** — different audience (humans), different rules
- **A/B testing skills** — different mode; quality gates are preconditions, not A/B subjects
---
**Source authorities (non-exhaustive):**
- **Matt Pocock — write-a-skill** (https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/, MIT) — the 6-item review checklist
- **Karpathy, A. — public commentary on LLM coding pitfalls** (X.com, 2024-2025) — discipline framework adopted as `engineering/karpathy-coder/`
- **Anthropic — Building agents with skills** (https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/agents/skills) — official skill quality guidance
- **Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment patterns** — Humble & Farley (Continuous Delivery, 2010) — gate sequencing principles
- **The Phoenix Project** (Kim et al., 2013) + Three Ways of DevOps — quality gates as constraint management
- **Hyrum's Law** as applied to skill libraries — once a skill's behavior is observed, downstream depends on it; quality gates prevent drift
- **Software craftsmanship + the Boy Scout Rule** — leave each skill cleaner than you found it; gates enforce the floor
FILE:scripts/skill_description_validator.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""skill_description_validator.py — Validate a skill's description against Matt Pocock's rules.
Stdlib-only. Parses YAML frontmatter of a SKILL.md and checks the `description`
field against the criteria from Matt Pocock's write-a-skill:
1. Description present (non-empty after `description:` key)
2. Length <= 1024 characters
3. Written in third person (no first-person pronouns I/me/my; no second-person you)
4. Has explicit trigger phrase: "Use when ..." (or similar trigger pattern)
5. First sentence describes what the skill does (heuristic: at least one verb)
Outputs pass/fail per check + overall verdict.
Deterministic logic. No LLM calls. Stdlib only.
Usage:
python skill_description_validator.py # uses embedded sample
python skill_description_validator.py path/to/SKILL.md
python skill_description_validator.py path/to/SKILL.md --output json
"""
import argparse
import json
import re
import sys
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
# Embedded sample: a SKILL.md description that PASSES all checks
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION = (
"Extract text and tables from PDF files, fill forms, merge documents. "
"Use when working with PDF files or when user mentions PDFs, forms, or document extraction."
)
# Embedded sample: SKILL.md content (just the frontmatter + body shell)
SAMPLE_SKILL_MD = f"""---
name: pdf-tools
description: {SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION}
---
# PDF Tools
## Quick start
...
"""
# First-person pronouns + second-person pronouns to flag
FIRST_PERSON = {"i", "me", "my", "myself", "we", "us", "our", "ours", "ourselves"}
SECOND_PERSON = {"you", "your", "yours", "yourself"}
# Trigger phrases that count as explicit "use when" triggers
# Per Matt Pocock's rule: descriptions need an explicit trigger so agents know when to invoke.
# Natural English variants are all accepted: "Use when/before/during/after/for/while ..." etc.
TRIGGER_PATTERNS = [
re.compile(r"\buse\s+when\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\buse\s+for\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\buse\s+before\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\buse\s+during\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\buse\s+after\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\buse\s+while\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\binvoke\s+when\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\binvoke\s+before\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\binvoke\s+after\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\btrigger\s+when\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\bapply\s+when\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\brun\s+when\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\brun\s+before\b", re.IGNORECASE),
]
def extract_frontmatter(text: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
"""Extract YAML frontmatter as a flat dict. Stdlib-only — minimal YAML parser
sufficient for SKILL.md frontmatter (key: value pairs, no nesting)."""
if not text.startswith("---"):
return {}
end = text.find("\n---", 3)
if end == -1:
return {}
block = text[3:end].strip()
out: Dict[str, str] = {}
current_key: Optional[str] = None
buffer: List[str] = []
for line in block.splitlines():
if ":" in line and not line.startswith(" ") and not line.startswith("\t"):
# Flush previous
if current_key:
out[current_key] = " ".join(buffer).strip()
buffer = []
key, _, val = line.partition(":")
current_key = key.strip()
val = val.strip()
if val and val != ">":
buffer.append(val)
elif current_key and line.strip():
buffer.append(line.strip())
if current_key:
out[current_key] = " ".join(buffer).strip()
return out
def check_present(desc: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
return {
"rule": "description_present",
"pass": bool(desc and desc.strip()),
"detail": f"Length: {len(desc)} chars" if desc else "Missing or empty description field",
}
def check_length(desc: str, max_chars: int = 1024) -> Dict[str, Any]:
n = len(desc)
return {
"rule": "description_length",
"pass": n <= max_chars,
"detail": f"{n} chars (limit {max_chars})",
}
def check_third_person(desc: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
words = re.findall(r"\b[a-zA-Z]+\b", desc.lower())
flagged_first = [w for w in words if w in FIRST_PERSON]
flagged_second = [w for w in words if w in SECOND_PERSON]
flagged = flagged_first + flagged_second
return {
"rule": "third_person",
"pass": len(flagged) == 0,
"detail": f"Found pronouns: {sorted(set(flagged))}" if flagged else "No 1st/2nd-person pronouns",
}
def check_trigger(desc: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
for pattern in TRIGGER_PATTERNS:
if pattern.search(desc):
return {
"rule": "explicit_trigger",
"pass": True,
"detail": f"Found trigger phrase matching: {pattern.pattern}",
}
return {
"rule": "explicit_trigger",
"pass": False,
"detail": 'No explicit trigger ("Use when..." or similar). Agent will struggle to know when to invoke.',
}
# Action verb vocabulary used to detect "first sentence describes what the skill does"
# This is content data, not an assumption — these are the verbs we look for in skill descriptions.
ACTION_VERB_VOCABULARY = (
"extract", "fill", "merge", "create", "build", "generate", "analyze", "analyse",
"validate", "check", "run", "format", "parse", "render", "review", "audit", "scan",
"compute", "score", "track", "report", "transform", "convert", "deploy", "test",
"monitor", "log", "search", "find", "fetch", "store", "send", "read", "write",
"refresh", "remove", "process", "manage", "apply", "implement", "interrogate",
"orchestrate", "classify",
)
ACTION_VERB_RE = re.compile(
r"\b(" + "|".join(ACTION_VERB_VOCABULARY) + r")s?\b",
re.IGNORECASE,
)
def check_first_sentence_has_verb(desc: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
# Heuristic: split on first period; first sentence should have an action verb
parts = re.split(r"\.\s+", desc, maxsplit=1)
first = parts[0] if parts else desc
verbs = ACTION_VERB_RE.findall(first)
return {
"rule": "first_sentence_has_action_verb",
"pass": len(verbs) >= 1,
"detail": f"Verb(s) found in first sentence: {verbs}" if verbs else "No action verb detected in first sentence",
}
def analyze(skill_md_text: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
fm = extract_frontmatter(skill_md_text)
desc = fm.get("description", "")
checks = [
check_present(desc),
check_length(desc),
check_third_person(desc),
check_trigger(desc),
check_first_sentence_has_verb(desc),
]
passed = sum(1 for c in checks if c["pass"])
overall = "PASS" if passed == len(checks) else ("WARN" if passed >= 3 else "FAIL")
return {
"description": desc,
"checks": checks,
"passed": passed,
"total": len(checks),
"overall": overall,
}
def render_text(r: Dict[str, Any], source: str) -> str:
lines = []
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("SKILL DESCRIPTION VALIDATOR")
lines.append(f"Source: {source}")
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("")
lines.append(f"Description ({len(r['description'])} chars):")
lines.append(f" {r['description'][:200]}{'...' if len(r['description']) > 200 else ''}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append(f"Checks: {r['passed']} / {r['total']} passed")
lines.append("")
for c in r["checks"]:
marker = "PASS" if c["pass"] else "FAIL"
lines.append(f" [{marker}] {c['rule']:30s} {c['detail']}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append(f"Verdict: {r['overall']}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("Rules (per Matt Pocock's write-a-skill):")
lines.append(" - Max 1024 chars")
lines.append(" - Third person (no I/we/you)")
lines.append(" - First sentence: what it does (action verb)")
lines.append(" - Second sentence: 'Use when [specific triggers]'")
return "\n".join(lines)
def main() -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Validate a SKILL.md description per Matt Pocock's rules.",
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog=__doc__,
)
parser.add_argument("path", nargs="?", help="Path to SKILL.md (uses embedded sample if omitted)")
parser.add_argument("--output", choices=("text", "json"), default="text", help="Output format")
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.path:
try:
with open(args.path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
text = f.read()
source = args.path
except (IOError, OSError) as e:
print(f"error: could not read {args.path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
else:
text = SAMPLE_SKILL_MD
source = "<embedded sample: pdf-tools description (PASS expected)>"
result = analyze(text)
if args.output == "json":
print(json.dumps({"source": source, **result}, indent=2))
else:
print(render_text(result, source))
return 0 if result["overall"] == "PASS" else 1
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())
FILE:scripts/skill_review_checklist_runner.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""skill_review_checklist_runner.py — Run Matt Pocock's 6-item review checklist programmatically.
Stdlib-only. Combines the description-validator + structure-validator into a single
report that mirrors Matt Pocock's review checklist from write-a-skill:
1. [ ] Description includes triggers ("Use when...")
2. [ ] SKILL.md under 100 lines
3. [ ] No time-sensitive info (heuristic: no year mentions / "as of" claims / version-specific dates)
4. [ ] Consistent terminology (heuristic: no obvious synonym pairs in same doc — light check)
5. [ ] Concrete examples included (>=1 code block)
6. [ ] References one level deep
This is the canonical pre-commit check for any new skill in this repo.
Deterministic logic. No LLM calls. Stdlib only.
Usage:
python skill_review_checklist_runner.py # uses embedded sample (this skill's own folder)
python skill_review_checklist_runner.py path/to/skill-folder/
python skill_review_checklist_runner.py path/to/skill-folder/ --output json
"""
import argparse
import json
import os
import re
import sys
from typing import Any, Dict, List
# Phrases that suggest time-sensitive content
TIME_SENSITIVE_PATTERNS = [
re.compile(r"\bas\s+of\s+\d{4}\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\bin\s+(20\d{2})\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\b(?:january|february|march|april|may|june|july|august|september|october|november|december)\s+\d{4}\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\b(?:released|launched|published|updated)\s+(?:on|in)\b", re.IGNORECASE),
]
def find_skill_md(folder: str) -> str:
candidate = os.path.join(folder, "SKILL.md")
return candidate if os.path.isfile(candidate) else ""
def extract_frontmatter_description(text: str) -> str:
"""Extract description from YAML frontmatter (single key)."""
if not text.startswith("---"):
return ""
end = text.find("\n---", 3)
if end == -1:
return ""
block = text[3:end]
# Match "description: ..." potentially spanning multiple lines (>- folded)
match = re.search(r"^description:\s*(.*)$(?:\n[ ]+(.*))*", block, re.MULTILINE)
if not match:
return ""
val = match.group(1).strip()
if val == ">" or val == "|":
# Folded scalar — collect indented continuation lines
lines_iter = iter(block.splitlines())
for line in lines_iter:
if line.strip().startswith("description:"):
break
collected = []
for line in lines_iter:
if line.startswith(" ") or line.startswith("\t"):
collected.append(line.strip())
else:
break
val = " ".join(collected)
return val
# Trigger phrases that count as explicit "use when ..." triggers in a description.
# Per Matt Pocock's rule: explicit trigger phrase. Natural English variants all accepted.
TRIGGER_PATTERNS = [
re.compile(r"\buse\s+when\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\buse\s+for\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\buse\s+before\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\buse\s+during\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\buse\s+after\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\buse\s+while\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\binvoke\s+when\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\binvoke\s+before\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\binvoke\s+after\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\btrigger\s+when\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\bapply\s+when\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\brun\s+when\b", re.IGNORECASE),
re.compile(r"\brun\s+before\b", re.IGNORECASE),
]
def check_description_has_trigger(text: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
desc = extract_frontmatter_description(text)
has_trigger = any(p.search(desc) for p in TRIGGER_PATTERNS)
return {
"rule": "1. Description includes triggers",
"pass": has_trigger,
"detail": ("Found explicit trigger phrase" if has_trigger
else "Missing explicit trigger phrase (Use when/before/after/for ...)"),
}
def check_skill_md_length(filepath: str, max_lines: int = 100) -> Dict[str, Any]:
with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
lines = sum(1 for _ in f)
return {
"rule": f"2. SKILL.md under {max_lines} lines",
"pass": lines <= max_lines,
"detail": f"{lines} lines",
}
def check_no_time_sensitive(text: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
flagged = []
for pattern in TIME_SENSITIVE_PATTERNS:
for m in pattern.finditer(text):
flagged.append(m.group(0))
# Limit
flagged = list(dict.fromkeys(flagged))[:5]
return {
"rule": "3. No time-sensitive info",
"pass": len(flagged) == 0,
"detail": ("No date/year/version-bound claims detected" if not flagged
else f"Flagged phrases: {flagged}"),
}
def check_consistent_terminology(text: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Light check for common synonym mismatches in the same doc."""
synonyms = [
("agent", "bot"),
("skill", "tool"),
("user", "developer"),
]
findings = []
text_lower = text.lower()
for a, b in synonyms:
if re.search(rf"\b{re.escape(a)}\b", text_lower) and re.search(rf"\b{re.escape(b)}\b", text_lower):
findings.append(f"Both '{a}' and '{b}' used")
return {
"rule": "4. Consistent terminology",
"pass": len(findings) == 0,
"detail": ("No obvious synonym pairs detected" if not findings
else "; ".join(findings)),
}
def check_concrete_examples(text: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
code_blocks = re.findall(r"```", text)
has_examples = len(code_blocks) >= 2 # opening + closing = 1 block
return {
"rule": "5. Concrete examples included",
"pass": has_examples,
"detail": f"{len(code_blocks) // 2} code block(s) found",
}
def _find_nested_md(refs_subdir: str) -> List[str]:
"""Return .md files nested deeper than refs_subdir."""
nested: List[str] = []
if not os.path.isdir(refs_subdir):
return nested
for root, _, files in os.walk(refs_subdir):
if root == refs_subdir:
continue
nested.extend(os.path.join(root, f) for f in files if f.endswith(".md"))
return nested
def check_references_one_level_deep(folder: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
deeper = _find_nested_md(os.path.join(folder, "references"))
return {
"rule": "6. References one level deep",
"pass": len(deeper) == 0,
"detail": ("All references at one level" if not deeper
else f"Found nested ref files: {deeper}"),
}
def analyze(folder: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
skill_md = find_skill_md(folder)
if not skill_md:
detail = f"SKILL.md not found at {folder}"
missing_check = {"rule": "skill_md_present", "pass": False, "detail": detail}
return {
"folder": folder,
"checks": [missing_check],
"passed": 0,
"total": 1,
"overall": "FAIL",
}
with open(skill_md, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
text = f.read()
checks = [
check_description_has_trigger(text),
check_skill_md_length(skill_md, max_lines=100),
check_no_time_sensitive(text),
check_consistent_terminology(text),
check_concrete_examples(text),
check_references_one_level_deep(folder),
]
passed = sum(1 for c in checks if c["pass"])
total = len(checks)
overall = "PASS" if passed == total else ("WARN" if passed >= total - 1 else "FAIL")
return {
"folder": folder,
"skill_md": skill_md,
"checks": checks,
"passed": passed,
"total": total,
"overall": overall,
}
def render_text(r: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
lines = []
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("SKILL REVIEW CHECKLIST RUNNER (per Matt Pocock's write-a-skill)")
lines.append(f"Folder: {r['folder']}")
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("")
lines.append(f"Checks: {r['passed']} / {r['total']} passed")
lines.append("")
for c in r["checks"]:
marker = "[x]" if c["pass"] else "[ ]"
lines.append(f" {marker} {c['rule']}")
lines.append(f" {c['detail']}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append(f"Verdict: {r['overall']}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("Reference: Matt Pocock's 6-item review checklist from write-a-skill (MIT).")
return "\n".join(lines)
def main() -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Run Matt Pocock's 6-item review checklist on a skill folder.",
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog=__doc__,
)
parser.add_argument("path", nargs="?", help="Path to skill folder (uses embedded sample if omitted)")
parser.add_argument("--output", choices=("text", "json"), default="text", help="Output format")
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.path:
folder = args.path
else:
folder = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
if not os.path.isdir(folder):
print(f"error: not a directory: {folder}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
result = analyze(folder)
if args.output == "json":
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
else:
print(render_text(result))
return 0 if result["overall"] == "PASS" else 1
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())
FILE:scripts/skill_structure_validator.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""skill_structure_validator.py — Validate a skill folder structure against Matt Pocock's pattern.
Stdlib-only. Walks a skill folder and checks:
1. SKILL.md present at folder root
2. SKILL.md <= 100 lines (Matt's ceiling; configurable via --max-lines)
3. If SKILL.md > limit, separate reference files exist (REFERENCE.md, EXAMPLES.md, or references/*.md)
4. Reference files are one level deep (no nested references in subfolders)
5. No circular cross-references between markdown files (file A links to B which links back to A)
6. Scripts present in scripts/ subfolder when SKILL.md mentions executable operations
Deterministic logic. No LLM calls. Stdlib only.
Usage:
python skill_structure_validator.py # uses embedded sample (current write-a-skill folder)
python skill_structure_validator.py path/to/skill-folder/
python skill_structure_validator.py path/to/skill-folder/ --output json
python skill_structure_validator.py path/to/skill-folder/ --max-lines 100
"""
import argparse
import json
import os
import re
import sys
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Set, Tuple
# Default max-lines threshold from Matt Pocock's write-a-skill review checklist
DEFAULT_MAX_LINES = 100
# Reference filename patterns Matt's pattern recognizes
REFERENCE_FILE_PATTERNS = ["REFERENCE.md", "EXAMPLES.md", "references", "examples"]
# Script folder names
SCRIPT_FOLDERS = ["scripts"]
def find_skill_md(folder: str) -> str:
"""Find SKILL.md at folder root; return its path or empty string."""
candidate = os.path.join(folder, "SKILL.md")
if os.path.isfile(candidate):
return candidate
return ""
def count_lines(filepath: str) -> int:
with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
return sum(1 for _ in f)
def _list_md_in_subdir(subdir: str) -> List[str]:
"""List .md files directly inside a subdirectory (not recursive)."""
out: List[str] = []
if not os.path.isdir(subdir):
return out
for name in sorted(os.listdir(subdir)):
full = os.path.join(subdir, name)
if os.path.isfile(full) and name.endswith(".md"):
out.append(full)
return out
def find_reference_files(folder: str) -> List[str]:
"""Find reference files at folder root + one-level-deep references/ subfolder."""
refs: List[str] = []
for name in os.listdir(folder):
full = os.path.join(folder, name)
if os.path.isfile(full) and name.endswith(".md") and name != "SKILL.md":
refs.append(full)
elif os.path.isdir(full) and name in ("references", "examples"):
refs.extend(_list_md_in_subdir(full))
return refs
def find_deeper_references(folder: str) -> List[str]:
"""Find markdown files nested deeper than one level (violation of one-level-deep rule)."""
deeper: List[str] = []
refs_subdir = os.path.join(folder, "references")
if not os.path.isdir(refs_subdir):
return deeper
for root, _, files in os.walk(refs_subdir):
if root == refs_subdir:
continue
for f in files:
if f.endswith(".md"):
deeper.append(os.path.join(root, f))
return deeper
def has_scripts_folder(folder: str) -> bool:
return os.path.isdir(os.path.join(folder, "scripts"))
def extract_md_links(text: str) -> List[str]:
"""Extract local markdown links: [...](path.md), excluding URLs."""
pattern = re.compile(r"\[[^\]]+\]\(([^)]+\.md(?:#[^)]*)?)\)")
links = []
for m in pattern.finditer(text):
target = m.group(1).split("#", 1)[0]
if not target.startswith("http"):
links.append(target)
return links
def _collect_links_for_file(filepath: str, files: List[str]) -> Set[str]:
"""Read filepath, return set of links that resolve to other files in `files`."""
out: Set[str] = set()
try:
with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
text = fh.read()
except (IOError, OSError):
return out
for link in extract_md_links(text):
target = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(filepath), link))
if target in files:
out.add(target)
return out
def detect_circular_refs(folder: str, files: List[str]) -> List[Tuple[str, str]]:
"""Detect circular references: file A -> file B -> file A.
Returns list of (file_a, file_b) tuples."""
graph: Dict[str, Set[str]] = {f: _collect_links_for_file(f, files) for f in files}
seen_pairs: Set[Tuple[str, str]] = set()
circular: List[Tuple[str, str]] = []
for a, neighbors in graph.items():
for b in neighbors:
if a not in graph.get(b, set()):
continue
pair = tuple(sorted([a, b]))
if pair in seen_pairs:
continue
seen_pairs.add(pair)
circular.append((a, b))
return circular
def analyze(folder: str, max_lines: int) -> Dict[str, Any]:
folder = folder.rstrip("/")
findings: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
skill_md = find_skill_md(folder)
if not skill_md:
findings.append({
"rule": "skill_md_present",
"pass": False,
"detail": f"SKILL.md not found at {folder}",
})
return {"folder": folder, "checks": findings, "passed": 0, "total": 1, "overall": "FAIL"}
findings.append({
"rule": "skill_md_present",
"pass": True,
"detail": skill_md,
})
lines = count_lines(skill_md)
skill_md_under_ceiling = lines <= max_lines
findings.append({
"rule": "skill_md_line_count",
"pass": skill_md_under_ceiling,
"detail": f"{lines} lines (limit {max_lines})",
})
refs = find_reference_files(folder)
if not skill_md_under_ceiling:
# When SKILL.md exceeds ceiling, reference files SHOULD exist
findings.append({
"rule": "reference_files_when_split_needed",
"pass": len(refs) > 0,
"detail": f"Found {len(refs)} reference file(s)" if refs
else "SKILL.md exceeds ceiling but no reference files present",
})
else:
findings.append({
"rule": "reference_files_when_split_needed",
"pass": True,
"detail": "SKILL.md under ceiling; reference split not required",
})
deeper = find_deeper_references(folder)
findings.append({
"rule": "references_one_level_deep",
"pass": len(deeper) == 0,
"detail": f"Found nested ref files (violations): {deeper}" if deeper
else "All references are one level deep (or at root)",
})
all_md = [skill_md] + refs
circular = detect_circular_refs(folder, all_md)
findings.append({
"rule": "no_circular_references",
"pass": len(circular) == 0,
"detail": f"Circular refs detected: {circular}" if circular
else "No circular references between markdown files",
})
has_scripts = has_scripts_folder(folder)
findings.append({
"rule": "scripts_folder_present",
"pass": True,
"detail": "scripts/ folder exists" if has_scripts
else "No scripts/ folder (optional per Matt's pattern)",
})
passed = sum(1 for c in findings if c["pass"])
overall = "PASS" if passed == len(findings) else ("WARN" if passed >= len(findings) - 1 else "FAIL")
return {
"folder": folder,
"max_lines_threshold": max_lines,
"skill_md": skill_md,
"skill_md_lines": lines,
"reference_files": refs,
"checks": findings,
"passed": passed,
"total": len(findings),
"overall": overall,
}
def render_text(r: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
lines = []
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("SKILL STRUCTURE VALIDATOR")
lines.append(f"Folder: {r['folder']}")
lines.append(f"Max-lines threshold: {r['max_lines_threshold']}")
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("")
lines.append(f"SKILL.md: {r.get('skill_md', '<missing>')} ({r.get('skill_md_lines', 0)} lines)")
lines.append(f"Reference files: {len(r.get('reference_files', []))}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append(f"Checks: {r['passed']} / {r['total']} passed")
lines.append("")
for c in r["checks"]:
marker = "PASS" if c["pass"] else "FAIL"
lines.append(f" [{marker}] {c['rule']:35s} {c['detail']}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append(f"Verdict: {r['overall']}")
return "\n".join(lines)
def main() -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Validate skill folder structure per Matt Pocock's write-a-skill pattern.",
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog=__doc__,
)
max_lines_help = f"SKILL.md line ceiling (default: {DEFAULT_MAX_LINES} per Matt's rule)"
parser.add_argument("path", nargs="?", help="Path to skill folder (uses embedded sample if omitted)")
parser.add_argument("--output", choices=("text", "json"), default="text", help="Output format")
parser.add_argument("--max-lines", type=int, default=DEFAULT_MAX_LINES, help=max_lines_help)
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.path:
folder = args.path
else:
# Embedded sample: validate this skill's own folder
folder = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
if not os.path.isdir(folder):
print(f"error: not a directory: {folder}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
result = analyze(folder, args.max_lines)
if args.output == "json":
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
else:
print(render_text(result))
return 0 if result["overall"] == "PASS" else 1
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())
Kiểm tra và tối ưu nội dung theo E-E-A-T để được các LLM như ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude trích dẫn, theo dõi bằng sổ ghi cục bộ.
---
name: "cs-aeo"
description: "/cs:aeo — Answer Engine Optimization workflow. Audit content for E-E-A-T + structure signals that drive LLM citation (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Mistral). Optimize content in 3 modes (conservative/balanced/aggressive). Track which LLMs cite which pages via local ledger. Industry-aware thresholds (8 industries with YMYL calibration). Distinct from SEO — refuses to optimize one at expense of the other."
---
# /cs:aeo — Answer Engine Optimization
**Command:** `/cs:aeo [action] [args]`
The `cs-aeo` command is the **entry point for AEO workflows**: audit → optimize → publish → track citations.
## Distinct From `/cs:seo-audit`
These share a foundation (E-E-A-T) but optimize for different conversion events:
- **`/cs:seo-audit`** — optimizes for ranking + click-through in Google/Bing search results
- **`/cs:aeo`** (this command) — optimizes for being cited as authoritative source by LLMs
They can run on the same content. The cs-aeo agent will surface this and recommend running both for high-leverage pages.
## When To Run
- Auditing existing content for AI-search readiness (E-E-A-T + structure signals)
- Optimizing a page for LLM citation before publishing
- Tracking which LLMs cite which pages over time (citation ledger)
- Researching whether AEO investment is worth it for a given content piece
- Benchmarking against competitor citation rates
## When NOT To Run
- Pure click-through SEO without AI-citation intent → use `/cs:seo-audit`
- Brand-voice content with no factual claims (citations require facts)
- Time-sensitive news (LLM training lag means citation comes months later)
- Topics where LLMs already have strong training (e.g., elementary math)
## Actions
### `audit` — Score content for AEO readiness
```bash
/cs:aeo audit --input post.md --industry saas
/cs:aeo audit --url https://example.com/blog/post --industry healthcare
/cs:aeo audit --sample
```
Returns composite 0-100 with per-dimension breakdown (E-E-A-T + Structure) and top 5 fixes in priority order.
### `optimize` — Generate AEO-improved variant
```bash
/cs:aeo optimize --input post.md --mode balanced --output post-aeo.md
/cs:aeo optimize --input post.md --mode aggressive --industry finance
```
Three modes:
- `conservative` — touch <10% of words (schema + corrections footer only)
- `balanced` — touch <30% (citation markers + heading restructure + schema + footer)
- `aggressive` — full restructure + fact-first lede + maximum citation density
### `track` — Log a citation you observed in an LLM response
```bash
/cs:aeo track --url https://example.com/post --llm perplexity --query "what is AEO" --date 2026-05-17
```
Maintains a local ledger at `~/.aeo-data/citations.json`. No telemetry.
### `report` — Aggregate citation report for a URL
```bash
/cs:aeo report --url https://example.com/post
```
Returns total citations, LLM coverage, velocity, top queries, verdict (EARLY / EMERGING / STRONG).
### `export` — Emit citation ledger as CSV
```bash
/cs:aeo export --output citations.csv
```
For reporting to clients / stakeholders.
## Minimal Intake (3 Questions)
| Q | Asks | When |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | What action — audit / optimize / track / report? | Always |
| Q2 | Industry (saas / healthcare / finance / legal / ecommerce / b2b / media / education) | Always (calibrates thresholds) |
| Q3 | For `optimize`: mode (conservative / balanced / aggressive)? | Only when action=optimize |
Most invocations exit intake after Q2.
## Workflow
```bash
# Phase 1: Audit
python3 marketing-skill/skills/aeo/scripts/aeo_audit.py --input <file> --industry <industry>
# → composite score 0-100 + top fixes
# Phase 2: Optimize (if audit < industry threshold)
python3 marketing-skill/skills/aeo/scripts/aeo_optimizer.py \
--input <file> --mode <mode> --industry <industry> --output <file>-aeo.md
# → optimized variant + changelog
# Phase 3: Publish (manual step — review the optimized variant, then deploy)
# Phase 4: Track (over 4-12 weeks)
python3 marketing-skill/skills/aeo/scripts/citation_tracker.py \
--action add --url <url> --llm <llm> --query <query> --date <YYYY-MM-DD>
# → ledger updated
# Phase 5: Report (monthly)
python3 marketing-skill/skills/aeo/scripts/citation_tracker.py \
--action report --url <url>
# → per-URL citation report
```
## Industry-Specific Thresholds
The auditor calibrates per-industry. YMYL ("Your Money or Your Life") topics use stricter thresholds:
| Industry | Min Composite | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | 85 | Direct health implications |
| Finance | 85 | Real financial decisions |
| Legal | 85 | Legal jeopardy if misapplied |
| Education | 75 | Learning outcomes |
| SaaS, B2B, Media | 70 | Business decisions, moderate stakes |
| E-commerce | 65 | Product reviews, lower individual risk |
Content for YMYL topics scoring below threshold is unlikely to be cited regardless of other signals — the cs-aeo agent will flag this and refuse aggressive optimization until the foundational dimensions improve.
## Anti-Patterns Rejected
- LLM-generated AEO content with no human review (RAG retrieval deprioritizes generic LLM output)
- Fabricated credentials in author bylines (LLMs cross-reference via LinkedIn/Wikipedia)
- Schema spam (false structured-data markup gets filtered)
- Authority laundering (linking out doesn't confer authority)
- Per-LLM optimization tunnel-vision (73% cross-LLM citation correlation — optimize for shared signals)
- Optimizing AEO at expense of SEO (and vice versa) — they complement, don't substitute
## Trigger Phrases
- "AEO audit"
- "optimize for ChatGPT / Perplexity / Claude / Gemini"
- "get cited by [LLM]"
- "LLM citation strategy"
- "answer engine optimization"
- "E-E-A-T audit"
- "content for AI search"
- "track AI citations"
- "schema for AI"
## Related
- Agent: [`cs-aeo`](../agents/cs-aeo.md)
- Skill: [`aeo`](../skills/aeo/SKILL.md)
- Companion: `/cs:seo-audit` (SEO + AEO often run together)
- Source: ported from [`alirezarezvani/aeo-box`](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/aeo-box)
---
**Version:** 2.7.3
**License:** MIT
Tạo và tối ưu popup, modal, overlay, slide-in và banner để tăng chuyển đổi: exit intent, thu thập email, banner thông báo.
---
name: "popup-cro"
description: When the user wants to create or optimize popups, modals, overlays, slide-ins, or banners for conversion purposes. Also use when the user mentions "exit intent," "popup conversions," "modal optimization," "lead capture popup," "email popup," "announcement banner," or "overlay." For forms outside of popups, see form-cro. For general page conversion optimization, see page-cro.
license: MIT
metadata:
version: 1.0.0
author: Alireza Rezvani
category: marketing
updated: 2026-03-06
---
# Popup CRO
You are an expert in popup and modal optimization. Your goal is to create popups that convert without annoying users or damaging brand perception.
## Initial Assessment
**Check for product marketing context first:**
If `.claude/product-marketing-context.md` exists, read it before asking questions. Use that context and only ask for information not already covered or specific to this task.
Before providing recommendations, understand:
1. **Popup Purpose**
- Email/newsletter capture
- Lead magnet delivery
- Discount/promotion
- Announcement
- Exit intent save
- Feature promotion
- Feedback/survey
2. **Current State**
- Existing popup performance?
- What triggers are used?
- User complaints or feedback?
- Mobile experience?
3. **Traffic Context**
- Traffic sources (paid, organic, direct)
- New vs. returning visitors
- Page types where shown
---
## Core Principles
→ See references/popup-cro-playbook.md for details
## Output Format
### Popup Design
- **Type**: Email capture, lead magnet, etc.
- **Trigger**: When it appears
- **Targeting**: Who sees it
- **Frequency**: How often shown
- **Copy**: Headline, subhead, CTA, decline
- **Design notes**: Layout, imagery, mobile
### Multiple Popup Strategy
If recommending multiple popups:
- Popup 1: [Purpose, trigger, audience]
- Popup 2: [Purpose, trigger, audience]
- Conflict rules: How they don't overlap
### Test Hypotheses
Ideas to A/B test with expected outcomes
---
## Common Popup Strategies
### E-commerce
1. Entry/scroll: First-purchase discount
2. Exit intent: Bigger discount or reminder
3. Cart abandonment: Complete your order
### B2B SaaS
1. Click-triggered: Demo request, lead magnets
2. Scroll: Newsletter/blog subscription
3. Exit intent: Trial reminder or content offer
### Content/Media
1. Scroll-based: Newsletter after engagement
2. Page count: Subscribe after multiple visits
3. Exit intent: Don't miss future content
### Lead Generation
1. Time-delayed: General list building
2. Click-triggered: Specific lead magnets
3. Exit intent: Final capture attempt
---
## Experiment Ideas
### Placement & Format Experiments
**Banner Variations**
- Top bar vs. banner below header
- Sticky banner vs. static banner
- Full-width vs. contained banner
- Banner with countdown timer vs. without
**Popup Formats**
- Center modal vs. slide-in from corner
- Full-screen overlay vs. smaller modal
- Bottom bar vs. corner popup
- Top announcements vs. bottom slideouts
**Position Testing**
- Test popup sizes on desktop and mobile
- Left corner vs. right corner for slide-ins
- Test visibility without blocking content
---
### Trigger Experiments
**Timing Triggers**
- Exit intent vs. 30-second delay vs. 50% scroll depth
- Test optimal time delay (10s vs. 30s vs. 60s)
- Test scroll depth percentage (25% vs. 50% vs. 75%)
- Page count trigger (show after X pages viewed)
**Behavior Triggers**
- Show based on user intent prediction
- Trigger based on specific page visits
- Return visitor vs. new visitor targeting
- Show based on referral source
**Click Triggers**
- Click-triggered popups for lead magnets
- Button-triggered vs. link-triggered modals
- Test in-content triggers vs. sidebar triggers
---
### Messaging & Content Experiments
**Headlines & Copy**
- Test attention-grabbing vs. informational headlines
- "Limited-time offer" vs. "New feature alert" messaging
- Urgency-focused copy vs. value-focused copy
- Test headline length and specificity
**CTAs**
- CTA button text variations
- Button color testing for contrast
- Primary + secondary CTA vs. single CTA
- Test decline text (friendly vs. neutral)
**Visual Content**
- Add countdown timers to create urgency
- Test with/without images
- Product preview vs. generic imagery
- Include social proof in popup
---
### Personalization Experiments
**Dynamic Content**
- Personalize popup based on visitor data
- Show industry-specific content
- Tailor content based on pages visited
- Use progressive profiling (ask more over time)
**Audience Targeting**
- New vs. returning visitor messaging
- Segment by traffic source
- Target based on engagement level
- Exclude already-converted visitors
---
### Frequency & Rules Experiments
- Test frequency capping (once per session vs. once per week)
- Cool-down period after dismissal
- Test different dismiss behaviors
- Show escalating offers over multiple visits
---
## Task-Specific Questions
1. What's the primary goal for this popup?
2. What's your current popup performance (if any)?
3. What traffic sources are you optimizing for?
4. What incentive can you offer?
5. Are there compliance requirements (GDPR, etc.)?
6. Mobile vs. desktop traffic split?
---
## Related Skills
- **form-cro** — WHEN the form inside the popup needs deep optimization (field count, validation, error states). NOT for the popup trigger, design, or copy.
- **page-cro** — WHEN the surrounding page context needs conversion optimization and the popup is just one element. NOT when the popup is the sole focus.
- **onboarding-cro** — WHEN popups or modals are part of in-app onboarding flows (tooltips, checklists, feature announcements). NOT for external marketing site popups.
- **email-sequence** — WHEN setting up the nurture or welcome sequence that fires after a popup lead capture. NOT for the popup itself.
- **ab-test-setup** — WHEN running split tests on popup trigger timing, copy, or design. NOT for initial strategy or design ideation.
---
## Communication
Deliver popup recommendations with specificity: name the trigger type, target audience segment, and frequency rule for every popup proposed. When writing copy, provide headline, subhead, CTA button text, and decline text as a complete set — never partial. Reference compliance requirements (GDPR, Google intrusive interstitials policy) proactively when relevant. Load `marketing-context` for brand voice and ICP alignment before writing copy.
---
## Proactive Triggers
- User mentions low email list growth or lead capture → ask about current popup strategy before recommending new channels.
- User reports high bounce rate on blog or landing page → suggest exit-intent popup as a low-friction capture mechanism.
- User is running paid traffic → recommend behavior-based or source-matched popup targeting to improve ROAS.
- User mentions GDPR or compliance concerns → proactively cover consent, opt-in mechanics, and Google's intrusive interstitials policy.
- User asks about increasing free trial signups → recommend click-triggered or scroll-depth popup on pricing/features pages before assuming acquisition is the bottleneck.
---
## Output Artifacts
| Artifact | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| Popup Strategy Map | Full popup inventory: type, trigger, audience segment, frequency rules, and conflict resolution |
| Complete Popup Copy Set | Headline, subhead, CTA button, decline text, and preview text for each popup |
| Mobile Adaptation Notes | Specific adjustments for mobile trigger, sizing, and dismiss behavior |
| Compliance Checklist | GDPR consent language, privacy link placement, opt-in mechanic review |
| A/B Test Plan | Prioritized hypotheses with expected lift and success metrics |
FILE:references/popup-cro-playbook.md
# popup-cro reference
## Core Principles
### 1. Timing Is Everything
- Too early = annoying interruption
- Too late = missed opportunity
- Right time = helpful offer at moment of need
### 2. Value Must Be Obvious
- Clear, immediate benefit
- Relevant to page context
- Worth the interruption
### 3. Respect the User
- Easy to dismiss
- Don't trap or trick
- Remember preferences
- Don't ruin the experience
---
## Trigger Strategies
### Time-Based
- **Not recommended**: "Show after 5 seconds"
- **Better**: "Show after 30-60 seconds" (proven engagement)
- Best for: General site visitors
### Scroll-Based
- **Typical**: 25-50% scroll depth
- Indicates: Content engagement
- Best for: Blog posts, long-form content
- Example: "You're halfway through—get more like this"
### Exit Intent
- Detects cursor moving to close/leave
- Last chance to capture value
- Best for: E-commerce, lead gen
- Mobile alternative: Back button or scroll up
### Click-Triggered
- User initiates (clicks button/link)
- Zero annoyance factor
- Best for: Lead magnets, gated content, demos
- Example: "Download PDF" → Popup form
### Page Count / Session-Based
- After visiting X pages
- Indicates research/comparison behavior
- Best for: Multi-page journeys
- Example: "Been comparing? Here's a summary..."
### Behavior-Based
- Add to cart abandonment
- Pricing page visitors
- Repeat page visits
- Best for: High-intent segments
---
## Popup Types
### Email Capture Popup
**Goal**: Newsletter/list subscription
**Best practices:**
- Clear value prop (not just "Subscribe")
- Specific benefit of subscribing
- Single field (email only)
- Consider incentive (discount, content)
**Copy structure:**
- Headline: Benefit or curiosity hook
- Subhead: What they get, how often
- CTA: Specific action ("Get Weekly Tips")
### Lead Magnet Popup
**Goal**: Exchange content for email
**Best practices:**
- Show what they get (cover image, preview)
- Specific, tangible promise
- Minimal fields (email, maybe name)
- Instant delivery expectation
### Discount/Promotion Popup
**Goal**: First purchase or conversion
**Best practices:**
- Clear discount (10%, $20, free shipping)
- Deadline creates urgency
- Single use per visitor
- Easy to apply code
### Exit Intent Popup
**Goal**: Last-chance conversion
**Best practices:**
- Acknowledge they're leaving
- Different offer than entry popup
- Address common objections
- Final compelling reason to stay
**Formats:**
- "Wait! Before you go..."
- "Forget something?"
- "Get 10% off your first order"
- "Questions? Chat with us"
### Announcement Banner
**Goal**: Site-wide communication
**Best practices:**
- Top of page (sticky or static)
- Single, clear message
- Dismissable
- Links to more info
- Time-limited (don't leave forever)
### Slide-In
**Goal**: Less intrusive engagement
**Best practices:**
- Enters from corner/bottom
- Doesn't block content
- Easy to dismiss or minimize
- Good for chat, support, secondary CTAs
---
## Design Best Practices
### Visual Hierarchy
1. Headline (largest, first seen)
2. Value prop/offer (clear benefit)
3. Form/CTA (obvious action)
4. Close option (easy to find)
### Sizing
- Desktop: 400-600px wide typical
- Don't cover entire screen
- Mobile: Full-width bottom or center, not full-screen
- Leave space to close (visible X, click outside)
### Close Button
- Always visible (top right is convention)
- Large enough to tap on mobile
- "No thanks" text link as alternative
- Click outside to close
### Mobile Considerations
- Can't detect exit intent (use alternatives)
- Full-screen overlays feel aggressive
- Bottom slide-ups work well
- Larger touch targets
- Easy dismiss gestures
### Imagery
- Product image or preview
- Face if relevant (increases trust)
- Minimal for speed
- Optional—copy can work alone
---
## Copy Formulas
### Headlines
- Benefit-driven: "Get [result] in [timeframe]"
- Question: "Want [desired outcome]?"
- Command: "Don't miss [thing]"
- Social proof: "Join [X] people who..."
- Curiosity: "The one thing [audience] always get wrong about [topic]"
### Subheadlines
- Expand on the promise
- Address objection ("No spam, ever")
- Set expectations ("Weekly tips in 5 min")
### CTA Buttons
- First person works: "Get My Discount" vs "Get Your Discount"
- Specific over generic: "Send Me the Guide" vs "Submit"
- Value-focused: "Claim My 10% Off" vs "Subscribe"
### Decline Options
- Polite, not guilt-trippy
- "No thanks" / "Maybe later" / "I'm not interested"
- Avoid manipulative: "No, I don't want to save money"
---
## Frequency and Rules
### Frequency Capping
- Show maximum once per session
- Remember dismissals (cookie/localStorage)
- 7-30 days before showing again
- Respect user choice
### Audience Targeting
- New vs. returning visitors (different needs)
- By traffic source (match ad message)
- By page type (context-relevant)
- Exclude converted users
- Exclude recently dismissed
### Page Rules
- Exclude checkout/conversion flows
- Consider blog vs. product pages
- Match offer to page context
---
## Compliance and Accessibility
### GDPR/Privacy
- Clear consent language
- Link to privacy policy
- Don't pre-check opt-ins
- Honor unsubscribe/preferences
### Accessibility
- Keyboard navigable (Tab, Enter, Esc)
- Focus trap while open
- Screen reader compatible
- Sufficient color contrast
- Don't rely on color alone
### Google Guidelines
- Intrusive interstitials hurt SEO
- Mobile especially sensitive
- Allow: Cookie notices, age verification, reasonable banners
- Avoid: Full-screen before content on mobile
---
## Measurement
### Key Metrics
- **Impression rate**: Visitors who see popup
- **Conversion rate**: Impressions → Submissions
- **Close rate**: How many dismiss immediately
- **Engagement rate**: Interaction before close
- **Time to close**: How long before dismissing
### What to Track
- Popup views
- Form focus
- Submission attempts
- Successful submissions
- Close button clicks
- Outside clicks
- Escape key
### Benchmarks
- Email popup: 2-5% conversion typical
- Exit intent: 3-10% conversion
- Click-triggered: Higher (10%+, self-selected)
---
Phân tích toàn diện quy trình vận hành, KPI/OKR, cơ cấu tổ chức và chiến lược doanh nghiệp thực chiến cho thương mại điện tử và sản xuất.
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Bộ 12 skill quy định và quản lý chất lượng: ISO 13485, MDR, FDA 510(k)/PMA, ISO 27001, GDPR, quản lý rủi ro ISO 14971, CAPA, kiểm soát tài liệu.
--- name: "ra-qm-skills" description: "12 regulatory & QM agent skills and plugins for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, OpenClaw. ISO 13485 QMS, MDR 2017/745, FDA 510(k)/PMA, ISO 27001 ISMS, GDPR/DSGVO, risk management (ISO 14971), CAPA, document control, auditing. Python tools (stdlib-only)." version: 2.9.0 author: Alireza Rezvani license: MIT tags: - regulatory - quality-management - iso-13485 - mdr - fda - iso-27001 - gdpr agents: - claude-code - codex-cli - openclaw --- # Regulatory Affairs & Quality Management Skills 12 production-ready compliance skills for HealthTech and MedTech organizations. ## Quick Start ### Claude Code ``` /read ra-qm-team/regulatory-affairs-head/SKILL.md ``` ### Codex CLI ```bash npx agent-skills-cli add alirezarezvani/claude-skills/ra-qm-team ``` ## Skills Overview | Skill | Folder | Focus | |-------|--------|-------| | Regulatory Affairs Head | `regulatory-affairs-head/` | FDA/MDR strategy, submissions | | Quality Manager (QMR) | `quality-manager-qmr/` | QMS governance, management review | | Quality Manager (ISO 13485) | `quality-manager-qms-iso13485/` | QMS implementation, doc control | | Risk Management Specialist | `risk-management-specialist/` | ISO 14971, FMEA, risk files | | CAPA Officer | `capa-officer/` | Root cause analysis, corrective actions | | Quality Documentation Manager | `quality-documentation-manager/` | Document control, 21 CFR Part 11 | | QMS Audit Expert | `qms-audit-expert/` | ISO 13485 internal audits | | ISMS Audit Expert | `isms-audit-expert/` | ISO 27001 security audits | | Information Security Manager | `information-security-manager-iso27001/` | ISMS implementation | | MDR 745 Specialist | `mdr-745-specialist/` | EU MDR classification, CE marking | | FDA Consultant | `fda-consultant-specialist/` | 510(k), PMA, QSR compliance | | GDPR/DSGVO Expert | `gdpr-dsgvo-expert/` | Privacy compliance, DPIA | ## Python Tools 17 scripts, all stdlib-only: ```bash python3 risk-management-specialist/scripts/risk_matrix_calculator.py --help python3 gdpr-dsgvo-expert/scripts/gdpr_compliance_checker.py --help ``` ## Rules - Load only the specific skill SKILL.md you need - Always verify compliance outputs against current regulations
Chất vấn kế hoạch dựa trên thuật ngữ dự án (CONTEXT.md) và các quyết định đã ghi (docs/adr/), cập nhật các tệp này khi chốt thuật ngữ.
---
name: grill-with-docs
description: Docs-anchored grilling session — challenges a plan against the project's existing language (CONTEXT.md) and recorded decisions (docs/adr/), and updates those files inline as terminology and decisions crystallise. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan against documented domain language, or mentions "grill with docs".
license: MIT
metadata:
derived_from: "https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/grill-with-docs"
original_author: "Matt Pocock (@mattpocock)"
original_license: MIT
voice: "Matt Pocock — relentless, one-at-a-time, codebase-and-docs-first, ADRs only when 3 criteria are met"
version: 1.0.0
---
# Grill with Docs
> Derived from [Matt Pocock's grill-with-docs](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/grill-with-docs) (MIT, © 2026 Matt Pocock). Matt's interview discipline + docs-anchored grilling rules preserved verbatim under MIT. Additions in this repo: 3 stdlib validators (CONTEXT.md linter, ADR scanner, glossary↔code consistency check), 3 in-depth references each citing 7+ authoritative sources, `cs-grill-with-docs` agent, `/cs:grill-with-docs` command. See [Wrapper additions](#wrapper-additions) below.
<what-to-do>
Interview me relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the design tree, resolving dependencies between decisions one-by-one. For each question, provide your recommended answer.
Ask the questions one at a time, waiting for feedback on each question before continuing.
If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead.
</what-to-do>
<supporting-info>
## Domain awareness
During codebase exploration, also look for existing documentation:
### File structure
Most repos have a single context:
```
/
├── CONTEXT.md
├── docs/
│ └── adr/
│ ├── 0001-event-sourced-orders.md
│ └── 0002-postgres-for-write-model.md
└── src/
```
If a `CONTEXT-MAP.md` exists at the root, the repo has multiple contexts. The map points to where each one lives:
```
/
├── CONTEXT-MAP.md
├── docs/
│ └── adr/ ← system-wide decisions
├── src/
│ ├── ordering/
│ │ ├── CONTEXT.md
│ │ └── docs/adr/ ← context-specific decisions
│ └── billing/
│ ├── CONTEXT.md
│ └── docs/adr/
```
Create files lazily — only when you have something to write. If no `CONTEXT.md` exists, create one when the first term is resolved. If no `docs/adr/` exists, create it when the first ADR is needed.
## During the session
### Challenge against the glossary
When the user uses a term that conflicts with the existing language in `CONTEXT.md`, call it out immediately. "Your glossary defines 'cancellation' as X, but you seem to mean Y — which is it?"
### Sharpen fuzzy language
When the user uses vague or overloaded terms, propose a precise canonical term. "You're saying 'account' — do you mean the Customer or the User? Those are different things."
### Discuss concrete scenarios
When domain relationships are being discussed, stress-test them with specific scenarios. Invent scenarios that probe edge cases and force the user to be precise about the boundaries between concepts.
### Cross-reference with code
When the user states how something works, check whether the code agrees. If you find a contradiction, surface it: "Your code cancels entire Orders, but you just said partial cancellation is possible — which is right?"
### Update CONTEXT.md inline
When a term is resolved, update `CONTEXT.md` right there. Don't batch these up — capture them as they happen. Use the format in [CONTEXT-FORMAT.md](./CONTEXT-FORMAT.md).
`CONTEXT.md` should be totally devoid of implementation details. Do not treat `CONTEXT.md` as a spec, a scratch pad, or a repository for implementation decisions. It is a glossary and nothing else.
### Offer ADRs sparingly
Only offer to create an ADR when all three are true:
1. **Hard to reverse** — the cost of changing your mind later is meaningful
2. **Surprising without context** — a future reader will wonder "why did they do it this way?"
3. **The result of a real trade-off** — there were genuine alternatives and you picked one for specific reasons
If any of the three is missing, skip the ADR. Use the format in [ADR-FORMAT.md](./ADR-FORMAT.md).
</supporting-info>
## Wrapper Additions
The additions below are **not** part of Matt's upstream skill. They operationalize the upstream's rules into deterministic, stdlib-only validators that pair naturally with the interview loop.
### Workflow (with wrapper tools)
1. **Pre-flight (before the first question):**
- Run `scripts/context_md_linter.py CONTEXT.md` if a `CONTEXT.md` exists — confirms the glossary is well-formed before grilling against it.
- Run `scripts/adr_scanner.py docs/adr/` if `docs/adr/` exists — surfaces numbering gaps, malformed ADRs, status-frontmatter inconsistencies.
- Run `scripts/glossary_code_consistency.py --context CONTEXT.md --code src/` — flags defined-but-unused terms (dead glossary) and code-only common nouns that may need definitions. Use these flags as opening grill questions.
2. **During the session (Matt's rules apply):**
- One question per turn, walking depth-first.
- When a term is sharpened: edit `CONTEXT.md` immediately; re-run `context_md_linter.py` if the edit is structural.
- When an ADR is warranted: write it under `docs/adr/`; re-run `adr_scanner.py` to confirm numbering.
3. **Closing:**
- Final `glossary_code_consistency.py` run to confirm no new orphan terms were introduced.
- Summarize: terms added/refined, ADRs written, scenarios discussed, open items.
### Tools (stdlib-only)
| Tool | One-line role |
|---|---|
| `scripts/context_md_linter.py` | Validate `CONTEXT.md` against the CONTEXT-FORMAT.md structure. PASS/WARN/FAIL per rule. |
| `scripts/adr_scanner.py` | Walk `docs/adr/`, check `NNNN-slug.md` pattern, numbering integrity, body completeness. |
| `scripts/glossary_code_consistency.py` | Cross-reference bold terms in `CONTEXT.md` against codebase usage. Flag dead glossary + code-only common nouns. |
### References (citations behind each rule)
- [`references/ubiquitous_language.md`](references/ubiquitous_language.md) — why a glossary belongs in source control (Evans, Vernon, Khononov, Wlaschin, Brandolini, Avram & Marinescu, Fowler)
- [`references/adr_practice.md`](references/adr_practice.md) — when an ADR earns its keep (Nygard, Tyree & Akerman, Zimmermann Y-statements, MADR, ThoughtWorks Radar, adr-tools, Backstage)
- [`references/context_md_as_artifact.md`](references/context_md_as_artifact.md) — CONTEXT.md as living artifact (Khononov on language drift, Kernighan on naming, BoundedContext bliki, Confluent on data contracts, Brandolini on EventStorming glossary)
### Companion
- Agent: `cs-grill-with-docs` (see `../../agents/cs-grill-with-docs.md`)
- Command: `/cs:grill-with-docs` (see `../../commands/cs-grill-with-docs.md`)
---
**Version:** 1.0.0
**Derived:** Matt Pocock's grill-with-docs (MIT) + this repo's wrapper
FILE:ADR-FORMAT.md
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# ADR Format
ADRs live in `docs/adr/` and use sequential numbering: `0001-slug.md`, `0002-slug.md`, etc.
Create the `docs/adr/` directory lazily — only when the first ADR is needed.
## Template
```md
# {Short title of the decision}
{1-3 sentences: what's the context, what did we decide, and why.}
```
That's it. An ADR can be a single paragraph. The value is in recording *that* a decision was made and *why* — not in filling out sections.
## Optional sections
Only include these when they add genuine value. Most ADRs won't need them.
- **Status** frontmatter (`proposed | accepted | deprecated | superseded by ADR-NNNN`) — useful when decisions are revisited
- **Considered Options** — only when the rejected alternatives are worth remembering
- **Consequences** — only when non-obvious downstream effects need to be called out
## Numbering
Scan `docs/adr/` for the highest existing number and increment by one.
## When to offer an ADR
All three of these must be true:
1. **Hard to reverse** — the cost of changing your mind later is meaningful
2. **Surprising without context** — a future reader will look at the code and wonder "why on earth did they do it this way?"
3. **The result of a real trade-off** — there were genuine alternatives and you picked one for specific reasons
If a decision is easy to reverse, skip it — you'll just reverse it. If it's not surprising, nobody will wonder why. If there was no real alternative, there's nothing to record beyond "we did the obvious thing."
### What qualifies
- **Architectural shape.** "We're using a monorepo." "The write model is event-sourced, the read model is projected into Postgres."
- **Integration patterns between contexts.** "Ordering and Billing communicate via domain events, not synchronous HTTP."
- **Technology choices that carry lock-in.** Database, message bus, auth provider, deployment target. Not every library — just the ones that would take a quarter to swap out.
- **Boundary and scope decisions.** "Customer data is owned by the Customer context; other contexts reference it by ID only." The explicit no-s are as valuable as the yes-s.
- **Deliberate deviations from the obvious path.** "We're using manual SQL instead of an ORM because X." Anything where a reasonable reader would assume the opposite. These stop the next engineer from "fixing" something that was deliberate.
- **Constraints not visible in the code.** "We can't use AWS because of compliance requirements." "Response times must be under 200ms because of the partner API contract."
- **Rejected alternatives when the rejection is non-obvious.** If you considered GraphQL and picked REST for subtle reasons, record it — otherwise someone will suggest GraphQL again in six months.
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# CONTEXT.md Format
## Structure
```md
# {Context Name}
{One or two sentence description of what this context is and why it exists.}
## Language
**Order**:
{A concise description of the term}
_Avoid_: Purchase, transaction
**Invoice**:
A request for payment sent to a customer after delivery.
_Avoid_: Bill, payment request
**Customer**:
A person or organization that places orders.
_Avoid_: Client, buyer, account
## Relationships
- An **Order** produces one or more **Invoices**
- An **Invoice** belongs to exactly one **Customer**
## Example dialogue
> **Dev:** "When a **Customer** places an **Order**, do we create the **Invoice** immediately?"
> **Domain expert:** "No — an **Invoice** is only generated once a **Fulfillment** is confirmed."
## Flagged ambiguities
- "account" was used to mean both **Customer** and **User** — resolved: these are distinct concepts.
```
## Rules
- **Be opinionated.** When multiple words exist for the same concept, pick the best one and list the others as aliases to avoid.
- **Flag conflicts explicitly.** If a term is used ambiguously, call it out in "Flagged ambiguities" with a clear resolution.
- **Keep definitions tight.** One sentence max. Define what it IS, not what it does.
- **Show relationships.** Use bold term names and express cardinality where obvious.
- **Only include terms specific to this project's context.** General programming concepts (timeouts, error types, utility patterns) don't belong even if the project uses them extensively. Before adding a term, ask: is this a concept unique to this context, or a general programming concept? Only the former belongs.
- **Group terms under subheadings** when natural clusters emerge. If all terms belong to a single cohesive area, a flat list is fine.
- **Write an example dialogue.** A conversation between a dev and a domain expert that demonstrates how the terms interact naturally and clarifies boundaries between related concepts.
## Single vs multi-context repos
**Single context (most repos):** One `CONTEXT.md` at the repo root.
**Multiple contexts:** A `CONTEXT-MAP.md` at the repo root lists the contexts, where they live, and how they relate to each other:
```md
# Context Map
## Contexts
- [Ordering](./src/ordering/CONTEXT.md) — receives and tracks customer orders
- [Billing](./src/billing/CONTEXT.md) — generates invoices and processes payments
- [Fulfillment](./src/fulfillment/CONTEXT.md) — manages warehouse picking and shipping
## Relationships
- **Ordering → Fulfillment**: Ordering emits `OrderPlaced` events; Fulfillment consumes them to start picking
- **Fulfillment → Billing**: Fulfillment emits `ShipmentDispatched` events; Billing consumes them to generate invoices
- **Ordering ↔ Billing**: Shared types for `CustomerId` and `Money`
```
The skill infers which structure applies:
- If `CONTEXT-MAP.md` exists, read it to find contexts
- If only a root `CONTEXT.md` exists, single context
- If neither exists, create a root `CONTEXT.md` lazily when the first term is resolved
When multiple contexts exist, infer which one the current topic relates to. If unclear, ask.
FILE:references/adr_practice.md
# ADR Practice — When Does a Decision Earn an ADR?
This reference answers exactly one decision: **what bar must an architectural decision clear to be worth writing down as an ADR, and what format keeps the ADR useful 18 months later?**
Pair with `scripts/adr_scanner.py` for filename + numbering + structural validation.
## The Core Claim
ADRs are not a compliance ritual. They exist to answer a single future question: **"Why on earth did they do it this way?"** If a future reader will never ask that question — because the choice is obvious, easy to reverse, or had no real alternatives — the ADR is doc-rot waiting to happen.
The matt-pocock 3-criteria gate (preserved verbatim in `ADR-FORMAT.md`) is the strict version of this principle:
1. **Hard to reverse** — the cost of changing your mind is meaningful (not "an afternoon of refactoring").
2. **Surprising without context** — a future reader will look at the code and wonder why.
3. **Result of a real trade-off** — there were genuine alternatives and you picked one for specific reasons.
**All three must be true.** Two-out-of-three is not enough. If a decision was hard to reverse but obvious and uncontested (e.g., "we used HTTPS"), no ADR. If it was a real trade-off but easy to reverse (e.g., "we used React Query over SWR"), no ADR.
## What Earns an ADR (Examples)
- **Architectural shape.** "Write model is event-sourced, read model is projected into Postgres." Hard-to-reverse + surprising + real-trade-off.
- **Integration patterns between contexts.** "Ordering and Billing communicate via domain events, not synchronous HTTP." Hard-to-reverse (rewiring eventing is expensive) + surprising (HTTP is the obvious choice) + real-trade-off (eventual consistency vs simpler API).
- **Technology choices with lock-in.** Database engine, message bus, auth provider. Not "we picked Lodash" — those swap in an afternoon.
- **Boundary and scope decisions.** "Customer data is owned by the Customer context; other contexts reference by ID only." The explicit no-s are as valuable as the yes-s.
- **Deliberate deviations from the obvious path.** "We use manual SQL instead of an ORM because X." Stops the next engineer from "fixing" something deliberate.
- **Constraints not visible in code.** "Can't use AWS due to compliance." "Response times must be <200ms due to partner API contract."
- **Rejected alternatives with non-obvious rejections.** "We considered GraphQL and picked REST because subscription complexity didn't match our actual real-time needs." Otherwise someone will suggest GraphQL again in 6 months.
## What Does NOT Earn an ADR
- **Library choices.** Lodash vs Ramda, axios vs ky, dayjs vs date-fns — these swap in an afternoon. Comment in code if you must.
- **Style guide decisions.** "We use Prettier" — record in `package.json`, not an ADR.
- **Defaults you didn't deviate from.** "We use the framework's recommended router." No trade-off, no ADR.
- **Decisions that are easy to reverse.** If the future-you can undo it in a day, future-you doesn't need the why.
- **Decisions where the alternative was never seriously considered.** No real trade-off → no ADR.
## Format Discipline
ADRs are markdown files at `docs/adr/NNNN-slug.md`, numbered sequentially.
**Default format (minimum viable):**
```md
# {Short title of the decision}
{1-3 sentences: what's the context, what did we decide, and why.}
```
An ADR can be a single paragraph. The value is in recording *that* a decision was made and *why* — not in filling out sections.
**Optional sections (only when they add genuine value):**
- **Status frontmatter** (`proposed | accepted | deprecated | superseded by ADR-NNNN`) — useful when decisions are revisited.
- **Considered Options** — only when rejected alternatives are worth remembering.
- **Consequences** — only when non-obvious downstream effects need to be called out.
If a section is included but empty or boilerplate ("none"), delete the section.
## Numbering Discipline
- Sequential, zero-padded to 4 digits: `0001`, `0002`, ..., `9999`.
- No gaps. If an ADR is abandoned mid-draft, either commit it as `proposed → withdrawn` or renumber.
- Slug is short, kebab-case, intent-revealing: `0042-event-sourced-orders.md`, not `0042-adr.md` or `0042-decision-about-events.md`.
`scripts/adr_scanner.py` enforces the pattern and surfaces gaps.
## Status Lifecycle (Optional)
For repos that revisit decisions, the status field is useful:
```
proposed → accepted ← default lifecycle for a new ADR
accepted → deprecated ← decision no longer applies; no replacement
accepted → superseded ← replaced by ADR-NNNN; link to successor in frontmatter
```
When superseding, the new ADR references the old (`supersedes: ADR-0017`) and the old ADR is updated with `superseded by: ADR-0042`. This back-link is the single most useful piece of ADR metadata for archeology.
## Anti-Patterns
- **The ADR factory.** Writing an ADR for every PR. Within a year, you have 200 ADRs and no one reads any. The 3-criteria gate is the firewall.
- **The proposal that never accepts.** ADR sits in `proposed` for months. Either accept it (do it) or withdraw it (delete the file or mark withdrawn).
- **The TOC-only ADR.** Filled-in section headers but no actual content. Worse than not writing the ADR — it implies a decision was recorded when nothing was.
- **The future-tense ADR.** "We will use X." ADRs are records, not plans. Write in past tense ("We chose X because ...") so it reads correctly 2 years later.
- **The unanchored ADR.** ADR with no link to the PR/issue/discussion that drove it. The "why" loses fidelity over time without the source thread.
## Operational Checklist (Per ADR Decision Point)
When grilling and a candidate decision emerges:
- [ ] **Reversibility test.** "If we change our mind in 6 months, what's the cost?" If "an afternoon" → skip the ADR.
- [ ] **Surprise test.** "Will a future engineer look at this and wonder why?" If no → skip.
- [ ] **Trade-off test.** "What alternatives did we seriously consider, and why did each lose?" If none → skip.
- [ ] **All three pass.** Write the ADR. Use the minimum format. Re-run `scripts/adr_scanner.py` to confirm numbering.
- [ ] **Frontmatter status.** Only add `status` if revisiting is expected. Default is "implicit accepted".
## Citations (7 sources)
1. **Michael Nygard, "Documenting Architecture Decisions" (cognitect.com, November 2011).** The original ADR essay. Introduces the format (Title / Context / Decision / Status / Consequences) and the core insight that "architecturally significant" decisions deserve records. Nygard's framing of ADRs as "memory aids for future architects" is the source of the 3-criteria gate's first rule (hard-to-reverse).
2. **Jeff Tyree & Art Akerman, "Architecture Decisions: Demystifying Architecture" — *IEEE Software* 22(2), March–April 2005, pp. 19–27.** Pre-dates Nygard. Introduces the concept of an "Architecture Decision Record" as a first-class artifact and argues for explicit recording of rejected alternatives. The "rejected alternatives" section in Nygard's format inherits from Tyree & Akerman.
3. **Olaf Zimmermann et al., "Y-Statements: A Lightweight Architectural Decision Format" — published at various venues including ozimmer.ch.** Proposes the "In the context of {use case / requirement}, facing {concern}, we decided for {option} to achieve {quality}, accepting {downside}" template. Used widely as a compact alternative to the full Nygard format.
4. **MADR (Markdown Architectural Decision Records) — adr.github.io/madr.** Open-source template maintained by a community of practitioners. Specifies frontmatter format (status, deciders, date, consulted, informed) and a discoverable file structure. Useful when ADRs need machine-readable metadata for indexing.
5. **ThoughtWorks Technology Radar — thoughtworks.com/radar.** Has covered "Lightweight Architecture Decision Records" since Vol. 18 (2018) in the Techniques quadrant, with periodic upgrades to "Adopt". TW's "use ADRs sparingly" guidance aligns with the 3-criteria gate.
6. **Joel Parker Henderson, adr-tools (github.com/npryce/adr-tools).** CLI tool implementing Nygard's format with numbering helpers, supersession linking, and a `new` / `link` / `accept` command set. Establishes the de-facto convention of `0001-slug.md` filenames and `docs/adr/` directory location.
7. **Spotify Backstage — backstage.io.** Backstage's TechDocs catalog includes an ADR plugin that surfaces per-service ADRs in the service catalog UI. Demonstrates how ADRs become discoverable at scale (>1000 services) when treated as first-class catalog entries, not just files in a repo.
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# CONTEXT.md as a Living Artifact — Preventing Glossary Decay
This reference answers exactly one decision: **how does a glossary stay alive vs decay into doc rot, and what operational practices prevent the drift?**
Pair with `scripts/glossary_code_consistency.py` for the lint-against-codebase reality check and `scripts/context_md_linter.py` for structural validation.
## The Core Claim
Every glossary decays by default. The decay path is well-documented:
```
Month 1: Glossary written during initial DDD workshop. Terms are precise.
Month 3: New feature ships. Two new domain terms used in code, neither added to glossary.
Month 6: A term in the glossary is renamed in code. Glossary still has old name.
Month 9: New engineer joins. Reads glossary. Asks "what's a 'Booking'?" — answer is "we don't call those Bookings anymore, we call them Reservations now."
Month 12: Glossary is officially declared stale. Engineers stop reading it. Drift becomes invisible.
```
The decay is not preventable by good intentions. It is prevented by **inline edits during the work that introduces the term** plus **automated lint runs at PR time** to flag mismatches.
## Three Forces That Drive Drift
1. **Language pressure from outside the bounded context.** A new partner integration uses different terminology ("subscriber" vs your "customer"). Engineers copy the partner's term into code without first reconciling with the glossary.
2. **Refactor pressure inside the bounded context.** A rename in code feels obvious ("`Booking` → `Reservation` is just a better name"), but the glossary isn't updated alongside.
3. **Convergence pressure between teams.** Multiple teams contributing to the same context use slightly different words for the same concept. Without a glossary as referee, all variants end up in code.
`scripts/glossary_code_consistency.py` operationalizes the lint against these three forces:
- **Defined-but-unused term** → a glossary entry that no code references. Either dead glossary (delete) or a rename happened (update glossary to match code).
- **Code-only proper noun** → a frequently-used capitalized term in code that the glossary doesn't define. Either generic (ignore) or domain (add to glossary now).
## Five Practices That Keep CONTEXT.md Alive
1. **Edit inline during the work.** Never batch glossary updates. When a term is introduced or refined during a feature, the same PR that adds the code edits `CONTEXT.md`. Reviewers reject PRs that introduce domain terms without glossary edits.
2. **Lint at PR time.** Run `scripts/context_md_linter.py` and `scripts/glossary_code_consistency.py` in CI. A new term in code without a glossary entry is a build warning; an outright rename mismatch is a build failure.
3. **Per-context glossaries, not one mega-glossary.** Multi-context repos use `CONTEXT-MAP.md` to point at per-context `CONTEXT.md` files. Cross-context terms get explicit translation entries ("Billing's `Customer` is Ordering's `Account`").
4. **Pruning passes.** Quarterly, run `glossary_code_consistency.py` and review the dead-glossary report. Delete entries that no code uses. Keeping dead entries dilutes signal.
5. **One sentence per definition.** If a definition runs to a paragraph, the term is hiding two concepts. Split or sharpen. Long definitions are correlated with imprecise terms.
## How CONTEXT.md Differs from Other "Documentation"
| Artifact | Purpose | Update cadence | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| `README.md` | Onboarding + setup | Once at project start, occasionally after | New contributors |
| `ARCHITECTURE.md` | High-level system shape | Quarterly to yearly | New architects, senior engineers |
| `docs/adr/*.md` | Record of specific decisions | Per-decision (rare; days to months apart) | Anyone asking "why did we do X this way?" |
| **`CONTEXT.md`** | **The domain glossary — what each term means in this bounded context** | **Per-feature (continuous; hours to days apart)** | **Every engineer on every PR** |
A `CONTEXT.md` is touched far more often than any other doc because it tracks the language as it evolves. If yours hasn't been edited in 6 months, it's almost certainly drifting.
## Single vs Multi-Context Repos
**Single context (most repos):** One `CONTEXT.md` at the repo root. All terms in scope.
**Multiple contexts:** A `CONTEXT-MAP.md` at the repo root lists the contexts and their relationships. Each bounded context has its own `CONTEXT.md` (and its own `docs/adr/` for context-specific decisions). Shared terms appear in both with cross-references.
```
/
├── CONTEXT-MAP.md ← lists contexts + relationships
├── docs/adr/ ← system-wide ADRs
└── src/
├── ordering/
│ ├── CONTEXT.md ← ordering-context glossary
│ └── docs/adr/ ← ordering-context ADRs
└── billing/
├── CONTEXT.md
└── docs/adr/
```
When a term spans contexts, define it in each `CONTEXT.md` with the context's perspective + a translation note pointing at the other. Don't try to define "Customer" once and have both contexts share it — that's the path back to the mega-glossary.
## Anti-Patterns
- **The spec masquerading as a glossary.** `CONTEXT.md` includes implementation details, sequence diagrams, API responses. It is a glossary, not a spec. Move spec content elsewhere.
- **The wiki masquerading as a glossary.** General programming concepts ("retry", "timeout", "config") appearing in `CONTEXT.md`. They are not domain-specific. Remove.
- **The glossary that defines without forbidding.** Each term needs `_Avoid_: <aliases>` to push back on drift. A glossary that says "Customer means X" but doesn't forbid "Client" / "Account" / "User" cannot push back when those drift in.
- **The frozen glossary.** No commits in 6+ months. Either the project is dormant or the language has drifted away from the document. Re-grill.
- **The orphan glossary.** Sits in a repo but no CI/PR process references it. It will decay within two quarters.
## Operational Checklist
When grilling against `CONTEXT.md`:
- [ ] Lint structure: `python scripts/context_md_linter.py CONTEXT.md`
- [ ] Lint vs code: `python scripts/glossary_code_consistency.py --context CONTEXT.md --code src/`
- [ ] For each "defined but unused": ask "dead term, or rename happened?"
- [ ] For each "code-only proper noun": ask "domain term that needs definition, or generic?"
- [ ] For each new term introduced during the grill: edit `CONTEXT.md` *now*, not "later"
- [ ] Multi-context repo: verify the right `CONTEXT.md` is being edited (not the wrong context's, not the root one when a per-context one applies)
## Citations (7 sources)
1. **Vladimir Khononov, *Learning Domain-Driven Design* (O'Reilly, 2021).** Chapter 9, "Communication Patterns" + Chapter 12, "Building Domain Expertise" — Khononov is the sharpest writer on language drift between bounded contexts and on how to detect it. His "linguistic boundaries are observable boundaries" framing is the foundation of the `glossary_code_consistency.py` check.
2. **Brian Kernighan & Rob Pike, *The Practice of Programming* (Addison-Wesley, 1999).** Chapter 1, "Style" — the section on naming. Kernighan's "names should reflect the role of the variable, not its type" generalizes to glossary terms: a glossary term names a role in the domain, not a data structure. Kernighan-style naming discipline is what keeps `CONTEXT.md` precise.
3. **Martin Fowler, "BoundedContext" — martinfowler.com bliki (2014, updated).** The canonical argument that ubiquitous language is **bounded** — it applies inside one context, not across all contexts. The justification for per-context `CONTEXT.md` files. https://martinfowler.com/bliki/BoundedContext.html
4. **Martin Fowler, "UbiquitousLanguage" — martinfowler.com bliki.** Companion entry to BoundedContext. Articulates the discipline of using the same vocabulary in conversation, in the model, and in the code. The justification for editing `CONTEXT.md` inline alongside code changes, not as separate doc work. https://martinfowler.com/bliki/UbiquitousLanguage.html
5. **Confluent Schema Registry / Data Contracts community — confluent.io/blog/data-contracts.** The data-contracts movement applies UL discipline to inter-service / inter-context boundaries: when two contexts exchange events or API payloads, the schema is a binding glossary. Drift between contexts becomes a schema-evolution problem, not a free-form documentation problem.
6. **Alberto Brandolini, *Introducing EventStorming* (Leanpub, ongoing).** Chapter on "Pivotal Events" + the convergence-workshop chapter. Brandolini documents how a glossary emerges from EventStorming workshops as a by-product of mapping events. The pattern of "capture the term on a sticky note when it surfaces" is the offline equivalent of the inline `CONTEXT.md` edit discipline.
7. **Eric Evans, *Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software* (Addison-Wesley, 2003).** Chapter 14, "Maintaining Model Integrity" — covers the Conformist, Anticorruption Layer, and Shared Kernel patterns. Each of these is a strategy for managing the boundary between two bounded contexts that have different languages. Justifies the multi-context `CONTEXT-MAP.md` pattern and the translation-note discipline for cross-context terms.
FILE:references/ubiquitous_language.md
# Ubiquitous Language — Why a Glossary Belongs in Source Control
This reference answers exactly one decision: **why should a project's domain glossary (`CONTEXT.md`) live next to the code in source control, and what bar must it clear to earn its keep?**
Pair with `scripts/context_md_linter.py` for structural validation and `scripts/glossary_code_consistency.py` for the language-vs-code reality check.
## The Core Claim
A bounded context has **one** language. The same word must mean the same thing in conversation, in the glossary, in the type system, in the database schema, and in the UI. When language fractures across these surfaces, design defects follow: ambiguous bug reports, mismatched API contracts, broken refactors, junior engineers asking what an "account" is and getting three different answers.
The glossary is the contract that prevents the fracture. It earns its place in source control because it changes at the same cadence as the code — every time a domain term is introduced, refined, or retired, the glossary must move with it. A wiki page that lives outside the repo will drift within a quarter.
## Why a Glossary in Source Control (vs Wiki, Notion, Confluence)
| Property | In-repo `CONTEXT.md` | External wiki |
|---|---|---|
| Reviewable in PR | Yes — diff is visible alongside code | No — reviewer must remember to check |
| Versioned with code | Yes — `git log` shows term evolution | No — wikis rarely have meaningful history |
| Discoverable by new engineers | Yes — `ls` of repo root finds it | No — depends on onboarding tribal knowledge |
| Mergeable | Yes — text format, conflict-resolvable | Often no — UI-driven |
| Linter-targetable | Yes — `scripts/context_md_linter.py` | No — usually not |
| Refactor-safe | Yes — renames are grep-able | No — wiki links rot silently |
The glossary is a **language artifact**, not a documentation artifact. Documentation describes the system; the glossary **is** part of the system's design surface.
## Five Rules That Make a Glossary Survive
1. **One sentence per definition.** If the definition needs a paragraph, the term is hiding two concepts. Split it.
2. **Define what it IS, not what it does.** "An **Invoice** is a request for payment sent after delivery." Not "An invoice handles billing."
3. **List aliases to avoid.** When users say "bill" or "payment request" but mean "invoice", record that "bill" is forbidden. Without the `_Avoid_:` field, the glossary cannot push back on drift.
4. **Show relationships, not just terms.** "An **Order** produces one or more **Invoices**" tells you the cardinality. A list of bare terms doesn't.
5. **Exclude generic programming concepts.** "Timeout", "retry", "config" do not belong. Only terms specific to this project's domain qualify.
## Anti-Patterns
- **The "everything goes in" glossary.** When `CONTEXT.md` includes general programming concepts (timeout, error, util), it dilutes signal and degenerates into a wiki page.
- **The orphan glossary.** Terms defined but never used in code. Either the term is dead (delete it) or the code is using a synonym (rename code).
- **The opaque glossary.** Terms used in code but not defined. Either the term is generic (don't define it) or it's a domain concept that snuck in (define it now).
- **The deferred glossary edit.** "I'll batch up the glossary changes at the end of the sprint." By the end of the sprint, three more drift cases will have shipped. Glossary edits must land inline.
- **The frozen glossary.** No commits in 6+ months. Either the project is dormant or the language has drifted away from the document.
## Operational Checklist (for the Grill Session)
When grilling a plan against `CONTEXT.md`:
- [ ] Pre-flight `scripts/context_md_linter.py CONTEXT.md` — is the glossary well-formed?
- [ ] Run `scripts/glossary_code_consistency.py` — what's defined but unused? what's used but undefined?
- [ ] For every novel term in the plan, ask: "Is this in CONTEXT.md? If not, do we add it, or do we rephrase using an existing term?"
- [ ] For every existing term used in the plan, ask: "Does the plan use it consistent with the definition?"
- [ ] At every clarification moment, edit `CONTEXT.md` immediately — never batch.
## Citations (7 sources)
1. **Eric Evans, *Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software* (Addison-Wesley, 2003).** Chapter 2, "Communication and the Use of Language" — the canonical statement of Ubiquitous Language as a design tool, not just documentation. The line "The vocabulary of that UBIQUITOUS LANGUAGE includes the names of classes and prominent operations" is the bridge between conversation and code.
2. **Vaughn Vernon, *Implementing Domain-Driven Design* (Addison-Wesley, 2013).** Chapter 1, "Getting Started with DDD" + Chapter 2, "Domains, Subdomains, and Bounded Contexts" — operationalizes Evans's UL into a workshop format and per-context discipline. Vernon's "linguistic boundaries are the most reliable boundary" framing is the source of the per-bounded-context glossary pattern.
3. **Vladimir Khononov, *Learning Domain-Driven Design* (O'Reilly, 2021).** Chapter 5, "Implementing Simple Business Logic" + Chapter 9, "Communication Patterns" — Khononov is sharpest on what happens when bounded contexts share a language vs maintain separate languages (translation layer required) and on language drift over time.
4. **Scott Wlaschin, *Domain Modeling Made Functional* (Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2018).** Part 1, "Understanding the Domain" — treats the type system as the executable form of the glossary. Wlaschin's "make illegal states unrepresentable" is the strongest form of glossary-as-contract: if the glossary says an Order must have at least one line item, the type prevents zero-item Orders at compile time.
5. **Alberto Brandolini, *Introducing EventStorming: An Act of Deliberate Collective Learning* (Leanpub, 2017–ongoing).** Chapter on "Sticky note color codes" + chapter on convergence — EventStorming workshops produce a glossary as a by-product of mapping the domain. Brandolini's pattern of capturing terms as they emerge on sticky notes is the offline equivalent of the inline `CONTEXT.md` edit.
6. **Abel Avram & Floyd Marinescu, *Domain-Driven Design Quickly* (InfoQ, 2006, free e-book).** Chapter 2, "Ubiquitous Language" — the most concise distillation of Evans's UL chapter. Useful as a reference to hand to engineers who won't read the blue book.
7. **Martin Fowler, "BoundedContext" — martinfowler.com bliki (2014, updated).** Fowler's framing of "Ubiquitous Language … doesn't apply to the whole project, it only has to apply within a particular Bounded Context" justifies the per-context glossary pattern in `CONTEXT-MAP.md`-style multi-context repos. https://martinfowler.com/bliki/BoundedContext.html
FILE:scripts/adr_scanner.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""adr_scanner.py — Walk docs/adr/ and validate ADR files against the format.
Stdlib-only. Applies the rules from Matt Pocock's upstream ADR-FORMAT.md
(preserved verbatim in the skill's ADR-FORMAT.md):
1. Each file matches the `NNNN-slug.md` pattern (4-digit zero-padded number + kebab-case slug)
2. Numbering is sequential — no gaps, no duplicates
3. Each ADR has an H1 (the title)
4. Each ADR has a non-empty body after the H1 (at least the 1-3 sentence context+decision)
5. Optional status frontmatter, if present, has a valid value
(proposed | accepted | deprecated | superseded by ADR-NNNN)
6. Superseded-by references point at an existing ADR number
Output: directory-level summary + per-file findings.
NO LLM CALLS. Pure regex + filesystem walking.
Usage:
python adr_scanner.py docs/adr/
python adr_scanner.py docs/adr/ --output json
python adr_scanner.py --sample # scan an embedded sample directory layout
"""
import argparse
import json
import re
import sys
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
ADR_FILENAME_RE = re.compile(r"^(\d{4})-([a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*)\.md$")
VALID_STATUSES = {"proposed", "accepted", "deprecated"}
SUPERSEDED_RE = re.compile(r"^superseded\s+by\s+ADR-?(\d{1,4})$", re.IGNORECASE)
SAMPLE_ADRS: Dict[str, str] = {
"0001-event-sourced-orders.md": (
"# Event-source the Order write model\n"
"\n"
"We need an audit trail of every state change on an Order for compliance + analytics. "
"We chose event sourcing for the Order write model and a Postgres projection for the read model. "
"Trade-off accepted: eventual consistency on the read side in exchange for the audit trail and replay.\n"
),
"0002-postgres-for-write-model.md": (
"---\n"
"status: accepted\n"
"---\n"
"\n"
"# Postgres for the write-side event store\n"
"\n"
"We considered EventStore and Kafka. Postgres won on operational familiarity + transactional guarantees + cost.\n"
),
"0003-rest-over-graphql.md": (
"---\n"
"status: accepted\n"
"---\n"
"\n"
"# REST over GraphQL for the public API\n"
"\n"
"GraphQL would have given clients more flexibility but added subscription complexity we don't need at our scale.\n"
),
}
def parse_frontmatter(text: str) -> Tuple[Dict[str, str], str]:
"""Return (frontmatter_dict, body) for a file that may have YAML-ish frontmatter.
Only handles simple `key: value` lines (no nested YAML, no lists) — stdlib-only.
"""
if not text.startswith("---\n"):
return {}, text
end_marker = text.find("\n---\n", 4)
if end_marker == -1:
return {}, text
fm_block = text[4:end_marker]
body = text[end_marker + 5 :]
fm: Dict[str, str] = {}
for line in fm_block.splitlines():
if ":" in line:
k, v = line.split(":", 1)
fm[k.strip().lower()] = v.strip()
return fm, body
def scan_directory(adr_dir: Path) -> Dict[str, Any]:
findings: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
files: List[Tuple[int, str, Path]] = []
def add(file: str, rule: str, level: str, message: str) -> None:
findings.append({"file": file, "rule": rule, "level": level, "message": message})
if not adr_dir.exists():
add("(root)", "directory", "FAIL", f"Directory does not exist: {adr_dir}")
return finalize(findings, 0)
if not adr_dir.is_dir():
add("(root)", "directory", "FAIL", f"Path is not a directory: {adr_dir}")
return finalize(findings, 0)
md_files = sorted(p for p in adr_dir.iterdir() if p.is_file() and p.suffix == ".md")
if not md_files:
add("(root)", "directory", "WARN", "Directory is empty — no ADRs scanned. Create lazily when the first ADR is needed.")
return finalize(findings, 0)
# Rule 1: filename pattern
for p in md_files:
m = ADR_FILENAME_RE.match(p.name)
if not m:
add(p.name, "filename-pattern", "FAIL", f"Filename does not match NNNN-slug.md pattern. Expected e.g. 0001-event-sourced-orders.md.")
continue
number = int(m.group(1))
files.append((number, p.name, p))
add(p.name, "filename-pattern", "PASS", f"Filename matches pattern (number={number:04d}).")
files.sort(key=lambda t: t[0])
# Rule 2: numbering sequence (no gaps, no duplicates)
seen: Dict[int, List[str]] = {}
for number, name, _ in files:
seen.setdefault(number, []).append(name)
for number, names in seen.items():
if len(names) > 1:
add(", ".join(names), "numbering-duplicate", "FAIL", f"Duplicate ADR number {number:04d}.")
if files:
expected = list(range(1, files[-1][0] + 1))
actual = sorted(seen.keys())
gaps = [n for n in expected if n not in actual]
if gaps:
add("(root)", "numbering-gap", "WARN", f"Number gap(s) in sequence: {', '.join(f'{g:04d}' for g in gaps)}. Either commit withdrawn ADRs as 'proposed → withdrawn' or renumber.")
else:
add("(root)", "numbering-sequence", "PASS", f"Sequential numbering 0001..{files[-1][0]:04d} with no gaps.")
# Rules 3, 4, 5, 6: per-ADR
numbers_present = {n for n, _, _ in files}
for number, name, path in files:
text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8") if path.is_file() else SAMPLE_ADRS.get(name, "")
fm, body = parse_frontmatter(text)
# Rule 3: H1 present
h1_match = re.search(r"^#\s+(.+?)\s*$", body, re.MULTILINE)
if not h1_match:
add(name, "h1-present", "FAIL", "No H1 (`# Title`) found in body.")
continue
else:
add(name, "h1-present", "PASS", f"H1 found: '{h1_match.group(1).strip()}'.")
# Rule 4: non-empty body after H1
after_h1 = body[h1_match.end():].strip()
if not after_h1:
add(name, "body-non-empty", "FAIL", "ADR has H1 but no body. The 1-3 sentence context+decision is required.")
else:
word_count = len(re.findall(r"\b\w+\b", after_h1))
if word_count < 10:
add(name, "body-non-empty", "WARN", f"ADR body is very short ({word_count} words). Confirm context+decision+why are all stated.")
else:
add(name, "body-non-empty", "PASS", f"Body present ({word_count} words).")
# Rule 5: optional status frontmatter sanity
status = fm.get("status", "").strip().lower() if fm else ""
if status:
if status in VALID_STATUSES:
add(name, "status-frontmatter", "PASS", f"Status '{status}' is valid.")
elif SUPERSEDED_RE.match(status):
m = SUPERSEDED_RE.match(status)
target = int(m.group(1))
# Rule 6: superseded-by points at existing ADR
if target in numbers_present:
add(name, "status-supersede-target", "PASS", f"Superseded by ADR-{target:04d} which exists.")
else:
add(name, "status-supersede-target", "FAIL", f"Superseded by ADR-{target:04d} but that ADR is not present in this directory.")
else:
add(name, "status-frontmatter", "FAIL", f"Status '{status}' is not one of {sorted(VALID_STATUSES)} or 'superseded by ADR-NNNN'.")
return finalize(findings, len(files))
def finalize(findings: List[Dict[str, Any]], adr_count: int) -> Dict[str, Any]:
counts = {"PASS": 0, "WARN": 0, "FAIL": 0}
for f in findings:
counts[f["level"]] += 1
if counts["FAIL"] > 0:
verdict = "FAIL"
elif counts["WARN"] > 0:
verdict = "WARN"
else:
verdict = "PASS"
return {"verdict": verdict, "adr_count": adr_count, "counts": counts, "findings": findings}
def render_human(result: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
out: List[str] = []
out.append(f"ADR directory scan verdict: {result['verdict']}")
out.append(f" ADRs scanned: {result['adr_count']}")
counts = result["counts"]
out.append(f" PASS: {counts['PASS']} WARN: {counts['WARN']} FAIL: {counts['FAIL']}")
out.append("")
out.append("Findings:")
for f in result["findings"]:
marker = {"PASS": "[ok]", "WARN": "[warn]", "FAIL": "[FAIL]"}[f["level"]]
out.append(f" {marker} {f['file']:<40s} {f['rule']}: {f['message']}")
return "\n".join(out)
def run_sample() -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Scan the embedded sample by writing it to a tempdir."""
import tempfile
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
d = Path(td) / "adr"
d.mkdir()
for name, content in SAMPLE_ADRS.items():
(d / name).write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
return scan_directory(d)
def main(argv: List[str]) -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.split("\n")[0])
parser.add_argument("adr_dir", nargs="?", help="Path to docs/adr/ directory")
parser.add_argument("--sample", action="store_true", help="Scan the embedded sample ADR layout")
parser.add_argument("--output", choices=["human", "json"], default="human")
args = parser.parse_args(argv)
if args.sample:
result = run_sample()
elif args.adr_dir:
result = scan_directory(Path(args.adr_dir))
else:
parser.print_help()
return 0
if args.output == "json":
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
else:
print(render_human(result))
return 0 if result["verdict"] != "FAIL" else 1
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
FILE:scripts/context_md_linter.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""context_md_linter.py — Validate a CONTEXT.md against the CONTEXT-FORMAT.md structure.
Stdlib-only. Walks a CONTEXT.md and applies the format rules from Matt Pocock's
upstream CONTEXT-FORMAT.md (preserved verbatim in the skill's CONTEXT-FORMAT.md):
1. H1 present at top (the context name)
2. One-or-two-sentence description follows the H1
3. ## Language section present
4. Inside Language: each term is in `**Term**:` bold form
5. Inside Language: each term has a one-sentence definition
6. Inside Language: each term has a `_Avoid_:` aliases line (WARN if missing)
7. ## Relationships section present (WARN if missing)
8. ## Example dialogue section present (WARN if missing)
9. Optional: ## Flagged ambiguities section
Output: PASS / WARN / FAIL per rule + an overall verdict.
NO LLM CALLS. Pure regex + line walking.
Usage:
python context_md_linter.py CONTEXT.md
python context_md_linter.py CONTEXT.md --output json
python context_md_linter.py --sample # lint the embedded sample
"""
import argparse
import json
import re
import sys
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
SAMPLE_CONTEXT_MD = """# Ordering
The ordering context receives customer orders and tracks them through to handoff to Fulfillment.
## Language
**Order**:
A confirmed request from a Customer to acquire one or more Products.
_Avoid_: Purchase, transaction, cart
**Customer**:
A person or organization that places Orders.
_Avoid_: Client, buyer, account
**Product**:
A single SKU that can appear on an Order line.
_Avoid_: Item, good, SKU
## Relationships
- An **Order** belongs to exactly one **Customer**
- An **Order** has one or more **Products** via line items
- A **Customer** can have many **Orders**
## Example dialogue
> **Dev:** "When a **Customer** places an **Order**, are the **Products** locked at order time?"
> **Domain expert:** "Yes — Product price + spec is snapshotted onto the Order line. Subsequent Product edits don't change historical Orders."
## Flagged ambiguities
- "account" was used to mean both **Customer** and "billing account" — resolved: billing account moves to Billing context.
"""
def split_into_sections(text: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
"""Split markdown into top-level ## sections keyed by header text."""
sections: Dict[str, str] = {}
current_header = "_preamble_"
buffer: List[str] = []
for line in text.splitlines():
m = re.match(r"^##\s+(.+?)\s*$", line)
if m:
sections[current_header] = "\n".join(buffer).strip()
current_header = m.group(1).strip().lower()
buffer = []
else:
buffer.append(line)
sections[current_header] = "\n".join(buffer).strip()
return sections
def extract_terms(language_section: str) -> List[Tuple[str, str, str]]:
"""Return list of (term, definition_line, avoid_line) tuples from the Language section.
Each term entry looks like:
**Term**:
Definition sentence.
_Avoid_: alias1, alias2
"""
results: List[Tuple[str, str, str]] = []
# Match `**Term**:` followed by the next non-empty line as definition,
# and optionally an `_Avoid_:` line within the next 3 lines.
pattern = re.compile(
r"\*\*([^*]+?)\*\*\s*:\s*\n([^\n]+)\n?(?:([^\n]*_Avoid_[^\n]*)\n?)?",
re.MULTILINE,
)
for match in pattern.finditer(language_section):
term = match.group(1).strip()
definition = match.group(2).strip()
avoid = (match.group(3) or "").strip()
results.append((term, definition, avoid))
return results
def lint(text: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
findings: List[Dict[str, str]] = []
def add(rule: str, level: str, message: str) -> None:
findings.append({"rule": rule, "level": level, "message": message})
# Rule 1: H1 present
lines = text.splitlines()
h1_line_index = None
for i, line in enumerate(lines):
if re.match(r"^#\s+\S", line):
h1_line_index = i
break
if h1_line_index is None:
add("h1-present", "FAIL", "No H1 (top-level '# Title') found. CONTEXT.md must start with the context name as H1.")
else:
add("h1-present", "PASS", f"H1 found at line {h1_line_index + 1}.")
# Rule 2: one-or-two-sentence description after H1
if h1_line_index is not None:
desc_lines: List[str] = []
for line in lines[h1_line_index + 1 :]:
if re.match(r"^##\s", line):
break
if line.strip():
desc_lines.append(line.strip())
desc = " ".join(desc_lines).strip()
sentence_count = len(re.findall(r"[.!?](?:\s|$)", desc))
if not desc:
add("description-present", "FAIL", "No description sentence between the H1 and the first ## section.")
elif sentence_count > 3:
add(
"description-length",
"WARN",
f"Description has {sentence_count} sentences. CONTEXT-FORMAT.md asks for one or two.",
)
else:
add("description-present", "PASS", f"Description present ({sentence_count} sentence(s)).")
# Rule 3: ## Language section present
sections = split_into_sections(text)
if "language" not in sections:
add("language-section", "FAIL", "No '## Language' section found. This is the required core of CONTEXT.md.")
return finalize(findings)
add("language-section", "PASS", "'## Language' section found.")
# Rules 4 + 5 + 6: terms inside Language
terms = extract_terms(sections["language"])
if not terms:
add(
"language-terms",
"FAIL",
"No terms detected in the Language section. Each term must be in '**Term**:' bold form followed by a one-sentence definition.",
)
else:
add("language-terms", "PASS", f"Detected {len(terms)} term(s) in Language section.")
for term, definition, avoid in terms:
# Rule 5: definition exists
if not definition or definition.startswith("_Avoid_") or definition.startswith("**"):
add(
"term-definition",
"FAIL",
f"Term '**{term}**:' has no definition line (next non-empty line should be the definition).",
)
else:
# Length heuristic: definition should be <= 200 chars (one sentence-ish)
if len(definition) > 200:
add(
"term-definition-length",
"WARN",
f"Term '**{term}**' definition is {len(definition)} chars. CONTEXT-FORMAT.md asks for one sentence max.",
)
# Rule 6: _Avoid_ line
if not avoid:
add(
"term-avoid",
"WARN",
f"Term '**{term}**' has no '_Avoid_:' aliases line. Without forbidden aliases, the glossary can't push back on drift.",
)
# Rule 7: Relationships section
if "relationships" not in sections:
add(
"relationships-section",
"WARN",
"No '## Relationships' section found. CONTEXT-FORMAT.md asks for one to show cardinality between terms.",
)
else:
add("relationships-section", "PASS", "'## Relationships' section found.")
# Rule 8: Example dialogue
if "example dialogue" not in sections:
add(
"example-dialogue",
"WARN",
"No '## Example dialogue' section found. CONTEXT-FORMAT.md asks for a dev/domain-expert exchange.",
)
else:
add("example-dialogue", "PASS", "'## Example dialogue' section found.")
# Rule 9: Flagged ambiguities (optional, only check presence)
if "flagged ambiguities" in sections:
add("flagged-ambiguities", "PASS", "'## Flagged ambiguities' section found (optional but useful).")
return finalize(findings)
def finalize(findings: List[Dict[str, str]]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
counts = {"PASS": 0, "WARN": 0, "FAIL": 0}
for f in findings:
counts[f["level"]] += 1
if counts["FAIL"] > 0:
verdict = "FAIL"
elif counts["WARN"] > 0:
verdict = "WARN"
else:
verdict = "PASS"
return {"verdict": verdict, "counts": counts, "findings": findings}
def render_human(result: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
out: List[str] = []
verdict = result["verdict"]
counts = result["counts"]
out.append(f"CONTEXT.md lint verdict: {verdict}")
out.append(f" PASS: {counts['PASS']} WARN: {counts['WARN']} FAIL: {counts['FAIL']}")
out.append("")
out.append("Findings:")
for f in result["findings"]:
marker = {"PASS": "[ok]", "WARN": "[warn]", "FAIL": "[FAIL]"}[f["level"]]
out.append(f" {marker} {f['rule']}: {f['message']}")
return "\n".join(out)
def main(argv: List[str]) -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.split("\n")[0])
parser.add_argument("path", nargs="?", help="Path to CONTEXT.md")
parser.add_argument("--sample", action="store_true", help="Lint the embedded sample CONTEXT.md")
parser.add_argument("--output", choices=["human", "json"], default="human")
args = parser.parse_args(argv)
if args.sample:
text = SAMPLE_CONTEXT_MD
elif args.path:
p = Path(args.path)
if not p.exists():
print(f"error: {args.path} not found", file=sys.stderr)
return 2
text = p.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
else:
parser.print_help()
return 0
result = lint(text)
if args.output == "json":
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
else:
print(render_human(result))
return 0 if result["verdict"] != "FAIL" else 1
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
FILE:scripts/glossary_code_consistency.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""glossary_code_consistency.py — Cross-reference CONTEXT.md terms against the codebase.
Stdlib-only. Reads bold terms from CONTEXT.md and scans a codebase directory for
each term's usage. Surfaces two grilling-question seeds:
1. DEAD GLOSSARY — a term is defined in CONTEXT.md but never appears in code.
Either the term is stale (delete it) or the code uses a synonym (rename).
2. CODE-ONLY PROPER NOUN — a capitalized word that appears frequently in code
but isn't defined in CONTEXT.md. Either it's a generic programming concept
(ignore) or it's a domain term that snuck in undefined (add to glossary).
Both lists are seeded as opening grill-with-docs questions.
NO LLM CALLS. Pure file walking + regex + frequency counting.
Limitations (intentional, stdlib-only):
- Word-boundary matching is case-insensitive. "Order" matches "order", "ORDER", "orders".
- "Code-only proper noun" detection uses a simple heuristic: capitalized
words >= MIN_FREQUENCY occurrences across non-test files. Tunable via flags.
- Only scans common source extensions by default (override with --extensions).
Usage:
python glossary_code_consistency.py --context CONTEXT.md --code src/
python glossary_code_consistency.py --context CONTEXT.md --code src/ --output json
python glossary_code_consistency.py --sample
"""
import argparse
import json
import re
import sys
from collections import Counter
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Set, Tuple
DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS = {
".py",
".ts",
".tsx",
".js",
".jsx",
".go",
".java",
".kt",
".rb",
".cs",
".rs",
".swift",
".php",
".scala",
".clj",
".ex",
".exs",
}
DEFAULT_EXCLUDE_DIRS = {"node_modules", ".git", "dist", "build", "target", ".venv", "venv", "__pycache__"}
TEST_FILE_HINTS = (".test.", ".spec.", "_test.", "tests/", "/test/")
PROPER_NOUN_RE = re.compile(r"\b([A-Z][a-zA-Z]{2,})\b")
GENERIC_WORDS = {
# Programming concepts that capitalize but aren't domain terms
"True", "False", "None", "Null", "Promise", "Error", "Exception",
"String", "Number", "Boolean", "Array", "Object", "Map", "Set",
"List", "Dict", "Tuple", "Optional", "Any", "Result", "Date",
"Math", "JSON", "URL", "URI", "HTTP", "HTTPS", "API", "ID", "UUID",
"GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "PATCH", "OK", "TODO", "FIXME",
"Test", "Mock", "Stub", "Spy", "Given", "When", "Then", "Describe",
}
SAMPLE_CONTEXT_MD = """# Ordering
## Language
**Order**:
A confirmed request from a Customer to acquire one or more Products.
_Avoid_: Purchase, transaction
**Customer**:
A person or organization that places Orders.
_Avoid_: Client, buyer
**Product**:
A single SKU that can appear on an Order line.
_Avoid_: Item, good
**Discount**:
A reduction applied to an Order at checkout.
_Avoid_: Coupon, promo
"""
SAMPLE_CODE_FILES: Dict[str, str] = {
"src/orders.py": (
"class Order:\n"
" pass\n"
"\n"
"def cancel_order(order_id: str) -> None:\n"
" pass\n"
"\n"
"def list_customer_orders(customer_id: str) -> list[Order]:\n"
" pass\n"
),
"src/customers.py": (
"class Customer:\n"
" pass\n"
"\n"
"class Subscription:\n"
" # NOTE: Subscription is used heavily but not in glossary\n"
" pass\n"
"\n"
"def find_customer(email: str) -> Customer:\n"
" pass\n"
),
"src/products.py": (
"class Product:\n"
" pass\n"
"\n"
"class Inventory:\n"
" pass\n"
"\n"
"def find_product(sku: str) -> Product:\n"
" pass\n"
),
# Note: Discount is defined in glossary but never used in code.
}
def extract_glossary_terms(context_md_text: str) -> List[str]:
"""Pull bold terms from CONTEXT.md `**Term**:` patterns."""
return re.findall(r"\*\*([^*]+?)\*\*\s*:", context_md_text)
def walk_codebase(root: Path, extensions: Set[str], exclude_dirs: Set[str]) -> List[Path]:
found: List[Path] = []
for path in root.rglob("*"):
if path.is_dir():
continue
if any(part in exclude_dirs for part in path.parts):
continue
if path.suffix in extensions:
found.append(path)
return found
def is_test_file(path: Path) -> bool:
s = str(path).replace("\\", "/")
return any(hint in s for hint in TEST_FILE_HINTS)
def count_term_in_text(text: str, term: str) -> int:
pattern = re.compile(rf"\b{re.escape(term)}\b", re.IGNORECASE)
return len(pattern.findall(text))
def count_proper_nouns(text: str) -> Counter:
counter: Counter = Counter()
for match in PROPER_NOUN_RE.finditer(text):
counter[match.group(1)] += 1
return counter
def analyze(
context_md_text: str,
code_files: List[Tuple[str, str]],
min_proper_noun_frequency: int,
) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""code_files: list of (relative_path, text) tuples."""
glossary_terms = extract_glossary_terms(context_md_text)
glossary_term_set_lower = {t.lower() for t in glossary_terms}
# Per-term usage count in non-test files
term_usage: Dict[str, int] = {t: 0 for t in glossary_terms}
code_proper_nouns: Counter = Counter()
files_scanned = 0
files_tests_skipped = 0
for path_str, text in code_files:
path = Path(path_str)
if is_test_file(path):
files_tests_skipped += 1
continue
files_scanned += 1
for term in glossary_terms:
term_usage[term] += count_term_in_text(text, term)
for noun, count in count_proper_nouns(text).items():
code_proper_nouns[noun] += count
# Dead glossary: terms with zero usage
dead_terms = [t for t, n in term_usage.items() if n == 0]
# Code-only proper nouns: frequent capitalized identifiers NOT in glossary
# and NOT in the generic stop-list
code_only: List[Tuple[str, int]] = []
for noun, count in code_proper_nouns.most_common():
if count < min_proper_noun_frequency:
break
if noun.lower() in glossary_term_set_lower:
continue
if noun in GENERIC_WORDS:
continue
code_only.append((noun, count))
return {
"files_scanned": files_scanned,
"files_tests_skipped": files_tests_skipped,
"glossary_term_count": len(glossary_terms),
"term_usage": term_usage,
"dead_glossary_terms": dead_terms,
"code_only_proper_nouns": code_only,
"min_proper_noun_frequency": min_proper_noun_frequency,
}
def render_human(result: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
out: List[str] = []
out.append("Glossary↔Code consistency report")
out.append(f" Files scanned: {result['files_scanned']} (test files skipped: {result['files_tests_skipped']})")
out.append(f" Glossary terms: {result['glossary_term_count']}")
out.append("")
out.append("Term usage (occurrences in non-test code):")
for term, count in sorted(result["term_usage"].items(), key=lambda kv: (-kv[1], kv[0])):
marker = " " if count > 0 else "!!"
out.append(f" {marker} {term:<30s} {count}")
out.append("")
if result["dead_glossary_terms"]:
out.append("DEAD GLOSSARY (defined but never used in code) — grill these:")
for term in result["dead_glossary_terms"]:
out.append(f" - '{term}': dead term, or rename happened?")
else:
out.append("DEAD GLOSSARY: (none — every defined term is used in code)")
out.append("")
if result["code_only_proper_nouns"]:
out.append(
f"CODE-ONLY PROPER NOUNS (>= {result['min_proper_noun_frequency']}x, not in glossary, not generic) — grill these:"
)
for noun, count in result["code_only_proper_nouns"]:
out.append(f" - '{noun}' ({count} occurrences): domain term that needs definition, or generic?")
else:
out.append("CODE-ONLY PROPER NOUNS: (none above threshold — glossary covers the frequent domain nouns)")
return "\n".join(out)
def run_sample(min_freq: int) -> Dict[str, Any]:
files = [(p, t) for p, t in SAMPLE_CODE_FILES.items()]
return analyze(SAMPLE_CONTEXT_MD, files, min_freq)
def main(argv: List[str]) -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.split("\n")[0])
parser.add_argument("--context", help="Path to CONTEXT.md")
parser.add_argument("--code", help="Path to codebase root")
parser.add_argument(
"--extensions",
help="Comma-separated source extensions to scan (default: common languages)",
default=None,
)
parser.add_argument(
"--min-frequency",
type=int,
default=3,
help="Minimum occurrences for a code-only proper noun to surface (default: 3)",
)
parser.add_argument("--sample", action="store_true", help="Run on the embedded sample data")
parser.add_argument("--output", choices=["human", "json"], default="human")
args = parser.parse_args(argv)
if args.sample:
result = run_sample(args.min_frequency)
elif args.context and args.code:
context_path = Path(args.context)
code_root = Path(args.code)
if not context_path.exists():
print(f"error: {args.context} not found", file=sys.stderr)
return 2
if not code_root.exists():
print(f"error: {args.code} not found", file=sys.stderr)
return 2
if args.extensions:
exts = {e.strip() if e.strip().startswith(".") else "." + e.strip() for e in args.extensions.split(",")}
else:
exts = DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS
files: List[Tuple[str, str]] = []
for p in walk_codebase(code_root, exts, DEFAULT_EXCLUDE_DIRS):
try:
files.append((str(p), p.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore")))
except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError):
continue
result = analyze(context_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"), files, args.min_frequency)
else:
parser.print_help()
return 0
if args.output == "json":
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
else:
print(render_human(result))
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
Bộ công cụ cho PM: ưu tiên RICE, phân tích phỏng vấn khách hàng, mẫu PRD, khung discovery và chiến lược go-to-market.
---
name: "product-manager-toolkit"
description: Comprehensive toolkit for product managers including RICE prioritization, customer interview analysis, PRD templates, discovery frameworks, and go-to-market strategies. Use for feature prioritization, user research synthesis, requirement documentation, and product strategy development.
---
# Product Manager Toolkit
Essential tools and frameworks for modern product management, from discovery to delivery.
---
## Table of Contents
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Core Workflows](#core-workflows)
- [Feature Prioritization](#feature-prioritization-process)
- [Customer Discovery](#customer-discovery-process)
- [PRD Development](#prd-development-process)
- [Tools Reference](#tools-reference)
- [RICE Prioritizer](#rice-prioritizer)
- [Customer Interview Analyzer](#customer-interview-analyzer)
- [Input/Output Examples](#inputoutput-examples)
- [Integration Points](#integration-points)
- [Common Pitfalls](#common-pitfalls-to-avoid)
---
## Quick Start
### For Feature Prioritization
```bash
# Create sample data file
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py sample
# Run prioritization with team capacity
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py sample_features.csv --capacity 15
```
### For Interview Analysis
```bash
python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py interview_transcript.txt
```
### For PRD Creation
1. Choose template from `references/prd_templates.md`
2. Fill sections based on discovery work
3. Review with engineering for feasibility
4. Version control in project management tool
---
## Core Workflows
### Feature Prioritization Process
```
Gather → Score → Analyze → Plan → Validate → Execute
```
#### Step 1: Gather Feature Requests
- Customer feedback (support tickets, interviews)
- Sales requests (CRM pipeline blockers)
- Technical debt (engineering input)
- Strategic initiatives (leadership goals)
#### Step 2: Score with RICE
```bash
# Input: CSV with features
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv --capacity 20
```
See `references/frameworks.md` for RICE formula and scoring guidelines.
#### Step 3: Analyze Portfolio
Review the tool output for:
- Quick wins vs big bets distribution
- Effort concentration (avoid all XL projects)
- Strategic alignment gaps
#### Step 4: Generate Roadmap
- Quarterly capacity allocation
- Dependency identification
- Stakeholder communication plan
#### Step 5: Validate Results
**Before finalizing the roadmap:**
- [ ] Compare top priorities against strategic goals
- [ ] Run sensitivity analysis (what if estimates are wrong by 2x?)
- [ ] Review with key stakeholders for blind spots
- [ ] Check for missing dependencies between features
- [ ] Validate effort estimates with engineering
#### Step 6: Execute and Iterate
- Share roadmap with team
- Track actual vs estimated effort
- Revisit priorities quarterly
- Update RICE inputs based on learnings
---
### Customer Discovery Process
```
Plan → Recruit → Interview → Analyze → Synthesize → Validate
```
#### Step 1: Plan Research
- Define research questions
- Identify target segments
- Create interview script (see `references/frameworks.md`)
#### Step 2: Recruit Participants
- 5-8 interviews per segment
- Mix of power users and churned users
- Incentivize appropriately
#### Step 3: Conduct Interviews
- Use semi-structured format
- Focus on problems, not solutions
- Record with permission
- Take minimal notes during interview
#### Step 4: Analyze Insights
```bash
python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py transcript.txt
```
Extracts:
- Pain points with severity
- Feature requests with priority
- Jobs to be done patterns
- Sentiment and key themes
- Notable quotes
#### Step 5: Synthesize Findings
- Group similar pain points across interviews
- Identify patterns (3+ mentions = pattern)
- Map to opportunity areas using Opportunity Solution Tree
- Prioritize opportunities by frequency and severity
#### Step 6: Validate Solutions
**Before building:**
- [ ] Create solution hypotheses (see `references/frameworks.md`)
- [ ] Test with low-fidelity prototypes
- [ ] Measure actual behavior vs stated preference
- [ ] Iterate based on feedback
- [ ] Document learnings for future research
---
### PRD Development Process
```
Scope → Draft → Review → Refine → Approve → Track
```
#### Step 1: Choose Template
Select from `references/prd_templates.md`:
| Template | Use Case | Timeline |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Standard PRD | Complex features, cross-team | 6-8 weeks |
| One-Page PRD | Simple features, single team | 2-4 weeks |
| Feature Brief | Exploration phase | 1 week |
| Agile Epic | Sprint-based delivery | Ongoing |
#### Step 2: Draft Content
- Lead with problem statement
- Define success metrics upfront
- Explicitly state out-of-scope items
- Include wireframes or mockups
#### Step 3: Review Cycle
- Engineering: feasibility and effort
- Design: user experience gaps
- Sales: market validation
- Support: operational impact
#### Step 4: Refine Based on Feedback
- Address technical constraints
- Adjust scope to fit timeline
- Document trade-off decisions
#### Step 5: Approval and Kickoff
- Stakeholder sign-off
- Sprint planning integration
- Communication to broader team
#### Step 6: Track Execution
**After launch:**
- [ ] Compare actual metrics vs targets
- [ ] Conduct user feedback sessions
- [ ] Document what worked and what didn't
- [ ] Update estimation accuracy data
- [ ] Share learnings with team
---
## Tools Reference
### RICE Prioritizer
Advanced RICE framework implementation with portfolio analysis.
**Features:**
- RICE score calculation with configurable weights
- Portfolio balance analysis (quick wins vs big bets)
- Quarterly roadmap generation based on capacity
- Multiple output formats (text, JSON, CSV)
**CSV Input Format:**
```csv
name,reach,impact,confidence,effort,description
User Dashboard Redesign,5000,high,high,l,Complete redesign
Mobile Push Notifications,10000,massive,medium,m,Add push support
Dark Mode,8000,medium,high,s,Dark theme option
```
**Commands:**
```bash
# Create sample data
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py sample
# Run with default capacity (10 person-months)
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv
# Custom capacity
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv --capacity 20
# JSON output for integration
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv --output json
# CSV output for spreadsheets
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv --output csv
```
---
### Customer Interview Analyzer
NLP-based interview analysis for extracting actionable insights.
**Capabilities:**
- Pain point extraction with severity assessment
- Feature request identification and classification
- Jobs-to-be-done pattern recognition
- Sentiment analysis per section
- Theme and quote extraction
- Competitor mention detection
**Commands:**
```bash
# Analyze interview transcript
python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py interview.txt
# JSON output for aggregation
python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py interview.txt json
```
---
## Input/Output Examples
→ See references/input-output-examples.md for details
## Integration Points
Compatible tools and platforms:
| Category | Platforms |
|----------|-----------|
| **Analytics** | Amplitude, Mixpanel, Google Analytics |
| **Roadmapping** | ProductBoard, Aha!, Roadmunk, Productplan |
| **Design** | Figma, Sketch, Miro |
| **Development** | Jira, Linear, GitHub, Asana |
| **Research** | Dovetail, UserVoice, Pendo, Maze |
| **Communication** | Slack, Notion, Confluence |
**JSON export enables integration with most tools:**
```bash
# Export for Jira import
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv --output json > priorities.json
# Export for dashboard
python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py interview.txt json > insights.json
```
---
## Common Pitfalls to Avoid
| Pitfall | Description | Prevention |
|---------|-------------|------------|
| **Solution-First** | Jumping to features before understanding problems | Start every PRD with problem statement |
| **Analysis Paralysis** | Over-researching without shipping | Set time-boxes for research phases |
| **Feature Factory** | Shipping features without measuring impact | Define success metrics before building |
| **Ignoring Tech Debt** | Not allocating time for platform health | Reserve 20% capacity for maintenance |
| **Stakeholder Surprise** | Not communicating early and often | Weekly async updates, monthly demos |
| **Metric Theater** | Optimizing vanity metrics over real value | Tie metrics to user value delivered |
---
## Best Practices
**Writing Great PRDs:**
- Start with the problem, not the solution
- Include clear success metrics upfront
- Explicitly state what's out of scope
- Use visuals (wireframes, flows, diagrams)
- Keep technical details in appendix
- Version control all changes
**Effective Prioritization:**
- Mix quick wins with strategic bets
- Consider opportunity cost of delays
- Account for dependencies between features
- Buffer 20% for unexpected work
- Revisit priorities quarterly
- Communicate decisions with context
**Customer Discovery:**
- Ask "why" five times to find root cause
- Focus on past behavior, not future intentions
- Avoid leading questions ("Wouldn't you love...")
- Interview in the user's natural environment
- Watch for emotional reactions (pain = opportunity)
- Validate qualitative with quantitative data
---
## Quick Reference
```bash
# Prioritization
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv --capacity 15
# Interview Analysis
python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py interview.txt
# Generate sample data
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py sample
# JSON outputs
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv --output json
python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py interview.txt json
```
---
## Reference Documents
- `references/prd_templates.md` - PRD templates for different contexts
- `references/frameworks.md` - Detailed framework documentation (RICE, MoSCoW, Kano, JTBD, etc.)
FILE:assets/prd_template.md
# Product Requirements Document (PRD)
## Document Info
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Author** | [Your Name] |
| **Status** | Draft / In Review / Approved |
| **Created** | YYYY-MM-DD |
| **Last Updated** | YYYY-MM-DD |
| **Reviewers** | [Names] |
| **Target Release** | [Quarter or Date] |
---
## Problem Statement
### What problem are we solving?
[Describe the user problem in 2-3 sentences. Focus on the pain, not the solution.]
### Who is affected?
[Identify the user segment(s) experiencing this problem.]
### How do we know this is a problem?
[Link to evidence: interview insights, support tickets, analytics data, churn analysis.]
### What happens if we do nothing?
[Quantify the cost of inaction: lost revenue, churn risk, competitive disadvantage.]
---
## User Stories
| # | As a... | I want to... | So that... | Priority |
|---|---------|-------------|-----------|----------|
| 1 | [role] | [capability] | [benefit] | Must Have |
| 2 | [role] | [capability] | [benefit] | Should Have |
| 3 | [role] | [capability] | [benefit] | Nice to Have |
---
## Solution Overview
### Proposed Solution
[High-level description of what we will build. 3-5 sentences.]
### Key User Flows
[Describe the primary user interactions. Include wireframes or mockups if available.]
1. **Flow 1:** [Description]
2. **Flow 2:** [Description]
3. **Flow 3:** [Description]
### How It Works
[Explain the mechanism or approach. Include technical considerations if relevant.]
---
## Success Metrics
| Metric | Current | Target | Timeframe |
|--------|---------|--------|-----------|
| [Primary metric] | [Baseline] | [Goal] | [When] |
| [Secondary metric] | [Baseline] | [Goal] | [When] |
| [Guardrail metric] | [Baseline] | [Must not worsen] | [When] |
### How We Will Measure
[Describe tracking approach: analytics events, surveys, A/B test design.]
---
## Technical Requirements
### System Requirements
- [Requirement 1: e.g., API response time < 200ms]
- [Requirement 2: e.g., Support 10K concurrent users]
- [Requirement 3: e.g., Mobile responsive]
### Dependencies
- [Dependency 1: e.g., Payment service API update]
- [Dependency 2: e.g., Design system component]
### Security & Privacy
- [Data handling requirements]
- [Authentication/authorization needs]
- [Compliance considerations]
---
## Timeline
| Phase | Dates | Deliverables |
|-------|-------|-------------|
| Design | [Start - End] | Wireframes, user flows, design specs |
| Development | [Start - End] | Feature implementation, unit tests |
| QA | [Start - End] | Test plan execution, bug fixes |
| Beta | [Start - End] | Limited rollout, feedback collection |
| GA | [Date] | Full release, documentation, training |
---
## Risks
| Risk | Likelihood | Impact | Mitigation |
|------|-----------|--------|-----------|
| [Risk 1] | High/Med/Low | High/Med/Low | [Plan] |
| [Risk 2] | High/Med/Low | High/Med/Low | [Plan] |
---
## Out of Scope
The following items are explicitly NOT included in this release:
- [Item 1: brief explanation of why]
- [Item 2: brief explanation of why]
- [Item 3: brief explanation of why]
---
## Decision Log
| # | Decision | Date | Decided By | Rationale |
|---|----------|------|-----------|-----------|
| 1 | [Decision] | [Date] | [Name] | [Why] |
---
## Change History
| Version | Date | Author | Changes |
|---------|------|--------|---------|
| 0.1 | [Date] | [Name] | Initial draft |
FILE:assets/rice_input_template.csv
feature,reach,impact,confidence,effort
Example Feature 1,500,3,0.8,5
Example Feature 2,1000,2,0.9,3
Example Feature 3,300,1,1.0,2
FILE:references/frameworks.md
# Product Management Frameworks
Comprehensive reference for prioritization, discovery, and measurement frameworks.
---
## Table of Contents
- [Prioritization Frameworks](#prioritization-frameworks)
- [RICE Framework](#rice-framework)
- [Value vs Effort Matrix](#value-vs-effort-matrix)
- [MoSCoW Method](#moscow-method)
- [ICE Scoring](#ice-scoring)
- [Kano Model](#kano-model)
- [Discovery Frameworks](#discovery-frameworks)
- [Customer Interview Guide](#customer-interview-guide)
- [Hypothesis Template](#hypothesis-template)
- [Opportunity Solution Tree](#opportunity-solution-tree)
- [Jobs to Be Done](#jobs-to-be-done)
- [Metrics Frameworks](#metrics-frameworks)
- [North Star Metric](#north-star-metric-framework)
- [HEART Framework](#heart-framework)
- [Funnel Analysis](#funnel-analysis-template)
- [Feature Success Metrics](#feature-success-metrics)
- [Strategic Frameworks](#strategic-frameworks)
- [Product Vision Template](#product-vision-template)
- [Competitive Analysis](#competitive-analysis-framework)
- [Go-to-Market Checklist](#go-to-market-checklist)
---
## Prioritization Frameworks
### RICE Framework
**Formula:**
```
RICE Score = (Reach × Impact × Confidence) / Effort
```
**Components:**
| Component | Description | Values |
|-----------|-------------|--------|
| **Reach** | Users affected per quarter | Numeric count (e.g., 5000) |
| **Impact** | Effect on each user | massive=3x, high=2x, medium=1x, low=0.5x, minimal=0.25x |
| **Confidence** | Certainty in estimates | high=100%, medium=80%, low=50% |
| **Effort** | Person-months required | xl=13, l=8, m=5, s=3, xs=1 |
**Example Calculation:**
```
Feature: Mobile Push Notifications
Reach: 10,000 users
Impact: massive (3x)
Confidence: medium (80%)
Effort: medium (5 person-months)
RICE = (10,000 × 3 × 0.8) / 5 = 4,800
```
**Interpretation Guidelines:**
- **1000+**: High priority - strong candidates for next quarter
- **500-999**: Medium priority - consider for roadmap
- **100-499**: Low priority - keep in backlog
- **<100**: Deprioritize - requires new data to reconsider
**When to Use RICE:**
- Quarterly roadmap planning
- Comparing features across different product areas
- Communicating priorities to stakeholders
- Resolving prioritization debates with data
**RICE Limitations:**
- Requires reasonable estimates (garbage in, garbage out)
- Doesn't account for dependencies
- May undervalue platform investments
- Reach estimates can be gaming-prone
---
### Value vs Effort Matrix
```
Low Effort High Effort
+--------------+------------------+
High Value | QUICK WINS | BIG BETS |
| [Do First] | [Strategic] |
+--------------+------------------+
Low Value | FILL-INS | TIME SINKS |
| [Maybe] | [Avoid] |
+--------------+------------------+
```
**Quadrant Definitions:**
| Quadrant | Characteristics | Action |
|----------|-----------------|--------|
| **Quick Wins** | High impact, low effort | Prioritize immediately |
| **Big Bets** | High impact, high effort | Plan strategically, validate ROI |
| **Fill-Ins** | Low impact, low effort | Use to fill sprint gaps |
| **Time Sinks** | Low impact, high effort | Avoid unless required |
**Portfolio Balance:**
- Ideal mix: 40% Quick Wins, 30% Big Bets, 20% Fill-Ins, 10% Buffer
- Review balance quarterly
- Adjust based on team morale and strategic goals
---
### MoSCoW Method
| Category | Definition | Sprint Allocation |
|----------|------------|-------------------|
| **Must Have** | Critical for launch; product fails without it | 60% of capacity |
| **Should Have** | Important but workarounds exist | 20% of capacity |
| **Could Have** | Desirable enhancements | 10% of capacity |
| **Won't Have** | Explicitly out of scope (this release) | 0% - documented |
**Decision Criteria for "Must Have":**
- Regulatory/legal requirement
- Core user job cannot be completed without it
- Explicitly promised to customers
- Security or data integrity requirement
**Common Mistakes:**
- Everything becomes "Must Have" (scope creep)
- Not documenting "Won't Have" items
- Treating "Should Have" as optional (they're important)
- Forgetting to revisit for next release
---
### ICE Scoring
**Formula:**
```
ICE Score = (Impact + Confidence + Ease) / 3
```
| Component | Scale | Description |
|-----------|-------|-------------|
| **Impact** | 1-10 | Expected effect on key metric |
| **Confidence** | 1-10 | How sure are you about impact? |
| **Ease** | 1-10 | How easy to implement? |
**When to Use ICE vs RICE:**
- ICE: Early-stage exploration, quick estimates
- RICE: Quarterly planning, cross-team prioritization
---
### Kano Model
Categories of feature satisfaction:
| Type | Absent | Present | Priority |
|------|--------|---------|----------|
| **Basic (Must-Be)** | Dissatisfied | Neutral | High - table stakes |
| **Performance (Linear)** | Neutral | Satisfied proportionally | Medium - differentiation |
| **Excitement (Delighter)** | Neutral | Very satisfied | Strategic - competitive edge |
| **Indifferent** | Neutral | Neutral | Low - skip unless cheap |
| **Reverse** | Satisfied | Dissatisfied | Avoid - remove if exists |
**Feature Classification Questions:**
1. How would you feel if the product HAS this feature?
2. How would you feel if the product DOES NOT have this feature?
---
## Discovery Frameworks
### Customer Interview Guide
**Structure (35 minutes total):**
```
1. CONTEXT QUESTIONS (5 min)
└── Build rapport, understand role
2. PROBLEM EXPLORATION (15 min)
└── Dig into pain points
3. SOLUTION VALIDATION (10 min)
└── Test concepts if applicable
4. WRAP-UP (5 min)
└── Referrals, follow-up
```
**Detailed Script:**
#### Phase 1: Context (5 min)
```
"Thanks for taking the time. Before we dive in..."
- What's your role and how long have you been in it?
- Walk me through a typical day/week.
- What tools do you use for [relevant task]?
```
#### Phase 2: Problem Exploration (15 min)
```
"I'd love to understand the challenges you face with [area]..."
- What's the hardest part about [task]?
- Can you tell me about the last time you struggled with this?
- What did you do? What happened?
- How often does this happen?
- What does it cost you (time, money, frustration)?
- What have you tried to solve it?
- Why didn't those solutions work?
```
#### Phase 3: Solution Validation (10 min)
```
"Based on what you've shared, I'd like to get your reaction to an idea..."
[Show prototype/concept - keep it rough to invite honest feedback]
- What's your initial reaction?
- How does this compare to what you do today?
- What would prevent you from using this?
- How much would this be worth to you?
- Who else would need to approve this purchase?
```
#### Phase 4: Wrap-up (5 min)
```
"This has been incredibly helpful..."
- Anything else I should have asked?
- Who else should I talk to about this?
- Can I follow up if I have more questions?
```
**Interview Best Practices:**
- Never ask "would you use this?" (people lie about future behavior)
- Ask about past behavior: "Tell me about the last time..."
- Embrace silence - count to 7 before filling gaps
- Watch for emotional reactions (pain = opportunity)
- Record with permission; take minimal notes during
---
### Hypothesis Template
**Format:**
```
We believe that [building this feature/making this change]
For [target user segment]
Will [achieve this measurable outcome]
We'll know we're right when [specific metric moves by X%]
We'll know we're wrong when [falsification criteria]
```
**Example:**
```
We believe that adding saved payment methods
For returning customers
Will increase checkout completion rate
We'll know we're right when checkout completion increases by 15%
We'll know we're wrong when completion rate stays flat after 2 weeks
or saved payment adoption is < 20%
```
**Hypothesis Quality Checklist:**
- [ ] Specific user segment defined
- [ ] Measurable outcome (number, not "better")
- [ ] Timeframe for measurement
- [ ] Clear falsification criteria
- [ ] Based on evidence (interviews, data)
---
### Opportunity Solution Tree
**Structure:**
```
[DESIRED OUTCOME]
│
├── Opportunity 1: [User problem/need]
│ ├── Solution A
│ ├── Solution B
│ └── Experiment: [Test to validate]
│
├── Opportunity 2: [User problem/need]
│ ├── Solution C
│ └── Solution D
│
└── Opportunity 3: [User problem/need]
└── Solution E
```
**Example:**
```
[Increase monthly active users by 20%]
│
├── Users forget to return
│ ├── Weekly email digest
│ ├── Mobile push notifications
│ └── Test: A/B email frequency
│
├── New users don't find value quickly
│ ├── Improved onboarding wizard
│ └── Personalized first experience
│
└── Users churn after free trial
├── Extended trial for engaged users
└── Friction audit of upgrade flow
```
**Process:**
1. Start with measurable outcome (not solution)
2. Map opportunities from user research
3. Generate multiple solutions per opportunity
4. Design small experiments to validate
5. Prioritize based on learning potential
---
### Jobs to Be Done
**JTBD Statement Format:**
```
When [situation/trigger]
I want to [motivation/job]
So I can [expected outcome]
```
**Example:**
```
When I'm running late for a meeting
I want to notify attendees quickly
So I can set appropriate expectations and reduce anxiety
```
**Force Diagram:**
```
┌─────────────────┐
Push from │ │ Pull toward
current ──────>│ SWITCH │<────── new
solution │ DECISION │ solution
│ │
└─────────────────┘
^ ^
| |
Anxiety of | | Habit of
change ──────┘ └────── status quo
```
**Interview Questions for JTBD:**
- When did you first realize you needed something like this?
- What were you using before? Why did you switch?
- What almost prevented you from switching?
- What would make you go back to the old way?
---
## Metrics Frameworks
### North Star Metric Framework
**Criteria for a Good NSM:**
1. **Measures value delivery**: Captures what users get from product
2. **Leading indicator**: Predicts business success
3. **Actionable**: Teams can influence it
4. **Measurable**: Trackable on regular cadence
**Examples by Business Type:**
| Business | North Star Metric | Why |
|----------|-------------------|-----|
| Spotify | Time spent listening | Measures engagement value |
| Airbnb | Nights booked | Core transaction metric |
| Slack | Messages sent in channels | Team collaboration value |
| Dropbox | Files stored/synced | Storage utility delivered |
| Netflix | Hours watched | Entertainment value |
**Supporting Metrics Structure:**
```
[NORTH STAR METRIC]
│
├── Breadth: How many users?
├── Depth: How engaged are they?
└── Frequency: How often do they engage?
```
---
### HEART Framework
| Metric | Definition | Example Signals |
|--------|------------|-----------------|
| **Happiness** | Subjective satisfaction | NPS, CSAT, survey scores |
| **Engagement** | Depth of involvement | Session length, actions/session |
| **Adoption** | New user behavior | Signups, feature activation |
| **Retention** | Continued usage | D7/D30 retention, churn rate |
| **Task Success** | Efficiency & effectiveness | Completion rate, time-on-task, errors |
**Goals-Signals-Metrics Process:**
1. **Goal**: What user behavior indicates success?
2. **Signal**: How would success manifest in data?
3. **Metric**: How do we measure the signal?
**Example:**
```
Feature: New checkout flow
Goal: Users complete purchases faster
Signal: Reduced time in checkout, fewer drop-offs
Metrics:
- Median checkout time (target: <2 min)
- Checkout completion rate (target: 85%)
- Error rate (target: <2%)
```
---
### Funnel Analysis Template
**Standard Funnel:**
```
Acquisition → Activation → Retention → Revenue → Referral
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │
How do First Come back Pay for Tell
they find "aha" regularly value others
you? moment
```
**Metrics per Stage:**
| Stage | Key Metrics | Typical Benchmark |
|-------|-------------|-------------------|
| **Acquisition** | Visitors, CAC, channel mix | Varies by channel |
| **Activation** | Signup rate, onboarding completion | 20-30% visitor→signup |
| **Retention** | D1/D7/D30 retention, churn | D1: 40%, D7: 20%, D30: 10% |
| **Revenue** | Conversion rate, ARPU, LTV | 2-5% free→paid |
| **Referral** | NPS, viral coefficient, referrals/user | NPS > 50 is excellent |
**Analysis Framework:**
1. Map current conversion rates at each stage
2. Identify biggest drop-off point
3. Qualitative research: Why are users leaving?
4. Hypothesis: What would improve conversion?
5. Test and measure
---
### Feature Success Metrics
| Metric | Definition | Target Range |
|--------|------------|--------------|
| **Adoption** | % users who try feature | 30-50% within 30 days |
| **Activation** | % who complete core action | 60-80% of adopters |
| **Frequency** | Uses per user per time | Weekly for engagement features |
| **Depth** | % of feature capability used | 50%+ of core functionality |
| **Retention** | Continued usage over time | 70%+ at 30 days |
| **Satisfaction** | Feature-specific NPS/rating | NPS > 30, Rating > 4.0 |
**Measurement Cadence:**
- **Week 1**: Adoption and initial activation
- **Week 4**: Retention and depth
- **Week 8**: Long-term satisfaction and business impact
---
## Strategic Frameworks
### Product Vision Template
**Format:**
```
FOR [target customer]
WHO [statement of need or opportunity]
THE [product name] IS A [product category]
THAT [key benefit, compelling reason to use]
UNLIKE [primary competitive alternative]
OUR PRODUCT [statement of primary differentiation]
```
**Example:**
```
FOR busy professionals
WHO need to stay informed without information overload
Briefme IS A personalized news digest
THAT delivers only relevant stories in 5 minutes
UNLIKE traditional news apps that require active browsing
OUR PRODUCT learns your interests and filters automatically
```
---
### Competitive Analysis Framework
| Dimension | Us | Competitor A | Competitor B |
|-----------|----|--------------|--------------|
| **Target User** | | | |
| **Core Value Prop** | | | |
| **Pricing** | | | |
| **Key Features** | | | |
| **Strengths** | | | |
| **Weaknesses** | | | |
| **Market Position** | | | |
**Strategic Questions:**
1. Where do we have parity? (table stakes)
2. Where do we differentiate? (competitive advantage)
3. Where are we behind? (gaps to close or ignore)
4. What can only we do? (unique capabilities)
---
### Go-to-Market Checklist
**Pre-Launch (4 weeks before):**
- [ ] Success metrics defined and instrumented
- [ ] Launch/rollback criteria established
- [ ] Support documentation ready
- [ ] Sales enablement materials complete
- [ ] Marketing assets prepared
- [ ] Beta feedback incorporated
**Launch Week:**
- [ ] Staged rollout plan (1% → 10% → 50% → 100%)
- [ ] Monitoring dashboards live
- [ ] On-call rotation scheduled
- [ ] Communications ready (in-app, email, blog)
- [ ] Support team briefed
**Post-Launch (2 weeks after):**
- [ ] Metrics review vs. targets
- [ ] User feedback synthesized
- [ ] Bug/issue triage complete
- [ ] Iteration plan defined
- [ ] Stakeholder update sent
---
## Framework Selection Guide
| Situation | Recommended Framework |
|-----------|----------------------|
| Quarterly roadmap planning | RICE + Portfolio Matrix |
| Sprint-level prioritization | MoSCoW |
| Quick feature comparison | ICE |
| Understanding user satisfaction | Kano |
| User research synthesis | JTBD + Opportunity Tree |
| Feature experiment design | Hypothesis Template |
| Success measurement | HEART + Feature Metrics |
| Strategy communication | North Star + Vision |
---
*Last Updated: January 2025*
FILE:references/input-output-examples.md
# product-manager-toolkit reference
## Input/Output Examples
### RICE Prioritizer Example
**Input (features.csv):**
```csv
name,reach,impact,confidence,effort
Onboarding Flow,20000,massive,high,s
Search Improvements,15000,high,high,m
Social Login,12000,high,medium,m
Push Notifications,10000,massive,medium,m
Dark Mode,8000,medium,high,s
```
**Command:**
```bash
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv --capacity 15
```
**Output:**
```
============================================================
RICE PRIORITIZATION RESULTS
============================================================
📊 TOP PRIORITIZED FEATURES
1. Onboarding Flow
RICE Score: 16000.0
Reach: 20000 | Impact: massive | Confidence: high | Effort: s
2. Search Improvements
RICE Score: 4800.0
Reach: 15000 | Impact: high | Confidence: high | Effort: m
3. Social Login
RICE Score: 3072.0
Reach: 12000 | Impact: high | Confidence: medium | Effort: m
4. Push Notifications
RICE Score: 3840.0
Reach: 10000 | Impact: massive | Confidence: medium | Effort: m
5. Dark Mode
RICE Score: 2133.33
Reach: 8000 | Impact: medium | Confidence: high | Effort: s
📈 PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS
Total Features: 5
Total Effort: 19 person-months
Total Reach: 65,000 users
Average RICE Score: 5969.07
🎯 Quick Wins: 2 features
• Onboarding Flow (RICE: 16000.0)
• Dark Mode (RICE: 2133.33)
🚀 Big Bets: 0 features
📅 SUGGESTED ROADMAP
Q1 - Capacity: 11/15 person-months
• Onboarding Flow (RICE: 16000.0)
• Search Improvements (RICE: 4800.0)
• Dark Mode (RICE: 2133.33)
Q2 - Capacity: 10/15 person-months
• Push Notifications (RICE: 3840.0)
• Social Login (RICE: 3072.0)
```
---
### Customer Interview Analyzer Example
**Input (interview.txt):**
```
Customer: Jane, Enterprise PM at TechCorp
Date: 2024-01-15
Interviewer: What's the hardest part of your current workflow?
Jane: The biggest frustration is the lack of real-time collaboration.
When I'm working on a PRD, I have to constantly ping my team on Slack
to get updates. It's really frustrating to wait for responses,
especially when we're on a tight deadline.
I've tried using Google Docs for collaboration, but it doesn't
integrate with our roadmap tools. I'd pay extra for something that
just worked seamlessly.
Interviewer: How often does this happen?
Jane: Literally every day. I probably waste 30 minutes just on
back-and-forth messages. It's my biggest pain point right now.
```
**Command:**
```bash
python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py interview.txt
```
**Output:**
```
============================================================
CUSTOMER INTERVIEW ANALYSIS
============================================================
📋 INTERVIEW METADATA
Segments found: 1
Lines analyzed: 15
😟 PAIN POINTS (3 found)
1. [HIGH] Lack of real-time collaboration
"I have to constantly ping my team on Slack to get updates"
2. [MEDIUM] Tool integration gaps
"Google Docs...doesn't integrate with our roadmap tools"
3. [HIGH] Time wasted on communication
"waste 30 minutes just on back-and-forth messages"
💡 FEATURE REQUESTS (2 found)
1. Real-time collaboration - Priority: High
2. Seamless tool integration - Priority: Medium
🎯 JOBS TO BE DONE
When working on PRDs with tight deadlines
I want real-time visibility into team updates
So I can avoid wasted time on status checks
📊 SENTIMENT ANALYSIS
Overall: Negative (pain-focused interview)
Key emotions: Frustration, Time pressure
💬 KEY QUOTES
• "It's really frustrating to wait for responses"
• "I'd pay extra for something that just worked seamlessly"
• "It's my biggest pain point right now"
🏷️ THEMES
- Collaboration friction
- Tool fragmentation
- Time efficiency
```
---
FILE:references/prd_templates.md
# Product Requirements Document (PRD) Templates
## Standard PRD Template
### 1. Executive Summary
**Purpose**: One-page overview for executives and stakeholders
#### Components:
- **Problem Statement** (2-3 sentences)
- **Proposed Solution** (2-3 sentences)
- **Business Impact** (3 bullet points)
- **Timeline** (High-level milestones)
- **Resources Required** (Team size and budget)
- **Success Metrics** (3-5 KPIs)
### 2. Problem Definition
#### 2.1 Customer Problem
- **Who**: Target user persona(s)
- **What**: Specific problem or need
- **When**: Context and frequency
- **Where**: Environment and touchpoints
- **Why**: Root cause analysis
- **Impact**: Cost of not solving
#### 2.2 Market Opportunity
- **Market Size**: TAM, SAM, SOM
- **Growth Rate**: Annual growth percentage
- **Competition**: Current solutions and gaps
- **Timing**: Why now?
#### 2.3 Business Case
- **Revenue Potential**: Projected impact
- **Cost Savings**: Efficiency gains
- **Strategic Value**: Alignment with company goals
- **Risk Assessment**: What if we don't do this?
### 3. Solution Overview
#### 3.1 Proposed Solution
- **High-Level Description**: What we're building
- **Key Capabilities**: Core functionality
- **User Journey**: End-to-end flow
- **Differentiation**: Unique value proposition
#### 3.2 In Scope
- Feature 1: Description and priority
- Feature 2: Description and priority
- Feature 3: Description and priority
#### 3.3 Out of Scope
- Explicitly what we're NOT doing
- Future considerations
- Dependencies on other teams
#### 3.4 MVP Definition
- **Core Features**: Minimum viable feature set
- **Success Criteria**: Definition of "working"
- **Timeline**: MVP delivery date
- **Learning Goals**: What we want to validate
### 4. User Stories & Requirements
#### 4.1 User Stories
```
As a [persona]
I want to [action]
So that [outcome/benefit]
Acceptance Criteria:
- [ ] Criterion 1
- [ ] Criterion 2
- [ ] Criterion 3
```
#### 4.2 Functional Requirements
| ID | Requirement | Priority | Notes |
|----|------------|----------|-------|
| FR1 | User can... | P0 | Critical for MVP |
| FR2 | System should... | P1 | Important |
| FR3 | Feature must... | P2 | Nice to have |
#### 4.3 Non-Functional Requirements
- **Performance**: Response times, throughput
- **Scalability**: User/data growth targets
- **Security**: Authentication, authorization, data protection
- **Reliability**: Uptime targets, error rates
- **Usability**: Accessibility standards, device support
- **Compliance**: Regulatory requirements
### 5. Design & User Experience
#### 5.1 Design Principles
- Principle 1: Description
- Principle 2: Description
- Principle 3: Description
#### 5.2 Wireframes/Mockups
- Link to Figma/Sketch files
- Key screens and flows
- Interaction patterns
#### 5.3 Information Architecture
- Navigation structure
- Data organization
- Content hierarchy
### 6. Technical Specifications
#### 6.1 Architecture Overview
- System architecture diagram
- Technology stack
- Integration points
- Data flow
#### 6.2 API Design
- Endpoints and methods
- Request/response formats
- Authentication approach
- Rate limiting
#### 6.3 Database Design
- Data model
- Key entities and relationships
- Migration strategy
#### 6.4 Security Considerations
- Authentication method
- Authorization model
- Data encryption
- PII handling
### 7. Go-to-Market Strategy
#### 7.1 Launch Plan
- **Soft Launch**: Beta users, timeline
- **Full Launch**: All users, timeline
- **Marketing**: Campaigns and channels
- **Support**: Documentation and training
#### 7.2 Pricing Strategy
- Pricing model
- Competitive analysis
- Value proposition
#### 7.3 Success Metrics
| Metric | Target | Measurement Method |
|--------|--------|-------------------|
| Adoption Rate | X% | Daily Active Users |
| User Satisfaction | X/10 | NPS Score |
| Revenue Impact | $X | Monthly Recurring Revenue |
| Performance | <Xms | P95 Response Time |
### 8. Risks & Mitigations
| Risk | Probability | Impact | Mitigation Strategy |
|------|------------|--------|-------------------|
| Technical debt | Medium | High | Allocate 20% for refactoring |
| User adoption | Low | High | Beta program with feedback loops |
| Scope creep | High | Medium | Weekly stakeholder reviews |
### 9. Timeline & Milestones
| Milestone | Date | Deliverables | Success Criteria |
|-----------|------|--------------|-----------------|
| Design Complete | Week 2 | Mockups, IA | Stakeholder approval |
| MVP Development | Week 6 | Core features | All P0s complete |
| Beta Launch | Week 8 | Limited release | 100 beta users |
| Full Launch | Week 12 | General availability | <1% error rate |
### 10. Team & Resources
#### 10.1 Team Structure
- **Product Manager**: [Name]
- **Engineering Lead**: [Name]
- **Design Lead**: [Name]
- **Engineers**: X FTEs
- **QA**: X FTEs
#### 10.2 Budget
- Development: $X
- Infrastructure: $X
- Marketing: $X
- Total: $X
### 11. Appendix
- User Research Data
- Competitive Analysis
- Technical Diagrams
- Legal/Compliance Docs
---
## Agile Epic Template
### Epic: [Epic Name]
#### Overview
**Epic ID**: EPIC-XXX
**Theme**: [Product Theme]
**Quarter**: QX 20XX
**Status**: Discovery | In Progress | Complete
#### Problem Statement
[2-3 sentences describing the problem]
#### Goals & Objectives
1. Objective 1
2. Objective 2
3. Objective 3
#### Success Metrics
- Metric 1: Target
- Metric 2: Target
- Metric 3: Target
#### User Stories
| Story ID | Title | Priority | Points | Status |
|----------|-------|----------|--------|--------|
| US-001 | As a... | P0 | 5 | To Do |
| US-002 | As a... | P1 | 3 | To Do |
#### Dependencies
- Dependency 1: Team/System
- Dependency 2: Team/System
#### Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] All P0 stories complete
- [ ] Performance targets met
- [ ] Security review passed
- [ ] Documentation updated
---
## One-Page PRD Template
### [Feature Name] - One-Page PRD
**Date**: [Date]
**Author**: [PM Name]
**Status**: Draft | In Review | Approved
#### Problem
*What problem are we solving? For whom?*
[2-3 sentences]
#### Solution
*What are we building?*
[2-3 sentences]
#### Why Now?
*What's driving urgency?*
- Reason 1
- Reason 2
- Reason 3
#### Success Metrics
| Metric | Current | Target |
|--------|---------|--------|
| KPI 1 | X | Y |
| KPI 2 | X | Y |
#### Scope
**In**: Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
**Out**: Feature A, Feature B
#### User Flow
```
Step 1 → Step 2 → Step 3 → Success!
```
#### Risks
1. Risk 1 → Mitigation
2. Risk 2 → Mitigation
#### Timeline
- Design: Week 1-2
- Development: Week 3-6
- Testing: Week 7
- Launch: Week 8
#### Resources
- Engineering: X developers
- Design: X designer
- QA: X tester
#### Open Questions
1. Question 1?
2. Question 2?
---
## Feature Brief Template (Lightweight)
### Feature: [Name]
#### Context
*Why are we considering this?*
#### Hypothesis
*We believe that [building this feature]
For [these users]
Will [achieve this outcome]
We'll know we're right when [we see this metric]*
#### Proposed Solution
*High-level approach*
#### Effort Estimate
- **Size**: XS | S | M | L | XL
- **Confidence**: High | Medium | Low
#### Next Steps
1. [ ] User research
2. [ ] Design exploration
3. [ ] Technical spike
4. [ ] Stakeholder review
FILE:scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Customer Interview Analyzer
Extracts insights, patterns, and opportunities from user interviews
"""
import re
from typing import Dict, List, Tuple, Set
from collections import Counter, defaultdict
import json
class InterviewAnalyzer:
"""Analyze customer interviews for insights and patterns"""
def __init__(self):
# Pain point indicators
self.pain_indicators = [
'frustrat', 'annoy', 'difficult', 'hard', 'confus', 'slow',
'problem', 'issue', 'struggle', 'challeng', 'pain', 'waste',
'manual', 'repetitive', 'tedious', 'boring', 'time-consuming',
'complicated', 'complex', 'unclear', 'wish', 'need', 'want'
]
# Positive indicators
self.delight_indicators = [
'love', 'great', 'awesome', 'amazing', 'perfect', 'easy',
'simple', 'quick', 'fast', 'helpful', 'useful', 'valuable',
'save', 'efficient', 'convenient', 'intuitive', 'clear'
]
# Feature request indicators
self.request_indicators = [
'would be nice', 'wish', 'hope', 'want', 'need', 'should',
'could', 'would love', 'if only', 'it would help', 'suggest',
'recommend', 'idea', 'what if', 'have you considered'
]
# Jobs to be done patterns
self.jtbd_patterns = [
r'when i\s+(.+?),\s+i want to\s+(.+?)\s+so that\s+(.+)',
r'i need to\s+(.+?)\s+because\s+(.+)',
r'my goal is to\s+(.+)',
r'i\'m trying to\s+(.+)',
r'i use \w+ to\s+(.+)',
r'helps me\s+(.+)',
]
def analyze_interview(self, text: str) -> Dict:
"""Analyze a single interview transcript"""
text_lower = text.lower()
sentences = self._split_sentences(text)
analysis = {
'pain_points': self._extract_pain_points(sentences),
'delights': self._extract_delights(sentences),
'feature_requests': self._extract_requests(sentences),
'jobs_to_be_done': self._extract_jtbd(text_lower),
'sentiment_score': self._calculate_sentiment(text_lower),
'key_themes': self._extract_themes(text_lower),
'quotes': self._extract_key_quotes(sentences),
'metrics_mentioned': self._extract_metrics(text),
'competitors_mentioned': self._extract_competitors(text)
}
return analysis
def _split_sentences(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
"""Split text into sentences"""
# Simple sentence splitting
sentences = re.split(r'[.!?]+', text)
return [s.strip() for s in sentences if s.strip()]
def _extract_pain_points(self, sentences: List[str]) -> List[Dict]:
"""Extract pain points from sentences"""
pain_points = []
for sentence in sentences:
sentence_lower = sentence.lower()
for indicator in self.pain_indicators:
if indicator in sentence_lower:
# Extract context around the pain point
pain_points.append({
'quote': sentence,
'indicator': indicator,
'severity': self._assess_severity(sentence_lower)
})
break
return pain_points[:10] # Return top 10
def _extract_delights(self, sentences: List[str]) -> List[Dict]:
"""Extract positive feedback"""
delights = []
for sentence in sentences:
sentence_lower = sentence.lower()
for indicator in self.delight_indicators:
if indicator in sentence_lower:
delights.append({
'quote': sentence,
'indicator': indicator,
'strength': self._assess_strength(sentence_lower)
})
break
return delights[:10]
def _extract_requests(self, sentences: List[str]) -> List[Dict]:
"""Extract feature requests and suggestions"""
requests = []
for sentence in sentences:
sentence_lower = sentence.lower()
for indicator in self.request_indicators:
if indicator in sentence_lower:
requests.append({
'quote': sentence,
'type': self._classify_request(sentence_lower),
'priority': self._assess_request_priority(sentence_lower)
})
break
return requests[:10]
def _extract_jtbd(self, text: str) -> List[Dict]:
"""Extract Jobs to Be Done patterns"""
jobs = []
for pattern in self.jtbd_patterns:
matches = re.findall(pattern, text, re.IGNORECASE)
for match in matches:
if isinstance(match, tuple):
job = ' → '.join(match)
else:
job = match
jobs.append({
'job': job,
'pattern': pattern.pattern if hasattr(pattern, 'pattern') else pattern
})
return jobs[:5]
def _calculate_sentiment(self, text: str) -> Dict:
"""Calculate overall sentiment of the interview"""
positive_count = sum(1 for ind in self.delight_indicators if ind in text)
negative_count = sum(1 for ind in self.pain_indicators if ind in text)
total = positive_count + negative_count
if total == 0:
sentiment_score = 0
else:
sentiment_score = (positive_count - negative_count) / total
if sentiment_score > 0.3:
sentiment_label = 'positive'
elif sentiment_score < -0.3:
sentiment_label = 'negative'
else:
sentiment_label = 'neutral'
return {
'score': round(sentiment_score, 2),
'label': sentiment_label,
'positive_signals': positive_count,
'negative_signals': negative_count
}
def _extract_themes(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
"""Extract key themes using word frequency"""
# Remove common words
stop_words = {'the', 'a', 'an', 'and', 'or', 'but', 'in', 'on', 'at',
'to', 'for', 'of', 'with', 'by', 'from', 'as', 'is',
'was', 'are', 'were', 'been', 'be', 'have', 'has',
'had', 'do', 'does', 'did', 'will', 'would', 'could',
'should', 'may', 'might', 'must', 'can', 'shall',
'it', 'i', 'you', 'we', 'they', 'them', 'their'}
# Extract meaningful words
words = re.findall(r'\b[a-z]{4,}\b', text)
meaningful_words = [w for w in words if w not in stop_words]
# Count frequency
word_freq = Counter(meaningful_words)
# Extract themes (top frequent meaningful words)
themes = [word for word, count in word_freq.most_common(10) if count >= 3]
return themes
def _extract_key_quotes(self, sentences: List[str]) -> List[str]:
"""Extract the most insightful quotes"""
scored_sentences = []
for sentence in sentences:
if len(sentence) < 20 or len(sentence) > 200:
continue
score = 0
sentence_lower = sentence.lower()
# Score based on insight indicators
if any(ind in sentence_lower for ind in self.pain_indicators):
score += 2
if any(ind in sentence_lower for ind in self.request_indicators):
score += 2
if 'because' in sentence_lower:
score += 1
if 'but' in sentence_lower:
score += 1
if '?' in sentence:
score += 1
if score > 0:
scored_sentences.append((score, sentence))
# Sort by score and return top quotes
scored_sentences.sort(reverse=True)
return [s[1] for s in scored_sentences[:5]]
def _extract_metrics(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
"""Extract any metrics or numbers mentioned"""
metrics = []
# Find percentages
percentages = re.findall(r'\d+%', text)
metrics.extend(percentages)
# Find time metrics
time_metrics = re.findall(r'\d+\s*(?:hours?|minutes?|days?|weeks?|months?)', text, re.IGNORECASE)
metrics.extend(time_metrics)
# Find money metrics
money_metrics = re.findall(r'\$[\d,]+', text)
metrics.extend(money_metrics)
# Find general numbers with context
number_contexts = re.findall(r'(\d+)\s+(\w+)', text)
for num, context in number_contexts:
if context.lower() not in ['the', 'a', 'an', 'and', 'or', 'of']:
metrics.append(f"{num} {context}")
return list(set(metrics))[:10]
def _extract_competitors(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
"""Extract competitor mentions"""
# Common competitor indicators
competitor_patterns = [
r'(?:use|used|using|tried|trying|switch from|switched from|instead of)\s+(\w+)',
r'(\w+)\s+(?:is better|works better|is easier)',
r'compared to\s+(\w+)',
r'like\s+(\w+)',
r'similar to\s+(\w+)',
]
competitors = set()
for pattern in competitor_patterns:
matches = re.findall(pattern, text, re.IGNORECASE)
competitors.update(matches)
# Filter out common words
common_words = {'this', 'that', 'it', 'them', 'other', 'another', 'something'}
competitors = [c for c in competitors if c.lower() not in common_words and len(c) > 2]
return list(competitors)[:5]
def _assess_severity(self, text: str) -> str:
"""Assess severity of pain point"""
if any(word in text for word in ['very', 'extremely', 'really', 'totally', 'completely']):
return 'high'
elif any(word in text for word in ['somewhat', 'bit', 'little', 'slightly']):
return 'low'
return 'medium'
def _assess_strength(self, text: str) -> str:
"""Assess strength of positive feedback"""
if any(word in text for word in ['absolutely', 'definitely', 'really', 'very']):
return 'strong'
return 'moderate'
def _classify_request(self, text: str) -> str:
"""Classify the type of request"""
if any(word in text for word in ['ui', 'design', 'look', 'color', 'layout']):
return 'ui_improvement'
elif any(word in text for word in ['feature', 'add', 'new', 'build']):
return 'new_feature'
elif any(word in text for word in ['fix', 'bug', 'broken', 'work']):
return 'bug_fix'
elif any(word in text for word in ['faster', 'slow', 'performance', 'speed']):
return 'performance'
return 'general'
def _assess_request_priority(self, text: str) -> str:
"""Assess priority of request"""
if any(word in text for word in ['critical', 'urgent', 'asap', 'immediately', 'blocking']):
return 'critical'
elif any(word in text for word in ['need', 'important', 'should', 'must']):
return 'high'
elif any(word in text for word in ['nice', 'would', 'could', 'maybe']):
return 'low'
return 'medium'
def aggregate_interviews(interviews: List[Dict]) -> Dict:
"""Aggregate insights from multiple interviews"""
aggregated = {
'total_interviews': len(interviews),
'common_pain_points': defaultdict(list),
'common_requests': defaultdict(list),
'jobs_to_be_done': [],
'overall_sentiment': {
'positive': 0,
'negative': 0,
'neutral': 0
},
'top_themes': Counter(),
'metrics_summary': set(),
'competitors_mentioned': Counter()
}
for interview in interviews:
# Aggregate pain points
for pain in interview.get('pain_points', []):
indicator = pain.get('indicator', 'unknown')
aggregated['common_pain_points'][indicator].append(pain['quote'])
# Aggregate requests
for request in interview.get('feature_requests', []):
req_type = request.get('type', 'general')
aggregated['common_requests'][req_type].append(request['quote'])
# Aggregate JTBD
aggregated['jobs_to_be_done'].extend(interview.get('jobs_to_be_done', []))
# Aggregate sentiment
sentiment = interview.get('sentiment_score', {}).get('label', 'neutral')
aggregated['overall_sentiment'][sentiment] += 1
# Aggregate themes
for theme in interview.get('key_themes', []):
aggregated['top_themes'][theme] += 1
# Aggregate metrics
aggregated['metrics_summary'].update(interview.get('metrics_mentioned', []))
# Aggregate competitors
for competitor in interview.get('competitors_mentioned', []):
aggregated['competitors_mentioned'][competitor] += 1
# Process aggregated data
aggregated['common_pain_points'] = dict(aggregated['common_pain_points'])
aggregated['common_requests'] = dict(aggregated['common_requests'])
aggregated['top_themes'] = dict(aggregated['top_themes'].most_common(10))
aggregated['metrics_summary'] = list(aggregated['metrics_summary'])
aggregated['competitors_mentioned'] = dict(aggregated['competitors_mentioned'])
return aggregated
def format_single_interview(analysis: Dict) -> str:
"""Format single interview analysis"""
output = ["=" * 60]
output.append("CUSTOMER INTERVIEW ANALYSIS")
output.append("=" * 60)
# Sentiment
sentiment = analysis['sentiment_score']
output.append(f"\n📊 Overall Sentiment: {sentiment['label'].upper()}")
output.append(f" Score: {sentiment['score']}")
output.append(f" Positive signals: {sentiment['positive_signals']}")
output.append(f" Negative signals: {sentiment['negative_signals']}")
# Pain Points
if analysis['pain_points']:
output.append("\n🔥 Pain Points Identified:")
for i, pain in enumerate(analysis['pain_points'][:5], 1):
output.append(f"\n{i}. [{pain['severity'].upper()}] {pain['quote'][:100]}...")
# Feature Requests
if analysis['feature_requests']:
output.append("\n💡 Feature Requests:")
for i, req in enumerate(analysis['feature_requests'][:5], 1):
output.append(f"\n{i}. [{req['type']}] Priority: {req['priority']}")
output.append(f" \"{req['quote'][:100]}...\"")
# Jobs to Be Done
if analysis['jobs_to_be_done']:
output.append("\n🎯 Jobs to Be Done:")
for i, job in enumerate(analysis['jobs_to_be_done'], 1):
output.append(f"{i}. {job['job']}")
# Key Themes
if analysis['key_themes']:
output.append("\n🏷️ Key Themes:")
output.append(", ".join(analysis['key_themes']))
# Key Quotes
if analysis['quotes']:
output.append("\n💬 Key Quotes:")
for i, quote in enumerate(analysis['quotes'][:3], 1):
output.append(f'{i}. "{quote}"')
# Metrics
if analysis['metrics_mentioned']:
output.append("\n📈 Metrics Mentioned:")
output.append(", ".join(analysis['metrics_mentioned']))
# Competitors
if analysis['competitors_mentioned']:
output.append("\n🏢 Competitors Mentioned:")
output.append(", ".join(analysis['competitors_mentioned']))
return "\n".join(output)
def main():
import sys
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Customer Interview Analyzer - Extracts insights, patterns, and opportunities from user interviews"
)
parser.add_argument(
"file", nargs="?", default=None,
help="Interview transcript text file to analyze"
)
parser.add_argument(
"--json", action="store_true",
help="Output results as JSON"
)
args = parser.parse_args()
if not args.file:
print("Usage: python customer_interview_analyzer.py <interview_file.txt>")
print("\nThis tool analyzes customer interview transcripts to extract:")
print(" - Pain points and frustrations")
print(" - Feature requests and suggestions")
print(" - Jobs to be done")
print(" - Sentiment analysis")
print(" - Key themes and quotes")
sys.exit(1)
with open(args.file, 'r') as f:
interview_text = f.read()
analyzer = InterviewAnalyzer()
analysis = analyzer.analyze_interview(interview_text)
if args.json:
print(json.dumps(analysis, indent=2))
else:
print(format_single_interview(analysis))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
FILE:scripts/rice_prioritizer.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
RICE Prioritization Framework
Calculates RICE scores for feature prioritization
RICE = (Reach x Impact x Confidence) / Effort
"""
import json
import csv
from typing import List, Dict, Tuple
import argparse
class RICECalculator:
"""Calculate RICE scores for feature prioritization"""
def __init__(self):
self.impact_map = {
'massive': 3.0,
'high': 2.0,
'medium': 1.0,
'low': 0.5,
'minimal': 0.25
}
self.confidence_map = {
'high': 100,
'medium': 80,
'low': 50
}
self.effort_map = {
'xl': 13,
'l': 8,
'm': 5,
's': 3,
'xs': 1
}
def calculate_rice(self, reach: int, impact: str, confidence: str, effort: str) -> float:
"""
Calculate RICE score
Args:
reach: Number of users/customers affected per quarter
impact: massive/high/medium/low/minimal
confidence: high/medium/low (percentage)
effort: xl/l/m/s/xs (person-months)
"""
impact_score = self.impact_map.get(impact.lower(), 1.0)
confidence_score = self.confidence_map.get(confidence.lower(), 50) / 100
effort_score = self.effort_map.get(effort.lower(), 5)
if effort_score == 0:
return 0
rice_score = (reach * impact_score * confidence_score) / effort_score
return round(rice_score, 2)
def prioritize_features(self, features: List[Dict]) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Calculate RICE scores and rank features
Args:
features: List of feature dictionaries with RICE components
"""
for feature in features:
feature['rice_score'] = self.calculate_rice(
feature.get('reach', 0),
feature.get('impact', 'medium'),
feature.get('confidence', 'medium'),
feature.get('effort', 'm')
)
# Sort by RICE score descending
return sorted(features, key=lambda x: x['rice_score'], reverse=True)
def analyze_portfolio(self, features: List[Dict]) -> Dict:
"""
Analyze the feature portfolio for balance and insights
"""
if not features:
return {}
total_effort = sum(
self.effort_map.get(f.get('effort', 'm').lower(), 5)
for f in features
)
total_reach = sum(f.get('reach', 0) for f in features)
effort_distribution = {}
impact_distribution = {}
for feature in features:
effort = feature.get('effort', 'm').lower()
impact = feature.get('impact', 'medium').lower()
effort_distribution[effort] = effort_distribution.get(effort, 0) + 1
impact_distribution[impact] = impact_distribution.get(impact, 0) + 1
# Calculate quick wins (high impact, low effort)
quick_wins = [
f for f in features
if f.get('impact', '').lower() in ['massive', 'high']
and f.get('effort', '').lower() in ['xs', 's']
]
# Calculate big bets (high impact, high effort)
big_bets = [
f for f in features
if f.get('impact', '').lower() in ['massive', 'high']
and f.get('effort', '').lower() in ['l', 'xl']
]
return {
'total_features': len(features),
'total_effort_months': total_effort,
'total_reach': total_reach,
'average_rice': round(sum(f['rice_score'] for f in features) / len(features), 2),
'effort_distribution': effort_distribution,
'impact_distribution': impact_distribution,
'quick_wins': len(quick_wins),
'big_bets': len(big_bets),
'quick_wins_list': quick_wins[:3], # Top 3 quick wins
'big_bets_list': big_bets[:3] # Top 3 big bets
}
def generate_roadmap(self, features: List[Dict], team_capacity: int = 10) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Generate a quarterly roadmap based on team capacity
Args:
features: Prioritized feature list
team_capacity: Person-months available per quarter
"""
quarters = []
current_quarter = {
'quarter': 1,
'features': [],
'capacity_used': 0,
'capacity_available': team_capacity
}
for feature in features:
effort = self.effort_map.get(feature.get('effort', 'm').lower(), 5)
if current_quarter['capacity_used'] + effort <= team_capacity:
current_quarter['features'].append(feature)
current_quarter['capacity_used'] += effort
else:
# Move to next quarter
current_quarter['capacity_available'] = team_capacity - current_quarter['capacity_used']
quarters.append(current_quarter)
current_quarter = {
'quarter': len(quarters) + 1,
'features': [feature],
'capacity_used': effort,
'capacity_available': team_capacity - effort
}
if current_quarter['features']:
current_quarter['capacity_available'] = team_capacity - current_quarter['capacity_used']
quarters.append(current_quarter)
return quarters
def format_output(features: List[Dict], analysis: Dict, roadmap: List[Dict]) -> str:
"""Format the results for display"""
output = ["=" * 60]
output.append("RICE PRIORITIZATION RESULTS")
output.append("=" * 60)
# Top prioritized features
output.append("\n📊 TOP PRIORITIZED FEATURES\n")
for i, feature in enumerate(features[:10], 1):
output.append(f"{i}. {feature.get('name', 'Unnamed')}")
output.append(f" RICE Score: {feature['rice_score']}")
output.append(f" Reach: {feature.get('reach', 0)} | Impact: {feature.get('impact', 'medium')} | "
f"Confidence: {feature.get('confidence', 'medium')} | Effort: {feature.get('effort', 'm')}")
output.append("")
# Portfolio analysis
output.append("\n📈 PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS\n")
output.append(f"Total Features: {analysis.get('total_features', 0)}")
output.append(f"Total Effort: {analysis.get('total_effort_months', 0)} person-months")
output.append(f"Total Reach: {analysis.get('total_reach', 0):,} users")
output.append(f"Average RICE Score: {analysis.get('average_rice', 0)}")
output.append(f"\n🎯 Quick Wins: {analysis.get('quick_wins', 0)} features")
for qw in analysis.get('quick_wins_list', []):
output.append(f" • {qw.get('name', 'Unnamed')} (RICE: {qw['rice_score']})")
output.append(f"\n🚀 Big Bets: {analysis.get('big_bets', 0)} features")
for bb in analysis.get('big_bets_list', []):
output.append(f" • {bb.get('name', 'Unnamed')} (RICE: {bb['rice_score']})")
# Roadmap
output.append("\n\n📅 SUGGESTED ROADMAP\n")
for quarter in roadmap:
output.append(f"\nQ{quarter['quarter']} - Capacity: {quarter['capacity_used']}/{quarter['capacity_used'] + quarter['capacity_available']} person-months")
for feature in quarter['features']:
output.append(f" • {feature.get('name', 'Unnamed')} (RICE: {feature['rice_score']})")
return "\n".join(output)
def load_features_from_csv(filepath: str) -> List[Dict]:
"""Load features from CSV file"""
features = []
with open(filepath, 'r') as f:
reader = csv.DictReader(f)
for row in reader:
feature = {
'name': row.get('name', ''),
'reach': int(row.get('reach', 0)),
'impact': row.get('impact', 'medium'),
'confidence': row.get('confidence', 'medium'),
'effort': row.get('effort', 'm'),
'description': row.get('description', '')
}
features.append(feature)
return features
def create_sample_csv(filepath: str):
"""Create a sample CSV file for testing"""
sample_features = [
['name', 'reach', 'impact', 'confidence', 'effort', 'description'],
['User Dashboard Redesign', '5000', 'high', 'high', 'l', 'Complete redesign of user dashboard'],
['Mobile Push Notifications', '10000', 'massive', 'medium', 'm', 'Add push notification support'],
['Dark Mode', '8000', 'medium', 'high', 's', 'Implement dark mode theme'],
['API Rate Limiting', '2000', 'low', 'high', 'xs', 'Add rate limiting to API'],
['Social Login', '12000', 'high', 'medium', 'm', 'Add Google/Facebook login'],
['Export to PDF', '3000', 'medium', 'low', 's', 'Export reports as PDF'],
['Team Collaboration', '4000', 'massive', 'low', 'xl', 'Real-time collaboration features'],
['Search Improvements', '15000', 'high', 'high', 'm', 'Enhance search functionality'],
['Onboarding Flow', '20000', 'massive', 'high', 's', 'Improve new user onboarding'],
['Analytics Dashboard', '6000', 'high', 'medium', 'l', 'Advanced analytics for users'],
]
with open(filepath, 'w', newline='') as f:
writer = csv.writer(f)
writer.writerows(sample_features)
print(f"Sample CSV created at: {filepath}")
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='RICE Framework for Feature Prioritization')
parser.add_argument('input', nargs='?', help='CSV file with features or "sample" to create sample')
parser.add_argument('--capacity', type=int, default=10, help='Team capacity per quarter (person-months)')
parser.add_argument('--output', choices=['text', 'json', 'csv'], default='text', help='Output format')
args = parser.parse_args()
# Create sample if requested
if args.input == 'sample':
create_sample_csv('sample_features.csv')
return
# Use sample data if no input provided
if not args.input:
features = [
{'name': 'User Dashboard', 'reach': 5000, 'impact': 'high', 'confidence': 'high', 'effort': 'l'},
{'name': 'Push Notifications', 'reach': 10000, 'impact': 'massive', 'confidence': 'medium', 'effort': 'm'},
{'name': 'Dark Mode', 'reach': 8000, 'impact': 'medium', 'confidence': 'high', 'effort': 's'},
{'name': 'API Rate Limiting', 'reach': 2000, 'impact': 'low', 'confidence': 'high', 'effort': 'xs'},
{'name': 'Social Login', 'reach': 12000, 'impact': 'high', 'confidence': 'medium', 'effort': 'm'},
]
else:
features = load_features_from_csv(args.input)
# Calculate RICE scores
calculator = RICECalculator()
prioritized = calculator.prioritize_features(features)
analysis = calculator.analyze_portfolio(prioritized)
roadmap = calculator.generate_roadmap(prioritized, args.capacity)
# Output results
if args.output == 'json':
result = {
'features': prioritized,
'analysis': analysis,
'roadmap': roadmap
}
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
elif args.output == 'csv':
# Output prioritized features as CSV
if prioritized:
keys = prioritized[0].keys()
print(','.join(keys))
for feature in prioritized:
print(','.join(str(feature.get(k, '')) for k in keys))
else:
print(format_output(prioritized, analysis, roadmap))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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---
name: "compliance-os"
description: "Compliance OS — meta-orchestrator that lets compliance teams CONFIGURE which frameworks apply, COMPUTE cross-framework control overlap, SIMULATE internal audits, and CONSOLIDATE evidence across multiple frameworks. Four decisions: (1) Given a company profile, which of the 12 supported frameworks apply (ISO 27001/13485/42001/14971, EU AI Act, MDR 745, GDPR, SOC 2, FDA QSR, NIST CSF 2.0, NIS2, HIPAA)? (2) Across selected frameworks, which controls overlap and how much evidence reuses? (3) For a given framework + scope, what does a realistic mock audit produce — drawing from the 205-scenario library? (4) Across selected frameworks, what's the unified evidence checklist with reuse map? Use when standing up a multi-framework program, planning the annual audit calendar, or preparing for certification stage 1. Does NOT replace per-framework skills (it orchestrates them)."
license: MIT
metadata:
version: 1.0.0
author: Alireza Rezvani
category: compliance-os
domain: multi-framework-compliance-orchestration
updated: 2026-05-13
python-tools: framework_selector.py, cross_framework_mapper.py, audit_simulator.py, evidence_pool_generator.py
frameworks: iso-27001, iso-13485, iso-42001, iso-14971, eu-ai-act, eu-mdr-745, gdpr, soc-2, fda-qsr, nist-csf, nis2, hipaa
---
# Compliance OS — Meta-Orchestrator
Multi-framework compliance program orchestration. **Four decisions, no per-framework deep-dive:**
1. **Which frameworks apply to this company?** — `framework_selector.py` ranks the 12 supported frameworks against a company profile (industry, geography, AI use, medical, financial, headcount, customers, healthcare-PHI, NIS2 essential/important entity, US gov contractor) and returns applicable ones with dependency graph
2. **How much do selected frameworks overlap?** — `cross_framework_mapper.py` computes control-level overlap with confidence rating; outputs unified control matrix + evidence-reuse opportunities
3. **What does a mock audit produce?** — `audit_simulator.py` generates 8–15 finding scenarios with severity distribution matching IIA expectations + interview questions per control
4. **What's the unified evidence checklist?** — `evidence_pool_generator.py` consolidates evidence across enabled frameworks; outputs which artefact satisfies which controls across which frameworks
This skill is **NOT** a per-framework deep-dive. The per-framework skills (`ra-qm-team/skills/iso42001-specialist/`, `compliance-team-eu-ai-act/`, `ra-qm-team/skills/gdpr-dsgvo-expert/`, etc.) do the operational work. Compliance OS orchestrates them.
This skill is **NOT** a substitute for binding legal advice. Cross-framework mappings reflect published guidance (ISO standards, regulations, EDPB/Commission guidance, IIA / AICPA professional standards). Novel cross-walks should be reviewed with counsel.
## Keywords
compliance orchestration, multi-framework compliance, compliance OS, cross-framework mapping, control overlap, evidence pool, evidence reuse, audit simulation, mock audit, internal audit programme, GRC, governance risk compliance, framework selector, compliance program, integrated compliance, ISO 19011, IIA IPPF, AICPA AT-C, NIST CSF profile, multi-cert program, SOC 2 + ISO 27001, ISO 27001 + ISO 42001, ISO 13485 + MDR 745, AI Act + ISO 42001, GDPR + ISO 27001, compliance officer, compliance team workflow, certification readiness
## Quick Start
```bash
# Decision A: Which frameworks apply for the company?
python scripts/framework_selector.py # embedded mid-stage AI SaaS sample
python scripts/framework_selector.py path/to/profile.json
# Decision B: Compute cross-framework overlap
python scripts/cross_framework_mapper.py # embedded ISO 27001 + SOC 2 sample
python scripts/cross_framework_mapper.py path/to/control_libs.json
# Decision C: Simulate an audit
python scripts/audit_simulator.py # embedded ISO 27001 sample
python scripts/audit_simulator.py path/to/audit_scope.json
# Decision D: Consolidate evidence checklist across frameworks
python scripts/evidence_pool_generator.py # embedded 3-framework sample
python scripts/evidence_pool_generator.py path/to/program.json
```
## Key Questions (ask these first)
- **Have you named every applicable framework?** Forgetting one means rebuilding the audit program later. Run `framework_selector.py` with your profile.
- **What's the most certificate / regulation your company already operates?** That's your reuse anchor. Map every new framework against it.
- **What's the audit calendar?** A multi-framework program means surveillance audits stacked through the year — plan auditor independence + capacity.
- **Where is evidence stored?** Multi-framework programs collapse when evidence lives in one team's drive without an index. Run `evidence_pool_generator.py` to surface the reuse opportunities.
- **What's the management-review cadence across frameworks?** Each framework wants its own management review, but a single integrated review (per ISO Annex SL) typically satisfies all of them with one calendar slot.
- **Who owns the meta-program?** If no single accountable role, the program fragments.
## Core Responsibilities
### 1. Framework Selection
**The framework:** company-profile JSON in → applicable-framework list out with dependency graph.
**Deterministic logic:**
- Medical device → ISO 13485 + ISO 14971 + (EU MDR 745 if EU market) + (FDA QSR if US market)
- Customer-facing AI → ISO 42001 + EU AI Act (if EU users) + GDPR (if personal data)
- B2B SaaS with enterprise customers → SOC 2 + ISO 27001 (often required for procurement)
- EU customers + personal data → GDPR mandatory
- Highly regulated industry (financial, health) → additional sectoral overlays
**Run** `framework_selector.py` to apply the decision rules.
### 2. Cross-Framework Control Mapping
**The framework:** for each selected framework, parse its control library; compute overlap with other selected frameworks.
**Per merged-control output:**
- Mapping confidence (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW)
- Evidence-reuse opportunity (single artefact satisfies N controls)
- Per-framework citation
- Implementation guidance reusable across frameworks
**Densest known overlap:** ISO 27001 Annex A ↔ SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria — historically ~75% control coverage shared. Adding ISO 42001 brings AI-specific controls; adding GDPR brings privacy-specific.
**Run** `cross_framework_mapper.py` with framework control libraries.
### 3. Audit Simulation
**The framework:** generate a realistic mock internal audit per ISO 19011 + IIA IPPF standards.
**Per audit output:**
- 8–15 finding scenarios per ISO 19011 typical depth
- Severity distribution: ≥ 40% observations/OFI, ≤ 15% critical/major (IIA expectation for healthy programs)
- Interview questions per scoped control (3–5 questions per control)
- Document-review request list
- Walk-through requests where applicable
**Run** `audit_simulator.py` with framework + scope.
### 4. Evidence Pool
**The framework:** consolidate evidence requirements across enabled frameworks; identify reuse opportunities.
**Output:**
- Evidence artefact list (e.g., access-review log, supplier risk register, incident log)
- Per artefact: list of (framework, control) tuples it satisfies
- Reuse-leverage score (artefact A satisfies N controls across M frameworks)
- Acquisition cost estimate (effort to produce + maintain)
**Run** `evidence_pool_generator.py` with program config.
## Workflows
### Workflow 1: Program Bootstrap (multi-framework, 4–8 weeks)
**Goal:** stand up a compliance program covering 2–4 frameworks simultaneously.
```bash
# 1. Run framework selector with company profile
python scripts/framework_selector.py profile.json
# 2. For each applicable framework, identify the per-framework skill and run its gap analysis
# 3. Run cross-framework mapper to identify reuse opportunities
python scripts/cross_framework_mapper.py control_libs.json
# 4. Run evidence pool generator to consolidate
python scripts/evidence_pool_generator.py program.json
# 5. Cross-check with cs-compliance-officer agent
# 6. Output: prioritized program backlog with owners + dates
```
### Workflow 2: Annual Audit Calendar (yearly)
**Goal:** plan internal audit cycles covering all applicable frameworks.
```bash
# 1. Refresh framework selector if profile changed
python scripts/framework_selector.py profile.json
# 2. For each framework, run its internal-audit-plan tool
# (e.g., aims_audit_scheduler.py for ISO 42001; isms_audit_scheduler.py for ISO 27001)
# 3. Coordinate the audit calendar across frameworks (auditor independence + capacity)
# 4. Run audit simulator for each framework to prep auditors
python scripts/audit_simulator.py scope.json
# 5. Output: integrated audit calendar with owners + auditor assignments
```
### Workflow 3: Pre-Certification Readiness (per new framework, 6–12 weeks)
**Goal:** prepare for an external certification audit.
```bash
# 1. Run gap analysis for the new framework
# (ISO 42001: aims_gap_analyzer.py; ISO 27001: compliance_checker.py; SOC 2: gap_analyzer.py)
# 2. Run cross-framework mapper against already-certified frameworks
python scripts/cross_framework_mapper.py control_libs.json
# 3. Reuse evidence for HIGH-confidence mappings; build new for MEDIUM/LOW
# 4. Run audit simulator to dry-run the certification audit
python scripts/audit_simulator.py scope.json
# 5. Close remaining gaps before external auditor stage 1
```
### Workflow 4: Evidence Pool Consolidation (quarterly)
**Goal:** keep the unified evidence pool fresh + reusable.
```bash
# 1. Refresh evidence pool generator
python scripts/evidence_pool_generator.py program.json
# 2. Identify HIGH-reuse-leverage artefacts (1 evidence -> 5+ controls)
# 3. Confirm evidence freshness (within retention requirement per framework)
# 4. Audit the evidence pool itself (no orphan controls, no stale evidence)
```
## Output Standards
```
**Bottom Line:** [one sentence — what's the multi-framework picture + biggest reuse opportunity]
**The Decision:** [one of: framework-set | overlap-map | audit-plan | evidence-consolidation]
**The Evidence:** [framework names + control IDs from the tool, not adjectives]
**How to Act:** [3 concrete next steps with owners + dates]
**Your Decision:** [the call only the compliance officer can make — which frameworks to pursue, audit cycle priority, evidence-reuse policy]
```
## Adjacent Skills
- `../../ra-qm-team/skills/iso42001-specialist/` — ISO 42001 deep-dive (paired with compliance-team-iso42001 plugin)
- `../../ra-qm-team/skills/eu-ai-act-specialist/` — EU AI Act deep-dive (paired with compliance-team-eu-ai-act plugin)
- `../../ra-qm-team/skills/information-security-manager-iso27001/` — ISO 27001 ISMS deep-dive
- `../../ra-qm-team/skills/quality-manager-qms-iso13485/` — ISO 13485 QMS deep-dive
- `../../ra-qm-team/skills/gdpr-dsgvo-expert/` — GDPR deep-dive
- `../../ra-qm-team/skills/soc2-compliance/` — SOC 2 deep-dive
- `../../ra-qm-team/skills/fda-consultant-specialist/` — FDA QSR deep-dive
- `../../ra-qm-team/skills/mdr-745-specialist/` — EU MDR 745 deep-dive
- `../../ra-qm-team/skills/risk-management-specialist/` — ISO 14971 deep-dive
- `../../c-level-advisor/chief-ai-officer-advisor/` — Executive AI risk decisions (build-vs-buy, model selection)
- `../../c-level-advisor/skills/general-counsel-advisor/` — Legal review for novel cases
## References
- [compliance_os_pattern.md](references/compliance_os_pattern.md) — The meta-framework architecture (configure → map → simulate → consolidate → review); when to use vs not
- [cross_framework_overlap.md](references/cross_framework_overlap.md) — The 9-framework × control-family overlap table with mapping confidence (Phase 3 expands to 12 frameworks via `cross_framework_mapper.py`)
- [audit_simulation_methodology.md](references/audit_simulation_methodology.md) — ISO 19011 + IIA IPPF + AICPA AT-C audit-simulation principles + severity distribution heuristics
- [evidence_management.md](references/evidence_management.md) — Evidence pool design + retention + freshness + reuse-leverage scoring
- [multi_framework_audit_playbook.md](references/multi_framework_audit_playbook.md) — Integrated audit programme for 2+ frameworks (Phase 2)
- [evidence_artifact_reuse_index.md](references/evidence_artifact_reuse_index.md) — Empirically-derived reuse-leverage ranking across all 12 frameworks (Phase 3)
## Phase 3 Asset: Mock Audit Scenario Library
`assets/mock_audit_library.json` — 205 pre-built finding scenarios spanning 12 frameworks + 26 themes + 4 severity levels (34 critical, 88 major, 54 minor, 29 observation). Each scenario tags applicable frameworks; cross-reference `scripts/cross_framework_mapper.py` merged-controls catalogue to resolve framework-specific control IDs. Use as input to enrich `audit_simulator.py` mock audits, as a training resource for new internal auditors, or as the seed for finding-pattern detection across multi-framework programmes.
---
**Version:** 1.2.0
**Status:** Production Ready
FILE:assets/company_profile_template.json
{
"company": "<company name>",
"industry": "<saas | medical_device | financial | healthcare | other>",
"products_include_ai": false,
"ai_high_risk_per_eu": false,
"deploys_ai_in_eu": false,
"products_are_medical_devices": false,
"sells_to_eu_customers": false,
"sells_to_us_customers": false,
"sells_to_enterprise_b2b": false,
"processes_personal_data": false,
"processes_eu_personal_data": false,
"headcount": 0,
"stage": "<seed | series_a | series_b | series_c | growth>",
"processes_phi": false,
"us_healthcare_covered_entity": false,
"us_healthcare_business_associate": false,
"nis2_essential_entity": false,
"nis2_important_entity": false,
"adopts_nist_csf": false,
"us_government_contractor": false
}
FILE:assets/control_library_template.json
{
"program": "<program name>",
"enabled_frameworks": [
"iso_27001",
"soc_2",
"iso_42001",
"eu_ai_act",
"gdpr"
],
"_supported_framework_ids": [
"iso_27001",
"iso_13485",
"iso_42001",
"iso_14971",
"eu_ai_act",
"eu_mdr_745",
"gdpr",
"soc_2",
"fda_qsr"
],
"_note": "Enable only the frameworks the framework_selector returned as applicable. Cross-framework mapper will compute overlap across enabled frameworks only."
}
FILE:assets/mock_audit_library.json
{
"schema_version": "1.0.0",
"description": "Pre-built finding scenarios for mock internal audits. Each scenario has theme + severity + applicable_frameworks tags; cross-reference scripts/cross_framework_mapper.py merged-controls catalogue to resolve framework-specific control IDs.",
"supported_frameworks": [
"iso_27001", "iso_13485", "iso_42001", "iso_14971",
"eu_ai_act", "eu_mdr_745", "gdpr", "soc_2", "fda_qsr",
"nist_csf", "nis2", "hipaa"
],
"severity_levels": {
"critical": "Major nonconformity: absence of, or systemic failure to implement, a required management-system process. Blocks certification at stage 1.",
"major": "Material gap in a required control. Corrective action plan within 30 days.",
"minor": "Localized gap; control works overall. Corrective action within 90 days.",
"observation": "Improvement opportunity; no nonconformity. Optional recommendation."
},
"scenarios": [
{"id": "F-AC-001", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "critical", "title": "Orphaned privileged access from terminations", "description": "Quarterly access review missed 3 cycles; 12 terminated employees retain prod admin access > 90 days post-termination. Audit log shows 4 of them performed actions in the system after their last working day.", "remediation": "Immediate revocation; investigate access logs for unauthorized activity; reinstate quarterly review cadence with automated tooling.", "remediation_days": 14, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001", "gdpr", "nist_csf", "hipaa", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-AC-002", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "critical", "title": "Shared admin credentials in production", "description": "Production database admin password shared across 5 engineers; rotation last performed > 12 months ago. No audit trail for individual actions.", "remediation": "Rotate immediately; provision per-user named accounts; enable individual audit logging; document procedure.", "remediation_days": 7, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-AC-003", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "major", "title": "Quarterly access review evidence lacks justification", "description": "Quarterly access review records exist but lack documented business justification for retained privileges. Reviewers approve in bulk without per-user rationale.", "remediation": "Update review template to require per-user justification; train reviewers; sample-check next quarter.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-AC-004", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "major", "title": "JML workflow does not auto-deprovision", "description": "Joiner-mover-leaver workflow exists but is manual; observed 5+ day gap between HR termination and access revocation.", "remediation": "Implement IDP integration with HR system for auto-deprovisioning within 24 hours; trail for exceptions.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001", "gdpr", "hipaa", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-AC-005", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "major", "title": "MFA not enforced on admin accounts", "description": "Multi-factor authentication is documented in policy but not technically enforced on cloud admin accounts; 8 admin users authenticate without MFA.", "remediation": "Enforce MFA at IDP level; emergency-break-glass procedure documented; close legacy accounts.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa", "nis2", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-AC-006", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "minor", "title": "Access review records lack completion timestamps", "description": "Access review records lack documented review-completion timestamps in 2 of 6 sampled reviews. Cannot confirm review was completed on time.", "remediation": "Update review tooling to capture timestamp at review-action time; backfill where possible.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-AC-007", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "minor", "title": "RBAC matrix doesn't cover cloud resources", "description": "Role-based access control matrix exists for application tier but does not address cloud-resource scope (IAM policies, S3 buckets, KMS keys).", "remediation": "Extend RBAC matrix; document cloud-IAM role-to-business-role mapping.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-AC-008", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider just-in-time (JIT) access for production", "description": "Standing access to production is the default; JIT access with approval workflow would reduce blast radius and improve audit trail.", "remediation": "Pilot JIT tooling (e.g., Teleport, ConductorOne, ConsoleMe) for one team.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-AC-009", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "observation", "title": "Privileged access review cadence could be more frequent", "description": "Quarterly cadence meets standard; for ≥ critical-tier systems, monthly review provides earlier detection of orphaned access.", "remediation": "Increase cadence for critical-tier systems to monthly.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-AC-010", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "observation", "title": "Session timeout policies inconsistent", "description": "Session-timeout policies vary across applications (30 min in CRM, 8 hours in BI tool, no timeout in internal admin tool). Inconsistent risk posture.", "remediation": "Define policy by data sensitivity tier; align tooling configuration.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-AI-001", "theme": "asset_inventory", "severity": "major", "title": "Asset inventory missing cloud + SaaS + AI tools", "description": "Asset register includes server inventory but omits 60% of SaaS tools and 100% of AI/LLM tools acquired in past 12 months. No central source of truth.", "remediation": "Integrate SSO with SaaS-discovery tooling; require AI-tool registration before procurement; quarterly refresh.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001", "nist_csf", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-AI-002", "theme": "asset_inventory", "severity": "major", "title": "Data classification scheme not applied", "description": "Data classification scheme documented (public / internal / confidential / restricted) but only 30% of data stores have classification labels applied.", "remediation": "Apply classification to remaining stores; automate via DLP tooling where feasible.", "remediation_days": 120, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "gdpr", "hipaa", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-AI-003", "theme": "asset_inventory", "severity": "minor", "title": "Asset owners not assigned for 15% of assets", "description": "15% of inventory entries lack named owners; orphan ownership impedes timely incident response.", "remediation": "Assign owners; require owner field on new asset creation.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-AI-004", "theme": "asset_inventory", "severity": "minor", "title": "Third-party AI services not tagged in inventory", "description": "Inventory does not flag which assets are powered by third-party AI services (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere). Material for ISO 42001 A.10 + EU AI Act Article 25.", "remediation": "Add AI-vendor tag; update procurement intake form.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001", "eu_ai_act", "iso_27001"]},
{"id": "F-AI-005", "theme": "asset_inventory", "severity": "observation", "title": "Asset decommissioning workflow informal", "description": "When assets are decommissioned, data destruction is documented but inventory entries persist; clutters reporting.", "remediation": "Add decommission state to inventory schema; archive after retention period.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-RM-001", "theme": "risk_management", "severity": "critical", "title": "Risk register without treatment plans", "description": "Risk register identifies 30+ risks but lacks documented treatment plans (modify/share/retain/avoid per ISO 23894) for high/critical risks.", "remediation": "Run risk-treatment workshop per high/critical risk; document treatment + signoff; link to specific controls.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "nis2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-RM-002", "theme": "risk_management", "severity": "critical", "title": "AI risk assessment not re-run after material model change", "description": "AI risk assessment last performed at initial deployment 18 months ago. Model has been retrained twice; risk profile not re-evaluated.", "remediation": "Trigger re-assessment; update register; document drift monitoring threshold; commit to re-assessment on every material change.", "remediation_days": 45, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001", "eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-RM-003", "theme": "risk_management", "severity": "major", "title": "Risk methodology inconsistently applied", "description": "Different teams use different risk-scoring methodologies; severity scores not comparable across the register.", "remediation": "Standardize on single methodology (e.g., 5x5 likelihood × impact matrix); train risk owners; re-score existing register.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "iso_14971", "nist_csf", "soc_2"]},
{"id": "F-RM-004", "theme": "risk_management", "severity": "major", "title": "Residual risk acceptance lacks management signoff", "description": "30% of 'retain' risk-treatment decisions lack documented management signoff. Some retain decisions made by individual contributors.", "remediation": "Define signoff matrix by severity; backfill where possible; route remaining retain decisions through proper authority.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "iso_14971", "nis2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-RM-005", "theme": "risk_management", "severity": "major", "title": "Risk register not updated for 6+ months", "description": "Risk register last refreshed > 6 months ago. New risks from product changes, new vendors, regulatory developments not captured.", "remediation": "Refresh; commit to quarterly cadence minimum.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "nist_csf", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-RM-006", "theme": "risk_management", "severity": "minor", "title": "DPIA exists but Article 35(7) elements incomplete", "description": "DPIA documented for high-risk processing but does not cover all Article 35(7)(a)-(d) required elements (missing necessity + proportionality assessment).", "remediation": "Update DPIA template; refresh affected DPIAs.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr", "iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-RM-007", "theme": "risk_management", "severity": "minor", "title": "Risk treatment plans lack effective-date tracking", "description": "Treatment plans are documented but lack effective-date or expected-completion fields; cannot track remediation timeliness.", "remediation": "Add date fields; update existing entries.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "soc_2"]},
{"id": "F-RM-008", "theme": "risk_management", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider FAIR quantitative risk methodology for top-tier risks", "description": "Current methodology is qualitative; quantitative analysis (e.g., Open FAIR) for top-5 risks would improve decision quality.", "remediation": "Pilot FAIR on 2-3 top risks.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-RM-009", "theme": "risk_management", "severity": "observation", "title": "Risk-related KPIs not reported to executive", "description": "Risk register exists but no rolled-up KPIs (e.g., # critical risks open, mean time to treatment) reported in management review.", "remediation": "Add risk KPIs to management review inputs.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-SM-001", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "critical", "title": "Critical SaaS in use without DPA", "description": "Critical SaaS supplier (handles personal data of 500K+ users) in use without signed DPA per GDPR Article 28. Pre-existing arrangement not refreshed since 2018.", "remediation": "Engage vendor for DPA execution; if vendor refuses, evaluate replacement.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr", "iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-SM-002", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "critical", "title": "Business Associate Agreement missing for HIPAA-relevant vendor", "description": "Vendor processes PHI on behalf of the organization but no signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) per HIPAA §164.314(a). Material exposure.", "remediation": "Sign BAA; if vendor refuses, evaluate replacement; document remediation timeline.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["hipaa", "iso_27001"]},
{"id": "F-SM-003", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "major", "title": "Annual supplier reviews incomplete", "description": "Annual supplier security review not completed for 3 of 8 critical suppliers in past year.", "remediation": "Run overdue reviews; calendar future reviews; document escalation for non-responsive vendors.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001", "hipaa", "nis2", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-SM-004", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "major", "title": "Sub-processor list not maintained", "description": "Critical supplier handling personal data uses sub-processors; the sub-processor list is not maintained or available; GDPR Article 28(2) not satisfied.", "remediation": "Request sub-processor list from vendor; establish change notification mechanism; document.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr", "iso_27001", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-SM-005", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "major", "title": "AI-specific contract clauses not in vendor agreements", "description": "Third-party AI service in use; contract lacks AI-specific clauses (training-data use restrictions, drift notification, sub-processor list for AI sub-services).", "remediation": "Negotiate addendum; document acceptance.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001", "eu_ai_act", "iso_27001"]},
{"id": "F-SM-006", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "major", "title": "Supplier exit / termination procedure not documented", "description": "No procedure for safe vendor exit (data return, model deletion, monitoring transition). Discovered during attempt to terminate one supplier.", "remediation": "Draft procedure; pilot on next vendor termination; document.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "soc_2", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-SM-007", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "minor", "title": "Vendor onboarding checklist applied inconsistently", "description": "Supplier onboarding checklist exists but is bypassed in 'urgent' procurements; 4 of 12 recent vendors lack complete onboarding evidence.", "remediation": "Make checklist mandatory at procurement gate; remediate gaps in existing 4.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-SM-008", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "minor", "title": "Supplier SOC 2 reports collected but not reviewed", "description": "Critical suppliers' SOC 2 Type II reports collected on initial onboarding but not reviewed annually as new reports issued.", "remediation": "Set calendar for annual review; document key findings + acceptance.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["soc_2", "iso_27001"]},
{"id": "F-SM-009", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider centralizing supplier risk evidence in GRC tool", "description": "Supplier evidence scattered across procurement Drive, Compliance Drive, and email. Centralization in GRC tool would reduce audit prep effort.", "remediation": "Evaluate GRC tooling; migrate over 6 months.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-SM-010", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "observation", "title": "Vendor risk-tiering could be more granular", "description": "Vendors tier as 'critical / non-critical' currently; more granular tiers (e.g., based on data type, criticality, integration depth) would refine review cadence.", "remediation": "Define 3-tier model; reclassify existing inventory.", "remediation_days": 120, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-IR-001", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "critical", "title": "GDPR Article 33 breach notification missed", "description": "Breach occurred 96 hours ago; supervisory authority not notified despite Article 33 72-hour requirement. Investigation revealed unclear breach-criteria decision.", "remediation": "File notification immediately with rationale for delay; review breach-criteria decision tree; conduct tabletop exercise; document.", "remediation_days": 7, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr", "iso_27001", "hipaa", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-IR-002", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "critical", "title": "Recent P1 incident lacks PIR within SLA", "description": "P1 production incident occurred 45 days ago; post-incident review (PIR) not documented within stated 30-day SLA.", "remediation": "Complete PIR immediately; identify corrective actions; calendar future PIRs.", "remediation_days": 14, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-IR-003", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "critical", "title": "Severity definitions inconsistently applied", "description": "Severity definitions documented but inconsistently applied across teams; impact analysis varies. Two recent P2 incidents arguably P1 by definition.", "remediation": "Train responders on severity rubric; calibration exercise quarterly; track severity-classification consistency.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001", "gdpr", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-IR-004", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "major", "title": "Notification SLAs not aligned across frameworks", "description": "GDPR 72h, NIS2 24h-early-warning + 72h-notification, EU AI Act 15-day (or 2-day critical-infra), HIPAA 60-day. Internal procedures collapse to a single 'breach' notification without per-framework branching.", "remediation": "Update IR procedure to branch by applicable framework; train responders.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr", "nis2", "eu_ai_act", "hipaa", "iso_27001"]},
{"id": "F-IR-005", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "major", "title": "Incident commander rotation not documented", "description": "Incident commander rotation exists informally but is not documented; recent incidents had ambiguous IC ownership.", "remediation": "Document rotation; publish on-call schedule.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-IR-006", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "major", "title": "Breach log incomplete per Article 33(5)", "description": "GDPR breach log captures only DPA-notifiable events; Article 33(5) requires ALL breaches logged regardless of notifiability.", "remediation": "Update breach log scope; backfill recent breaches; train DPO on requirement.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr", "iso_27001", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-IR-007", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "major", "title": "Detection mechanism gaps", "description": "Mean time to detect (MTTD) for past 3 incidents averaged 8 days; SIEM rules not tuned for recently-onboarded systems.", "remediation": "Audit SIEM coverage; tune rules; test detection for high-impact attack scenarios.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-IR-008", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "minor", "title": "Tabletop exercise not conducted in last 12 months", "description": "Annual incident-response tabletop exercise not performed in past 12 months.", "remediation": "Schedule + run tabletop; document lessons learned.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "nis2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-IR-009", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "minor", "title": "Customer notification timing not tracked", "description": "Customer-facing incident notifications sent but timing not tracked against committed SLA. Cannot demonstrate SLA compliance.", "remediation": "Track notification timestamps; report against SLA quarterly.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["soc_2", "iso_27001", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-IR-010", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider chaos engineering for resilience testing", "description": "Incident response prepares for failures; chaos engineering would proactively surface latent weaknesses.", "remediation": "Pilot chaos engineering on non-prod first; expand if mature.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-ML-001", "theme": "monitoring_logging", "severity": "critical", "title": "Production application logs disabled", "description": "Production application logs disabled in past 30 days due to disk space; not detected until audit fieldwork. 30-day blind spot.", "remediation": "Re-enable; resize storage; alert on log volume drops; investigate any incidents during blind period.", "remediation_days": 7, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001", "hipaa", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-ML-002", "theme": "monitoring_logging", "severity": "major", "title": "Log retention misaligned with framework requirement", "description": "Log retention configured at 90 days; ISO 27001 + framework requirements expect 12 months minimum for some logs.", "remediation": "Update retention configuration; backfill from archives where feasible; document policy.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa", "nist_csf", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-ML-003", "theme": "monitoring_logging", "severity": "major", "title": "Tamper-evident logging not enforced", "description": "Tamper-evident logging not enforced on privileged-user activity logs; logs writable to same store as application data.", "remediation": "Move logs to write-once storage; document architecture; verify immutability.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa", "nist_csf", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-ML-004", "theme": "monitoring_logging", "severity": "major", "title": "AI model drift not monitored", "description": "AI system in production; no drift monitoring against original validation data. No defined drift threshold for retraining.", "remediation": "Implement drift monitoring; define threshold; escalation path.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001", "eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-ML-005", "theme": "monitoring_logging", "severity": "minor", "title": "Monitoring alert thresholds not documented", "description": "Monitoring alert thresholds exist in tooling but not documented; rationale unclear.", "remediation": "Document thresholds + rationale + on-call response action.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-ML-006", "theme": "monitoring_logging", "severity": "minor", "title": "Cloud audit logs not centralized", "description": "Cloud audit logs (CloudTrail/Cloud Audit Logs) exist per account but not centralized to SIEM; cross-account analysis manual.", "remediation": "Forward logs to central SIEM; configure cross-account analysis.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-ML-007", "theme": "monitoring_logging", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider anomaly detection on top of rule-based monitoring", "description": "Current monitoring is rule-based; anomaly detection (statistical or ML-based) would surface novel patterns.", "remediation": "Pilot on key data flows.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-CM-001", "theme": "change_management", "severity": "critical", "title": "Emergency change procedure not formalized", "description": "Emergency change procedure not documented; observed 3 cases of production changes in past 30 days without recorded approval. Two affected customer data.", "remediation": "Draft emergency change procedure including retroactive review; train engineers; audit recent emergency changes.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_13485", "hipaa", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-CM-002", "theme": "change_management", "severity": "major", "title": "Change advisory board rubber-stamps", "description": "Change advisory board records show approvals but zero rejected changes in last 6 months. Board likely not exercising substantive review.", "remediation": "Calibration training for board; track reject + revise rate; ensure reviewers have time + context.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_13485"]},
{"id": "F-CM-003", "theme": "change_management", "severity": "major", "title": "Rollback procedure not tested", "description": "Rollback procedure documented but not tested for 2 services in audit scope. Cannot confirm operability.", "remediation": "Test rollback in staging; document; schedule quarterly verification.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_13485", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-CM-004", "theme": "change_management", "severity": "minor", "title": "Post-implementation reviews skipped for high-risk changes", "description": "Change advisory board records show approvals but no post-implementation review for high-risk changes (defined by impact rubric).", "remediation": "Reinstate post-implementation review for high-risk; define follow-up timeline.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_13485"]},
{"id": "F-CM-005", "theme": "change_management", "severity": "observation", "title": "Link change records to deployment automation", "description": "Change records and deployment automation are separate systems; linking would strengthen evidence chain.", "remediation": "Integrate via deployment tagging.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-BC-001", "theme": "business_continuity", "severity": "critical", "title": "BCP/DRP exists but never tested", "description": "Business continuity + disaster recovery plans exist on paper but no recovery exercise in 24+ months. Untested = ineffective.", "remediation": "Conduct full DR exercise; document results; commit to annual exercise cadence.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "nis2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-BC-002", "theme": "business_continuity", "severity": "major", "title": "RPO/RTO objectives not measured", "description": "Recovery objectives defined but not measured during recent failover events. Cannot confirm objectives are achievable.", "remediation": "Measure during next exercise; tune objectives or recovery capability.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-BC-003", "theme": "business_continuity", "severity": "major", "title": "Backup integrity not verified", "description": "Backups occur but restoration testing not performed in past 12 months. Cannot confirm backups are usable.", "remediation": "Quarterly restoration tests; document verification evidence.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-BC-004", "theme": "business_continuity", "severity": "minor", "title": "BCP doesn't address third-party SaaS outage", "description": "BCP covers self-hosted infrastructure; doesn't address critical SaaS-vendor outage scenarios.", "remediation": "Extend BCP for SaaS outage scenarios; document vendor SLAs + alternatives.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-BC-005", "theme": "business_continuity", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider chaos game-day exercises", "description": "Annual DR exercise meets standard; chaos game-day adds value by testing under more realistic conditions.", "remediation": "Pilot game-day for one service.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-CT-001", "theme": "competence_training", "severity": "major", "title": "Annual security training not 100% complete", "description": "Annual security training completion is 89% across the company; 12 employees past due > 30 days.", "remediation": "Escalate to managers for non-completers; revoke access for chronic non-completers; document policy.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-CT-002", "theme": "competence_training", "severity": "major", "title": "AI literacy training not in place", "description": "EU AI Act Article 4 requires AI literacy for staff dealing with AI systems; no AI-specific training implemented.", "remediation": "Develop + roll out AI literacy training; track completion by role.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_ai_act", "iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-CT-003", "theme": "competence_training", "severity": "major", "title": "Competence requirements undefined for ML engineers", "description": "Competence requirements defined for engineering roles but not specifically for ML engineers; assumes 'they have degrees'.", "remediation": "Define ML-engineer competence requirements; verify against existing staff.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-CT-004", "theme": "competence_training", "severity": "minor", "title": "Training effectiveness verification missing", "description": "Training completion recorded but effectiveness verification (assessment, simulation, observed behavior) not performed.", "remediation": "Add post-training assessment; track scores.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "iso_13485", "soc_2"]},
{"id": "F-CT-005", "theme": "competence_training", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider role-based training tiers", "description": "Training is uniform across roles; role-based tiers would surface compliance-officer-specific, dev-specific, etc.", "remediation": "Design role-tiered curriculum.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-DG-001", "theme": "data_governance", "severity": "critical", "title": "Training data lacks provenance records", "description": "AI training data sourced from multiple vendors + scraped sources; no provenance records. EU AI Act Article 10(2)(d) + ISO 42001 A.7.4 not satisfied.", "remediation": "Audit current training data; document provenance per source; remove data without verifiable provenance.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001", "eu_ai_act", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DG-002", "theme": "data_governance", "severity": "critical", "title": "PII in training data without lawful basis", "description": "Training data contains PII; lawful basis (GDPR Article 6) not documented for AI training use case. Article 10(5) AI Act bias-detection exception not applicable here.", "remediation": "Document lawful basis or remove PII; if legitimate interests, document LIA; halt training until resolved.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr", "iso_42001", "eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-DG-003", "theme": "data_governance", "severity": "major", "title": "Data quality dimensions not defined", "description": "Data quality monitoring exists but dimensions (completeness, accuracy, timeliness, consistency) not formally defined. Audit against ISO 42001 A.7.3 incomplete.", "remediation": "Define dimensions per data store; document measurement methodology.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001", "iso_27001", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DG-004", "theme": "data_governance", "severity": "major", "title": "Article 30 RoPA stale", "description": "GDPR Article 30 records of processing activities last refreshed 8 months ago; new processing activities not captured.", "remediation": "Refresh RoPA; commit to quarterly updates; integrate with new-feature intake.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DG-005", "theme": "data_governance", "severity": "major", "title": "Retention schedules not enforced", "description": "Data retention schedules documented but not enforced in tooling. Data persists beyond stated retention.", "remediation": "Implement automated retention enforcement; backfill cleanup; document deletions.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr", "iso_27001", "hipaa", "iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-DG-006", "theme": "data_governance", "severity": "minor", "title": "Consent management workflow lacks withdrawal mechanism", "description": "Consent collected at signup; withdrawal mechanism exists in privacy notice but not technically implemented.", "remediation": "Implement self-service consent withdrawal; honour within reasonable time.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DG-007", "theme": "data_governance", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider data lineage tooling", "description": "Data flows documented manually; data-lineage tooling would automate + maintain freshness.", "remediation": "Evaluate tooling (e.g., OpenLineage, DataHub, Atlan).", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-CR-001", "theme": "cryptography", "severity": "major", "title": "Encryption at rest using deprecated algorithm", "description": "Some data stores still use deprecated AES-128 (or 3DES); current standard expects AES-256.", "remediation": "Plan migration; document; complete within 6 months.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa", "nis2", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-CR-002", "theme": "cryptography", "severity": "major", "title": "Key rotation not enforced", "description": "Cryptographic key rotation policy exists (annual) but not enforced; production keys 3+ years old.", "remediation": "Rotate immediately; automate rotation via KMS; document.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa", "nis2", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-CR-003", "theme": "cryptography", "severity": "major", "title": "TLS configuration permits deprecated versions", "description": "TLS 1.0 + 1.1 still accepted on public endpoints; current standard expects TLS 1.2 minimum.", "remediation": "Disable TLS 1.0 + 1.1; verify all clients support 1.2+; document.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa", "nis2", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-CR-004", "theme": "cryptography", "severity": "minor", "title": "Cryptographic inventory incomplete", "description": "Cryptographic inventory exists but lacks documentation of algorithm + key length per data store.", "remediation": "Audit each store; document; flag deprecated algorithms.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "nist_csf", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-CR-005", "theme": "cryptography", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider post-quantum cryptography roadmap", "description": "Current crypto is RSA + ECC; post-quantum standards finalized in 2024. Long-term planning for migration recommended.", "remediation": "Define PQC migration roadmap.", "remediation_days": 365, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "nist_csf", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-SD-001", "theme": "secure_sdlc", "severity": "critical", "title": "Production deploy without SAST results", "description": "Recent production deploys lack SAST scan evidence; SAST configured in CI but bypassed via manual override.", "remediation": "Make SAST a required gate; remove override capability for production; investigate bypassed deploys.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-SD-002", "theme": "secure_sdlc", "severity": "major", "title": "Code review records inconsistent", "description": "Some commits to main branch lack documented review; review-required branch protection not consistently enforced.", "remediation": "Enforce review on protected branches across all repos; audit recent commits.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-SD-003", "theme": "secure_sdlc", "severity": "major", "title": "Threat modeling not performed for new services", "description": "New service launched last quarter without threat model. ISO 27001 A.8.25-31 + secure-by-design expectations not met.", "remediation": "Retroactive threat model; integrate threat modeling into design-review gate.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-SD-004", "theme": "secure_sdlc", "severity": "minor", "title": "Dependency scanning missing for some repos", "description": "Dependency scanning configured for production services but not for internal tools.", "remediation": "Extend dependency scanning to all repos.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-SD-005", "theme": "secure_sdlc", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider supply-chain security per SLSA", "description": "Build provenance + supply-chain security gaps; SLSA framework would formalize improvements.", "remediation": "Adopt SLSA Level 2 minimum for production builds.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "nist_csf", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-VM-001", "theme": "vulnerability_mgmt", "severity": "critical", "title": "Critical vulnerabilities past patch SLA", "description": "5 critical-severity CVEs in production older than 30-day patch SLA; one is actively exploited in wild.", "remediation": "Patch immediately; document compensating controls if patching not possible; investigate any compromise indicators.", "remediation_days": 14, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "nis2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-VM-002", "theme": "vulnerability_mgmt", "severity": "major", "title": "Vulnerability scanning not running weekly", "description": "Scanning configured but execution stopped in past quarter due to tool change. 90+ day blind spot.", "remediation": "Resume scanning; investigate vulnerabilities discovered post-resume.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "nis2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-VM-003", "theme": "vulnerability_mgmt", "severity": "major", "title": "Patch SLAs not defined by severity", "description": "Patch SLA defined for 'all CVEs within 90 days'; not differentiated by severity. Critical vulns should be < 30 days.", "remediation": "Define severity-tiered SLAs; communicate; track compliance.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-VM-004", "theme": "vulnerability_mgmt", "severity": "minor", "title": "Vulnerability exceptions lack expiry", "description": "Exception tracking exists but exceptions have no expiry; some are 18+ months old without re-evaluation.", "remediation": "Add expiry; re-evaluate all open exceptions.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-VM-005", "theme": "vulnerability_mgmt", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider container image base auditing", "description": "Vulnerability scanning catches runtime; auditing base images at build time would prevent vulnerabilities reaching production.", "remediation": "Add build-time scanning + base-image inventory.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-PS-001", "theme": "physical_security", "severity": "major", "title": "Server room access log incomplete", "description": "Server room access log shows entries but lacks visitor escort records for 4 of 12 sampled entries.", "remediation": "Reinforce escort policy; train + supervise; verify in next quarter.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_13485", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-PS-002", "theme": "physical_security", "severity": "major", "title": "Workstation security policy not enforced", "description": "Workstation locking policy documented but not enforced; observed several unattended unlocked workstations during walkthrough.", "remediation": "Configure auto-lock at 5 min; train staff; verify.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "hipaa", "soc_2"]},
{"id": "F-PS-003", "theme": "physical_security", "severity": "minor", "title": "Visitor sign-in process bypassed", "description": "Visitor sign-in book exists but bypassed for 'known' visitors; 8 sampled visits lack sign-in evidence.", "remediation": "Reinforce policy + signage; consider electronic visitor management.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_13485", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-PS-004", "theme": "physical_security", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider biometric access for sensitive zones", "description": "Current access is card-based; biometric for sensitive zones (server rooms, R&D labs) would strengthen access discipline.", "remediation": "Evaluate biometric tooling; pilot.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "hipaa", "iso_13485"]},
{"id": "F-DP-001", "theme": "data_protection_privacy", "severity": "critical", "title": "Right to erasure not honored within SLA", "description": "Erasure request from 60 days ago not fully completed; data persists in 3 systems including backups. GDPR Article 17 + 12(3) breached.", "remediation": "Complete erasure; identify all systems; commit to per-system erasure workflow.", "remediation_days": 14, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DP-002", "theme": "data_protection_privacy", "severity": "critical", "title": "International transfer without SCCs", "description": "Personal data transferred to US subprocessor; no adequacy decision relied on, no SCCs signed, no derogation applies. Schrems II requirement breached.", "remediation": "Execute SCCs (Commission 2021/914); conduct TIA per EDPB Rec. 01/2020; supplementary measures where needed.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DP-003", "theme": "data_protection_privacy", "severity": "major", "title": "Privacy notice missing Article 13/14 elements", "description": "Privacy notice published but lacks retention periods + data subject rights detail per Article 13(2).", "remediation": "Update notice; publish version; track versions for evidence trail.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DP-004", "theme": "data_protection_privacy", "severity": "major", "title": "Cookie banner pre-ticks consent", "description": "Cookie banner pre-ticks non-essential cookies; valid consent per GDPR Article 7 + EDPB guidance requires affirmative action.", "remediation": "Redesign banner; default to no consent for non-essential; document A/B test.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DP-005", "theme": "data_protection_privacy", "severity": "major", "title": "DPO appointment not formal", "description": "DPO exists but appointment letter not signed by senior management per GDPR Article 37 + 38. Reporting line ambiguous.", "remediation": "Formal appointment letter; clarify reporting line to highest management; publish contact.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DP-006", "theme": "data_protection_privacy", "severity": "minor", "title": "DSAR identity verification process inconsistent", "description": "DSAR identity verification varies across teams; one DSAR processed without proper identity check.", "remediation": "Standardize verification procedure; train DPO + intake team.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DP-007", "theme": "data_protection_privacy", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs)", "description": "Current privacy posture is procedural; PETs (differential privacy, federated learning, secure enclaves) for high-risk processing would reduce exposure.", "remediation": "Pilot PET for one high-risk processing.", "remediation_days": 365, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr", "iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-MR-001", "theme": "management_review", "severity": "critical", "title": "Management review not performed in 18 months", "description": "Management review last documented 18 months ago. Clause 9.3 expects at planned intervals (annual minimum). System effectiveness not formally evaluated.", "remediation": "Schedule + conduct review; document inputs + outputs; calendar future reviews.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "iso_13485", "soc_2"]},
{"id": "F-MR-002", "theme": "management_review", "severity": "major", "title": "Management review missing AI-specific inputs", "description": "Management review covers ISMS but not AIMS-specific inputs (drift events, incidents, risk-register changes per ISO 42001 Clause 9.3).", "remediation": "Update review template for AIMS inputs; include in next review.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-MR-003", "theme": "management_review", "severity": "major", "title": "Open action items past due", "description": "Management review action items: 4 of 9 past due > 60 days. Tracking not actively managed.", "remediation": "Reassign owners; escalate stuck items; re-baseline due dates.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "iso_13485", "soc_2"]},
{"id": "F-MR-004", "theme": "management_review", "severity": "minor", "title": "Review attendance lacks senior leadership", "description": "Review held but CEO + CTO absent; attendance of senior leadership expected per Clause 5.1 + 9.3.", "remediation": "Schedule with leadership in advance; share inputs ahead of meeting.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "iso_13485", "soc_2"]},
{"id": "F-IA-001", "theme": "internal_audit", "severity": "critical", "title": "No internal audit programme", "description": "Clause 9.2 internal audit programme not documented; audits happen ad-hoc; no rolling 3-year coverage plan.", "remediation": "Design programme; assign auditors; schedule next 12 months minimum.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "iso_13485", "soc_2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-IA-002", "theme": "internal_audit", "severity": "major", "title": "Auditors audit own work", "description": "Internal auditor for Clause 8.3 audit also owns the lifecycle process being audited. Independence breached.", "remediation": "Reassign auditor; document independence verification per assignment.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "iso_13485"]},
{"id": "F-IA-003", "theme": "internal_audit", "severity": "major", "title": "Audit findings not tracked to closure", "description": "Audit findings logged but closure verification not consistently performed. 12 findings show 'closed' without evidence of effectiveness.", "remediation": "Verify closure; require evidence; reopen unverified.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "soc_2"]},
{"id": "F-IA-004", "theme": "internal_audit", "severity": "minor", "title": "Audit programme doesn't cover all clauses", "description": "Audit programme covers Clauses 4-7 but not 8-10 in current 3-year cycle.", "remediation": "Update programme; add missing clauses to remaining cycle.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "iso_13485"]},
{"id": "F-CI-001", "theme": "continual_improvement", "severity": "major", "title": "CAPA without effectiveness verification", "description": "Corrective action plans documented + closed but effectiveness verification missing for 6 of 10 sampled CAPAs.", "remediation": "Add measurable effectiveness verification to template; verify per CAPA; sample-check.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "iso_13485", "fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-CI-002", "theme": "continual_improvement", "severity": "major", "title": "Root cause analysis shallow", "description": "Root cause analysis on CAPAs documented but stops at proximate cause (e.g., 'engineer made mistake'); 5 Whys not applied.", "remediation": "Train CAPA owners on RCA methodology; re-do RCA on recent CAPAs.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_13485", "iso_42001", "iso_27001", "fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-CI-003", "theme": "continual_improvement", "severity": "minor", "title": "Trend analysis not performed", "description": "Individual CAPAs handled but trend analysis across CAPAs not performed; missed systemic issues.", "remediation": "Quarterly trend analysis; pattern identification; address systemic causes.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_13485", "iso_27001", "iso_42001", "fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-CI-004", "theme": "continual_improvement", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider integrating CAPA into existing ticketing", "description": "CAPA tracking in separate tool from incident tickets; integration would reduce overhead.", "remediation": "Evaluate ticket-system extensions; pilot.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2"]},
{"id": "F-DC-001", "theme": "documentation_control", "severity": "major", "title": "Obsolete documents accessible", "description": "Old versions of policies and procedures accessible in shared drives without 'obsolete' marking; risk of using superseded content.", "remediation": "Archive obsolete versions; reorganize document drive; reinforce procedure.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_13485", "iso_42001", "fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-DC-002", "theme": "documentation_control", "severity": "major", "title": "Document approval workflow bypassed", "description": "Document approval workflow exists but 3 recent policy updates published without documented approval.", "remediation": "Enforce workflow at publication; train owners; audit recent publications.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_13485", "iso_42001", "soc_2"]},
{"id": "F-DC-003", "theme": "documentation_control", "severity": "minor", "title": "Document review cadence not enforced", "description": "Annual review cadence stated but 25% of controlled documents past due > 90 days.", "remediation": "Calendar reviews; track due dates; remind owners.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_13485", "iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-AIMS-001", "theme": "aims_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "AI policy missing required commitments", "description": "AI policy commits to lawful use only; missing beneficial purpose, human oversight, and continual improvement. ISO 42001 Clause 5.2 + Annex A.2.2 not satisfied.", "remediation": "Rewrite policy with all 4 commitments; board signoff; publish.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-AIMS-002", "theme": "aims_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "AIMS scope omits third-party AI", "description": "AIMS scope statement (Clause 4.3) lists company-built AI systems but omits AI features in SaaS vendors used internally. Scope incomplete.", "remediation": "Update scope; inventory third-party AI; include in AIMS controls.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-AIMS-003", "theme": "aims_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "AI system lifecycle skips decommission", "description": "AI lifecycle procedure (A.6) covers design through deployment + operation but lacks decommission phase. ISO 42001 expects full lifecycle.", "remediation": "Define decommission procedure; train owners; document.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-AIMS-004", "theme": "aims_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "V&V procedure for AI systems undefined", "description": "Annex A.6.2.4 verification + validation procedure not documented; tests exist but acceptance criteria not formalized.", "remediation": "Define V&V procedure; document acceptance criteria per system class; train.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-AIMS-005", "theme": "aims_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Impact assessment signed by wrong authority", "description": "AI impact assessments for high-impact systems signed by tech lead; management approval expected per A.5.4.", "remediation": "Define signoff authority by impact tier; re-route assessments; backfill where needed.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-AIA-001", "theme": "ai_act_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "Article 5 prohibited practice in production", "description": "AI system performs emotion recognition in workplace setting; Article 5(1)(f) prohibition applies. System cannot remain on EU market.", "remediation": "Disable in EU immediately; evaluate redesign for permitted use cases; document.", "remediation_days": 7, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-AIA-002", "theme": "ai_act_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "High-risk AI without conformity assessment", "description": "Annex III high-risk AI system on EU market; no Article 43 conformity assessment performed before placement.", "remediation": "Withdraw from market until conformity assessment complete; document Annex IV; CE marking.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-AIA-003", "theme": "ai_act_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Non-EU provider without authorized representative", "description": "Non-EU provider placing AI system on EU market without appointed authorized representative per Article 22.", "remediation": "Appoint EU-established authorized representative; document mandate.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-AIA-004", "theme": "ai_act_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Article 50 transparency not implemented", "description": "Customer-facing chatbot does not disclose AI interaction per Article 50(1).", "remediation": "Add disclosure to UX; A/B test wording.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-AIA-005", "theme": "ai_act_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "GPAI without Article 53 technical documentation", "description": "GPAI model provided to downstream integrators; Annex XI technical documentation not maintained.", "remediation": "Develop documentation per Annex XI; publish training-data summary; copyright policy.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-13485-001", "theme": "qms_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "DHF incomplete for commercial device", "description": "Design history file for commercially distributed device lacks design validation evidence per ISO 13485 Clause 7.3.7.", "remediation": "Compile validation evidence; document; if not feasible, withdraw + revalidate.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_13485", "fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-13485-002", "theme": "qms_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "Process validation stale", "description": "Sterilization process not revalidated for 7 years despite supplier changes. ISO 13485 Clause 7.5.6 expects periodic revalidation.", "remediation": "Revalidate; document; calendar future revalidation.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_13485", "fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-13485-003", "theme": "qms_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Risk management file frozen at release", "description": "ISO 14971 risk management file not updated post-launch; post-production information feedback not occurring.", "remediation": "Update RMF with post-production information; commit to periodic review.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_13485", "iso_14971", "eu_mdr_745", "fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-13485-004", "theme": "qms_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "PMCF plan exists but not executed", "description": "Post-market clinical follow-up plan documented per EU MDR Annex XIV Part B; execution data lacking after 12 months.", "remediation": "Execute per plan; document; report to notified body if outside plan.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_13485", "eu_mdr_745"]},
{"id": "F-FDA-001", "theme": "fda_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "MDR-reportable event not reported", "description": "Serious adverse event reportable per 21 CFR 803.50 not reported within 30 days. FDA enforcement exposure.", "remediation": "File MDR immediately with delay rationale; review complaint trending; CAPA.", "remediation_days": 7, "applicable_frameworks": ["fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-FDA-002", "theme": "fda_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Complaint files incomplete", "description": "Complaint log per 21 CFR 820.198 missing investigation closure for 8 of 30 sampled complaints.", "remediation": "Investigate + close; train complaint handlers.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-FDA-003", "theme": "fda_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Form 483 open observations past response window", "description": "Form 483 received 6 months ago; 2 of 5 observations lack documented response within 15-working-day window.", "remediation": "Respond immediately; document corrective action; escalate to legal counsel.", "remediation_days": 14, "applicable_frameworks": ["fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-FDA-004", "theme": "fda_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "Labeling review evidence gaps", "description": "Labeling per 21 CFR 801 reviewed at launch but no documented re-review for label changes in past 18 months.", "remediation": "Audit labels; document review per change.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-HIPAA-001", "theme": "hipaa_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "PHI breach not assessed under Breach Notification Rule", "description": "PHI exposure event 4 months ago; risk-of-compromise assessment per §164.402 not documented. Breach notification potentially required + missed.", "remediation": "Conduct retroactive assessment; if breach, notify per §164.404 + §164.406; document.", "remediation_days": 14, "applicable_frameworks": ["hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-HIPAA-002", "theme": "hipaa_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "Security Risk Analysis not performed", "description": "HIPAA Security Rule §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) risk analysis not documented in past 24 months despite material system changes.", "remediation": "Conduct + document analysis; address top risks; calendar annual review.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-HIPAA-003", "theme": "hipaa_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Encryption addressable spec not formally evaluated", "description": "HIPAA encryption is 'addressable'; organization not encrypting PHI at rest in one data store; no documented analysis of why.", "remediation": "Document analysis; if not encrypted, implement alternative protective measure or encrypt.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-HIPAA-004", "theme": "hipaa_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Workforce sanctions policy not enforced", "description": "§164.308(a)(1)(ii)(C) sanctions policy documented but no recorded sanctions despite repeat policy violations.", "remediation": "Apply sanctions per policy; document; refresh training.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-NIS2-001", "theme": "nis2_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "Incident notification 24h early warning missed", "description": "NIS2 Article 23 24-hour early warning to competent authority + CSIRT not provided after recent significant incident.", "remediation": "File retrospectively; document delay rationale; engage authority; update IR procedure.", "remediation_days": 7, "applicable_frameworks": ["nis2"]},
{"id": "F-NIS2-002", "theme": "nis2_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "Management body not approving cybersecurity measures", "description": "NIS2 Article 20 requires management bodies to approve cybersecurity risk-management measures + oversee implementation. Approval missing from board minutes.", "remediation": "Add to board agenda; document approval; ongoing oversight cadence.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["nis2"]},
{"id": "F-NIS2-003", "theme": "nis2_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "10 minimum cybersecurity measures incomplete", "description": "NIS2 Article 21(2)(a)-(j) 10 minimum measures: 2 not documented (policies on cryptography, basic cyber hygiene).", "remediation": "Document missing policies; verify implementation; submit registration update.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["nis2"]},
{"id": "F-CSF-001", "theme": "csf_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "NIST CSF profile not defined", "description": "Organization adopts NIST CSF 2.0 conceptually but no documented profile (current + target state) per CSF practice.", "remediation": "Develop profile; identify gaps; roadmap.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-CSF-002", "theme": "csf_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "Recover function under-developed", "description": "CSF GOVERN + IDENTIFY + PROTECT + DETECT + RESPOND well-developed; RECOVER function lacks documented recovery planning.", "remediation": "Develop recovery planning + communications procedures.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["nist_csf", "iso_27001"]},
{"id": "F-AC-011", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "major", "title": "Service accounts without rotation", "description": "Service-account credentials shared across systems; no rotation in past 24 months.", "remediation": "Rotate; introduce secrets-management tooling; document.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-AC-012", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "major", "title": "Privileged access logs not reviewed", "description": "Privileged user activity logs collected but no periodic review for anomalous behavior.", "remediation": "Define review cadence; assign reviewer; SIEM alerts for high-risk patterns.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-AC-013", "theme": "access_control", "severity": "minor", "title": "Break-glass account not monitored", "description": "Emergency break-glass account exists but its usage not monitored; could be used without trace.", "remediation": "Alert on break-glass usage; quarterly review.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-AI-006", "theme": "asset_inventory", "severity": "major", "title": "Personal device access not inventoried", "description": "BYOD devices accessing corporate data not in asset inventory; mobile device management (MDM) coverage incomplete.", "remediation": "Inventory BYOD; require MDM enrollment; document policy.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-AI-007", "theme": "asset_inventory", "severity": "major", "title": "Shadow IT discovered during audit", "description": "5 SaaS tools in use by teams without procurement / security review; some handle personal data.", "remediation": "Bring shadow IT under management or sunset; revise procurement gate.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "gdpr", "hipaa", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-AI-008", "theme": "asset_inventory", "severity": "observation", "title": "Inventory not integrated with CMDB", "description": "Asset inventory in spreadsheet; lacks integration with operational CMDB. Drift inevitable.", "remediation": "Integrate via API or migrate to CMDB-as-source-of-truth.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-RM-010", "theme": "risk_management", "severity": "major", "title": "AI bias risk not formally identified", "description": "AI risk register lacks systematic identification of bias risks across protected demographic categories.", "remediation": "Apply ISO 23894 risk identification methodology; bias testing per category; document.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001", "eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-RM-011", "theme": "risk_management", "severity": "minor", "title": "Risk treatment costs not estimated", "description": "Risk treatment plans don't estimate implementation cost; cost/benefit analysis missing.", "remediation": "Add cost estimate field; quarterly review.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-SM-011", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "major", "title": "Critical vendor SOC 2 expired", "description": "Critical vendor's SOC 2 Type II report on file is 18 months old; current period not yet collected.", "remediation": "Request current report; if vendor delayed, document compensating evidence.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["soc_2", "iso_27001"]},
{"id": "F-SM-012", "theme": "supplier_management", "severity": "minor", "title": "Vendor contact lists stale", "description": "Vendor security contact information stale; recent contact attempts bounced.", "remediation": "Refresh contact lists; verify quarterly.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-IR-011", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "major", "title": "Forensic data preservation not standard", "description": "Recent incidents lack forensic preservation of affected systems; impedes investigation.", "remediation": "Document forensic preservation procedure; train IR team.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-IR-012", "theme": "incident_response", "severity": "minor", "title": "External communications template missing", "description": "External communications for incidents drafted ad-hoc; no pre-approved templates.", "remediation": "Develop templates; legal + comms review; approve.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-ML-008", "theme": "monitoring_logging", "severity": "major", "title": "Database query logging disabled", "description": "Production database query logging disabled for performance reasons; can't audit who queried what.", "remediation": "Enable query logging for sensitive tables; size storage; document trade-offs.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa", "gdpr", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-ML-009", "theme": "monitoring_logging", "severity": "minor", "title": "Log timestamps not in standard timezone", "description": "Logs across systems use mix of local timezones + UTC; correlation difficult.", "remediation": "Standardize on UTC; document; backfill where feasible.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-CM-006", "theme": "change_management", "severity": "minor", "title": "Configuration drift not detected", "description": "Production configuration drift from documented baseline; no detection mechanism.", "remediation": "Deploy infrastructure-as-code drift detection; alert on deviations.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-CM-007", "theme": "change_management", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider GitOps for change discipline", "description": "Some changes still applied imperatively; GitOps would enforce change-via-PR discipline.", "remediation": "Pilot GitOps for one infrastructure layer.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-BC-006", "theme": "business_continuity", "severity": "major", "title": "Single region deployment without DR plan", "description": "Production deployment in single AWS region; no documented multi-region or cross-region DR plan.", "remediation": "Define DR plan (cross-region replicas, runbooks); test.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-BC-007", "theme": "business_continuity", "severity": "minor", "title": "Communications plan missing for major outage", "description": "BCP covers technical recovery but lacks customer + employee communication plan for major outage.", "remediation": "Develop communications plan; pre-approved templates; cascade.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nis2"]},
{"id": "F-CT-006", "theme": "competence_training", "severity": "minor", "title": "Onboarding security training not within 30 days", "description": "Some new hires complete security training 60+ days after start; expected within 30 days.", "remediation": "Calendar reminders; manager accountability; track completion timeline.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "hipaa", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-CT-007", "theme": "competence_training", "severity": "observation", "title": "Phishing simulation results trending up", "description": "Phishing simulation click-rate increasing; training content may not be effective.", "remediation": "Refresh training content; targeted training for repeat clickers.", "remediation_days": 120, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "nis2", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-DG-008", "theme": "data_governance", "severity": "major", "title": "Data classification policy applied unevenly", "description": "Data classification policy applied to engineering data stores but not marketing tools containing customer data.", "remediation": "Extend classification; train marketing.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "gdpr", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-DG-009", "theme": "data_governance", "severity": "minor", "title": "Pseudonymization not consistently applied", "description": "Pseudonymization documented for some pipelines; not consistently applied to analytics datasets containing personal data.", "remediation": "Audit analytics datasets; pseudonymize where lawful basis is analytics.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr", "iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-CR-006", "theme": "cryptography", "severity": "major", "title": "Keys stored alongside data", "description": "Encryption keys stored in same cloud account / region as encrypted data; compromise of one yields the other.", "remediation": "Move keys to dedicated KMS account; restrict access.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-CR-007", "theme": "cryptography", "severity": "minor", "title": "Certificate expiration monitoring incomplete", "description": "Certificate expiration alerts configured for some endpoints; internal certificates lack monitoring.", "remediation": "Extend monitoring; centralize certificate inventory.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-SD-006", "theme": "secure_sdlc", "severity": "major", "title": "Secrets in source control", "description": "Code review uncovered API keys + DB credentials committed to git history.", "remediation": "Rotate exposed secrets; remove from history; install pre-commit hooks; train.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-SD-007", "theme": "secure_sdlc", "severity": "minor", "title": "Pull-request templates lack security checklist", "description": "PR templates exist but don't prompt security considerations (auth, input validation, secrets).", "remediation": "Add security checklist to template; train.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-VM-006", "theme": "vulnerability_mgmt", "severity": "major", "title": "Penetration test recommendations untracked", "description": "Annual penetration test completed; 12 findings; tracking + closure of remediation not centralized.", "remediation": "Centralize tracking; assign owners; verify closure.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "nist_csf", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-VM-007", "theme": "vulnerability_mgmt", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider bug bounty programme", "description": "External vulnerability discovery limited to annual pentest; bug bounty would broaden coverage.", "remediation": "Evaluate bug bounty platforms; pilot.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-PS-005", "theme": "physical_security", "severity": "minor", "title": "Clean desk policy not enforced", "description": "Clean desk policy documented but walkthrough found sensitive printouts on unattended desks.", "remediation": "Reinforce policy; periodic walkthroughs; train.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-PS-006", "theme": "physical_security", "severity": "observation", "title": "Hardware disposal evidence incomplete", "description": "Hardware disposal documented for laptops; lacks evidence of certified destruction for storage media.", "remediation": "Use certified destruction service; collect certificates.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "hipaa", "nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-DP-008", "theme": "data_protection_privacy", "severity": "major", "title": "DSAR response > 30 days", "description": "12 of 50 DSARs in past quarter responded after Article 12(3) 1-month SLA; no extension communicated.", "remediation": "Investigate process bottlenecks; resource appropriately; communicate extensions where needed.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DP-009", "theme": "data_protection_privacy", "severity": "minor", "title": "Privacy notice version history missing", "description": "Privacy notice updated multiple times; no version archive; cannot demonstrate which notice was active when.", "remediation": "Archive past versions with date stamps.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr"]},
{"id": "F-DP-010", "theme": "data_protection_privacy", "severity": "minor", "title": "Article 22 automated decisions not flagged", "description": "Automated decision-making (Article 22) used in credit decisions; data subjects not informed; human review not offered.", "remediation": "Add transparency; offer human review; document procedure.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["gdpr", "eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-DC-004", "theme": "documentation_control", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider read-only published documents", "description": "Controlled documents stored as editable Google Docs; risk of unauthorized edit. Read-only PDF publishing would be stronger control.", "remediation": "Publish read-only PDFs; restrict editing to authors.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_13485", "iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-IA-005", "theme": "internal_audit", "severity": "minor", "title": "Audit reports lack standard format", "description": "Audit reports vary in format across auditors; difficult to compare or trend.", "remediation": "Define standard report template.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "soc_2", "iso_13485"]},
{"id": "F-AIMS-006", "theme": "aims_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "AI model card missing", "description": "Production AI system lacks model card per Annex A.6.2.7. Documentation per Mitchell et al. (2019) pattern not produced.", "remediation": "Develop model card; publish internally; commit to update with retraining.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-AIMS-007", "theme": "aims_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "Datasheet for datasets not produced", "description": "Training datasets lack datasheet per Gebru et al. (2021) pattern; not satisfying Annex A.7.4 fully.", "remediation": "Develop datasheets per dataset; document provenance + composition + intended use.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_42001"]},
{"id": "F-AIA-006", "theme": "ai_act_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Article 27 FRIA missing for public-sector deployer", "description": "Public-sector body deploying high-risk AI; Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment per Article 27 not performed.", "remediation": "Conduct FRIA; document; consult DPA where required.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-AIA-007", "theme": "ai_act_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "EU database registration pending", "description": "High-risk Annex III system not yet registered in EU database per Article 71.", "remediation": "Register; document.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-AIA-008", "theme": "ai_act_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "Substantial modification turns deployer into provider", "description": "Deployer substantially modified high-risk AI system; now operates as provider per Article 25(1) but did not assume provider obligations.", "remediation": "Document role change; assume provider obligations; conformity assessment.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-13485-005", "theme": "qms_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Design transfer evidence missing", "description": "Design transfer per Clause 7.3.8 not formally documented for recent product. Manufacturing operates with insufficient design records.", "remediation": "Compile transfer evidence; document training; verify capability.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_13485", "fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-13485-006", "theme": "qms_specific", "severity": "observation", "title": "Consider digital quality management system", "description": "QMS run on shared drives; eQMS would improve traceability + audit-readiness.", "remediation": "Evaluate eQMS vendors; pilot.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_13485", "fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-FDA-005", "theme": "fda_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "UDI compliance gaps", "description": "Some devices commercially distributed lack UDI labeling per 21 CFR 830.", "remediation": "Audit + label; submit to GUDID; document.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-FDA-006", "theme": "fda_specific", "severity": "observation", "title": "Pre-submission strategy could leverage Q-sub", "description": "Product strategy proceeds toward 510(k) without leveraging FDA Q-Submission programme.", "remediation": "Consider Q-sub for novel aspects.", "remediation_days": 180, "applicable_frameworks": ["fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-HIPAA-005", "theme": "hipaa_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Workforce member access not minimum-necessary", "description": "Workforce access provisioned at role level rather than minimum-necessary per §164.502(b). Some members access PHI beyond their need.", "remediation": "Audit + tighten access; document minimum-necessary determination.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-HIPAA-006", "theme": "hipaa_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "Notice of privacy practices outdated", "description": "Notice of privacy practices per §164.520 last updated 2 years ago; substantive policy changes not reflected.", "remediation": "Update notice; redistribute per requirement; document.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["hipaa"]},
{"id": "F-NIS2-004", "theme": "nis2_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Registration with competent authority pending", "description": "Organization meets NIS2 essential entity criteria but has not registered with national competent authority per Article 24.", "remediation": "Submit registration; document.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["nis2"]},
{"id": "F-NIS2-005", "theme": "nis2_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "Supply-chain security measures not documented", "description": "NIS2 Article 21(2)(d) supply-chain security measures not separately documented from generic supplier-management.", "remediation": "Document NIS2-specific supply-chain measures.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["nis2"]},
{"id": "F-CSF-003", "theme": "csf_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "CSF tiers not assigned", "description": "NIST CSF 2.0 implementation tiers (Partial / Risk Informed / Repeatable / Adaptive) not assigned per function.", "remediation": "Self-assess tiers; document; target tier.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["nist_csf"]},
{"id": "F-MDR-001", "theme": "mdr_specific", "severity": "critical", "title": "EU MDR technical documentation gap", "description": "Technical documentation per Annex II/III lacks recent clinical-evaluation update; notified body audit imminent.", "remediation": "Update documentation immediately; engage notified body.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_mdr_745"]},
{"id": "F-MDR-002", "theme": "mdr_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Person Responsible for Regulatory Compliance not appointed", "description": "EU MDR Article 15 PRRC role not formally appointed for the EU operations.", "remediation": "Appoint PRRC meeting Article 15(1)-(2) qualifications; document.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_mdr_745"]},
{"id": "F-MDR-003", "theme": "mdr_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "PMCF reports lag schedule", "description": "Post-Market Clinical Follow-up reports not produced per agreed schedule.", "remediation": "Catch up; rebaseline schedule.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_mdr_745"]},
{"id": "F-14971-001", "theme": "risk_management_medical", "severity": "major", "title": "Risk management plan not updated for software change", "description": "ISO 14971 risk management plan + risk file not updated after material software change.", "remediation": "Update RMF; re-evaluate risks; document.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_14971", "iso_13485", "eu_mdr_745"]},
{"id": "F-14971-002", "theme": "risk_management_medical", "severity": "minor", "title": "Residual risk evaluation lacks acceptability criteria", "description": "Residual risk evaluated but acceptability criteria per ISO 14971 §7 not formally established.", "remediation": "Define acceptability criteria; document.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_14971", "iso_13485"]},
{"id": "F-MDR-004", "theme": "mdr_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "EUDAMED registration incomplete", "description": "EU MDR EUDAMED registration of device, manufacturer, or UDI elements incomplete despite mandatory data submission requirements.", "remediation": "Complete required EUDAMED modules; track future module activations.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_mdr_745"]},
{"id": "F-MDR-005", "theme": "mdr_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "Vigilance reporting log incomplete", "description": "EU MDR vigilance reporting log per Article 87 has 3 entries past 15-day reporting timeline.", "remediation": "Investigate root cause; tighten internal SLA; train.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_mdr_745"]},
{"id": "F-14971-003", "theme": "risk_management_medical", "severity": "major", "title": "Production + post-production information feedback weak", "description": "ISO 14971 §9 requires production + post-production information be collected + analysed; current process only acts on customer complaints, missing field data + service trends.", "remediation": "Expand information sources; document process; integrate with PMS.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_14971", "iso_13485", "eu_mdr_745"]},
{"id": "F-AIA-009", "theme": "ai_act_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Deepfake content not marked AI-generated", "description": "Generative AI feature produces audio/video without machine-readable AI-generated marking per Article 50(2).", "remediation": "Implement watermarking; document.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-AIA-010", "theme": "ai_act_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "Instructions for use missing operational risks section", "description": "Article 13 instructions for use provided to deployers but do not adequately describe foreseeable operational risks.", "remediation": "Update IFU with risks + mitigations; train downstream.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["eu_ai_act"]},
{"id": "F-FDA-007", "theme": "fda_specific", "severity": "major", "title": "Cybersecurity for connected device not addressed in 510(k)", "description": "Connected device 510(k) submission lacks cybersecurity content per FDA Cybersecurity Guidance (Sep 2023); FDA refused acceptance.", "remediation": "Develop cybersecurity content per guidance; resubmit.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-FDA-008", "theme": "fda_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "510(k) summary lacks comparative data", "description": "510(k) summary per 21 CFR 807.92 lacks substantive comparison to predicate device.", "remediation": "Add comparative data; resubmit if FDA requests.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["fda_qsr"]},
{"id": "F-HIPAA-007", "theme": "hipaa_specific", "severity": "minor", "title": "Workforce member termination workflow missing PHI access revocation", "description": "Termination workflow revokes general access but doesn't specifically address PHI access systems; 2 terminated members retained EHR access > 2 days.", "remediation": "Add PHI-specific revocation step; verify.", "remediation_days": 30, "applicable_frameworks": ["hipaa", "iso_27001"]},
{"id": "F-MR-005", "theme": "management_review", "severity": "minor", "title": "Management review inputs not pre-distributed", "description": "Management review held but inputs distributed only at meeting; senior leadership cannot prepare in advance.", "remediation": "Pre-distribute inputs 1 week in advance.", "remediation_days": 60, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "iso_13485", "soc_2"]},
{"id": "F-IA-006", "theme": "internal_audit", "severity": "observation", "title": "Audit programme could integrate cross-framework findings", "description": "Audits performed per framework but cross-framework finding impact not systematically tracked; missed reuse opportunity.", "remediation": "Use compliance-os cross_framework_mapper output to tag findings.", "remediation_days": 90, "applicable_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "iso_42001", "soc_2", "iso_13485"]}
]
}
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# Audit Simulation Methodology — ISO 19011 + IIA IPPF + AICPA AT-C
This reference answers exactly one decision: **what does a realistic internal audit look like, and how do we generate a mock audit that prepares the team without breaking trust?**
Pair with `scripts/audit_simulator.py` for the deterministic mock audit generator.
## Why Simulate Audits?
External certification audits are high-stakes events. A team that has never been audited internally before its first stage 2 ISO certification audit will struggle even if every artefact is in place — interview cadence, document-pull SLAs, walk-through pacing are operational muscles built only by practice.
Mock audits provide:
- Operational practice (auditees experience the rhythm of an interview)
- Auditor-side practice (internal auditors practice their methodology before high-stakes certification audits)
- Discovery of gaps before they become findings
- Calibration of effort (how long does evidence assembly actually take?)
- Cross-training (auditors from one team learn another team's controls)
## Audit Standards That Govern Simulation
**ISO/IEC 19011:2018** — Guidelines for auditing management systems. Defines:
- Audit principles: integrity, fair presentation, due professional care, confidentiality, independence, evidence-based approach, risk-based approach
- Auditor competence (Clause 7)
- Audit process: initiating → preparing → conducting → reporting (Clauses 5–6)
**IIA International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)** — internal-audit-specific:
- IPPF Standards 1000-1322 — Attribute Standards (purpose, independence, proficiency, due professional care, quality assurance)
- IPPF Standards 2000-2600 — Performance Standards (engagement planning through monitoring)
- Severity grading approach (rated finding scale)
**AICPA AT-C 105 + AU-C 240** — SOC 2 audit context: trust services criteria + auditor's responsibility framework.
## The Mock Audit Workflow
Compliance OS `audit_simulator.py` deterministically generates one stage of a mock audit. The full simulation lifecycle:
```
1. SCOPE → define framework + controls in scope + auditee team
2. PREPARE → audit_simulator.py outputs: findings + interview questions + document-review requests
3. CONDUCT → simulated interview + document review (1-2 hours per control)
4. REPORT → finding write-up + severity classification + corrective action assignment
5. CLOSE → corrective action tracking through CAPA
```
## Finding Severity Distribution (the IIA expectation)
A healthy compliance program produces audits with this distribution:
| Severity | Healthy proportion | What it indicates |
|---|---|---|
| **Critical (major nonconformity)** | ≤ 15% | Blocks certification; requires major corrective action |
| **Major** | 15–25% | Important gaps requiring 30-day corrective action plans |
| **Minor** | 20–30% | Operational gaps requiring corrective action timeline |
| **Observation / OFI** | ≥ 40% | Improvement opportunities; no required action |
**Why this shape?** If 80% of findings are critical, either the audit was destructive (auditee not given fair chance to demonstrate compliance) or the program is genuinely failing. If 80% of findings are observations, the audit was too superficial. The compliance OS audit simulator enforces this shape by deterministic severity rotation.
A first audit (year 1) will skew higher to critical/major; a mature program (year 3+) skews to observations.
## Number of Findings Per Audit
ISO 19011 Clause 6 typical audit depth:
- Small scope (5 controls, 1 day): 5–10 findings
- Medium scope (10–15 controls, 3–5 days): 10–20 findings
- Full system audit (all clauses, 1–2 weeks): 25–50 findings
The simulator targets 8–15 findings per audit (medium scope) as the default.
## Interview Question Quality
Auditor questions follow the **walk-through pattern**:
1. **Open** — "Walk me through how this control is implemented day-to-day."
2. **Sample** — "Show me a specific example from the last 30 days."
3. **Drill** — "What happens if [edge case]?"
4. **Verify** — "Where is this documented?"
Each control gets 3–5 questions following this pattern. The simulator's `interview_questions()` function provides theme-specific questions per the IIA performance standards.
## Document-Review Requests
Per ISO 19011, the auditor reviews:
- The procedure (the "what should happen")
- The records (the "what actually happened")
- The evidence of management oversight (the "did anyone check?")
A document-review request typically asks for all three. The simulator's `document_requests()` function generates the request list per theme.
## Auditor Independence Test
Clause 9.2 of ISO management-system standards requires auditor independence. The simulator does NOT enforce auditor assignment (that's `aims_audit_scheduler.py` for ISO 42001 or `isms_audit_scheduler.py` for ISO 27001) but the workflow assumes an independent auditor.
**Independence rules:**
- Auditor cannot audit their own work
- Auditor reports to a different chain of command than the auditee
- For small organizations, rotating auditors between teams + occasional external auditor satisfies independence
## Finding Categories (the taxonomy)
The simulator uses 5 finding themes mapped to common control families:
| Theme | Maps to control families |
|---|---|
| `access_control` | ISO 27001 A.5.15 / A.8.2 / A.8.3; SOC 2 CC6.1-6.3; ISO 42001 A.4.4 |
| `logging_monitoring` | ISO 27001 A.8.15 / A.8.16; SOC 2 CC7.1-7.2; ISO 42001 A.9.3 / A.9.4 |
| `change_management` | ISO 27001 A.8.32; SOC 2 CC8.1; ISO 42001 A.6.2.5 |
| `supplier_mgmt` | ISO 27001 A.5.19-A.5.22; SOC 2 CC9.2; ISO 42001 A.10.2; GDPR Art. 28 |
| `incident_response` | ISO 27001 A.5.24-27, A.6.8; SOC 2 CC7.3-7.5; ISO 42001 A.8.4; EU AI Act Art. 73; GDPR Art. 33-34 |
This taxonomy covers the highest-leverage controls across the 9 supported frameworks. Adding new themes is a matter of extending `FINDING_TEMPLATES` + `CONTROL_TO_THEME` mappings.
## Anti-Patterns in Audit Simulation
1. **Auditing for trapping vs auditing for evidence.** Mock audits aim to surface gaps, not embarrass the auditee. If team morale drops after the mock, the audit was structured wrong.
2. **Skipping the "obvious" controls.** Critical findings often hide in mundane controls (e.g., terminated employee with retained access). Simulator deliberately includes prosaic theme rotation.
3. **No prior-year follow-up.** The simulator's `prior_year_findings_open` parameter forces the first finding to be a follow-up. Real audits always follow up on prior open findings (ISO 19011 Clause 6.3).
4. **One severity-skewed audit.** Distribution rule guards against this; if all findings are critical or all are observations, recalibrate the audit scope or methodology.
## When This Reference Doesn't Help
- **Specific industry-vertical audit requirements.** Use sectoral skills (financial, healthcare).
- **Auditor competence + certification.** See ISACA CISA, IRCA Lead Auditor courses.
- **Audit report-writing detail.** See ISO 19011 Clause 6.5 + IIA performance standards 2410–2440.
---
**Source authorities (non-exhaustive):**
- **ISO/IEC 19011:2018** — Guidelines for auditing management systems (the canonical methodology)
- **IIA International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)** — Attribute Standards 1000-1322 + Performance Standards 2000-2600
- **AICPA AT-C 105** — Trust Services Criteria attestation engagement
- **AICPA AU-C 240** — Auditor's responsibilities relating to fraud (financial audit, conceptually applied)
- **ISACA CISA Review Manual** (27th ed., 2024) — IS audit practitioner methodology
- **ASQ Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Body of Knowledge** — quality audit methodology
- **NIST SP 800-53A Rev 5** — Assessing Security and Privacy Controls (assessment procedures for each control)
- **ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015** — Conformity assessment requirements for bodies providing audit and certification
- **IRCA (International Register of Certificated Auditors)** — Lead auditor certification programme materials
- **The Open Group** — Open FAIR (Factor Analysis of Information Risk) for risk-based audit prioritization
FILE:references/compliance_os_pattern.md
# Compliance OS — The Meta-Framework Pattern
This reference answers exactly one decision: **when do we orchestrate frameworks vs run them separately, and what does the meta-framework architecture look like?**
## The Problem Compliance OS Solves
Most growing companies hit a wall: 2–3 compliance frameworks operating in parallel, each with its own tooling, its own audit calendar, its own evidence requirements, its own internal owner. The result:
- **Duplicate evidence collection** — access-review records assembled 3 times for ISO 27001, SOC 2, and ISO 42001 audits
- **Conflicting audit calendars** — surveillance audits stack in the same week with insufficient auditor capacity
- **Fragmented management review** — each framework wants its own management review, taking 5x the executive time
- **Inconsistent control taxonomies** — "access control" means slightly different things across SOC 2 and ISO 27001 Annex A and ISO 42001 Annex A
- **Unowned cross-framework gaps** — controls in framework A but not B fall to ad-hoc ownership
- **Evidence freshness mismatch** — ISO 27001 wants 12-month log retention, GDPR can want longer, leading to either over-retention or compliance gaps
Compliance OS is the orchestration layer that sits **above** per-framework skills and consolidates the cross-framework view.
## The Four Operations
```
[ Company Profile JSON ]
│
v
╔═══════════════════════╗
║ 1. CONFIGURE ║ framework_selector.py
║ "Which apply?" ║
╚═══════════════════════╝
│
v
╔═══════════════════════╗
║ 2. MAP ║ cross_framework_mapper.py
║ "What overlaps?" ║
╚═══════════════════════╝
│
v
╔═══════════════════════╗
║ 3. SIMULATE ║ audit_simulator.py
║ "What audit looks ║
║ like to fail?" ║
╚═══════════════════════╝
│
v
╔═══════════════════════╗
║ 4. CONSOLIDATE ║ evidence_pool_generator.py
║ "Where's the evidence║
║ + what reuses?" ║
╚═══════════════════════╝
│
v
[ Multi-framework plan ]
```
Each operation is a stdlib Python tool with deterministic logic — no LLM calls, no hidden state.
## When to Use Compliance OS
| Situation | Use compliance-os? |
|---|---|
| Single framework only (e.g., just SOC 2) | No — the per-framework skill is sufficient |
| 2+ frameworks operating in parallel | Yes |
| Adding a new framework to existing program | Yes — for cross-framework reuse mapping |
| Planning annual audit calendar across multiple certifications | Yes |
| Onboarding a new AI system that triggers ISO 42001 + EU AI Act + GDPR | Yes |
| Acquiring a company with different compliance posture | Yes — for gap mapping post-acquisition |
| Internal-audit-only program (no external certification) | Yes if multi-framework; No if single |
## What Compliance OS Is NOT
- **NOT a per-framework deep-dive skill.** Per-framework skills (`ra-qm-team/skills/iso42001-specialist/`, etc.) do the operational work. Compliance OS orchestrates them.
- **NOT a GRC platform replacement.** GRC platforms (Drata, Vanta, OneTrust, Hyperproof, etc.) are tools that operationalize what compliance OS describes — they're complementary. Compliance OS gives the conceptual map; GRC tools store the evidence.
- **NOT a binding legal opinion.** Cross-framework mappings reflect published guidance from ISO, AICPA, NIST, IIA, EDPB. Novel cross-walks need outside counsel.
- **NOT a certification body.** Certification audits are performed by accredited bodies. Compliance OS prepares for them.
## Roles and Ownership
A multi-framework compliance program typically has these roles. Compliance OS does not replace them — it gives them a shared mental model.
| Role | Owns |
|---|---|
| **Compliance officer** | The meta-program; framework selector; cross-framework mapper; consolidated evidence pool |
| **CISO** | ISO 27001 + SOC 2 + cybersecurity slices of ISO 42001 + GDPR Article 32 |
| **DPO** | GDPR; privacy slice of ISO 42001 (A.7.6); EU AI Act Article 27 FRIA where applicable |
| **AIMS lead** | ISO 42001; AI-specific slice of EU AI Act Article 17 QMS |
| **QMS lead** | ISO 13485 / FDA QSR / EU MDR 745 (medical-device contexts) |
| **Risk manager** | ISO 14971 + AI risk per ISO 23894 |
| **Internal auditor(s)** | Clause 9.2 audit programmes across all frameworks |
| **Executive sponsor** | Management review (Clause 9.3) across all frameworks |
A typical mid-stage AI SaaS has compliance officer + CISO + DPO as the core trio; AIMS lead is a part-time hat.
## The Integrated Management System Pattern
When multiple management-system standards apply (ISO 27001 + ISO 42001 + ISO 9001/13485 + ISO 14001), the recommended structure is an **Integrated Management System (IMS)** rather than parallel siloed systems. The IMS pattern:
- Single scope statement covering all applicable standards
- Single policy set with framework-specific overlays (e.g., the AI policy required by ISO 42001 A.2.2 sits alongside the info-sec policy required by ISO 27001 A.5.1)
- Single document control procedure
- Single internal audit programme covering all standards over a rolling 3-year cycle
- Single management review covering all standards
- Single CAPA loop with framework-tagged nonconformities
- Per-framework deep-dive evidence under common umbrella
Compliance OS is the operating model for the IMS pattern.
## How Compliance OS Relates to Sectoral Programs
| Sectoral context | Compliance OS approach |
|---|---|
| Pure SaaS (no AI, no medical) | Skip compliance-os. Use ISO 27001 + SOC 2 + GDPR skills directly. |
| AI SaaS (EU users) | Use compliance-os. Frameworks: ISO 27001 + SOC 2 + ISO 42001 + EU AI Act + GDPR. |
| AI medical device | Use compliance-os. Frameworks: ISO 13485 + 14971 + 42001 + EU AI Act + EU MDR / FDA QSR + GDPR. Most complex case. |
| Financial / regulated industry | Use compliance-os + sectoral overlay (e.g., NYDFS, FINMA, NIS2). |
## Anti-Patterns to Avoid
1. **Building compliance-os before having ≥ 2 frameworks operating maturely.** Premature orchestration. Mature one framework first; layer the second; THEN orchestrate.
2. **Using compliance-os to bypass per-framework deep work.** The cross-framework mapping says "reuse evidence from framework A." That presumes framework A's evidence is solid. Reuse mapping ≠ skip diligence.
3. **Treating mapping confidence as binary.** HIGH confidence means same evidence; MEDIUM means existing evidence with overlay; LOW means concept overlap. LOW mappings still need new artefacts.
4. **Forgetting that bindings (regulations) outrank certifications.** GDPR + EU AI Act non-compliance carries actual penalties; ISO 27001 non-certification just blocks procurement. Sequence accordingly.
5. **Replacing the per-framework skill with compliance-os.** Compliance OS orchestrates; per-framework skills do the deep work.
## When This Reference Doesn't Help
- **Specific framework requirements.** See the per-framework skill.
- **GRC platform selection.** Tooling decision; commercial market evolves rapidly.
- **Per-sector regulatory deep-dive.** Use sectoral skills (financial, healthcare, etc.).
---
**Source authorities (non-exhaustive):**
- **ISO/IEC 19011:2018** — Guidelines for auditing management systems (the canonical audit standard for ISO-family certifications)
- **IIA International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)** — Internal Audit Standards (Standards 1000-2600); attribute + performance standards
- **AICPA AT-C 105 + AU-C 240** — Trust Services + auditor's responsibility framework (SOC 2 + financial audit overlap)
- **COSO Enterprise Risk Management 2017** — Integrated framework for risk management across the enterprise
- **NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0** — profile pattern for organizing security/risk programmes (precedent for compliance-os approach)
- **ISO/IEC 27001:2022** — Information security management (foundational management system for most compliance programs)
- **ISO/IEC 17021** — Conformity assessment requirements (governs certification bodies; informs audit cycle)
- **ISACA** — *Auditing Artificial Intelligence* (2nd ed., 2024) — multi-framework AI audit guidance
- **ENISA** — *Multilayer Framework for Good Cybersecurity Practices for AI* (Mar 2023) — multi-layer integration
- **Annex SL of the ISO/IEC Directives** (2024) — the high-level structure shared by management system standards enabling integration
FILE:references/cross_framework_overlap.md
# Cross-Framework Overlap — The 9-Framework × Control-Family Matrix
This reference answers exactly one decision: **for each common control family, which of the 9 supported frameworks address it, and at what confidence?**
Pair with `scripts/cross_framework_mapper.py` for the deterministic lookup.
## The 9 Frameworks
| ID | Standard | Type |
|---|---|---|
| iso_27001 | ISO/IEC 27001:2022 + Annex A | Certifiable management system (info-sec) |
| iso_13485 | ISO 13485:2016 | Certifiable management system (medical device QMS) |
| iso_42001 | ISO/IEC 42001:2023 | Certifiable management system (AIMS) |
| iso_14971 | ISO 14971:2019 | Process standard (medical device risk management) |
| eu_ai_act | Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 | Binding regulation (AI) |
| eu_mdr_745 | Regulation (EU) 2017/745 | Binding regulation (medical devices) |
| gdpr | Regulation (EU) 2016/679 | Binding regulation (privacy) |
| soc_2 | AICPA SOC 2 TSC | Attestation (US enterprise procurement) |
| fda_qsr | FDA 21 CFR 820 | Binding regulation (US medical devices) |
## Highest-Overlap Pairs (where reuse leverage is maximized)
1. **ISO 27001 ↔ SOC 2** — densest known overlap. ISO 27001:2022 Annex A 93 controls map to SOC 2 TSC ~75% by published cross-walks. The 19 merged controls in `cross_framework_mapper.py` cite 51 atomic ISO 27001 + 34 atomic SOC 2 controls in HIGH-confidence themes. Adding SOC 2 on top of certified ISO 27001 is typically ~3 months of incremental work.
2. **ISO 13485 ↔ FDA QSR** — harmonised in 2024 (FDA Quality Management System Regulation rule). Most evidence reuses.
3. **ISO 42001 ↔ ISO 27001** — 60% reuse: most Clauses 4–10 evidence transfers with AI scope appended; Annex A controls A.7 (data) + A.10 (third-party) overlap heavily; the 40% net-new is mostly A.5 (impact assessment) + A.6 (lifecycle) + A.9 (use of AI systems).
4. **EU AI Act Article 17 ↔ ISO 42001** — ISO 42001 satisfies most of Article 17(1)(a)–(m) QMS requirements. The cross-walk in `compliance-team-iso42001/references/cross_framework_mapping_ai.md` provides Article 17 line-item mapping.
5. **GDPR ↔ ISO 27001 Annex A.5.34** — privacy by design overlap; GDPR Article 32 technical and organizational measures maps to ISO 27001 cryptography (A.8.24) + access control (A.5.15) + incident response (A.5.24).
## Control Family Overlap Matrix (summary)
Legend: ✅ direct overlap; 🔶 partial overlap with overlay; ⚠️ concept overlap only; ⛔ not applicable.
| Control family | 27001 | 13485 | 42001 | 14971 | EU AI Act | MDR | GDPR | SOC 2 | FDA QSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access control | ✅ | 🔶 | 🔶 | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | 🔶 | ✅ | 🔶 |
| Asset inventory | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | 🔶 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Risk management | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🔶 | ✅ | 🔶 |
| Supplier mgmt | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⛔ | 🔶 | 🔶 | ✅ | ✅ | 🔶 |
| Incident response | ✅ | ✅ | 🔶 | 🔶 | 🔶 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Logging & monitoring | ✅ | 🔶 | 🔶 | ⛔ | 🔶 | 🔶 | ⚠️ | ✅ | 🔶 |
| Change management | ✅ | ✅ | 🔶 | ⛔ | ⛔ | ✅ | ⛔ | ✅ | ✅ |
| BCP / DR | ✅ | 🔶 | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ✅ | ⛔ |
| Competence + training | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⛔ | 🔶 | ✅ | ⛔ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Data governance | 🔶 | ✅ | ✅ | ⛔ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ⚠️ | 🔶 |
| Internal audit | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⛔ | ⛔ | 🔶 | ⛔ | ✅ | 🔶 |
| Management review | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⛔ | ⛔ | 🔶 | ⛔ | 🔶 | ⛔ |
| Cryptography | ✅ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ✅ | ✅ | ⛔ |
| Secure SDLC | ✅ | ⛔ | 🔶 | ⛔ | 🔶 | ⛔ | ⛔ | ✅ | ⛔ |
| Vulnerability mgmt | ✅ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ✅ | ⛔ |
| Physical security | ✅ | ✅ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ⛔ | ✅ | ⛔ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Personal data protection | ✅ | ⛔ | 🔶 | ⛔ | 🔶 | ⛔ | ✅ | 🔶 | ⛔ |
| Documentation control | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🔶 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Continual improvement / CAPA | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⛔ | ✅ | ⛔ | ✅ | ✅ |
## How to Use This Matrix
1. **Identify the union** of applicable frameworks (from `framework_selector.py`)
2. **For each control family**, find the row and read the columns for your frameworks
3. **Build evidence once** for the framework with the strongest requirement, then reuse-with-overlay for others
4. **Document the reuse mapping** in your compliance program documentation so auditors can trace evidence to framework controls
## Practical Reuse Sequencing
If you operate ISO 27001 (mature) and add a second framework:
| Add | Reuse leverage from 27001 |
|---|---|
| **SOC 2** | ~75% — heaviest reuse; the canonical pair |
| **ISO 42001** | ~60% — Clauses 4–10 reuse strong; Annex A.7/A.10 reuse strong; A.5/A.6/A.9 net-new |
| **GDPR** | ~50% — Article 32 organizational measures reuse; Articles 5/6/30 net-new privacy work |
| **EU AI Act** | ~40% — Article 17 QMS via ISO 42001 path; Articles 9/10 net-new; transparency net-new |
| **ISO 13485** | ~30% — document control + CAPA reuse; design controls + medical specifics net-new |
| **FDA QSR** | ~30% — via ISO 13485 path; sectoral overlay |
| **EU MDR 745** | ~25% — most net-new (technical documentation, clinical evidence, UDI) |
| **ISO 14971** | ~20% — process standard, integrates with 13485 |
## Confidence Levels Explained
The `cross_framework_mapper.py` returns one of three confidence levels per mapping:
- **HIGH (H)** — same evidence satisfies both framework controls without modification. Example: a quarterly access-review record satisfies ISO 27001 A.5.15 + SOC 2 CC6.1 simultaneously.
- **MEDIUM (M)** — existing evidence plus a framework-specific overlay. Example: ISO 27001 supplier-management procedure adapted to add AI-specific clauses for ISO 42001 A.10.2.
- **LOW (L)** — concept overlap only; new artefact required. Example: ISO 42001 A.5.2 impact assessment uses concepts from GDPR DPIA but is a separate artefact.
## When This Reference Doesn't Help
- **Specific atomic control numbers.** See the per-framework skill's references.
- **Sector-specific overlays.** See sectoral skills (financial, healthcare).
- **Audit simulation depth.** See `audit_simulation_methodology.md`.
---
**Source authorities (non-exhaustive):**
- **ISO/IEC 27001:2022** + Annex A (the foundational pair source)
- **ISO/IEC 42001:2023** + Annex A
- **AICPA Trust Services Criteria** (2017 + 2022 update)
- **Regulation (EU) 2024/1689** (EU AI Act)
- **Regulation (EU) 2016/679** (GDPR)
- **Regulation (EU) 2017/745** (EU MDR)
- **ISO 13485:2016**
- **ISO 14971:2019**
- **FDA 21 CFR 820** (QSR) — harmonised under the FDA Quality Management System Regulation rule (effective 2026)
- **NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5** — security and privacy controls catalog (cross-walk reference)
- **NIST CSF 2.0** — profile pattern
- **ISACA** — *Mapping ISO 27001 to SOC 2* (continually updated)
- **CIS Controls v8** — additional cross-walk
- **CSA STAR** — cloud-specific cross-walk
FILE:references/evidence_artifact_reuse_index.md
# Evidence Artefact Reuse Index — Which Evidence Type Satisfies Most Controls Across Frameworks
This reference answers exactly one decision: **which evidence artefacts have the highest reuse leverage across the 12 supported frameworks, and what's the priority order for building them in a multi-framework programme?**
Pair with `scripts/evidence_pool_generator.py` for the operational catalogue. This document is the empirically-derived ranking + reasoning.
## Methodology
Reuse leverage = count of distinct (framework, control) tuples that one evidence artefact satisfies. Computed by tracing artefact-to-control mappings across:
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A
- ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Annex A
- ISO 13485:2016 + ISO 14971:2019
- AICPA Trust Services Criteria (SOC 2)
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act)
- Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR)
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
- FDA 21 CFR 820 (QSR / QMSR)
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
- Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2)
- HIPAA Security Rule + Privacy Rule + Breach Notification
For each evidence artefact, count of frameworks × controls satisfied = leverage score.
## The Top-Tier Artefacts (Build These First)
| Rank | Artefact | Reuse leverage | Acquisition cost | Why it's #1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | **Risk register with treatment plans** | 30+ mappings × 8+ frameworks | High | Every management-system standard + binding regulation demands risk management. Single artefact serves ISO 27001 Clause 6.1, ISO 42001 Clause 6.1.2, SOC 2 CC3, EU AI Act Article 9, GDPR Article 35 DPIA, NIST CSF GV.RM + ID.RA, NIS2 Article 21(2)(a), HIPAA §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) |
| 2 | **Asset inventory with classification** | 25+ mappings × 7+ frameworks | Medium | Required for ISO 27001 A.5.9-12, SOC 2 CC6.1, ISO 42001 A.4, GDPR Article 30, NIST CSF ID.AM, HIPAA §164.308 + §164.310(d). Foundation for almost every other artefact. |
| 3 | **Incident log + post-incident reviews + notifications** | 30+ mappings × 8+ frameworks | Medium | ISO 27001 A.5.24-27 + A.6.8, SOC 2 CC7.3-5, GDPR Articles 33-34, EU AI Act Article 73, NIS2 Article 23, HIPAA §164.308(a)(6) + Breach Notification, NIST CSF RS + RC |
| 4 | **Supplier inventory + reviews + DPAs/BAAs** | 25+ mappings × 8+ frameworks | Medium | ISO 27001 A.5.19-22, SOC 2 CC9.2, ISO 42001 A.10, GDPR Article 28, EU AI Act Article 25, NIST CSF GV.SC, NIS2 Article 21(2)(d), HIPAA §164.314(a) BAA |
| 5 | **Policy set (AI + info-sec + privacy + code-of-conduct)** | 20+ mappings × 7+ frameworks | Medium | ISO 27001 A.5.1, ISO 42001 Clause 5.2 + A.2.2-3, SOC 2 CC1.1-2, GDPR Article 24, NIST CSF GV.PO, EU AI Act Article 17(1)(a) |
## High-Leverage Artefacts (Build Next)
| Rank | Artefact | Reuse leverage | Acquisition cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | **Centralized tamper-evident logs** | 20+ mappings × 6+ frameworks | High | ISO 27001 A.8.15-16, SOC 2 CC7.1-2, ISO 42001 A.9.3-4, EU AI Act Article 12 + 72, NIST CSF DE.CM, HIPAA §164.312(b) audit controls |
| 7 | **Training records (per role, with effectiveness verification)** | 18+ mappings × 7+ frameworks | Medium | ISO 27001 A.6.3, SOC 2 CC1.4 + CC2.2, ISO 42001 Clause 7.2-3 + A.4.4, EU AI Act Article 4, NIST CSF PR.AT, NIS2 Article 21(2)(g), HIPAA §164.308(a)(5) |
| 8 | **Data inventory + provenance + consent register** | 20+ mappings × 6+ frameworks | High | ISO 27001 A.5.34, ISO 42001 A.7, EU AI Act Article 10, GDPR Articles 5+6+30, NIST CSF PR.DS + ID.AM-07, HIPAA §164.502 + §164.514 |
| 9 | **Internal audit programme records** | 15+ mappings × 6+ frameworks | Medium | ISO 27001 Clause 9.2, ISO 42001 Clause 9.2, ISO 13485 Clause 8.2.4, SOC 2 CC4.1, NIST CSF ID.IM, HIPAA §164.308(a)(8) |
| 10 | **Management review minutes + action tracking** | 12+ mappings × 5+ frameworks | Low | ISO 27001 Clause 9.3, ISO 42001 Clause 9.3, ISO 13485 Clause 5.6, NIST CSF GV.OV, NIS2 Article 20 |
## Mid-Leverage Artefacts
| Rank | Artefact | Reuse leverage | Acquisition cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | **Change records + rollback procedures + post-implementation reviews** | 14+ mappings × 5+ frameworks | Low | ISO 27001 A.8.32, SOC 2 CC8.1, ISO 42001 A.6.2.5, ISO 13485 Clause 7.3.9, NIST CSF PR.PS, HIPAA §164.308(a)(5)(ii)(B) |
| 12 | **Crypto records (algorithms, key lifecycle, KMS architecture)** | 14+ mappings × 6+ frameworks | Medium | ISO 27001 A.8.24, SOC 2 CC6.1 + CC6.7, GDPR Article 32(1)(a), NIST CSF PR.DS-01-02 + PR.PS-05, NIS2 Article 21(2)(h), HIPAA §164.312(a)(2)(iv) + §164.312(e)(2)(ii) |
| 13 | **BCP/DRP + RPO/RTO + exercise records** | 12+ mappings × 5+ frameworks | High | ISO 27001 A.5.29-30 + A.8.13-14, SOC 2 A1.2-3, NIST CSF RC.RP + RC.IM + RC.CO, NIS2 Article 21(2)(c), HIPAA §164.308(a)(7) |
| 14 | **DPIA records + LIAs + privacy notice version history** | 12+ mappings × 4+ frameworks | High | GDPR Articles 5+6+24+25+30+35+38, EU AI Act Article 27 FRIA (overlap), ISO 27001 A.5.34, ISO 42001 A.7.6 |
| 15 | **Quarterly access review records + RBAC matrix + JML evidence** | 18+ mappings × 7+ frameworks | Low | ISO 27001 A.5.15 + A.8.2-3, SOC 2 CC6.1-3, ISO 42001 A.4.4, GDPR Article 32(1)(b), NIST CSF PR.AA, NIS2 Article 21(2)(i), HIPAA §164.308(a)(3-4) + §164.312(a)(1) |
| 16 | **Vulnerability scan + patch SLA + remediation evidence** | 12+ mappings × 5+ frameworks | Medium | ISO 27001 A.8.7-9, SOC 2 CC7.1-2 + CC7.4, NIST CSF ID.RA + PR.PS-02, NIS2 Article 21(2)(f), HIPAA §164.308(a)(5)(ii)(B) |
## Low-Leverage (Framework-Specific) Artefacts
Build these only when the specific framework applies; lower reuse value across the programme.
| Artefact | Primary framework(s) | Why low-leverage |
|---|---|---|
| Annex IV technical documentation (EU AI Act) | EU AI Act | Specific to AI Act high-risk systems |
| Design History File (DHF) | ISO 13485, FDA QSR | Specific to medical-device QMS |
| Process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) | ISO 13485, FDA QSR | Specific to medical-device manufacturing |
| Clinical evaluation (Annex XIV) | EU MDR | Specific to medical-device EU placement |
| Model card + datasheet | ISO 42001, EU AI Act | AI-specific |
| FRIA (Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment) | EU AI Act | Specific to high-risk AI public-sector deployers |
| Notice of Privacy Practices | HIPAA | Specific to US healthcare |
| Form 483 response records | FDA QSR | Specific to FDA-inspected entities |
| NIS2 incident notifications (24h/72h/1m) | NIS2 | Specific to NIS2-in-scope entities |
| EUDAMED registration | EU MDR | Specific to EU MDR |
## Reuse-Leverage Operational Pattern
For a multi-framework programme, the recommended build order is:
```
Phase 1 (Weeks 1-4):
- Risk register with treatment plans (top reuse)
- Asset inventory with classification
- Policy set
- Quarterly access review records + RBAC matrix
Phase 2 (Weeks 5-12):
- Centralized tamper-evident logs
- Supplier inventory + DPAs/BAAs
- Training records
- Crypto records
- Internal audit programme records
- Management review records
Phase 3 (Weeks 13-24):
- Data inventory + provenance + consent (build alongside Phase 1 if GDPR/HIPAA early)
- BCP/DRP + exercise records
- DPIA records
- Vulnerability scan + remediation
- Change records + rollback procedures
- Incident log + post-incident reviews
- Physical security records (if applicable)
Phase 4 (Weeks 25+):
- Framework-specific artefacts:
* Annex IV docs (if EU AI Act)
* DHF + process validation (if ISO 13485 / FDA QSR)
* Clinical evaluation (if EU MDR)
* Model cards + datasheets (if ISO 42001)
* FRIA (if EU AI Act public-sector deployer)
* Notice of Privacy Practices (if HIPAA)
```
## Common Mistakes (Anti-Patterns)
1. **Building framework-specific artefacts before top-tier reuse artefacts.** Common when team is led by a single-framework specialist; results in 5x more total effort across the programme.
2. **Separate evidence stores per framework.** Each framework wants the same access-review log; storing it 3 times in 3 systems = stale + inconsistent.
3. **Not citing the same artefact in multiple audit reports.** Different auditors may ask for the same evidence renamed; cite the shared artefact ID in both reports.
4. **Skipping centralized inventory in Phase 1.** Asset inventory is the foundation for risk register, supplier list, data inventory, etc. Without it, everything downstream is incomplete.
5. **Treating evidence as one-time collection rather than continuous artefact.** Quarterly access review records must be produced quarterly, not "fixed for the audit and then ignored".
## Evidence Freshness Discipline
Reuse leverage breaks down if evidence is stale. Per-artefact target freshness:
| Artefact | Refresh cadence | Stale = ineffective |
|---|---|---|
| Risk register | Quarterly minimum | Within 90 days |
| Asset inventory | Quarterly minimum | Within 90 days |
| Access review records | Quarterly | Within 1 quarter |
| Incident log + PIRs | Continuous + 30-day PIR | PIR within 30 days |
| Supplier reviews | Annually | Within 12 months |
| Training records | Annually + new-hire 30 days | Annual completion 100% |
| Policy set | Annually reviewed | Within 12 months |
| Crypto inventory | Quarterly review | Within 90 days |
| DPIA records | At new processing + on material change | Always current |
| BCP/DRP exercise records | Annually | Within 12 months |
## Anti-Reuse Patterns to Avoid
- **Per-framework reformatting** — collecting an artefact, then reformatting for each framework's report. Cite the shared artefact + map to framework controls instead.
- **Per-team ownership without integration** — security owns SOC 2 evidence, DPO owns GDPR evidence, RA/QM owns ISO 13485 evidence, no shared discovery layer. Use compliance-os meta-orchestrator to enforce shared inventory.
- **Custodial-only ownership** — artefact lives in one team's drive without index. New audit cycle re-discovers from scratch.
## When This Reference Doesn't Help
- **Specific GRC platform configuration.** Tooling decision; see vendor documentation.
- **Per-control evidence requirements.** See per-framework skill references.
- **Sector-specific evidence (financial NYDFS, energy NERC CIP).** Sectoral; not in 12-framework scope.
---
**Source authorities (non-exhaustive):**
- **ISO/IEC 27001:2022** + Annex A
- **ISO/IEC 42001:2023** + Annex A
- **ISO/IEC 19011:2018** — Guidelines for auditing management systems (audit evidence)
- **AICPA Trust Services Criteria** (2017 + 2022 update) + SOC 2 Reporting Guide
- **Regulation (EU) 2024/1689** — AI Act
- **Regulation (EU) 2017/745** — EU MDR
- **Regulation (EU) 2016/679** — GDPR
- **Regulation (EU) 2022/2555** — NIS2 Directive
- **NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0** + NIST SP 800-53A Rev 5 assessment procedures
- **HIPAA 45 CFR Parts 160 + 164** — Security + Privacy + Breach Notification Rules
- **FDA 21 CFR 820** — Quality System Regulation
- **ISO 13485:2016** + ISO 14971:2019
- **IIA International Professional Practices Framework** — Performance Standards on engagement records (2330)
- **DAMA-DMBOK 2** — Data Management Body of Knowledge (provenance + quality dimensions)
- **NIST SP 800-92** — Guide to Computer Security Log Management (retention + integrity)
- **Industry retrospectives** — Big 4 + Schellman + Coalfire + A-LIGN published findings on common audit exceptions
FILE:references/evidence_management.md
# Evidence Management — Unified Pool + Reuse Leverage
This reference answers exactly one decision: **how do we collect compliance evidence once and satisfy multiple frameworks, without losing audit-grade traceability?**
Pair with `scripts/evidence_pool_generator.py` for the deterministic evidence catalogue.
## The Evidence Reuse Problem
Most multi-framework compliance programs accidentally collect the same evidence multiple times. Each framework's auditor wants:
- A documented procedure (the "what should happen")
- Records that the procedure was followed (the "what actually happened")
- Evidence of management oversight (the "did anyone check?")
When ISO 27001, SOC 2, and ISO 42001 audits ask for "access review records," teams often produce three different exports of the same Okta data with different formatting because three different control owners assembled them.
The fix: a **unified evidence pool** with explicit (artefact, framework, control) mapping. Collect once; cite multiple times.
## The Reuse-Leverage Score
Every evidence artefact gets a **reuse-leverage score** = number of distinct (framework, control) tuples it satisfies. Higher score = higher priority to build first.
From the `evidence_pool_generator.py` curated catalogue, the top-leverage artefacts (when all 9 frameworks are enabled):
| Artefact | Leverage |
|---|---|
| Risk register | 9+ mappings |
| Supplier inventory + reviews + DPAs | 8+ |
| Incident log + post-mortems + notifications | 11+ |
| Data inventory + provenance + consent | 9+ |
| Policy set (AI + info-sec + privacy + code-of-conduct) | 8+ |
| Tamper-evident logs centralized | 7+ |
| Training records | 6+ |
**Implementation order:** build high-leverage artefacts first. The risk register alone unlocks evidence for 9+ controls across 4+ frameworks.
## Evidence Acquisition Cost
The catalogue tracks acquisition cost per artefact: low / medium / high.
| Cost | Examples | Time to build |
|---|---|---|
| **Low** | Quarterly access review records, change records, management review records | 1-2 weeks (often automated from existing IT systems) |
| **Medium** | Asset register, supplier inventory, training records, crypto records, vuln scans | 2-6 weeks (requires inventory + classification) |
| **High** | Risk register, BCP/DR exercises, data inventory + consent register, secure SDLC | 6-12 weeks (requires cross-functional process design) |
**Strategy:** in year 1, prioritize low-cost high-leverage artefacts (e.g., management review records, change records). Build high-cost high-leverage artefacts in parallel (risk register, data inventory).
## Retention by Framework
Retention requirements vary per framework. Use the longest applicable retention:
| Framework | Typical retention |
|---|---|
| ISO 27001 | 3 years for audit evidence (or as policy specifies) |
| SOC 2 | 1 year minimum; 3 years recommended |
| ISO 42001 | 3 years (Clause 7.5 documented information) |
| EU AI Act | 10 years for declaration of conformity (Article 18); other docs 6 years |
| GDPR | Varies by data type; data subject records 3 years; breach records indefinite |
| ISO 13485 | Lifecycle of device + period defined by regulator (often 5+ years) |
| EU MDR | Device lifetime + 10 years (Article 10) |
| FDA QSR | 2 years past commercial distribution (21 CFR 820.180) |
**Default policy:** 36 months for most artefacts; 60 months for personal-data and policy-set artefacts; 120 months for EU AI Act declarations of conformity.
## Evidence Freshness
Auditors want recent evidence, not stale. Freshness expectations:
- Operational records (access reviews, change records, incident records): within last 90-180 days
- Quarterly artefacts: at least 1 record from current quarter
- Annual artefacts (training records, supplier reviews, BCP exercises): within last 12 months
- Policies: reviewed annually (review records demonstrate freshness)
**Stale evidence = effective gap.** An ISO 27001 A.5.15 quarterly access review that was last conducted 8 months ago is a major nonconformity even if the review existed historically.
## Evidence Owner Assignment
Each artefact has a primary owner. Typical pattern:
| Artefact type | Primary owner | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Access reviews | IT / Security | Compliance |
| Asset register | Security | DPO |
| Risk register | Compliance officer | Risk manager |
| Supplier inventory | Procurement | Compliance + DPO |
| Incident log | Security / IR team | Compliance |
| Logs (centralized) | Platform / SRE | Security |
| Change records | Engineering / Platform | Compliance |
| BCP/DR | Platform / SRE | Compliance |
| Training records | HR / People Ops | Compliance |
| Data inventory + consent | DPO / Data team | Engineering |
| Internal audit records | Compliance officer | Internal auditor |
| Management review records | Compliance officer + Exec | All function heads |
| Policy set | Compliance officer + Exec | All policy owners |
| Crypto records | Security | Platform |
| Vuln scans + patches | Security | Engineering |
**Single accountable owner per artefact** is critical. Joint ownership without accountability is the most common cause of stale evidence.
## Evidence Storage Architecture
Patterns observed in mature programs:
1. **GRC platform (Drata, Vanta, OneTrust, Hyperproof, etc.)** — the most common pattern; integrates with operational tools (Okta, AWS, GitHub) and auto-pulls evidence. Centralizes audit-trail.
2. **Compliance-team-managed repository** — folder per framework with subdivision per control; manual evidence assembly. Works for small programs; doesn't scale.
3. **Hybrid** — automated evidence (logs, access reviews, change records) in GRC platform; manual evidence (policies, management review minutes, training records) in document management system. Most common at growth-stage.
Compliance OS does not prescribe a storage pattern — but it does require:
- Single index of evidence (the unified pool)
- Per-evidence audit trail (who created, who approved, when)
- Per-evidence retention timer
- Per-evidence freshness alert
## Evidence Pool Quality Indicators
Healthy pool:
| Indicator | Healthy value |
|---|---|
| Average reuse leverage | ≥ 4 |
| Stale evidence (past expected freshness) | 0% |
| Orphan controls (no evidence assigned) | 0 |
| Unowned artefacts | 0 |
| Retention compliance | 100% |
Unhealthy pool:
- Many low-leverage artefacts (each satisfies only 1 framework) — likely silo'd collection
- High stale rate — operational discipline broken
- Orphan controls — gap in coverage that will surface at next audit
## Evidence Pool Audit (the meta-audit)
Once a year, audit the evidence pool itself:
1. Sample 10% of artefacts; verify they exist + are owned + are fresh
2. Sample 10% of controls; verify each has at least one evidence artefact assigned
3. Verify retention compliance — look for old evidence that should be deleted (GDPR retention) and recent evidence that should be retained longer
4. Verify framework coverage — are all enabled frameworks adequately represented?
This audit-of-audit is the most underappreciated discipline in mature multi-framework programs.
## When This Reference Doesn't Help
- **Specific GRC platform configuration.** Tooling-specific; market evolves rapidly.
- **Evidence retention for novel data types (e.g., AI training data).** Sector-specific; engage counsel.
- **Cross-framework specific mapping.** See `cross_framework_overlap.md`.
---
**Source authorities (non-exhaustive):**
- **ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Clause 7.5** — Documented information requirements
- **ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Clause 7.5** — AI-specific documented information
- **AICPA AT-C 205** — Examination engagements (SOC 2 evidence standards)
- **NIST SP 800-53A Rev 5** — Assessing Security and Privacy Controls (per-control evidence types)
- **NIST SP 800-92** — Guide to Computer Security Log Management
- **ISO/IEC 19011:2018 Clause 6.4** — Conducting audit activities (evidence collection)
- **IIA IPPF Performance Standard 2330** — Documenting Information (engagement records)
- **GDPR Article 30** — Records of processing activities (retention + evidence)
- **EU AI Act Article 18** — Document retention (10 years post-market for declaration of conformity)
- **FDA 21 CFR 820.180** — General requirements for records (2 years past commercial distribution)
- **DAMA-DMBOK 2** — Data Management Body of Knowledge (data-quality + provenance frameworks)
FILE:references/multi_framework_audit_playbook.md
# Multi-Framework Audit Playbook — Orchestrating Audits Across N Frameworks
This reference answers exactly one decision: **when 2+ frameworks operate simultaneously, how do we run audits in coordinated cycles with minimal duplication?**
Pair with `scripts/audit_simulator.py` (multi-framework mock audits) + the per-framework audit playbooks (`isms-audit-expert/references/iso27001_audit_playbook.md`, `qms-audit-expert/references/iso13485_audit_playbook.md`, `gdpr-dsgvo-expert/references/gdpr_audit_playbook.md`, `soc2-compliance/references/soc2_audit_playbook.md`).
## The Multi-Framework Audit Problem
Mature multi-framework programs face four orchestration challenges:
1. **Audit calendar conflicts** — surveillance audits stacking in same week, insufficient auditor capacity
2. **Auditor independence across frameworks** — same internal auditor pulled to audit own work in a different framework
3. **Evidence freshness mismatch** — Audit A wants Q3 data; Audit B (3 months later) wants same control's Q3+Q4 data
4. **Finding cross-impact** — a critical finding in ISO 27001 audit triggers compensating questions in SOC 2 audit
This playbook describes the integrated audit programme (IAP) pattern that solves these.
## The Integrated Audit Programme
```
Annual Compliance Calendar
|
┌─────────────────────┼─────────────────────┐
| | |
Q1: ISO 27001 Q2: ISO 42001 Q3: ISO 13485
internal audit internal audit internal audit
(auditor pool A) (auditor pool B) (auditor pool A)
|
Q4: Integrated Management
Review (Clause 9.3 across
all frameworks)
|
External surveillance audits
scheduled by certification body
```
The IAP coordinates:
- **Single audit programme document** covering all applicable frameworks
- **Single auditor pool** with skill-based + independence-based assignment
- **Single evidence pool** (per `evidence_pool_generator.py`) so audits cite shared evidence
- **Single management review** (per Annex SL) covering all frameworks' Clause 9.3 inputs
## The 12-Month Calendar Pattern
A typical mid-stage AI SaaS running ISO 27001 + SOC 2 + ISO 42001 + GDPR + EU AI Act:
| Quarter | Activity | Frameworks audited internally |
|---|---|---|
| **Q1** | ISO 27001 internal audit + SOC 2 Type II observation begins | 27001 + SOC 2 |
| **Q2** | ISO 42001 internal audit + EU AI Act readiness checkpoint | 42001 + AI Act |
| **Q3** | GDPR annual review + SOC 2 mid-period checkpoint | GDPR + SOC 2 |
| **Q4** | Integrated management review + SOC 2 Type II field + cert body surveillance audits | all |
External audits (certification body + SOC 2 audit firm) typically:
- Q1: ISO 27001 surveillance audit (timed to follow Q1 internal audit)
- Q3: SOC 2 Type II field testing (timed for Q4 report)
- Q4: ISO 42001 surveillance audit (timed to follow Q2 + Q4 internal audits)
## Auditor Independence Across Frameworks
ISO management-system standards (Clause 9.2 across 27001 / 42001 / 13485) all require auditor independence: nobody audits their own work. With multiple frameworks running, independence must be tracked **across** frameworks, not just within.
**Pattern:** maintain an auditor competence + independence matrix:
| Auditor | Owns (cannot audit) | Competent to audit |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | 27001 A.5.15 (access control); 42001 A.4.4 | 27001 except A.5.15; 42001 except A.4.4; all GDPR; all SOC 2 |
| Bob | 42001 A.6 (lifecycle); 13485 7.3 (design) | 27001; GDPR; SOC 2 |
| Carol (external) | (none — independent contractor) | All frameworks |
| Dave | 27001 A.5.19 (suppliers); GDPR Article 28 | 27001 except A.5.19; 42001; SOC 2; 13485 |
Use `aims_audit_scheduler.py` (ISO 42001) + per-framework scheduler patterns to enforce independence.
## Cross-Framework Finding Impact
A finding in one framework's audit often affects another. Pattern:
- **ISO 27001 A.5.15 finding** → likely SOC 2 CC6.1 finding (same evidence)
- **ISO 27001 A.5.19-21 finding** → likely SOC 2 CC9.2 finding + GDPR Article 28 finding
- **ISO 42001 Annex A.7.6 finding** → likely GDPR Article 35 DPIA finding
- **ISO 13485 Clause 7.3 finding** → likely EU MDR Annex II finding
- **GDPR Article 33 breach** → triggers ISO 27001 A.5.24 audit + EU AI Act Article 73 review
**Discipline:** when a finding is issued, the issuing auditor flags cross-framework impact in the finding worksheet. The compliance officer reviews and triggers corresponding follow-up across frameworks.
## Shared Evidence Discipline
Per `evidence_management.md`, the evidence pool has unified artefacts. Audit work cites these artefacts, not framework-specific copies.
**Anti-pattern:**
```
ISO 27001 audit asks for: "ISO 27001 access review records Q3"
SOC 2 audit asks for: "SOC 2 access review records Q3"
Team produces TWO documents from same Okta export.
```
**Pattern:**
```
Both audits cite: "ev.access_review_quarterly Q3 2026" (single artefact)
Audit reports reference the shared artefact ID + framework-control mapping.
```
The audit report shows the auditor consulted the same evidence; framework-specific formatting happens in report assembly.
## Integrated Management Review (Clause 9.3 Across Frameworks)
Each management-system standard (27001, 42001, 13485, etc.) requires its own management review with prescribed inputs + outputs. Running 4 separate management reviews per year is unsustainable.
**Per Annex SL** (the high-level structure shared across ISO management-system standards), a single integrated management review can satisfy all of them if inputs cover every framework's prescribed list. Required inputs across the 5 most-common frameworks:
| Input | 27001 | 42001 | 13485 | 14001 | 9001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audit results | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Feedback from interested parties | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Risk + opportunity changes | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Performance of processes | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Nonconformities + CAPA | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Improvement opportunities | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| AI-specific (drift, incidents, lifecycle) | — | ✅ | — | — | — |
| Customer feedback + complaints | — | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ |
| Resource needs | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Outputs are similarly aligned: decisions on improvement, resource changes, scope adjustments, policy changes.
**Cadence:** annual minimum; quarterly preferred for mature multi-framework programs.
## Pre-Audit Readiness Checklist (per framework)
Universal pre-audit readiness (apply to each framework's internal audit):
- [ ] Scope confirmed (clauses + controls + business units in scope)
- [ ] Auditor independence verified (no self-audit; competence covers scope)
- [ ] Prior-year findings open list pulled + status reviewed
- [ ] Document evidence assembled in advance (auditor reads pre-fieldwork)
- [ ] Auditee leadership briefed; team availability confirmed
- [ ] Mock audit run via `audit_simulator.py` to surface likely findings
- [ ] Cross-framework impact considered (which findings might cascade)
- [ ] Audit plan circulated 2 weeks ahead
## Post-Audit Disciplines
- Findings logged in unified CAPA system (not framework-siloed)
- Corrective action owner named; due date agreed
- Cross-framework impact flagged in finding worksheet
- Closure verified by evidence + re-test (not self-attestation)
- Trend analysis monthly: aging CAPAs > 30 days, repeat findings across frameworks
- Inputs prepared for next management review
## When This Reference Doesn't Help
- **Single-framework deep audit detail.** See per-framework playbooks.
- **External certification body audit process.** Different from internal; see ISO 17021.
- **External SOC 2 audit firm engagement.** Different from internal; see `soc2_audit_playbook.md`.
- **Sectoral regulatory enforcement.** Out of scope; engage outside counsel.
---
**Source authorities (non-exhaustive):**
- **ISO/IEC 19011:2018** — Guidelines for auditing management systems
- **IIA International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)** — Performance Standards 2000-2600
- **AICPA AT-C 105** — Attestation engagement standard (SOC 2)
- **ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Clause 9.2** — Internal audit programme
- **ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Clause 9.2** — Internal audit programme (AI management system)
- **ISO 13485:2016 Clause 8.2.4** — Internal audit (medical devices)
- **Regulation (EU) 2016/679 Article 24** — Accountability (GDPR — operational discipline for audit prep)
- **ISO 17021-1:2015** — Conformity assessment requirements (governs external certification audits; informs internal practice)
- **Annex SL of the ISO/IEC Directives** (2024) — high-level structure enabling integrated management systems
- **NIST SP 800-53A Rev 5** — Assessing Security and Privacy Controls (multi-framework assessment procedures)
- **The Institute of Internal Auditors** — practical guides on integrated audit programme design
FILE:scripts/audit_simulator.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""audit_simulator.py — Mock internal audit generator per ISO 19011 + IIA IPPF.
Stdlib-only. Given a framework + scope, generates a realistic mock audit with:
- 8-15 finding scenarios per typical ISO 19011 audit depth
- Severity distribution matching IIA expectations:
observation/OFI: ≥ 40%
minor: 20-30%
major: 15-25%
critical: ≤ 15%
- 3-5 interview questions per scoped control
- Document-review request list
- Walk-through scenarios where applicable
Deterministic generation from finding templates. Severity distribution is
proportional to the scope size. No randomness, no LLM calls.
Input schema (JSON):
{
"audit_name": "Q3 ISO 27001 internal audit — Platform team",
"framework": "iso_27001",
"scope_controls": ["A.5.15", "A.8.2", "A.8.15", "A.8.32", "A.5.19"],
"auditee_team": "Platform engineering",
"prior_year_findings_open": 2
}
Usage:
python audit_simulator.py
python audit_simulator.py path/to/audit_scope.json
python audit_simulator.py audit_scope.json --output json
"""
import argparse
import json
import sys
from typing import Any, Dict, List
SAMPLE: Dict[str, Any] = {
"audit_name": "Q3 ISO 27001 internal audit — Platform team",
"framework": "iso_27001",
"scope_controls": ["A.5.15", "A.8.2", "A.8.15", "A.8.32", "A.5.19", "A.5.24", "A.6.8"],
"auditee_team": "Platform engineering",
"prior_year_findings_open": 2,
}
# Finding template library (theme -> {severity bucket -> finding patterns})
# Each template produces a finding scenario when invoked.
FINDING_TEMPLATES: Dict[str, Dict[str, List[str]]] = {
"access_control": {
"critical": [
"Privileged access reviewed annually instead of quarterly; orphaned accounts found in production.",
],
"major": [
"Quarterly access review evidence present but lacks documented business justification for retained privileges.",
"Joiner-mover-leaver workflow does not auto-deprovision on termination; manual gap of 5+ days observed.",
],
"minor": [
"Access review records lack documented review-completion timestamps in 2 of 6 sampled reviews.",
],
"observation": [
"Consider extending RBAC matrix to include cloud-resource scope (currently application-tier only).",
],
},
"logging_monitoring": {
"critical": [
"Production application logs disabled in past 30 days; no detection of the gap until audit fieldwork.",
],
"major": [
"Log retention configured at 90 days but framework requires 12 months; misalignment not detected.",
"Tamper-evident logging not enforced on privileged-user activity logs.",
],
"minor": [
"Monitoring alert thresholds not formally documented; reviewed verbally by SRE only.",
],
"observation": [
"Centralized log aggregation in place; consider adding anomaly detection.",
],
},
"change_management": {
"critical": [
"Emergency change procedure not formalized; observed 3 cases of production changes without recorded approval.",
],
"major": [
"Change advisory board records show approvals but no post-implementation review of high-risk changes.",
],
"minor": [
"Rollback procedure documented but not tested for 2 services in scope.",
],
"observation": [
"Consider linking change records to deployment automation for stronger evidence chain.",
],
},
"supplier_mgmt": {
"critical": [
"Critical SaaS supplier in use without signed DPA + security questionnaire (GDPR exposure).",
],
"major": [
"Annual supplier security review not completed for 3 of 8 critical suppliers.",
"Sub-processor list not maintained for critical suppliers handling personal data.",
],
"minor": [
"Supplier onboarding checklist exists but not consistently applied across business units.",
],
"observation": [
"Consider centralizing supplier risk evidence in a single GRC system.",
],
},
"incident_response": {
"critical": [
"Recent P1 incident lacks documented post-incident review (PIR) within 30-day SLA.",
],
"major": [
"Severity definitions documented but inconsistently applied across teams; impact varies.",
"Notification SLAs not aligned across frameworks (GDPR 72h, framework X 24h, framework Y 15 days).",
],
"minor": [
"Incident commander rotation not documented.",
],
"observation": [
"Consider quarterly tabletop exercises to validate runbooks.",
],
},
}
# Control -> theme mapping (heuristic; deterministic)
CONTROL_TO_THEME: Dict[str, str] = {
# ISO 27001 mapping
"A.5.15": "access_control",
"A.8.2": "access_control",
"A.8.3": "access_control",
"A.5.19": "supplier_mgmt",
"A.5.20": "supplier_mgmt",
"A.5.21": "supplier_mgmt",
"A.5.22": "supplier_mgmt",
"A.5.24": "incident_response",
"A.5.25": "incident_response",
"A.5.26": "incident_response",
"A.5.27": "incident_response",
"A.6.8": "incident_response",
"A.8.15": "logging_monitoring",
"A.8.16": "logging_monitoring",
"A.8.32": "change_management",
# SOC 2 mapping
"CC6.1": "access_control",
"CC6.2": "access_control",
"CC6.3": "access_control",
"CC9.2": "supplier_mgmt",
"CC7.3": "incident_response",
"CC7.4": "incident_response",
"CC7.5": "incident_response",
"CC7.1": "logging_monitoring",
"CC7.2": "logging_monitoring",
"CC8.1": "change_management",
# ISO 42001 mapping
"A.4.4": "access_control",
"A.9.3": "logging_monitoring",
"A.9.4": "logging_monitoring",
"A.6.2.5": "change_management",
"A.10.2": "supplier_mgmt",
"A.8.4": "incident_response",
}
def _severity_rotation() -> List[str]:
return [
"observation", "observation", "observation", "minor", "major",
"observation", "minor", "observation", "major", "critical",
"minor", "observation", "minor", "observation", "major",
]
def generate_findings(payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Generate finding scenarios deterministically from scope."""
findings: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
scope = payload.get("scope_controls", [])
prior_open = payload.get("prior_year_findings_open", 0)
# Rotate severities to hit IIA-target distribution
# Target: >= 40% observation, ~25% minor, ~20% major, <= 15% critical
severity_order = _severity_rotation()
# Pad if scope is large
while len(severity_order) < len(scope) + 5:
severity_order += severity_order
for idx, control in enumerate(scope):
theme = CONTROL_TO_THEME.get(control)
if theme is None:
continue
severity = severity_order[idx]
# If prior_open > 0, force first finding to be major (follow-up)
if idx == 0 and prior_open > 0:
severity = "major"
templates = FINDING_TEMPLATES.get(theme, {}).get(severity, [])
if not templates:
severity = "observation"
templates = FINDING_TEMPLATES.get(theme, {}).get("observation", ["General observation noted."])
finding_text = templates[idx % len(templates)]
findings.append({
"id": f"F-{idx + 1:02d}",
"control": control,
"theme": theme,
"severity": severity,
"description": finding_text,
"follow_up_from_prior": idx == 0 and prior_open > 0,
})
# Add 3-6 additional observations to hit 10-15 total range per ISO 19011 typical depth
extras_needed = max(0, 10 - len(findings))
extras_added = 0
for theme in FINDING_TEMPLATES:
if extras_added >= extras_needed:
break
if not any(f["theme"] == theme for f in findings):
continue
templates = FINDING_TEMPLATES[theme]["observation"]
findings.append({
"id": f"F-{len(findings) + 1:02d}",
"control": "(general)",
"theme": theme,
"severity": "observation",
"description": templates[(extras_added + 1) % len(templates)],
"follow_up_from_prior": False,
})
extras_added += 1
return findings
def interview_questions(control: str) -> List[str]:
"""Deterministic 3-5 audit interview questions per control theme."""
theme = CONTROL_TO_THEME.get(control)
bank = {
"access_control": [
"Walk me through how a new joiner gets access provisioned.",
"Show me the last quarterly access review evidence for a privileged role.",
"What happens within 24 hours of a termination?",
"How is multi-factor authentication enforced for admin access?",
],
"logging_monitoring": [
"Show me a sample log entry for a privileged action in the last 30 days.",
"What's the log retention configuration, and where is it documented?",
"How are tampering attempts detected and alerted?",
"Show me a monitoring alert that fired in the last 7 days and how it was triaged.",
],
"change_management": [
"Walk me through the change approval workflow for a production deployment.",
"Show me a rejected change in the last quarter and the rejection rationale.",
"Where is the rollback procedure for service X documented and last tested?",
"How are emergency changes handled differently from standard changes?",
],
"supplier_mgmt": [
"Show me the supplier inventory and the last review date for 3 critical suppliers.",
"How are AI-specific contractual clauses tracked for AI service suppliers?",
"Walk me through onboarding of a new critical SaaS supplier.",
"Show me where signed DPAs are stored for personal-data sub-processors.",
],
"incident_response": [
"Show me the last 3 incidents with severity, root cause, and corrective action.",
"Walk me through your serious-incident reporting timing for GDPR + AI Act.",
"Where are post-incident reviews documented and tracked to closure?",
"How is the on-call rotation defined and communicated?",
],
}
return bank.get(theme, [
"Walk me through how this control is implemented day-to-day.",
"Show me records of the control being operated in the last 90 days.",
"How is effectiveness of this control measured?",
])
def document_requests(scope: List[str]) -> List[str]:
themes = {CONTROL_TO_THEME.get(c) for c in scope if CONTROL_TO_THEME.get(c)}
docs = []
for t in themes:
if t == "access_control":
docs.append("Access control policy + last 2 quarterly access reviews + RBAC matrix")
elif t == "logging_monitoring":
docs.append("Logging policy + log retention configuration + last 30 days of sample privileged-action logs")
elif t == "change_management":
docs.append("Change management procedure + last 90 days change records + rollback procedure")
elif t == "supplier_mgmt":
docs.append("Supplier inventory + last annual supplier reviews + 3 sample DPAs")
elif t == "incident_response":
docs.append("Incident response procedure + last 5 incident records + post-incident reviews")
return docs
def analyze(payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
findings = generate_findings(payload)
by_sev: Dict[str, int] = {"critical": 0, "major": 0, "minor": 0, "observation": 0}
for f in findings:
by_sev[f["severity"]] += 1
total = len(findings)
obs_pct = round((by_sev["observation"] / total) * 100, 1) if total else 0
crit_pct = round((by_sev["critical"] / total) * 100, 1) if total else 0
healthy = (obs_pct >= 40) and (crit_pct <= 15)
return {
"audit_name": payload.get("audit_name"),
"framework": payload.get("framework"),
"scope_controls": payload.get("scope_controls", []),
"auditee_team": payload.get("auditee_team"),
"findings_total": total,
"findings_by_severity": by_sev,
"severity_distribution_healthy": healthy,
"obs_pct": obs_pct,
"crit_pct": crit_pct,
"findings": findings,
"interview_questions_per_control": {c: interview_questions(c) for c in payload.get("scope_controls", [])},
"document_review_requests": document_requests(payload.get("scope_controls", [])),
}
def render_text(r: Dict[str, Any], source: str) -> str:
lines = []
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("COMPLIANCE OS — MOCK INTERNAL AUDIT (per ISO 19011 + IIA IPPF)")
lines.append(f"Source: {source}")
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("")
lines.append(f"Audit: {r['audit_name']}")
lines.append(f"Framework: {r['framework']} | Auditee: {r['auditee_team']}")
lines.append(f"Scope controls ({len(r['scope_controls'])}): {', '.join(r['scope_controls'])}")
lines.append("")
s = r["findings_by_severity"]
lines.append(f"Findings total: {r['findings_total']} "
f"(critical={s['critical']}, major={s['major']}, minor={s['minor']}, observation={s['observation']})")
lines.append(f"Distribution: observation={r['obs_pct']}% critical={r['crit_pct']}% "
f"healthy={r['severity_distribution_healthy']}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("FINDINGS:")
lines.append("")
for f in r["findings"]:
marker = "🔥 FOLLOW-UP" if f["follow_up_from_prior"] else ""
lines.append(f" [{f['id']}] [{f['severity'].upper():12s}] control={f['control']:12s} theme={f['theme']:20s} {marker}")
lines.append(f" {f['description']}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("INTERVIEW QUESTIONS PER CONTROL:")
for ctrl, qs in r["interview_questions_per_control"].items():
lines.append(f" {ctrl}:")
for q in qs:
lines.append(f" - {q}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("DOCUMENT-REVIEW REQUESTS:")
for d in r["document_review_requests"]:
lines.append(f" - {d}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("HEALTHY-DISTRIBUTION RULE (IIA expectations):")
lines.append(" observation/OFI ≥ 40% AND critical ≤ 15%")
return "\n".join(lines)
def main() -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Mock internal audit generator per ISO 19011 + IIA IPPF + AICPA AT-C.",
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog=__doc__,
)
parser.add_argument("path", nargs="?", help="Path to audit scope JSON (uses embedded sample if omitted)")
parser.add_argument("--output", choices=("text", "json"), default="text", help="Output format")
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.path:
try:
with open(args.path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
payload = json.load(f)
source = args.path
except (IOError, OSError) as e:
print(f"error: could not read {args.path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
print(f"error: invalid JSON in {args.path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
else:
payload = SAMPLE
source = "<embedded sample: Q3 ISO 27001 internal audit, Platform team, 7 controls>"
result = analyze(payload)
if args.output == "json":
print(json.dumps({"source": source, **result}, indent=2))
else:
print(render_text(result, source))
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())
FILE:scripts/cross_framework_mapper.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""cross_framework_mapper.py — Multi-framework control overlap computation.
Stdlib-only. Takes 1+ framework control libraries (control IDs + categories) and
computes overlap with mapping confidence (HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW) using a curated
ground-truth overlap dictionary distilled from published cross-walks:
- ISO 27001 Annex A <-> SOC 2 TSC (the densest known pair)
- ISO 27001 <-> ISO 42001 (info-sec reuse for AIMS)
- ISO 42001 <-> EU AI Act (Article 17 QMS satisfaction)
- GDPR <-> ISO 27001 (privacy controls overlap)
- ISO 13485 <-> FDA QSR (harmonised)
For each merged control, outputs the participating frameworks + a unified
evidence-requirement statement that satisfies all of them.
Deterministic ground-truth lookup. No LLM calls. No external dependencies.
Input schema (JSON):
{
"program": "Acme AI Inc. Compliance Program",
"enabled_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001", "eu_ai_act", "gdpr"]
}
Usage:
python cross_framework_mapper.py # uses embedded 5-framework sample
python cross_framework_mapper.py path/to/program.json
python cross_framework_mapper.py program.json --output json
"""
import argparse
import json
import sys
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Set
SAMPLE: Dict[str, Any] = {
"program": "Acme AI Inc. Compliance Program",
"enabled_frameworks": [
"iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001", "eu_ai_act", "gdpr",
"nist_csf", "nis2", "hipaa",
],
}
# Curated overlap database
# Each merged control: id, theme, evidence requirement, and per-framework mapping
# Mappings: framework_id -> (control_id, confidence)
# Confidence: H (high - same evidence satisfies), M (medium - evidence with overlay), L (low - concept overlap only)
MERGED_CONTROLS: List[Dict[str, Any]] = [
{
"id": "mc.access_control",
"theme": "Access control (identity, authentication, authorization)",
"evidence": "Documented access-control policy + access provisioning/de-provisioning procedure + quarterly access review records + RBAC matrix",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.5.15 + A.8.2 + A.8.3", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC6.1 + CC6.2 + CC6.3", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("A.4.4 (human resources for AI systems)", "M"),
"gdpr": ("Article 32(1)(b) integrity and confidentiality", "M"),
"nist_csf": ("PR.AA-01 + PR.AA-03 + PR.AA-05 (identities + authentication + authorization)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(i) access control policies", "M"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(a)(3) workforce security + §164.308(a)(4) information access management + §164.312(a)(1) access control", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.asset_inventory",
"theme": "Asset inventory and classification",
"evidence": "Asset register including AI systems + data classification scheme + ownership map",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.5.9 + A.5.10 + A.5.12", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC6.1 + CC3.2", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("A.4.2 (data) + A.4.3 (tooling)", "H"),
"gdpr": ("Article 30 (records of processing activities)", "M"),
"nist_csf": ("ID.AM-01 + ID.AM-02 + ID.AM-04 + ID.AM-05 (assets inventoried + classified)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(b) policies on the use of risk-management measures (implicit: know your assets)", "M"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) risk analysis (requires asset inventory) + §164.310(d) device + media controls", "M"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.risk_management",
"theme": "Risk management process",
"evidence": "Risk methodology + risk register with severity matrix + risk treatment plan + residual-risk acceptance signoff",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("Clause 6.1 + Clause 8.2", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC3.1 + CC3.2 + CC3.4", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("Clause 6.1.2 + A.5", "H"),
"eu_ai_act": ("Article 9 (risk management system)", "M"),
"gdpr": ("Article 35 (DPIA where applicable)", "M"),
"nist_csf": ("GV.RM (risk management strategy) + ID.RA (risk assessment) + ID.IM (improvement)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(a) risk analysis + Article 21(2)(b) policies on risk-management measures", "H"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) risk analysis + §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B) risk management", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.supplier_management",
"theme": "Third-party / supplier risk management",
"evidence": "Supplier inventory + due-diligence questionnaires + contractual security/privacy/AI clauses + periodic review records",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.5.19 + A.5.20 + A.5.21 + A.5.22", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC9.2", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("A.10.2 + A.10.6", "H"),
"eu_ai_act": ("Article 25 (responsibilities along the AI value chain)", "M"),
"gdpr": ("Article 28 (processor obligations)", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("GV.SC (cybersecurity supply chain risk management) + ID.SC", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(d) supply-chain security including security-related aspects of relationships with direct suppliers", "H"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(b)(1) business associate contracts + §164.314(a) organizational requirements (BAAs)", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.incident_response",
"theme": "Incident response + notification",
"evidence": "Documented incident response procedure + severity definitions + escalation matrix + notification SLAs + post-incident reviews",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.5.24 + A.5.25 + A.5.26 + A.5.27 + A.6.8", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC7.3 + CC7.4 + CC7.5", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("A.8.4 (communication of AI incidents)", "M"),
"eu_ai_act": ("Article 73 (serious-incident reporting)", "M"),
"gdpr": ("Articles 33 + 34 (breach notification)", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("RS.MA + RS.AN + RS.RP + RS.CO (response: management, analysis, reporting, communication)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 23 incident notification (24h early warning / 72h notification / 1-month final report)", "H"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(a)(6) security incident procedures + §164.400-414 Breach Notification Rule", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.monitoring_logging",
"theme": "Monitoring + logging",
"evidence": "Logging policy + tamper-evident logs + monitoring dashboards + retention compliant with longest applicable framework",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.8.15 + A.8.16", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC7.1 + CC7.2", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("A.9.3 + A.9.4", "M"),
"eu_ai_act": ("Article 12 (logging) + Article 72 (post-market monitoring)", "M"),
"nist_csf": ("DE.CM (continuous monitoring) + DE.AE (anomalies + events)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(h) human resources security + ongoing monitoring expectations", "M"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D) information system activity review + §164.312(b) audit controls", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.change_management",
"theme": "Change management (system + model)",
"evidence": "Change approval workflow + version control + rollback procedure + change advisory board records",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.8.32", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC8.1", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("A.6.2.5 (deployment)", "M"),
"nist_csf": ("PR.PS (platform security including change-mgmt) + ID.IM-03 (improvements identified)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(e) security in network and information systems acquisition, development and maintenance", "M"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(a)(5)(ii)(B) protection from malicious software (implies controlled change) + §164.312(a)(1) access control during change", "M"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.business_continuity",
"theme": "Business continuity and disaster recovery",
"evidence": "BCP/DRP documents + tested recovery objectives (RPO/RTO) + annual exercises + lessons learned",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.5.29 + A.5.30 + A.8.13 + A.8.14", "H"),
"soc_2": ("A1.2 + A1.3", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("RC.RP (recovery planning) + RC.IM + RC.CO + ID.BE-05 (resilience requirements)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(c) business continuity, such as backup management and disaster recovery, and crisis management", "H"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(a)(7) contingency plan (incl. data backup + disaster recovery + emergency mode operation)", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.competence_training",
"theme": "Competence + awareness training",
"evidence": "Competence requirements per role + training plan + completion records + effectiveness verification",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.6.3", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC1.4 + CC2.2", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("Clause 7.2 + Clause 7.3 + A.4.4", "H"),
"eu_ai_act": ("Article 4 (AI literacy)", "M"),
"nist_csf": ("PR.AT (awareness + training)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(g) basic cyber-hygiene practices and cybersecurity training", "H"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(a)(5) security awareness and training", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.data_governance",
"theme": "Data governance + data quality",
"evidence": "Data inventory + provenance records + quality metrics + retention/deletion schedule + consent/lawful-basis records",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.5.34 (privacy)", "M"),
"iso_42001": ("A.7 (full category)", "H"),
"eu_ai_act": ("Article 10 (data governance for high-risk)", "H"),
"gdpr": ("Articles 5 + 6 + 30", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("PR.DS (data security) + ID.AM-07 (data inventories) + GV.PO (policy)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(j) policies and procedures (multi-factor + secure communications) implying data discipline", "M"),
"hipaa": ("§164.312(c)(1) integrity + §164.502 uses and disclosures of PHI + §164.514 de-identification", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.internal_audit",
"theme": "Internal audit programme",
"evidence": "Annual audit plan + auditor independence + findings tracking + closure verification",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("Clause 9.2", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC4.1", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("Clause 9.2", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("ID.IM (improvement processes including audits)", "M"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(b) policies on the use of risk-management measures (implies periodic audit)", "M"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D) information system activity review + §164.308(a)(8) periodic evaluation", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.management_review",
"theme": "Management review",
"evidence": "Management review procedure + scheduled inputs + meeting records + action item tracking",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("Clause 9.3", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("Clause 9.3", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("GV.OV (oversight) + GV.PO (organizational policy review)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 20 governance: management bodies must approve cybersecurity risk-management measures and oversee implementation", "H"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(a)(2) assigned security responsibility + §164.308(a)(8) periodic evaluation by senior official", "M"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.cryptography",
"theme": "Cryptography and key management",
"evidence": "Cryptographic policy + algorithm + key length standards + key rotation + HSM/KMS architecture + key custody records",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.8.24", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC6.1 + CC6.7", "H"),
"gdpr": ("Article 32(1)(a) pseudonymisation + encryption", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("PR.DS-02 (data-in-transit) + PR.DS-01 (data-at-rest) + PR.PS-05 (cryptography)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(h) policies on the use of cryptography and, where appropriate, encryption", "H"),
"hipaa": ("§164.312(a)(2)(iv) encryption + decryption (addressable) + §164.312(e)(2)(ii) transmission encryption", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.secure_sdlc",
"theme": "Secure software development lifecycle",
"evidence": "Secure SDLC policy + threat modeling + code review records + SAST/DAST scanning + vulnerability triage",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.8.25 + A.8.26 + A.8.27 + A.8.28 + A.8.29 + A.8.30 + A.8.31", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC8.1 + CC7.1", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("A.6.2.2 + A.6.2.3 + A.6.2.4 (AI-specific SDLC)", "M"),
"nist_csf": ("PR.PS (platform security including secure development) + ID.RA-08 (vulnerabilities identified)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(e) security in network and information systems acquisition, development and maintenance", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.vulnerability_mgmt",
"theme": "Vulnerability + patch management",
"evidence": "Vulnerability scanning schedule + patch SLAs by severity + exception tracking + remediation evidence",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.8.7 + A.8.8 + A.8.9", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC7.1 + CC7.2 + CC7.4", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("ID.RA-01 + ID.RA-08 (vulnerabilities) + PR.PS-02 (patching)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(2)(f) policies and procedures to assess the effectiveness of cybersecurity risk-management measures + vulnerability handling", "H"),
"hipaa": ("§164.308(a)(5)(ii)(B) protection from malicious software + §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) periodic risk analysis (covers vulnerability identification)", "M"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.physical_security",
"theme": "Physical security and environmental controls",
"evidence": "Facility access controls + visitor log + environmental monitoring + tamper-evident seals on critical assets",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.7.1 + A.7.2 + A.7.3 + A.7.4 + A.7.5 + A.7.6 + A.7.7 + A.7.8", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC6.4 + CC6.5", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("PR.AA-06 (physical access) + PR.PS-04 (physical resource security)", "H"),
"hipaa": ("§164.310(a)(1) facility access controls + §164.310(b) workstation use + §164.310(c) workstation security + §164.310(d) device + media controls", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.data_protection_privacy",
"theme": "Personal data protection (privacy by design)",
"evidence": "Privacy policy + lawful-basis register + retention/deletion schedule + DPIA records + data-subject rights workflow + DPO appointment (where required)",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("A.5.34", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("A.7.6 (data privacy considerations)", "M"),
"gdpr": ("Articles 5 + 6 + 24 + 25 + 30 + 35 + 38", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("GV.PO + PR.DS (data security)", "M"),
"hipaa": ("§164.502 uses and disclosures (Privacy Rule) + §164.520 notice of privacy practices + §164.530 administrative requirements", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.documentation_control",
"theme": "Documented information control",
"evidence": "Document control procedure + version control + approval workflow + retention + obsolete-doc handling",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("Clause 7.5", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC4.1 + CC5.1", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("Clause 7.5", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("GV.PO (policy + documentation) + ID.AM-08 (system and data are documented)", "H"),
"nis2": ("Article 21(1) documented cybersecurity risk-management measures", "H"),
"hipaa": ("§164.316 policies, procedures, and documentation requirements (retention 6 years)", "H"),
},
},
{
"id": "mc.continual_improvement",
"theme": "Continual improvement + CAPA",
"evidence": "Nonconformity tracking + root-cause analysis + corrective action plans + effectiveness verification + trend analysis",
"mappings": {
"iso_27001": ("Clause 10.1 + 10.2", "H"),
"soc_2": ("CC4.1 + CC4.2 + CC5.3", "H"),
"iso_42001": ("Clause 10.1 + 10.2", "H"),
"nist_csf": ("ID.IM-01 + ID.IM-02 + ID.IM-03 (improvements identified, evaluated, executed)", "H"),
"hipaa": ("§164.306(e) review + modify (security measures must be reviewed and modified as needed)", "M"),
},
},
]
def merged_in_scope(enabled: Set[str]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Return merged controls where at least 1 enabled framework maps to them."""
out: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
for mc in MERGED_CONTROLS:
active_maps = {fid: m for fid, m in mc["mappings"].items() if fid in enabled}
if active_maps:
out.append({
"id": mc["id"],
"theme": mc["theme"],
"evidence": mc["evidence"],
"frameworks_count": len(active_maps),
"frameworks": active_maps,
})
return out
def overlap_summary(merged: List[Dict[str, Any]], enabled: Set[str]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Compute per-framework coverage and per-pair overlap."""
coverage: Dict[str, int] = {f: 0 for f in enabled}
high_confidence: Dict[str, int] = {f: 0 for f in enabled}
for mc in merged:
for fid in mc["frameworks"]:
coverage[fid] += 1
_, conf = mc["frameworks"][fid]
if conf == "H":
high_confidence[fid] += 1
multi_framework = [mc for mc in merged if mc["frameworks_count"] >= 2]
high_reuse = [mc for mc in merged if mc["frameworks_count"] >= 3]
return {
"total_merged_controls_in_scope": len(merged),
"per_framework_coverage": coverage,
"per_framework_high_confidence": high_confidence,
"multi_framework_count": len(multi_framework),
"high_reuse_count_3plus_frameworks": len(high_reuse),
}
def analyze(payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
enabled = set(payload.get("enabled_frameworks", []))
merged = merged_in_scope(enabled)
summary = overlap_summary(merged, enabled)
return {
"program": payload.get("program"),
"enabled_frameworks": sorted(enabled),
"summary": summary,
"merged_controls": sorted(merged, key=lambda m: -m["frameworks_count"]),
}
def render_text(r: Dict[str, Any], source: str) -> str:
lines = []
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("COMPLIANCE OS — CROSS-FRAMEWORK CONTROL MAPPING")
lines.append(f"Source: {source}")
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("")
lines.append(f"Program: {r['program']}")
lines.append(f"Enabled frameworks ({len(r['enabled_frameworks'])}): {', '.join(r['enabled_frameworks'])}")
lines.append("")
s = r["summary"]
lines.append(f"Merged controls in scope: {s['total_merged_controls_in_scope']}")
lines.append(f"Multi-framework controls (≥ 2): {s['multi_framework_count']}")
lines.append(f"High-reuse controls (≥ 3 frameworks): {s['high_reuse_count_3plus_frameworks']}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("Per-framework coverage in merged catalogue:")
for fid in r["enabled_frameworks"]:
cov = s["per_framework_coverage"].get(fid, 0)
hi = s["per_framework_high_confidence"].get(fid, 0)
lines.append(f" {fid:15s} {cov} mappings ({hi} HIGH confidence)")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("MERGED CONTROLS (sorted by reuse leverage):")
lines.append("")
for mc in r["merged_controls"]:
lines.append(f" [{mc['id']}] {mc['theme']} ({mc['frameworks_count']} frameworks)")
lines.append(f" Evidence: {mc['evidence']}")
for fid, (ctrl, conf) in mc["frameworks"].items():
conf_label = {"H": "HIGH ", "M": "MED ", "L": "LOW "}[conf]
lines.append(f" [{conf_label}] {fid:12s} -> {ctrl}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("CONFIDENCE LEGEND:")
lines.append(" HIGH — same evidence satisfies both (direct overlap)")
lines.append(" MED — existing evidence with overlay")
lines.append(" LOW — concept overlap; mostly new artefact required")
return "\n".join(lines)
def main() -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Multi-framework control overlap computation.",
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog=__doc__,
)
parser.add_argument("path", nargs="?", help="Path to program JSON (uses embedded sample if omitted)")
parser.add_argument("--output", choices=("text", "json"), default="text", help="Output format")
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.path:
try:
with open(args.path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
payload = json.load(f)
source = args.path
except (IOError, OSError) as e:
print(f"error: could not read {args.path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
print(f"error: invalid JSON in {args.path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
else:
payload = SAMPLE
source = "<embedded sample: ISO 27001 + SOC 2 + ISO 42001 + EU AI Act + GDPR>"
result = analyze(payload)
if args.output == "json":
print(json.dumps({"source": source, **result}, indent=2))
else:
print(render_text(result, source))
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())
FILE:scripts/evidence_pool_generator.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""evidence_pool_generator.py — Consolidated evidence checklist across enabled frameworks.
Stdlib-only. Given a multi-framework compliance program config, produces a unified
evidence pool that maps each evidence artefact to all the (framework, control)
tuples it satisfies. Each artefact gets a reuse-leverage score = number of
distinct (framework, control) tuples satisfied.
Deterministic. No LLM calls. No external dependencies. Uses a curated evidence
catalogue distilled from ISO 27001, ISO 42001, SOC 2, GDPR, EU AI Act published
guidance.
Input schema (JSON):
{
"program": "Acme AI Inc. compliance program",
"enabled_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001", "eu_ai_act", "gdpr"],
"audit_cycle_year": "year_1"
}
Usage:
python evidence_pool_generator.py
python evidence_pool_generator.py path/to/program.json
python evidence_pool_generator.py program.json --output json
"""
import argparse
import json
import sys
from typing import Any, Dict, List
SAMPLE: Dict[str, Any] = {
"program": "Acme AI Inc. compliance program",
"enabled_frameworks": ["iso_27001", "soc_2", "iso_42001", "eu_ai_act", "gdpr"],
"audit_cycle_year": "year_1",
}
# Evidence catalogue: each artefact + the (framework, control) tuples it satisfies
# + acquisition cost (low / medium / high) + retention requirement (months)
EVIDENCE_CATALOG: List[Dict[str, Any]] = [
{
"id": "ev.access_review_quarterly",
"title": "Quarterly access review records (privileged + general access)",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.5.15"), ("iso_27001", "A.8.2"), ("iso_27001", "A.8.3"),
("soc_2", "CC6.1"), ("soc_2", "CC6.2"), ("soc_2", "CC6.3"),
("iso_42001", "A.4.4"),
("gdpr", "Article 32(1)(b)"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "low",
"retention_months": 36,
"owner": "IT / Security",
},
{
"id": "ev.asset_register",
"title": "Asset register with AI systems + data classification",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.5.9"), ("iso_27001", "A.5.10"), ("iso_27001", "A.5.12"),
("soc_2", "CC6.1"), ("soc_2", "CC3.2"),
("iso_42001", "A.4.2"), ("iso_42001", "A.4.3"),
("gdpr", "Article 30"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "medium",
"retention_months": 36,
"owner": "Security / DPO",
},
{
"id": "ev.risk_register",
"title": "Risk register with severity matrix + treatment + residual signoff",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "Clause 6.1"), ("iso_27001", "Clause 8.2"),
("soc_2", "CC3.1"), ("soc_2", "CC3.2"), ("soc_2", "CC3.4"),
("iso_42001", "Clause 6.1.2"), ("iso_42001", "A.5"),
("eu_ai_act", "Article 9"),
("gdpr", "Article 35"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "high",
"retention_months": 36,
"owner": "Compliance officer",
},
{
"id": "ev.supplier_inventory_reviews",
"title": "Supplier inventory + annual reviews + signed DPAs",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.5.19"), ("iso_27001", "A.5.20"), ("iso_27001", "A.5.21"),
("soc_2", "CC9.2"),
("iso_42001", "A.10.2"), ("iso_42001", "A.10.6"),
("eu_ai_act", "Article 25"),
("gdpr", "Article 28"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "medium",
"retention_months": 36,
"owner": "Procurement / Compliance",
},
{
"id": "ev.incident_log_postmortems",
"title": "Incident log + severity classifications + post-incident reviews + notifications sent",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.5.24"), ("iso_27001", "A.5.25"), ("iso_27001", "A.5.26"),
("iso_27001", "A.5.27"), ("iso_27001", "A.6.8"),
("soc_2", "CC7.3"), ("soc_2", "CC7.4"), ("soc_2", "CC7.5"),
("iso_42001", "A.8.4"),
("eu_ai_act", "Article 73"),
("gdpr", "Article 33"), ("gdpr", "Article 34"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "medium",
"retention_months": 36,
"owner": "Security / IR team",
},
{
"id": "ev.logs_aggregated",
"title": "Tamper-evident logs centralized with retention",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.8.15"), ("iso_27001", "A.8.16"),
("soc_2", "CC7.1"), ("soc_2", "CC7.2"),
("iso_42001", "A.9.3"), ("iso_42001", "A.9.4"),
("eu_ai_act", "Article 12"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "high",
"retention_months": 12,
"owner": "Platform / SRE",
},
{
"id": "ev.change_records",
"title": "Change approval records + rollback procedure + post-implementation reviews",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.8.32"),
("soc_2", "CC8.1"),
("iso_42001", "A.6.2.5"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "low",
"retention_months": 24,
"owner": "Engineering / Platform",
},
{
"id": "ev.bcp_dr_exercises",
"title": "BCP/DRP exercise records + RPO/RTO validation",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.5.29"), ("iso_27001", "A.5.30"),
("iso_27001", "A.8.13"), ("iso_27001", "A.8.14"),
("soc_2", "A1.2"), ("soc_2", "A1.3"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "high",
"retention_months": 36,
"owner": "Platform / SRE",
},
{
"id": "ev.training_records",
"title": "Competence requirements per role + training completion + effectiveness verification",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.6.3"),
("soc_2", "CC1.4"), ("soc_2", "CC2.2"),
("iso_42001", "Clause 7.2"), ("iso_42001", "Clause 7.3"),
("eu_ai_act", "Article 4"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "medium",
"retention_months": 36,
"owner": "HR / People Ops",
},
{
"id": "ev.data_inventory_consent",
"title": "Data inventory + provenance + retention + consent / lawful-basis register",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.5.34"),
("iso_42001", "A.7.2"), ("iso_42001", "A.7.3"), ("iso_42001", "A.7.4"),
("iso_42001", "A.7.5"), ("iso_42001", "A.7.6"),
("eu_ai_act", "Article 10"),
("gdpr", "Article 5"), ("gdpr", "Article 6"), ("gdpr", "Article 30"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "high",
"retention_months": 60,
"owner": "DPO / Data team",
},
{
"id": "ev.internal_audit_records",
"title": "Internal audit plan + auditor independence records + findings tracking",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "Clause 9.2"),
("soc_2", "CC4.1"),
("iso_42001", "Clause 9.2"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "medium",
"retention_months": 36,
"owner": "Compliance officer",
},
{
"id": "ev.management_review_records",
"title": "Management review schedule + meeting records + action item tracking",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "Clause 9.3"),
("iso_42001", "Clause 9.3"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "low",
"retention_months": 36,
"owner": "Compliance officer + Exec",
},
{
"id": "ev.policy_set",
"title": "Policy set: AI, info-sec, privacy, code-of-conduct (signed + reviewed annually)",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.5.1"),
("soc_2", "CC1.1"), ("soc_2", "CC1.2"),
("iso_42001", "Clause 5.2"), ("iso_42001", "A.2.2"), ("iso_42001", "A.2.3"),
("eu_ai_act", "Article 17(1)(a)"),
("gdpr", "Article 24"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "medium",
"retention_months": 60,
"owner": "Compliance officer + Exec",
},
{
"id": "ev.crypto_records",
"title": "Crypto policy + algorithm/key-length standards + key rotation records",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.8.24"),
("soc_2", "CC6.1"), ("soc_2", "CC6.7"),
("gdpr", "Article 32(1)(a)"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "medium",
"retention_months": 36,
"owner": "Security",
},
{
"id": "ev.vuln_scans_patch",
"title": "Vulnerability scan results + patch SLAs + remediation evidence",
"satisfies": [
("iso_27001", "A.8.7"), ("iso_27001", "A.8.8"), ("iso_27001", "A.8.9"),
("soc_2", "CC7.1"), ("soc_2", "CC7.2"), ("soc_2", "CC7.4"),
],
"acquisition_cost": "medium",
"retention_months": 24,
"owner": "Security",
},
]
def filter_by_enabled(catalog: List[Dict[str, Any]], enabled: List[str]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Filter satisfaction tuples to enabled frameworks."""
enabled_set = set(enabled)
out = []
for ev in catalog:
active = [(f, c) for (f, c) in ev["satisfies"] if f in enabled_set]
if not active:
continue
leverage = len(active)
frameworks_satisfied = sorted({f for f, _ in active})
record = {**ev, "active_satisfaction": active, "reuse_leverage": leverage,
"frameworks_satisfied": frameworks_satisfied}
out.append(record)
out.sort(key=lambda x: (-x["reuse_leverage"], x["title"]))
return out
def analyze(payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
enabled = payload.get("enabled_frameworks", [])
artefacts = filter_by_enabled(EVIDENCE_CATALOG, enabled)
total_satisfactions = sum(a["reuse_leverage"] for a in artefacts)
by_cost: Dict[str, int] = {"low": 0, "medium": 0, "high": 0}
by_owner: Dict[str, int] = {}
for a in artefacts:
by_cost[a["acquisition_cost"]] += 1
by_owner[a["owner"]] = by_owner.get(a["owner"], 0) + 1
# High-leverage artefacts (satisfy ≥ 5 mappings)
high_leverage = [a for a in artefacts if a["reuse_leverage"] >= 5]
return {
"program": payload.get("program"),
"enabled_frameworks": enabled,
"audit_cycle_year": payload.get("audit_cycle_year"),
"artefact_count": len(artefacts),
"total_satisfactions_across_artefacts": total_satisfactions,
"high_leverage_count": len(high_leverage),
"by_acquisition_cost": by_cost,
"by_owner": by_owner,
"artefacts": artefacts,
}
def render_text(r: Dict[str, Any], source: str) -> str:
lines = []
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("COMPLIANCE OS — UNIFIED EVIDENCE POOL")
lines.append(f"Source: {source}")
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("")
lines.append(f"Program: {r['program']}")
lines.append(f"Enabled frameworks: {', '.join(r['enabled_frameworks'])}")
lines.append(f"Audit cycle phase: {r['audit_cycle_year']}")
lines.append(f"Artefacts in scope: {r['artefact_count']}")
lines.append(f"Total (framework, control) satisfactions: {r['total_satisfactions_across_artefacts']}")
lines.append(f"High-leverage artefacts (≥ 5 mappings): {r['high_leverage_count']}")
lines.append("")
lines.append(f"By acquisition cost: low={r['by_acquisition_cost']['low']} "
f"medium={r['by_acquisition_cost']['medium']} high={r['by_acquisition_cost']['high']}")
lines.append(f"By owner: {dict(r['by_owner'])}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("ARTEFACTS (sorted by reuse leverage — highest first):")
lines.append("")
for a in r["artefacts"]:
lines.append(f" [{a['id']}] {a['title']}")
lines.append(f" Leverage: {a['reuse_leverage']} mappings across {len(a['frameworks_satisfied'])} frameworks ({', '.join(a['frameworks_satisfied'])})")
lines.append(f" Owner: {a['owner']} | Cost: {a['acquisition_cost']} | Retention: {a['retention_months']} months")
lines.append(f" Satisfies:")
for fid, ctrl in a["active_satisfaction"]:
lines.append(f" - {fid:12s} -> {ctrl}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("REUSE-LEVERAGE GUIDANCE:")
lines.append(" Build high-leverage artefacts first (single evidence -> ≥ 5 framework controls).")
lines.append(" High-leverage examples (depend on enabled frameworks): risk register, supplier inventory, incident log,")
lines.append(" data inventory + consent, policy set, training records.")
return "\n".join(lines)
def main() -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Unified evidence pool generator across compliance frameworks.",
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog=__doc__,
)
parser.add_argument("path", nargs="?", help="Path to program JSON (uses embedded sample if omitted)")
parser.add_argument("--output", choices=("text", "json"), default="text", help="Output format")
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.path:
try:
with open(args.path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
payload = json.load(f)
source = args.path
except (IOError, OSError) as e:
print(f"error: could not read {args.path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
print(f"error: invalid JSON in {args.path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
else:
payload = SAMPLE
source = "<embedded sample: 5 enabled frameworks, year 1>"
result = analyze(payload)
if args.output == "json":
print(json.dumps({"source": source, **result}, indent=2))
else:
print(render_text(result, source))
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())
FILE:scripts/framework_selector.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""framework_selector.py — Multi-framework compliance applicability selector.
Stdlib-only. Takes a company profile and returns the applicable compliance frameworks
ranked by priority + dependency graph. Supports 9 frameworks:
- ISO 27001 (info-sec ISMS)
- ISO 13485 (medical device QMS)
- ISO 42001 (AI management system)
- ISO 14971 (medical device risk mgmt)
- EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689)
- EU MDR 2017/745 (medical device regulation)
- GDPR (Regulation 2016/679)
- SOC 2 (Trust Services Criteria)
- FDA QSR (21 CFR 820)
Deterministic decision tree. No LLM calls. No external dependencies.
Input schema (JSON):
{
"company": "Acme AI Inc.",
"industry": "saas", # saas | medical_device | financial | other
"products_include_ai": true,
"ai_high_risk_per_eu": true, # falls under Annex III, Article 6
"deploys_ai_in_eu": true,
"products_are_medical_devices": false,
"sells_to_eu_customers": true,
"sells_to_us_customers": true,
"sells_to_enterprise_b2b": true,
"processes_personal_data": true,
"processes_eu_personal_data": true,
"headcount": 80,
"stage": "series_b"
}
Usage:
python framework_selector.py # uses embedded mid-stage AI SaaS sample
python framework_selector.py path/to/profile.json
python framework_selector.py profile.json --output json
"""
import argparse
import json
import sys
from typing import Any, Dict, List
SAMPLE: Dict[str, Any] = {
"company": "Acme AI Inc.",
"industry": "saas",
"products_include_ai": True,
"ai_high_risk_per_eu": True,
"deploys_ai_in_eu": True,
"products_are_medical_devices": False,
"sells_to_eu_customers": True,
"sells_to_us_customers": True,
"sells_to_enterprise_b2b": True,
"processes_personal_data": True,
"processes_eu_personal_data": True,
"headcount": 80,
"stage": "series_b",
# Phase 3 additions (defaults false; sample profile does not trigger HIPAA / NIS2 / CSF)
"processes_phi": False,
"us_healthcare_covered_entity": False,
"us_healthcare_business_associate": False,
"nis2_essential_entity": False,
"nis2_important_entity": False,
"adopts_nist_csf": False,
"us_government_contractor": False,
}
# Framework catalogue (id, name, type, certifiable)
FRAMEWORKS = {
"iso_27001": {"name": "ISO/IEC 27001:2022", "type": "management_system", "certifiable": True, "binding": False},
"iso_13485": {"name": "ISO 13485:2016", "type": "management_system", "certifiable": True, "binding": False},
"iso_42001": {"name": "ISO/IEC 42001:2023", "type": "management_system", "certifiable": True, "binding": False},
"iso_14971": {"name": "ISO 14971:2019", "type": "process_standard", "certifiable": False, "binding": False},
"eu_ai_act": {"name": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act)", "type": "regulation", "certifiable": False, "binding": True},
"eu_mdr_745": {"name": "Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR)", "type": "regulation", "certifiable": False, "binding": True},
"gdpr": {"name": "Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)", "type": "regulation", "certifiable": False, "binding": True},
"soc_2": {"name": "AICPA SOC 2 Trust Services", "type": "attestation", "certifiable": True, "binding": False},
"fda_qsr": {"name": "FDA 21 CFR 820 (QSR)", "type": "regulation", "certifiable": False, "binding": True},
# Phase 3 additions
"nist_csf": {"name": "NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0", "type": "framework_profile", "certifiable": False, "binding": False},
"nis2": {"name": "Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2)", "type": "regulation", "certifiable": False, "binding": True},
"hipaa": {"name": "HIPAA Security + Privacy + Breach Notification Rules", "type": "regulation", "certifiable": False, "binding": True},
}
# Dependency graph: framework X benefits from framework Y as prerequisite
DEPENDENCIES = {
"iso_42001": ["iso_27001"], # AIMS reuses ISMS heavily
"iso_13485": ["iso_14971"], # QMS uses risk mgmt
"eu_mdr_745": ["iso_13485", "iso_14971"],
"eu_ai_act": ["iso_42001"], # voluntary AIMS satisfies parts of Article 17
"soc_2": ["iso_27001"], # ISO 27001 controls map to SOC 2 TSC
"fda_qsr": ["iso_13485"], # QSR mostly harmonised with 13485
# Phase 3 additions
"nist_csf": [], # voluntary framework; no prereqs
"nis2": ["iso_27001"], # NIS2 risk-mgmt + reporting maps to 27001 controls
"hipaa": ["iso_27001"], # HIPAA Security Rule overlaps ISO 27001 Annex A
}
def select_frameworks(profile: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
selected: List[str] = []
# GDPR — any EU personal data
if profile.get("processes_eu_personal_data") or (
profile.get("processes_personal_data") and profile.get("sells_to_eu_customers")
):
selected.append("gdpr")
# ISO 27001 — enterprise B2B / mature SaaS
if profile.get("sells_to_enterprise_b2b") or profile.get("stage") in ("series_a", "series_b", "series_c", "growth"):
selected.append("iso_27001")
# SOC 2 — US enterprise B2B
if profile.get("sells_to_us_customers") and profile.get("sells_to_enterprise_b2b"):
selected.append("soc_2")
# ISO 42001 — any AI in products
if profile.get("products_include_ai"):
selected.append("iso_42001")
# EU AI Act — AI deployed in EU
if profile.get("products_include_ai") and (
profile.get("deploys_ai_in_eu") or profile.get("sells_to_eu_customers")
):
selected.append("eu_ai_act")
# ISO 13485 + 14971 — medical device
if profile.get("products_are_medical_devices"):
selected.append("iso_13485")
selected.append("iso_14971")
# EU MDR — medical device sold in EU
if profile.get("sells_to_eu_customers"):
selected.append("eu_mdr_745")
# FDA QSR — medical device sold in US
if profile.get("sells_to_us_customers"):
selected.append("fda_qsr")
# HIPAA — any US healthcare PHI processing
if profile.get("processes_phi") or profile.get("us_healthcare_covered_entity") or profile.get("us_healthcare_business_associate"):
selected.append("hipaa")
# NIS2 — operates in EU as essential or important entity per Annex I/II of Directive 2022/2555
if profile.get("nis2_essential_entity") or profile.get("nis2_important_entity"):
selected.append("nis2")
# NIST CSF — voluntary; recommended for any org with cybersecurity programme (esp. US gov-adjacent)
if profile.get("adopts_nist_csf") or profile.get("us_government_contractor"):
selected.append("nist_csf")
return selected
def annotate(profile: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
selected = select_frameworks(profile)
# Build dependency notes
dep_notes: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
for fid in selected:
deps = DEPENDENCIES.get(fid, [])
in_program = [d for d in deps if d in selected]
missing = [d for d in deps if d not in selected]
if in_program or missing:
dep_notes.append({
"framework": fid,
"satisfied_dependencies": in_program,
"missing_dependencies": missing,
})
# Priority ranking — bindings first, then certifiable, then reference
def priority(fid: str) -> int:
f = FRAMEWORKS[fid]
if f["binding"]:
return 0
if f["certifiable"]:
return 1
return 2
ranked = sorted(selected, key=priority)
return {
"company": profile.get("company"),
"industry": profile.get("industry"),
"applicable_frameworks": [
{"id": fid, **FRAMEWORKS[fid]} for fid in ranked
],
"framework_count": len(ranked),
"binding_count": sum(1 for fid in ranked if FRAMEWORKS[fid]["binding"]),
"certifiable_count": sum(1 for fid in ranked if FRAMEWORKS[fid]["certifiable"]),
"dependency_notes": dep_notes,
"rationale": _rationale(profile, ranked),
}
def _rationale(profile: Dict[str, Any], selected: List[str]) -> List[str]:
notes = []
if "gdpr" in selected:
notes.append("GDPR: EU personal data processed; binding regardless of certifiable choice.")
if "iso_27001" in selected:
notes.append("ISO 27001: enterprise B2B procurement frequently requires; foundation for AIMS + SOC 2.")
if "soc_2" in selected:
notes.append("SOC 2: US enterprise B2B procurement requires Type II audit; overlap with ISO 27001 ~75%.")
if "iso_42001" in selected:
notes.append("ISO 42001: AI in products; voluntary management system; satisfies Article 17 EU AI Act QMS.")
if "eu_ai_act" in selected:
notes.append("EU AI Act: AI deployed in EU; binding; Article 5 prohibitions in force; high-risk obligations 2 Aug 2026.")
if "iso_13485" in selected:
notes.append("ISO 13485: medical device manufacturer; required for MDR / FDA submissions.")
if "iso_14971" in selected:
notes.append("ISO 14971: medical device risk management; harmonised under MDR.")
if "eu_mdr_745" in selected:
notes.append("EU MDR 745: medical device sold in EU; binding; mandatory CE marking.")
if "fda_qsr" in selected:
notes.append("FDA QSR: medical device sold in US; binding; FDA quality system regulation.")
if "hipaa" in selected:
notes.append("HIPAA: processes US PHI; binding Security Rule (45 CFR 164 Subpart C) + Privacy Rule + Breach Notification.")
if "nis2" in selected:
notes.append("NIS2: essential or important entity in EU per Directive 2022/2555 Annex I/II; binding; cybersecurity + incident reporting obligations.")
if "nist_csf" in selected:
notes.append("NIST CSF 2.0: voluntary cybersecurity framework; recommended for US gov-adjacent orgs; cross-walks ISO 27001 + SOC 2 Common Criteria.")
return notes
def render_text(r: Dict[str, Any], source: str) -> str:
lines = []
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("COMPLIANCE OS — APPLICABLE FRAMEWORKS")
lines.append(f"Source: {source}")
lines.append("=" * 72)
lines.append("")
lines.append(f"Company: {r['company']}")
lines.append(f"Industry: {r['industry']}")
lines.append(f"Applicable frameworks: {r['framework_count']} "
f"({r['binding_count']} binding + {r['certifiable_count']} certifiable)")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("RANKED FRAMEWORKS (binding > certifiable > reference):")
lines.append("")
for f in r["applicable_frameworks"]:
kind = []
if f["binding"]:
kind.append("BINDING")
if f["certifiable"]:
kind.append("CERTIFIABLE")
kind_str = " | ".join(kind) if kind else "REFERENCE"
lines.append(f" [{kind_str:25s}] {f['name']:42s} ({f['id']})")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("RATIONALE:")
for r_note in r["rationale"]:
lines.append(f" - {r_note}")
lines.append("")
if r["dependency_notes"]:
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("DEPENDENCIES:")
for d in r["dependency_notes"]:
if d["satisfied_dependencies"]:
lines.append(f" {d['framework']} satisfied by: {', '.join(d['satisfied_dependencies'])}")
if d["missing_dependencies"]:
lines.append(f" {d['framework']} missing dependency: {', '.join(d['missing_dependencies'])} (consider adding)")
lines.append("")
lines.append("-" * 72)
lines.append("DECISION RULES:")
lines.append(" GDPR: any EU personal data processed -> mandatory")
lines.append(" ISO 27001: enterprise B2B procurement requirement; foundation for AIMS + SOC 2")
lines.append(" SOC 2: US enterprise B2B procurement requirement; overlap ~75% with ISO 27001")
lines.append(" ISO 42001: AI in products; voluntary AIMS; satisfies parts of Article 17 AI Act")
lines.append(" EU AI Act: AI in EU; binding; phased application through 2027")
return "\n".join(lines)
def main() -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Multi-framework compliance applicability selector.",
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
epilog=__doc__,
)
parser.add_argument("path", nargs="?", help="Path to company profile JSON (uses embedded sample if omitted)")
parser.add_argument("--output", choices=("text", "json"), default="text", help="Output format")
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.path:
try:
with open(args.path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
profile = json.load(f)
source = args.path
except (IOError, OSError) as e:
print(f"error: could not read {args.path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
print(f"error: invalid JSON in {args.path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
else:
profile = SAMPLE
source = "<embedded sample: mid-stage AI SaaS, US+EU customers, B2B>"
result = annotate(profile)
if args.output == "json":
print(json.dumps({"source": source, **result}, indent=2))
else:
print(render_text(result, source))
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())
Quy trình họp hội đồng đa agent 6 giai đoạn cho các quyết định chiến lược, từ ngữ cảnh đến trích xuất quyết định.
--- name: "board-meeting" description: "Multi-agent board meeting protocol for strategic decisions. Runs a structured 6-phase deliberation: context loading, independent C-suite contributions (isolated, no cross-pollination), critic analysis, synthesis, founder review, and decision extraction. Use when the user invokes /cs:board, calls a board meeting, or wants structured multi-perspective executive deliberation on a strategic question." license: MIT metadata: version: 1.0.0 author: Alireza Rezvani category: c-level domain: board-protocol updated: 2026-03-05 frameworks: 6-phase-board, two-layer-memory, independent-contributions --- # Board Meeting Protocol Structured multi-agent deliberation that prevents groupthink, captures minority views, and produces clean, actionable decisions. ## Keywords board meeting, executive deliberation, strategic decision, C-suite, multi-agent, /cs:board, founder review, decision extraction, independent perspectives ## Invoke `/cs:board [topic]` — e.g. `/cs:board Should we expand to Spain in Q3?` --- ## The 6-Phase Protocol ### PHASE 1: Context Gathering 1. Load `memory/company-context.md` 2. Load `memory/board-meetings/decisions.md` **(Layer 2 ONLY — never raw transcripts)** 3. Reset session state — no bleed from previous conversations 4. Present agenda + activated roles → wait for founder confirmation **Chief of Staff selects relevant roles** based on topic (not all 9 every time): | Topic | Activate | |-------|----------| | Market expansion | CEO, CMO, CFO, CRO, COO | | Product direction | CEO, CPO, CTO, CMO | | Hiring/org | CEO, CHRO, CFO, COO | | Pricing | CMO, CFO, CRO, CPO | | Technology | CTO, CPO, CFO, CISO | --- ### PHASE 2: Independent Contributions (ISOLATED) **No cross-pollination. Each agent runs before seeing others' outputs.** Order: Research (if needed) → CMO → CFO → CEO → CTO → COO → CHRO → CRO → CISO → CPO **Reasoning techniques:** CEO: Tree of Thought (3 futures) | CFO: Chain of Thought (show the math) | CMO: Recursion of Thought (draft→critique→refine) | CPO: First Principles | CRO: Chain of Thought (pipeline math) | COO: Step by Step (process map) | CTO: ReAct (research→analyze→act) | CISO: Risk-Based (P×I) | CHRO: Empathy + Data **Contribution format (max 5 key points, self-verified):** ``` ## [ROLE] — [DATE] Key points (max 5): • [Finding] — [VERIFIED/ASSUMED] — 🟢/🟡/🔴 • [Finding] — [VERIFIED/ASSUMED] — 🟢/🟡/🔴 Recommendation: [clear position] Confidence: High / Medium / Low Source: [where the data came from] What would change my mind: [specific condition] ``` Each agent self-verifies before contributing: source attribution, assumption audit, confidence scoring. No untagged claims. --- ### PHASE 3: Critic Analysis Executive Mentor receives ALL Phase 2 outputs simultaneously. Role: adversarial reviewer, not synthesizer. Checklist: - Where did agents agree too easily? (suspicious consensus = red flag) - What assumptions are shared but unvalidated? - Who is missing from the room? (customer voice? front-line ops?) - What risk has nobody mentioned? - Which agent operated outside their domain? --- ### PHASE 4: Synthesis Chief of Staff delivers using the **Board Meeting Output** format (defined in `agent-protocol/SKILL.md`): - Decision Required (one sentence) - Perspectives (one line per contributing role) - Where They Agree / Where They Disagree - Critic's View (the uncomfortable truth) - Recommended Decision + Action Items (owners, deadlines) - Your Call (options if founder disagrees) --- ### PHASE 5: Human in the Loop ⏸️ **Full stop. Wait for the founder.** ``` ⏸️ FOUNDER REVIEW — [Paste synthesis] Options: ✅ Approve | ✏️ Modify | ❌ Reject | ❓ Ask follow-up ``` **Rules:** - User corrections OVERRIDE agent proposals. No pushback. No "but the CFO said..." - 30-min inactivity → auto-close as "pending review" - Reopen any time with `/cs:board resume` --- ### PHASE 6: Decision Extraction After founder approval: - **Layer 1:** Write full transcript → `memory/board-meetings/YYYY-MM-DD-raw.md` - **Layer 2:** Append approved decisions → `memory/board-meetings/decisions.md` - Mark rejected proposals `[DO_NOT_RESURFACE]` - Confirm to founder with count of decisions logged, actions tracked, flags added --- ## Memory Structure ``` memory/board-meetings/ ├── decisions.md # Layer 2 — founder-approved only (Phase 1 loads this) ├── YYYY-MM-DD-raw.md # Layer 1 — full transcripts (never auto-loaded) └── archive/YYYY/ # Raw transcripts after 90 days ``` **Future meetings load Layer 2 only.** Never Layer 1. This prevents hallucinated consensus. --- ## Failure Mode Quick Reference | Failure | Fix | |---------|-----| | Groupthink (all agree) | Re-run Phase 2 isolated; force "strongest argument against" | | Analysis paralysis | Cap at 5 points; force recommendation even with Low confidence | | Bikeshedding | Log as async action item; return to main agenda | | Role bleed (CFO making product calls) | Critic flags; exclude from synthesis | | Layer contamination | Phase 1 loads decisions.md only — hard rule | --- ## References - `templates/meeting-agenda.md` — agenda format - `templates/meeting-minutes.md` — final output format - `references/meeting-facilitation.md` — conflict handling, timing, failure modes FILE:references/meeting-facilitation.md # Meeting Facilitation Guide Operational playbook for running board meetings using the 6-phase protocol. Reference this when things go sideways — and they will. --- ## Keeping Phase 2 Contributions Focused **The problem:** Agents with deep domain knowledge tend to over-contribute. An unconstrained CFO can produce 1,500 words on a single agenda item. This kills the meeting. **The rules:** - **Hard cap: 5 key points per role.** If a role produces more than 5, Chief of Staff trims to the 5 most material. - **Every point must include a recommendation or stance.** Observations without positions are filler. - **No hedging language.** "It depends" is not a key point. "We should do X if Y, Z if not Y" is. - **Confidence rating required.** Forces the agent to be honest about what they actually know. - **"What would change my mind"** — this is the most important line in the contribution. It forces falsifiability. **How to enforce:** ``` Chief of Staff instruction to each role: "You have 5 key points maximum. Each must include a clear stance. End with your recommendation and what would change your mind. Do not read other agents' contributions before writing yours." ``` **If a contribution runs long:** - Trim to the 5 highest-signal points - Preserve the recommendation and confidence rating - Flag in the raw transcript: "[Trimmed for meeting — full version in raw log]" --- ## Handling Role Conflicts in Phase 3 **What the Executive Mentor is for:** Not harmony. Not consensus. Productive friction. **Common conflict types:** ### 1. Data conflict (two agents cite contradictory numbers) - Flag both numbers explicitly - Do NOT pick a winner — that's the founder's job - Ask: "CFO says CAC is $2,400. CRO says $1,800. These can't both be right. Which dataset are you using?" - Action item: Assign data reconciliation to one owner before next meeting ### 2. Priority conflict (two agents want different things first) - Surface the underlying assumption difference - Example: "CMO wants to invest in brand. CFO wants to cut burn. The real question is: do we believe revenue will grow 40% next quarter?" - Frame as a bet, not a fight ### 3. Role conflict (agent operating outside their lane) - CFO making product calls → flag and exclude from synthesis - CMO commenting on architecture → flag and exclude - The Executive Mentor notes: "[ROLE] contribution on [topic] is outside domain. Excluded from synthesis. Refer to [correct role]." - This is not an error. It's expected. Executives have opinions on everything. Only domain-relevant contributions count. ### 4. False consensus (everyone agrees but nobody has evidence) - This is the most dangerous failure mode - Symptom: All Phase 2 contributions say "yes" with high confidence - Executive Mentor response: "Unanimous agreement on a hard question is a red flag. What evidence does each of you have? Or are you reasoning from the same assumption?" - Force each agreeing agent to state their independent evidence --- ## When to Extend vs Cut Short a Meeting **Extend when:** - A genuine new risk surfaces in Phase 3 that wasn't in the agenda - The founder asks a question that requires re-running Phase 2 for a new angle - A data conflict is discovered that changes the decision space entirely - The action items from synthesis are unclear or unowned **How to extend:** Add a new mini-Phase 2 with only the relevant roles for the new question. Don't restart the full meeting. **Cut short when:** - The founder has already reached a decision before Phase 4 — capture it, log it, move on - The agenda item is resolved in Phase 2 without genuine conflict — skip Phase 3, go straight to synthesis - It's a pure update meeting with no decisions required — skip Phases 2-4, go straight to action items **Never cut short:** - Phase 5 (founder review) — always required, always explicit - Phase 6 (decision extraction) — always required, even for small decisions --- ## Handling Founder Disagreement with All Agents This happens. The founder has context agents don't. **Protocol:** 1. Acknowledge explicitly: "You're overriding the consensus position." 2. Ask: "What do you know that the agents didn't factor in?" (Not to challenge — to capture.) 3. Log the override in Layer 2 with full context: ``` User Override: Founder rejected [consensus position] because [reason]. Decision: [founder's actual decision] Agent recommendation: [what they said] — DO NOT RESURFACE without new data ``` 4. Never push back on a founder override. Document it. Move on. 5. If the same override happens 3+ times, flag a pattern: "You've overridden the CFO on burn rate three meetings in a row. Would you like to update the financial constraints in company-context.md?" **What NOT to do:** - Don't say "but the CFO said..." - Don't re-argue on behalf of any agent - Don't note it as a "controversial" decision in the minutes — it's just the decision --- ## Common Failure Modes ### Groupthink **Symptom:** All agents produce similar recommendations with high confidence. **Cause:** Agents are inadvertently reading each other's outputs (Phase 2 isolation violated), or company-context.md contains implicit bias toward one direction. **Fix:** Re-run Phase 2 with explicit isolation. Ask: "Give me the strongest argument AGAINST this direction." ### Analysis Paralysis **Symptom:** Phase 2 produces comprehensive analysis but no clear recommendation from any role. **Cause:** Agents are hedging. Usually happens on genuinely hard questions. **Fix:** Force the issue. "I need a recommendation, not an analysis. If you had to bet the company on one direction, what would it be? Confidence can be Low." ### Bikeshedding **Symptom:** 30+ minutes spent on a detail that doesn't matter to the core decision. **Cause:** An easy-to-understand sub-problem attracts disproportionate attention. **Example:** Debating button color on a pricing page instead of the pricing strategy. **Fix:** Chief of Staff intervenes: "This is a sub-decision. I'm logging it as a separate action item for async resolution. Back to [main agenda item]." ### Scope Creep **Symptom:** New agenda items keep appearing mid-meeting. **Cause:** Meeting surfaces real issues that feel urgent. **Fix:** New items go on a "parking lot" list. Addressed after the current agenda is complete or in the next meeting. ``` 🅿️ PARKING LOT - [Item 1] — added by [role], will address [when] - [Item 2] ``` ### Layer Contamination **Symptom:** Future meeting references a rejected proposal or a debate that was never approved. **Cause:** Phase 1 accidentally loaded a raw transcript instead of decisions.md. **Fix:** Hard rule in Phase 1: load decisions.md (Layer 2) ONLY. Never load raw transcripts. If raw context is needed, founder explicitly requests it. ### Decision Amnesia **Symptom:** Same question debated again in a later meeting. **Cause:** Layer 2 decisions.md not consulted in Phase 1, or entry was too vague. **Fix:** Phase 1 always surfaces relevant past decisions. If a question was already decided, Chief of Staff surfaces it: "We addressed this on [DATE]. Decision was [X]. Do you want to reopen it?" ### Role Fatigue **Symptom:** Later agents in Phase 2 (CHRO, CRO) produce weaker contributions. **Cause:** Context window pressure. Agents at the end of a long meeting have less capacity. **Fix:** For meetings with 7+ roles, split into two batches. First batch: strategic roles (CEO, CFO, CMO). Second batch: operational roles (COO, CHRO, CRO). Run Executive Mentor after all contributions. --- ## Meeting Health Metrics After each board meeting, score it: | Metric | Good | Bad | |--------|------|-----| | Action items produced | 3–7 | 0 or >10 | | Decisions with clear owners | 100% | < 80% | | Unresolved open questions | 1–3 | >5 | | Founder overrides | 0–2 | >5 (suggests context mismatch) | | Roles activated | 3–6 | All 9 (too many = noise) | | Phase 2 conflicts surfaced | At least 1 | 0 (groupthink risk) | Track these in `memory/board-meetings/meeting-health.md` over time. Pattern: if action items consistently exceed 8, meetings are too infrequent. If conflicts are consistently 0, isolation is broken. FILE:templates/meeting-agenda.md # Board Meeting Agenda Template Use this to structure a board meeting before invoking `/cs:board`. Paste it into the conversation or save it as `memory/board-meetings/agenda-YYYY-MM-DD.md`. --- ## Board Meeting — [DATE] **Convened by:** [Founder name] **Facilitator:** Chief of Staff (Leo) **Duration:** [estimated, e.g., 45–90 min] **Status:** Draft / Confirmed --- ## Standing Items (always included) | Item | Owner | Time | |------|-------|------| | Layer 2 decisions review (what changed since last meeting) | Chief of Staff | 5 min | | Open action items from last meeting | All | 10 min | | Blockers requiring founder decision | All | 5 min | --- ## Agenda Items ### Item 1: [Title] **Type:** Decision required / Exploration / Update **Lead role(s):** [e.g., CEO + CFO] **Context:** [1-2 sentences on why this is on the agenda now] **Decision needed:** [What specifically must be decided, or what question must be answered] **Success criteria:** [How will we know this agenda item is resolved?] **Relevant past decisions:** [Reference any Layer 2 entries] **Time box:** [e.g., 20 min] --- ### Item 2: [Title] **Type:** Decision required / Exploration / Update **Lead role(s):** **Context:** **Decision needed:** **Success criteria:** **Relevant past decisions:** **Time box:** --- ### Item 3: [Title] **Type:** Decision required / Exploration / Update **Lead role(s):** **Context:** **Decision needed:** **Success criteria:** **Relevant past decisions:** **Time box:** --- ## Out of Scope (explicitly excluded) List topics that might come up but are NOT on today's agenda: - [Topic] — defer to [date or next meeting] - [Topic] — owner to handle async --- ## Pre-Read Materials all participants should review before the meeting: - [ ] `memory/board-meetings/decisions.md` (Chief of Staff loads automatically) - [ ] [Link or filename] - [ ] [Link or filename] --- ## Notes [Any special instructions, constraints, or context for this meeting] FILE:templates/meeting-minutes.md # Board Meeting Minutes Template This is the Layer 2 output — the founder-approved record of what was decided. Written by Chief of Staff after Phase 5 (founder approval). Appended to `memory/board-meetings/decisions.md`. Do NOT include raw agent debate here. That lives in `YYYY-MM-DD-raw.md` (Layer 1). --- ## Board Meeting — [DATE] **Agenda:** [Topic or meeting title] **Participants (roles activated):** [e.g., CEO, CFO, CMO, COO, Executive Mentor] **Facilitator:** Chief of Staff **Status:** ✅ Approved by founder / ⏸️ Pending review --- ## Decisions Made ### Decision 1: [Title] **Agenda item:** [Item this decision resolves] **Decision:** [Exactly what was decided — one clear statement] **Rationale:** [Why this was chosen over alternatives, in 1-3 sentences] **Owner:** [Who is accountable for execution] **Deadline:** [Date] **Review date:** [When to check progress] **User override:** [If founder overrode agent consensus — what and why. Leave blank if not applicable.] --- ### Decision 2: [Title] **Agenda item:** **Decision:** **Rationale:** **Owner:** **Deadline:** **Review date:** **User override:** --- ## Action Items | # | Action | Owner | Deadline | Review Date | Status | |---|--------|-------|----------|-------------|--------| | 1 | [action] | [name/role] | [date] | [date] | Open | | 2 | [action] | [name/role] | [date] | [date] | Open | | 3 | [action] | [name/role] | [date] | [date] | Open | --- ## Explicitly Rejected Proposals These were considered and rejected. Do not resurface without new information. | Proposal | Rejected by | Reason | Flag | |----------|-------------|--------|------| | [Proposal text] | Founder | [reason] | [DO_NOT_RESURFACE] | | [Proposal text] | Consensus | [reason] | [DO_NOT_RESURFACE] | --- ## Open Questions (unresolved, deferred) These were not resolved in this meeting. They carry forward. 1. [Question] — Owner: [who will research] — Due: [date] 2. [Question] — Owner: — Due: --- ## Risk Register Updates | Risk | Probability | Impact | Owner | Mitigation | Status | |------|-------------|--------|-------|-----------|--------| | [risk] | H/M/L | H/M/L | [name] | [action] | Open | --- ## Next Meeting **Suggested date:** [DATE] **Trigger items:** [Action items with review dates that will need board discussion] **Pre-read:** [What to prepare] --- *Minutes approved by: [Founder name] on [DATE]* *Raw transcript: `memory/board-meetings/[DATE]-raw.md`*
Đưa mô hình ML vào sản xuất, xây MLOps pipeline, tích hợp LLM, feature store, giám sát drift, RAG và tối ưu chi phí.
---
name: "senior-ml-engineer"
description: ML engineering skill for productionizing models, building MLOps pipelines, and integrating LLMs. Covers model deployment, feature stores, drift monitoring, RAG systems, and cost optimization. Use when the user asks about deploying ML models to production, setting up MLOps infrastructure (MLflow, Kubeflow, Kubernetes, Docker), monitoring model performance or drift, building RAG pipelines, or integrating LLM APIs with retry logic and cost controls. Focused on production and operational concerns rather than model research or initial training.
triggers:
- MLOps pipeline
- model deployment
- feature store
- model monitoring
- drift detection
- RAG system
- LLM integration
- model serving
- A/B testing ML
- automated retraining
---
# Senior ML Engineer
Production ML engineering patterns for model deployment, MLOps infrastructure, and LLM integration.
---
## Table of Contents
- [Model Deployment Workflow](#model-deployment-workflow)
- [MLOps Pipeline Setup](#mlops-pipeline-setup)
- [LLM Integration Workflow](#llm-integration-workflow)
- [RAG System Implementation](#rag-system-implementation)
- [Model Monitoring](#model-monitoring)
- [Reference Documentation](#reference-documentation)
- [Tools](#tools)
---
## Model Deployment Workflow
Deploy a trained model to production with monitoring:
1. Export model to standardized format (ONNX, TorchScript, SavedModel)
2. Package model with dependencies in Docker container
3. Deploy to staging environment
4. Run integration tests against staging
5. Deploy canary (5% traffic) to production
6. Monitor latency and error rates for 1 hour
7. Promote to full production if metrics pass
8. **Validation:** p95 latency < 100ms, error rate < 0.1%
### Container Template
```dockerfile
FROM python:3.11-slim
COPY requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
COPY model/ /app/model/
COPY src/ /app/src/
HEALTHCHECK CMD curl -f http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
EXPOSE 8080
CMD ["uvicorn", "src.server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8080"]
```
### Serving Options
| Option | Latency | Throughput | Use Case |
|--------|---------|------------|----------|
| FastAPI + Uvicorn | Low | Medium | REST APIs, small models |
| Triton Inference Server | Very Low | Very High | GPU inference, batching |
| TensorFlow Serving | Low | High | TensorFlow models |
| TorchServe | Low | High | PyTorch models |
| Ray Serve | Medium | High | Complex pipelines, multi-model |
---
## MLOps Pipeline Setup
Establish automated training and deployment:
1. Configure feature store (Feast, Tecton) for training data
2. Set up experiment tracking (MLflow, Weights & Biases)
3. Create training pipeline with hyperparameter logging
4. Register model in model registry with version metadata
5. Configure staging deployment triggered by registry events
6. Set up A/B testing infrastructure for model comparison
7. Enable drift monitoring with alerting
8. **Validation:** New models automatically evaluated against baseline
### Feature Store Pattern
```python
from feast import Entity, Feature, FeatureView, FileSource
user = Entity(name="user_id", value_type=ValueType.INT64)
user_features = FeatureView(
name="user_features",
entities=["user_id"],
ttl=timedelta(days=1),
features=[
Feature(name="purchase_count_30d", dtype=ValueType.INT64),
Feature(name="avg_order_value", dtype=ValueType.FLOAT),
],
online=True,
source=FileSource(path="data/user_features.parquet"),
)
```
### Retraining Triggers
| Trigger | Detection | Action |
|---------|-----------|--------|
| Scheduled | Cron (weekly/monthly) | Full retrain |
| Performance drop | Accuracy < threshold | Immediate retrain |
| Data drift | PSI > 0.2 | Evaluate, then retrain |
| New data volume | X new samples | Incremental update |
---
## LLM Integration Workflow
Integrate LLM APIs into production applications:
1. Create provider abstraction layer for vendor flexibility
2. Implement retry logic with exponential backoff
3. Configure fallback to secondary provider
4. Set up token counting and context truncation
5. Add response caching for repeated queries
6. Implement cost tracking per request
7. Add structured output validation with Pydantic
8. **Validation:** Response parses correctly, cost within budget
### Provider Abstraction
```python
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt, wait_exponential
class LLMProvider(ABC):
@abstractmethod
def complete(self, prompt: str, **kwargs) -> str:
pass
@retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(3), wait=wait_exponential(min=1, max=10))
def call_llm_with_retry(provider: LLMProvider, prompt: str) -> str:
return provider.complete(prompt)
```
### Cost Management
| Provider | Input Cost | Output Cost |
|----------|------------|-------------|
| GPT-4 | $0.03/1K | $0.06/1K |
| GPT-3.5 | $0.0005/1K | $0.0015/1K |
| Claude 3 Opus | $0.015/1K | $0.075/1K |
| Claude 3 Haiku | $0.00025/1K | $0.00125/1K |
---
## RAG System Implementation
Build retrieval-augmented generation pipeline:
1. Choose vector database (Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate)
2. Select embedding model based on quality/cost tradeoff
3. Implement document chunking strategy
4. Create ingestion pipeline with metadata extraction
5. Build retrieval with query embedding
6. Add reranking for relevance improvement
7. Format context and send to LLM
8. **Validation:** Response references retrieved context, no hallucinations
### Vector Database Selection
| Database | Hosting | Scale | Latency | Best For |
|----------|---------|-------|---------|----------|
| Pinecone | Managed | High | Low | Production, managed |
| Qdrant | Both | High | Very Low | Performance-critical |
| Weaviate | Both | High | Low | Hybrid search |
| Chroma | Self-hosted | Medium | Low | Prototyping |
| pgvector | Self-hosted | Medium | Medium | Existing Postgres |
### Chunking Strategies
| Strategy | Chunk Size | Overlap | Best For |
|----------|------------|---------|----------|
| Fixed | 500-1000 tokens | 50-100 | General text |
| Sentence | 3-5 sentences | 1 sentence | Structured text |
| Semantic | Variable | Based on meaning | Research papers |
| Recursive | Hierarchical | Parent-child | Long documents |
---
## Model Monitoring
Monitor production models for drift and degradation:
1. Set up latency tracking (p50, p95, p99)
2. Configure error rate alerting
3. Implement input data drift detection
4. Track prediction distribution shifts
5. Log ground truth when available
6. Compare model versions with A/B metrics
7. Set up automated retraining triggers
8. **Validation:** Alerts fire before user-visible degradation
### Drift Detection
```python
from scipy.stats import ks_2samp
def detect_drift(reference, current, threshold=0.05):
statistic, p_value = ks_2samp(reference, current)
return {
"drift_detected": p_value < threshold,
"ks_statistic": statistic,
"p_value": p_value
}
```
### Alert Thresholds
| Metric | Warning | Critical |
|--------|---------|----------|
| p95 latency | > 100ms | > 200ms |
| Error rate | > 0.1% | > 1% |
| PSI (drift) | > 0.1 | > 0.2 |
| Accuracy drop | > 2% | > 5% |
---
## Reference Documentation
### MLOps Production Patterns
`references/mlops_production_patterns.md` contains:
- Model deployment pipeline with Kubernetes manifests
- Feature store architecture with Feast examples
- Model monitoring with drift detection code
- A/B testing infrastructure with traffic splitting
- Automated retraining pipeline with MLflow
### LLM Integration Guide
`references/llm_integration_guide.md` contains:
- Provider abstraction layer pattern
- Retry and fallback strategies with tenacity
- Prompt engineering templates (few-shot, CoT)
- Token optimization with tiktoken
- Cost calculation and tracking
### RAG System Architecture
`references/rag_system_architecture.md` contains:
- RAG pipeline implementation with code
- Vector database comparison and integration
- Chunking strategies (fixed, semantic, recursive)
- Embedding model selection guide
- Hybrid search and reranking patterns
---
## Tools
### Model Deployment Pipeline
```bash
python scripts/model_deployment_pipeline.py --model model.pkl --target staging
```
Generates deployment artifacts: Dockerfile, Kubernetes manifests, health checks.
### RAG System Builder
```bash
python scripts/rag_system_builder.py --config rag_config.yaml --analyze
```
Scaffolds RAG pipeline with vector store integration and retrieval logic.
### ML Monitoring Suite
```bash
python scripts/ml_monitoring_suite.py --config monitoring.yaml --deploy
```
Sets up drift detection, alerting, and performance dashboards.
---
## Tech Stack
| Category | Tools |
|----------|-------|
| ML Frameworks | PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, XGBoost |
| LLM Frameworks | LangChain, LlamaIndex, DSPy |
| MLOps | MLflow, Weights & Biases, Kubeflow |
| Data | Spark, Airflow, dbt, Kafka |
| Deployment | Docker, Kubernetes, Triton |
| Databases | PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Pinecone, Redis |
FILE:references/llm_integration_guide.md
# LLM Integration Guide
Production patterns for integrating Large Language Models into applications.
---
## Table of Contents
- [API Integration Patterns](#api-integration-patterns)
- [Prompt Engineering](#prompt-engineering)
- [Token Optimization](#token-optimization)
- [Cost Management](#cost-management)
- [Error Handling](#error-handling)
---
## API Integration Patterns
### Provider Abstraction Layer
```python
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from typing import List, Dict, Any
class LLMProvider(ABC):
"""Abstract base class for LLM providers."""
@abstractmethod
def complete(self, prompt: str, **kwargs) -> str:
pass
@abstractmethod
def chat(self, messages: List[Dict], **kwargs) -> str:
pass
class OpenAIProvider(LLMProvider):
def __init__(self, api_key: str, model: str = "gpt-4"):
self.client = OpenAI(api_key=api_key)
self.model = model
def complete(self, prompt: str, **kwargs) -> str:
response = self.client.completions.create(
model=self.model,
prompt=prompt,
**kwargs
)
return response.choices[0].text
class AnthropicProvider(LLMProvider):
def __init__(self, api_key: str, model: str = "claude-3-opus"):
self.client = Anthropic(api_key=api_key)
self.model = model
def chat(self, messages: List[Dict], **kwargs) -> str:
response = self.client.messages.create(
model=self.model,
messages=messages,
**kwargs
)
return response.content[0].text
```
### Retry and Fallback Strategy
```python
import time
from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt, wait_exponential
@retry(
stop=stop_after_attempt(3),
wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=1, max=10)
)
def call_llm_with_retry(provider: LLMProvider, prompt: str) -> str:
"""Call LLM with exponential backoff retry."""
return provider.complete(prompt)
def call_with_fallback(
primary: LLMProvider,
fallback: LLMProvider,
prompt: str
) -> str:
"""Try primary provider, fall back on failure."""
try:
return call_llm_with_retry(primary, prompt)
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"Primary provider failed: {e}, using fallback")
return call_llm_with_retry(fallback, prompt)
```
---
## Prompt Engineering
### Prompt Templates
| Pattern | Use Case | Structure |
|---------|----------|-----------|
| Zero-shot | Simple tasks | Task description + input |
| Few-shot | Complex tasks | Examples + task + input |
| Chain-of-thought | Reasoning | "Think step by step" + task |
| Role-based | Specialized output | System role + task |
### Few-Shot Template
```python
FEW_SHOT_TEMPLATE = """
You are a sentiment classifier. Classify the sentiment as positive, negative, or neutral.
Examples:
Input: "This product is amazing, I love it!"
Output: positive
Input: "Terrible experience, waste of money."
Output: negative
Input: "The product arrived on time."
Output: neutral
Now classify:
Input: "{user_input}"
Output:"""
def classify_sentiment(text: str, provider: LLMProvider) -> str:
prompt = FEW_SHOT_TEMPLATE.format(user_input=text)
response = provider.complete(prompt, max_tokens=10, temperature=0)
return response.strip().lower()
```
### System Prompts for Consistency
```python
SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You are a helpful assistant that answers questions about our product.
Guidelines:
- Be concise and direct
- Use bullet points for lists
- If unsure, say "I don't have that information"
- Never make up information
- Keep responses under 200 words
Product context:
{product_context}
"""
def create_chat_messages(user_query: str, context: str) -> List[Dict]:
return [
{"role": "system", "content": SYSTEM_PROMPT.format(product_context=context)},
{"role": "user", "content": user_query}
]
```
---
## Token Optimization
### Token Counting
```python
import tiktoken
def count_tokens(text: str, model: str = "gpt-4") -> int:
"""Count tokens for a given text and model."""
encoding = tiktoken.encoding_for_model(model)
return len(encoding.encode(text))
def truncate_to_token_limit(text: str, max_tokens: int, model: str = "gpt-4") -> str:
"""Truncate text to fit within token limit."""
encoding = tiktoken.encoding_for_model(model)
tokens = encoding.encode(text)
if len(tokens) <= max_tokens:
return text
return encoding.decode(tokens[:max_tokens])
```
### Context Window Management
| Model | Context Window | Effective Limit |
|-------|----------------|-----------------|
| GPT-4 | 8,192 | ~6,000 (leave room for response) |
| GPT-4-32k | 32,768 | ~28,000 |
| Claude 3 | 200,000 | ~180,000 |
| Llama 3 | 8,192 | ~6,000 |
### Chunking Strategy
```python
def chunk_text(text: str, chunk_size: int = 1000, overlap: int = 100) -> List[str]:
"""Split text into overlapping chunks."""
chunks = []
start = 0
while start < len(text):
end = start + chunk_size
chunk = text[start:end]
chunks.append(chunk)
start = end - overlap
return chunks
```
---
## Cost Management
### Cost Calculation
| Provider | Input Cost | Output Cost | Example (1K tokens) |
|----------|------------|-------------|---------------------|
| GPT-4 | $0.03/1K | $0.06/1K | $0.09 |
| GPT-3.5 | $0.0005/1K | $0.0015/1K | $0.002 |
| Claude 3 Opus | $0.015/1K | $0.075/1K | $0.09 |
| Claude 3 Haiku | $0.00025/1K | $0.00125/1K | $0.0015 |
### Cost Tracking
```python
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Optional
@dataclass
class LLMUsage:
input_tokens: int
output_tokens: int
model: str
cost: float
def calculate_cost(
input_tokens: int,
output_tokens: int,
model: str
) -> float:
"""Calculate cost based on token usage."""
PRICING = {
"gpt-4": {"input": 0.03, "output": 0.06},
"gpt-3.5-turbo": {"input": 0.0005, "output": 0.0015},
"claude-3-opus": {"input": 0.015, "output": 0.075},
}
prices = PRICING.get(model, {"input": 0.01, "output": 0.03})
input_cost = (input_tokens / 1000) * prices["input"]
output_cost = (output_tokens / 1000) * prices["output"]
return input_cost + output_cost
```
### Cost Optimization Strategies
1. **Use smaller models for simple tasks** - GPT-3.5 for classification, GPT-4 for reasoning
2. **Cache common responses** - Store results for repeated queries
3. **Batch requests** - Combine multiple items in single prompt
4. **Truncate context** - Only include relevant information
5. **Set max_tokens limit** - Prevent runaway responses
---
## Error Handling
### Common Error Types
| Error | Cause | Handling |
|-------|-------|----------|
| RateLimitError | Too many requests | Exponential backoff |
| InvalidRequestError | Bad input | Validate before sending |
| AuthenticationError | Invalid API key | Check credentials |
| ServiceUnavailable | Provider down | Fallback to alternative |
| ContextLengthExceeded | Input too long | Truncate or chunk |
### Error Handling Pattern
```python
from openai import RateLimitError, APIError
def safe_llm_call(provider: LLMProvider, prompt: str, max_retries: int = 3) -> str:
"""Safely call LLM with comprehensive error handling."""
for attempt in range(max_retries):
try:
return provider.complete(prompt)
except RateLimitError:
wait_time = 2 ** attempt
logger.warning(f"Rate limited, waiting {wait_time}s")
time.sleep(wait_time)
except APIError as e:
if e.status_code >= 500:
logger.warning(f"Server error: {e}, retrying...")
time.sleep(1)
else:
raise
raise Exception(f"Failed after {max_retries} attempts")
```
### Response Validation
```python
import json
from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationError
class StructuredResponse(BaseModel):
answer: str
confidence: float
sources: List[str]
def parse_structured_response(response: str) -> StructuredResponse:
"""Parse and validate LLM JSON response."""
try:
data = json.loads(response)
return StructuredResponse(**data)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
raise ValueError("Response is not valid JSON")
except ValidationError as e:
raise ValueError(f"Response validation failed: {e}")
```
FILE:references/mlops_production_patterns.md
# MLOps Production Patterns
Production ML infrastructure patterns for model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
---
## Table of Contents
- [Model Deployment Pipeline](#model-deployment-pipeline)
- [Feature Store Architecture](#feature-store-architecture)
- [Model Monitoring](#model-monitoring)
- [A/B Testing Infrastructure](#ab-testing-infrastructure)
- [Automated Retraining](#automated-retraining)
---
## Model Deployment Pipeline
### Deployment Workflow
1. Export trained model to standardized format (ONNX, TorchScript, SavedModel)
2. Package model with dependencies in Docker container
3. Deploy to staging environment
4. Run integration tests against staging
5. Deploy canary (5% traffic) to production
6. Monitor latency and error rates for 1 hour
7. Promote to full production if metrics pass
8. **Validation:** p95 latency < 100ms, error rate < 0.1%
### Container Structure
```dockerfile
FROM python:3.11-slim
# Install dependencies
COPY requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
# Copy model artifacts
COPY model/ /app/model/
COPY src/ /app/src/
# Health check endpoint
HEALTHCHECK CMD curl -f http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
EXPOSE 8080
CMD ["uvicorn", "src.server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8080"]
```
### Model Serving Options
| Option | Latency | Throughput | Use Case |
|--------|---------|------------|----------|
| FastAPI + Uvicorn | Low | Medium | REST APIs, small models |
| Triton Inference Server | Very Low | Very High | GPU inference, batching |
| TensorFlow Serving | Low | High | TensorFlow models |
| TorchServe | Low | High | PyTorch models |
| Ray Serve | Medium | High | Complex pipelines, multi-model |
### Kubernetes Deployment
```yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: model-serving
spec:
replicas: 3
selector:
matchLabels:
app: model-serving
template:
spec:
containers:
- name: model
image: model:v1.0.0
resources:
requests:
memory: "2Gi"
cpu: "1"
limits:
memory: "4Gi"
cpu: "2"
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /health
port: 8080
initialDelaySeconds: 10
periodSeconds: 5
```
---
## Feature Store Architecture
### Feature Store Components
| Component | Purpose | Tools |
|-----------|---------|-------|
| Offline Store | Training data, batch features | BigQuery, Snowflake, S3 |
| Online Store | Low-latency serving | Redis, DynamoDB, Feast |
| Feature Registry | Metadata, lineage | Feast, Tecton, Hopsworks |
| Transformation | Feature engineering | Spark, Flink, dbt |
### Feature Pipeline Workflow
1. Define feature schema in registry
2. Implement transformation logic (SQL or Python)
3. Backfill historical features to offline store
4. Schedule incremental updates
5. Materialize to online store for serving
6. Monitor feature freshness and quality
7. **Validation:** Feature values within expected ranges, no nulls in required fields
### Feature Definition Example
```python
from feast import Entity, Feature, FeatureView, FileSource
user = Entity(name="user_id", value_type=ValueType.INT64)
user_features = FeatureView(
name="user_features",
entities=["user_id"],
ttl=timedelta(days=1),
features=[
Feature(name="purchase_count_30d", dtype=ValueType.INT64),
Feature(name="avg_order_value", dtype=ValueType.FLOAT),
Feature(name="days_since_last_purchase", dtype=ValueType.INT64),
],
online=True,
source=FileSource(path="data/user_features.parquet"),
)
```
---
## Model Monitoring
### Monitoring Dimensions
| Dimension | Metrics | Alert Threshold |
|-----------|---------|-----------------|
| Latency | p50, p95, p99 | p95 > 100ms |
| Throughput | requests/sec | < 80% baseline |
| Errors | error rate, 5xx count | > 0.1% |
| Data Drift | PSI, KS statistic | PSI > 0.2 |
| Model Drift | accuracy, AUC decay | > 5% drop |
### Data Drift Detection
```python
from scipy.stats import ks_2samp
import numpy as np
def detect_drift(reference: np.array, current: np.array, threshold: float = 0.05):
"""Detect distribution drift using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test."""
statistic, p_value = ks_2samp(reference, current)
drift_detected = p_value < threshold
return {
"drift_detected": drift_detected,
"ks_statistic": statistic,
"p_value": p_value,
"threshold": threshold
}
```
### Monitoring Dashboard Metrics
**Infrastructure:**
- Request latency (p50, p95, p99)
- Requests per second
- Error rate by type
- CPU/memory utilization
- GPU utilization (if applicable)
**Model Performance:**
- Prediction distribution
- Feature value distributions
- Model output confidence
- Ground truth vs predictions (when available)
---
## A/B Testing Infrastructure
### Experiment Workflow
1. Define experiment hypothesis and success metrics
2. Calculate required sample size for statistical power
3. Configure traffic split (control vs treatment)
4. Deploy treatment model alongside control
5. Route traffic based on user/session hash
6. Collect metrics for both variants
7. Run statistical significance test
8. **Validation:** p-value < 0.05, minimum sample size reached
### Traffic Splitting
```python
import hashlib
def get_variant(user_id: str, experiment: str, control_pct: float = 0.5) -> str:
"""Deterministic traffic splitting based on user ID."""
hash_input = f"{user_id}:{experiment}"
hash_value = int(hashlib.md5(hash_input.encode()).hexdigest(), 16)
bucket = (hash_value % 100) / 100.0
return "control" if bucket < control_pct else "treatment"
```
### Metrics Collection
| Metric Type | Examples | Collection Method |
|-------------|----------|-------------------|
| Primary | Conversion rate, revenue | Event logging |
| Secondary | Latency, engagement | Request logs |
| Guardrail | Error rate, crashes | Monitoring system |
---
## Automated Retraining
### Retraining Triggers
| Trigger | Detection Method | Action |
|---------|------------------|--------|
| Scheduled | Cron (weekly/monthly) | Full retrain |
| Performance drop | Accuracy < threshold | Immediate retrain |
| Data drift | PSI > 0.2 | Evaluate, then retrain |
| New data volume | X new samples | Incremental update |
### Retraining Pipeline
1. Trigger detection (schedule, drift, performance)
2. Fetch latest training data from feature store
3. Run training job with hyperparameter config
4. Evaluate model on holdout set
5. Compare against production model
6. If improved: register new model version
7. Deploy to staging for validation
8. Promote to production via canary
9. **Validation:** New model outperforms baseline on key metrics
### MLflow Model Registry Integration
```python
import mlflow
def register_model(model, metrics: dict, model_name: str):
"""Register trained model with MLflow."""
with mlflow.start_run():
# Log metrics
for name, value in metrics.items():
mlflow.log_metric(name, value)
# Log model
mlflow.sklearn.log_model(model, "model")
# Register in model registry
model_uri = f"runs:/{mlflow.active_run().info.run_id}/model"
mlflow.register_model(model_uri, model_name)
```
FILE:references/rag_system_architecture.md
# RAG System Architecture
Retrieval-Augmented Generation patterns for production applications.
---
## Table of Contents
- [RAG Pipeline Architecture](#rag-pipeline-architecture)
- [Vector Database Selection](#vector-database-selection)
- [Chunking Strategies](#chunking-strategies)
- [Embedding Models](#embedding-models)
- [Retrieval Optimization](#retrieval-optimization)
---
## RAG Pipeline Architecture
### Basic RAG Flow
1. Receive user query
2. Generate query embedding
3. Search vector database for relevant chunks
4. Rerank retrieved chunks by relevance
5. Format context with retrieved chunks
6. Send prompt to LLM with context
7. Return generated response
8. **Validation:** Response references retrieved context, no hallucinations
### Pipeline Components
```python
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import List
@dataclass
class Document:
content: str
metadata: dict
embedding: List[float] = None
@dataclass
class RetrievalResult:
document: Document
score: float
class RAGPipeline:
def __init__(
self,
embedder: Embedder,
vector_store: VectorStore,
llm: LLMProvider,
reranker: Reranker = None
):
self.embedder = embedder
self.vector_store = vector_store
self.llm = llm
self.reranker = reranker
def query(self, question: str, top_k: int = 5) -> str:
# 1. Embed query
query_embedding = self.embedder.embed(question)
# 2. Retrieve relevant documents
results = self.vector_store.search(query_embedding, top_k=top_k * 2)
# 3. Rerank if available
if self.reranker:
results = self.reranker.rerank(question, results)[:top_k]
else:
results = results[:top_k]
# 4. Build context
context = self._build_context(results)
# 5. Generate response
prompt = self._build_prompt(question, context)
return self.llm.complete(prompt)
def _build_context(self, results: List[RetrievalResult]) -> str:
return "\n\n".join([
f"[Source {i+1}]: {r.document.content}"
for i, r in enumerate(results)
])
def _build_prompt(self, question: str, context: str) -> str:
return f"""Answer the question based on the context provided.
Context:
{context}
Question: {question}
Answer:"""
```
---
## Vector Database Selection
### Comparison Matrix
| Database | Hosting | Scale | Latency | Cost | Best For |
|----------|---------|-------|---------|------|----------|
| Pinecone | Managed | High | Low | $$ | Production, managed |
| Weaviate | Both | High | Low | $ | Hybrid search |
| Qdrant | Both | High | Very Low | $ | Performance-critical |
| Chroma | Self-hosted | Medium | Low | Free | Prototyping |
| pgvector | Self-hosted | Medium | Medium | Free | Existing Postgres |
| Milvus | Both | Very High | Low | $ | Large-scale |
### Pinecone Integration
```python
import pinecone
class PineconeVectorStore:
def __init__(self, api_key: str, environment: str, index_name: str):
pinecone.init(api_key=api_key, environment=environment)
self.index = pinecone.Index(index_name)
def upsert(self, documents: List[Document], batch_size: int = 100):
"""Upsert documents in batches."""
vectors = [
(doc.metadata["id"], doc.embedding, doc.metadata)
for doc in documents
]
for i in range(0, len(vectors), batch_size):
batch = vectors[i:i + batch_size]
self.index.upsert(vectors=batch)
def search(self, embedding: List[float], top_k: int = 5) -> List[RetrievalResult]:
"""Search for similar vectors."""
results = self.index.query(
vector=embedding,
top_k=top_k,
include_metadata=True
)
return [
RetrievalResult(
document=Document(
content=match.metadata.get("content", ""),
metadata=match.metadata
),
score=match.score
)
for match in results.matches
]
```
---
## Chunking Strategies
### Strategy Comparison
| Strategy | Chunk Size | Overlap | Best For |
|----------|------------|---------|----------|
| Fixed | 500-1000 tokens | 50-100 | General text |
| Sentence | 3-5 sentences | 1 sentence | Structured text |
| Paragraph | Natural breaks | None | Documents with clear structure |
| Semantic | Variable | Based on meaning | Research papers |
| Recursive | Hierarchical | Parent-child | Long documents |
### Recursive Character Splitter
```python
from langchain.text_splitter import RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter
def create_chunks(
text: str,
chunk_size: int = 1000,
chunk_overlap: int = 100
) -> List[str]:
"""Split text using recursive character splitting."""
splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(
chunk_size=chunk_size,
chunk_overlap=chunk_overlap,
separators=["\n\n", "\n", ". ", " ", ""]
)
return splitter.split_text(text)
```
### Semantic Chunking
```python
from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
import numpy as np
def semantic_chunk(
sentences: List[str],
embedder: SentenceTransformer,
threshold: float = 0.7
) -> List[List[str]]:
"""Group sentences by semantic similarity."""
embeddings = embedder.encode(sentences)
chunks = []
current_chunk = [sentences[0]]
current_embedding = embeddings[0]
for i in range(1, len(sentences)):
similarity = np.dot(current_embedding, embeddings[i]) / (
np.linalg.norm(current_embedding) * np.linalg.norm(embeddings[i])
)
if similarity >= threshold:
current_chunk.append(sentences[i])
current_embedding = np.mean(
[current_embedding, embeddings[i]], axis=0
)
else:
chunks.append(current_chunk)
current_chunk = [sentences[i]]
current_embedding = embeddings[i]
chunks.append(current_chunk)
return chunks
```
---
## Embedding Models
### Model Comparison
| Model | Dimensions | Quality | Speed | Cost |
|-------|------------|---------|-------|------|
| text-embedding-3-large | 3072 | Excellent | Medium | $0.13/1M |
| text-embedding-3-small | 1536 | Good | Fast | $0.02/1M |
| BGE-large | 1024 | Excellent | Medium | Free |
| all-MiniLM-L6-v2 | 384 | Good | Very Fast | Free |
| Cohere embed-v3 | 1024 | Excellent | Medium | $0.10/1M |
### Embedding with Caching
```python
import hashlib
from functools import lru_cache
class CachedEmbedder:
def __init__(self, model_name: str = "text-embedding-3-small"):
self.client = OpenAI()
self.model = model_name
self._cache = {}
def embed(self, text: str) -> List[float]:
"""Embed text with caching."""
cache_key = hashlib.md5(text.encode()).hexdigest()
if cache_key in self._cache:
return self._cache[cache_key]
response = self.client.embeddings.create(
model=self.model,
input=text
)
embedding = response.data[0].embedding
self._cache[cache_key] = embedding
return embedding
def embed_batch(self, texts: List[str]) -> List[List[float]]:
"""Embed multiple texts efficiently."""
response = self.client.embeddings.create(
model=self.model,
input=texts
)
return [item.embedding for item in response.data]
```
---
## Retrieval Optimization
### Hybrid Search
Combine dense (vector) and sparse (keyword) retrieval:
```python
from rank_bm25 import BM25Okapi
class HybridRetriever:
def __init__(
self,
vector_store: VectorStore,
documents: List[Document],
alpha: float = 0.5
):
self.vector_store = vector_store
self.alpha = alpha # Weight for vector search
# Build BM25 index
tokenized = [doc.content.lower().split() for doc in documents]
self.bm25 = BM25Okapi(tokenized)
self.documents = documents
def search(self, query: str, query_embedding: List[float], top_k: int = 5):
# Vector search
vector_results = self.vector_store.search(query_embedding, top_k=top_k * 2)
# BM25 search
tokenized_query = query.lower().split()
bm25_scores = self.bm25.get_scores(tokenized_query)
# Combine scores
combined = {}
for result in vector_results:
doc_id = result.document.metadata["id"]
combined[doc_id] = self.alpha * result.score
for i, score in enumerate(bm25_scores):
doc_id = self.documents[i].metadata["id"]
if doc_id in combined:
combined[doc_id] += (1 - self.alpha) * score
else:
combined[doc_id] = (1 - self.alpha) * score
# Sort and return top_k
sorted_ids = sorted(combined.keys(), key=lambda x: combined[x], reverse=True)
return sorted_ids[:top_k]
```
### Reranking
```python
from sentence_transformers import CrossEncoder
class Reranker:
def __init__(self, model_name: str = "cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-12-v2"):
self.model = CrossEncoder(model_name)
def rerank(
self,
query: str,
results: List[RetrievalResult],
top_k: int = 5
) -> List[RetrievalResult]:
"""Rerank results using cross-encoder."""
pairs = [(query, r.document.content) for r in results]
scores = self.model.predict(pairs)
# Update scores and sort
for i, score in enumerate(scores):
results[i].score = float(score)
return sorted(results, key=lambda x: x.score, reverse=True)[:top_k]
```
### Query Expansion
```python
def expand_query(query: str, llm: LLMProvider) -> List[str]:
"""Generate query variations for better retrieval."""
prompt = f"""Generate 3 alternative phrasings of this question for search.
Return only the questions, one per line.
Original: {query}
Alternatives:"""
response = llm.complete(prompt, max_tokens=150)
alternatives = [q.strip() for q in response.strip().split("\n") if q.strip()]
return [query] + alternatives[:3]
```
FILE:scripts/ml_monitoring_suite.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Ml Monitoring Suite
Production-grade tool for senior ml/ai engineer
"""
import os
import sys
import json
import logging
import argparse
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Dict, List, Optional
from datetime import datetime
logging.basicConfig(
level=logging.INFO,
format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'
)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class MlMonitoringSuite:
"""Production-grade ml monitoring suite"""
def __init__(self, config: Dict):
self.config = config
self.results = {
'status': 'initialized',
'start_time': datetime.now().isoformat(),
'processed_items': 0
}
logger.info(f"Initialized {self.__class__.__name__}")
def validate_config(self) -> bool:
"""Validate configuration"""
logger.info("Validating configuration...")
# Add validation logic
logger.info("Configuration validated")
return True
def process(self) -> Dict:
"""Main processing logic"""
logger.info("Starting processing...")
try:
self.validate_config()
# Main processing
result = self._execute()
self.results['status'] = 'completed'
self.results['end_time'] = datetime.now().isoformat()
logger.info("Processing completed successfully")
return self.results
except Exception as e:
self.results['status'] = 'failed'
self.results['error'] = str(e)
logger.error(f"Processing failed: {e}")
raise
def _execute(self) -> Dict:
"""Execute main logic"""
# Implementation here
return {'success': True}
def main():
"""Main entry point"""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Ml Monitoring Suite"
)
parser.add_argument('--input', '-i', required=True, help='Input path')
parser.add_argument('--output', '-o', required=True, help='Output path')
parser.add_argument('--config', '-c', help='Configuration file')
parser.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', action='store_true', help='Verbose output')
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.verbose:
logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
try:
config = {
'input': args.input,
'output': args.output
}
processor = MlMonitoringSuite(config)
results = processor.process()
print(json.dumps(results, indent=2))
sys.exit(0)
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Fatal error: {e}")
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
FILE:scripts/model_deployment_pipeline.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Model Deployment Pipeline
Production-grade tool for senior ml/ai engineer
"""
import os
import sys
import json
import logging
import argparse
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Dict, List, Optional
from datetime import datetime
logging.basicConfig(
level=logging.INFO,
format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'
)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class ModelDeploymentPipeline:
"""Production-grade model deployment pipeline"""
def __init__(self, config: Dict):
self.config = config
self.results = {
'status': 'initialized',
'start_time': datetime.now().isoformat(),
'processed_items': 0
}
logger.info(f"Initialized {self.__class__.__name__}")
def validate_config(self) -> bool:
"""Validate configuration"""
logger.info("Validating configuration...")
# Add validation logic
logger.info("Configuration validated")
return True
def process(self) -> Dict:
"""Main processing logic"""
logger.info("Starting processing...")
try:
self.validate_config()
# Main processing
result = self._execute()
self.results['status'] = 'completed'
self.results['end_time'] = datetime.now().isoformat()
logger.info("Processing completed successfully")
return self.results
except Exception as e:
self.results['status'] = 'failed'
self.results['error'] = str(e)
logger.error(f"Processing failed: {e}")
raise
def _execute(self) -> Dict:
"""Execute main logic"""
# Implementation here
return {'success': True}
def main():
"""Main entry point"""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Model Deployment Pipeline"
)
parser.add_argument('--input', '-i', required=True, help='Input path')
parser.add_argument('--output', '-o', required=True, help='Output path')
parser.add_argument('--config', '-c', help='Configuration file')
parser.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', action='store_true', help='Verbose output')
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.verbose:
logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
try:
config = {
'input': args.input,
'output': args.output
}
processor = ModelDeploymentPipeline(config)
results = processor.process()
print(json.dumps(results, indent=2))
sys.exit(0)
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Fatal error: {e}")
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
FILE:scripts/rag_system_builder.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Rag System Builder
Production-grade tool for senior ml/ai engineer
"""
import os
import sys
import json
import logging
import argparse
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Dict, List, Optional
from datetime import datetime
logging.basicConfig(
level=logging.INFO,
format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'
)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class RagSystemBuilder:
"""Production-grade rag system builder"""
def __init__(self, config: Dict):
self.config = config
self.results = {
'status': 'initialized',
'start_time': datetime.now().isoformat(),
'processed_items': 0
}
logger.info(f"Initialized {self.__class__.__name__}")
def validate_config(self) -> bool:
"""Validate configuration"""
logger.info("Validating configuration...")
# Add validation logic
logger.info("Configuration validated")
return True
def process(self) -> Dict:
"""Main processing logic"""
logger.info("Starting processing...")
try:
self.validate_config()
# Main processing
result = self._execute()
self.results['status'] = 'completed'
self.results['end_time'] = datetime.now().isoformat()
logger.info("Processing completed successfully")
return self.results
except Exception as e:
self.results['status'] = 'failed'
self.results['error'] = str(e)
logger.error(f"Processing failed: {e}")
raise
def _execute(self) -> Dict:
"""Execute main logic"""
# Implementation here
return {'success': True}
def main():
"""Main entry point"""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Rag System Builder"
)
parser.add_argument('--input', '-i', required=True, help='Input path')
parser.add_argument('--output', '-o', required=True, help='Output path')
parser.add_argument('--config', '-c', help='Configuration file')
parser.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', action='store_true', help='Verbose output')
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.verbose:
logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
try:
config = {
'input': args.input,
'output': args.output
}
processor = RagSystemBuilder(config)
results = processor.process()
print(json.dumps(results, indent=2))
sys.exit(0)
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Fatal error: {e}")
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Tìm, đánh giá và lập danh sách khách hàng tiềm năng để tiếp cận, cho B2B SaaS, B2B nói chung hoặc doanh nghiệp nhỏ tại địa phương.
---
name: prospecting
description: When the user wants to find, qualify, and build a list of prospects to reach out to — across B2B SaaS, general B2B, or local small businesses. Also use when the user mentions "prospecting," "build a prospect list," "find prospects," "find leads," "lead gen list," "find SaaS companies that," "find B2B companies," "find local businesses," "ICP-fit accounts," "who should we go after," "outbound list," "target account list," "find clients near me," "businesses without websites," "prospect research," "qualified leads," "find my first customers," "early adopters," "design partners," "beta users," or "who has this problem." Use this for the list-building and qualification phase. For writing the outbound copy after the list is built, see cold-email. For deep competitive research on specific accounts, see competitor-profiling.
metadata:
version: 1.1.0
---
# Prospecting
You are an expert at building qualified prospect lists across four motions: B2B SaaS, general B2B, local small businesses, and early-stage demand-signal discovery (finding your first customers from public pain signals). Your goal is to turn an ICP definition into a verified, scored, ready-to-outreach lead sheet — using the right data sources, qualification signals, and compliance posture for each motion.
## Before Starting
**Check for product marketing context first:**
If `.agents/product-marketing.md` exists (or `.claude/product-marketing.md`, or the legacy `product-marketing-context.md` filename, in older setups), read it before asking questions. Use that context and only ask for information not already covered or specific to this task.
## Pick the Branch
Prospecting motions differ enough that the workflow forks at intake. Pick **one** branch based on who the user is selling to:
| Branch | Sell to | What "qualified" looks like | Primary sources |
|--------|---------|----------------------------|----------------|
| **SaaS** | Other SaaS companies / digital businesses | ICP fit + tech stack match + growth signals (funding, hiring, product velocity) | LinkedIn, BuiltWith, Crunchbase, Apollo, Clay, Clearbit, ProductHunt |
| **B2B** | Non-SaaS B2B (services, manufacturers, enterprises, mid-market) | Industry + size + geographic fit + buying signals (trigger events, vendor changes) | Apollo, ZoomInfo, Clay, Clearbit, LinkedIn Sales Nav, industry directories |
| **Local SMB** | Local small businesses (shops, gyms, restaurants, clinics, salons, services) | Active business + website status + proximity + decision-maker access | Google Maps, Yelp, local directories, Facebook, business websites |
| **Demand-signal** | Early-stage: your first customers, design partners, or beta users | Evidence of the exact pain/demand/timing signal — a cited public source, not just firmographic fit | Forums, communities, reviews, GitHub issues, job posts, launch announcements (via last30days, social-fetch, scraping) |
If the user describes a hybrid motion (e.g., "SMBs that are also SaaS"), pick the dominant branch and pull in qualification signals from the other. If the user is early-stage and needs their *first* customers or design partners — evidence of demand over list coverage — use the **Demand-signal** branch.
For the branch-specific deep dives:
- **SaaS** → see [references/saas-prospecting.md](references/saas-prospecting.md)
- **B2B** → see [references/b2b-prospecting.md](references/b2b-prospecting.md)
- **Local SMB** → see [references/local-prospecting.md](references/local-prospecting.md)
- **Demand-signal** (find your first customers) → see [references/demand-signals.md](references/demand-signals.md)
---
## Shared Framework (all branches)
Every prospecting engagement follows the same five phases. Tools and qualification signals change per branch; the phases don't.
### Phase 1 — Define the ICP
Pull from `product-marketing.md` if available. Otherwise, gather:
1. **Firmographic fit** — industry, company size, revenue band, geography, business model
2. **Technographic fit** (SaaS branch) — what tools they already use, what they're missing
3. **Buying signal** — why now? (trigger event, funding, hiring, new initiative, dissatisfaction with current vendor, recent move/expansion)
4. **Decision-maker profile** — role, seniority, what they care about
5. **Disqualifiers** — what makes a prospect a clear "skip"
Output the ICP as a one-paragraph statement plus a checklist of pass/fail criteria. Don't move to discovery without this.
### Phase 2 — Build the candidate list (discovery)
Source 2–3× more candidates than the user wants in the final list — qualification will cull aggressively.
- **SaaS / B2B**: combine 2–3 sources for cross-verification. Apollo or ZoomInfo for firmographics; Clearbit or Clay for enrichment; LinkedIn Sales Nav for decision-maker mapping.
- **Local SMB**: browser-assisted research starting with Google Maps for the target category in the target area; cross-check with Yelp, the business website, social pages, and public directories.
If the user's list quality bar is high, smaller is better. 25 verified leads beats 250 mostly-junk ones.
### Phase 3 — Qualify each candidate
Score every candidate against the ICP checklist. Add **evidence** (a source URL or two) for each qualification — never assert without backing.
**Confidence levels** (used across all branches):
- **High**: confirmed by at least two independent sources or official business page
- **Medium**: one credible source plus consistent search evidence
- **Low**: incomplete or ambiguous evidence — flag what remains uncertain
For email contacts (B2B / SaaS branches), **always verify deliverability before adding to the final list** — see Truelist integration in [references/data-sources.md](references/data-sources.md). Don't ship leads with invalid or risky emails.
### Phase 4 — Score and prioritize
Apply this rubric for the **SaaS, B2B, and Local SMB** branches. The **Demand-signal** branch scores differently — 0–100 demand-fit, not Hot/Warm/Cold — see [references/demand-signals.md](references/demand-signals.md).
| Score | Definition |
|-------|------------|
| **Hot** | Strong ICP fit + clear buying signal + decision-maker accessible + verified contact |
| **Warm** | ICP fit + softer or older signal + contact verifiable |
| **Cold** | Loose ICP fit OR no clear signal OR contact unverified |
| **Skip** | Disqualifier hit (out of ICP, closed business, duplicate, irrelevant, low confidence) |
Branch-specific signals refine the scoring — see each reference file. Default ratio target: ~20% Hot, ~30% Warm, rest Cold/Skip.
### Phase 5 — Output the lead sheet
(SaaS / B2B / Local SMB. The **Demand-signal** branch ships an evidence report instead — see [references/demand-signals.md](references/demand-signals.md).)
Default to a markdown table in chat. Switch to CSV when the list is >25 rows or the user explicitly asks for a file.
After the table, always add **"Top outreach targets"** — the top 3–5 hot leads with one sentence each on why this lead should be reached out to first.
Columns vary by branch (see reference files), but every lead sheet includes:
- score, business/company name, contact (where applicable), why-it's-a-prospect, source(s), confidence, last verified date
---
## Compliance Guardrails
These apply to every branch. **Read first, every engagement.**
1. **No bulk scraping** of LinkedIn, Google Maps, paywalled sites, or rate-limited APIs. Browser is an assisted research tool, not a scraper.
2. **No CAPTCHA, login wall, or bot protection bypass.** If a site requires it, work with what's publicly visible.
3. **Public business contact channels only.** Use info@, hello@, contact@, and named-role emails (founder, owner) where they're published on the business's own site. Personal/private emails require a lawful basis (existing relationship, opt-in, etc.).
4. **GDPR / CAN-SPAM / CASL aware.** Capture and retain the source URL and date for every contact you add to a list — required for downstream outreach compliance.
5. **No reselling extracted data** from Google Maps, LinkedIn, or any platform whose terms prohibit it. List building for the user's own outreach is fine; productizing the list to sell is not.
6. **Rate limit yourself.** Even on public sources, space requests. Don't fingerprint as a bot.
7. **No breached, leaked, or unprovenanced data.** Don't source prospects from breached datasets, scraped-contact marketplaces, or list brokers with no source lineage. Licensed B2B data providers (Apollo, ZoomInfo, Clearbit, Clay) are fine when used within their ToS and with a lawful basis — the ban is on illicit/unprovenanced data, not on legitimate enrichment vendors.
8. **Never target or infer sensitive traits.** Don't qualify, segment, or personalize on health, financial hardship, political belief, sexuality, religion, or other protected/sensitive attributes — even when a public post reveals them.
For the full compliance reference (GDPR, CAN-SPAM, CASL, LinkedIn ToS, Google Maps ToS, Clay/Apollo/ZoomInfo use restrictions): see [references/compliance.md](references/compliance.md).
---
## Inputs to Collect
If missing, ask once, then infer reasonable defaults and continue:
- **Branch** (SaaS / B2B / Local SMB / Demand-signal) — usually inferable from context; pick Demand-signal for early-stage first-customer discovery
- **ICP description** — pull from `product-marketing.md` if present
- **Target count** — default 25 for SaaS / B2B, 15 for Local SMB
- **Geography** (essential for Local SMB; useful for B2B; less critical for SaaS)
- **Tools the user has access to** — Apollo? Clay? ZoomInfo? Hunter? Truelist? Defaults to what's free + browser
- **Output format** — chat table (default) or CSV
- **Buying signal preference** — what triggers should they prioritize? (funding rounds, hiring, recent move, etc.)
---
## Tool Selection Quick Picks
Full breakdown in [references/data-sources.md](references/data-sources.md). Quick picks:
| If the user has access to... | Use it for |
|------------------------------|------------|
| **Apollo** | B2B / SaaS firmographic + contact discovery |
| **Clay** | Multi-source enrichment, waterfall lookups, custom scoring |
| **Clearbit** | Email-to-company and company enrichment |
| **ZoomInfo** | Enterprise B2B contact + intent data |
| **Hunter or Snov** | Email pattern guessing and verification |
| **Truelist** | Email deliverability validation (before adding to outreach list) |
| **LinkedIn Sales Navigator** | Decision-maker mapping (manual, no scraping) |
| **BuiltWith / Wappalyzer** | Tech stack qualification (SaaS branch) |
| **Crunchbase** | Funding signals (SaaS branch) |
| **GitHub** | Stargazers / forks of competitor or adjacent repos (dev-tool SaaS branch) |
| **Google Maps + browser** | Local SMB discovery |
| **Firecrawl / Browserbase** | Programmatic extraction from individual prospect websites — never from platforms |
**If the user has no enrichment tools**: lean on browser-assisted research with public sources — company website, About page, LinkedIn company page, news mentions. Slower but works.
---
## Output Formats
### Default — chat table
For SaaS / B2B (≤25 rows):
```
| Score | Company | Industry | Size | Signal | Contact | Email status | Source | Confidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
```
For Local SMB (≤15 rows) — port from the local-prospector reference:
```
| Score | Business | Category | Area | Website status | Website/Social | Phone | Why it's a prospect | Confidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
```
### CSV — when >25 rows or user requests a file
SaaS / B2B columns:
```csv
score,company,domain,industry,size_band,country,signal,contact_name,contact_title,contact_email,email_status,linkedin,source_urls,why_prospect,confidence,verified_date,notes
```
Local SMB columns:
```csv
score,business,category,area,distance_km,website_status,website_url,social_urls,phone,email,source_urls,why_prospect,confidence,verified_date,notes
```
### Always include after the table
- **Top outreach targets**: top 3–5 hot leads with one-sentence outreach rationale each
- **Search parameters**: branch, ICP, location/radius, target count, date generated
- **Open questions**: anything you couldn't verify and the user should look at
---
## Quality Checks (before finalizing)
- [ ] Remove duplicates (by domain for SaaS/B2B, by business + address for Local SMB)
- [ ] Every "Hot" lead has a verified contact + at least one source URL
- [ ] No lead has an email that failed Truelist (or your validator) verification — move to a separate "invalid" bucket and flag for the user
- [ ] No lead labeled "Hot" lacks a clear buying signal
- [ ] Confidence levels honest — "High" requires 2 independent sources, not just two of your own searches
- [ ] No leads sourced from prohibited scraping (LinkedIn at scale, Google Maps bulk extract, etc.)
- [ ] Source URL + date captured for every contact (GDPR / CAN-SPAM lineage)
- [ ] Final count matches user's request, or you've explained why it's smaller (quality bar)
---
## Common Mistakes
1. **Starting discovery without an ICP**. Build candidates against vague criteria and you'll qualify the wrong things.
2. **Treating data sources as authoritative without cross-checks**. Apollo and ZoomInfo are out of date often; verify before scoring as "Hot."
3. **Adding contacts without email verification**. Cold email reputation tanks fast with bounces — always validate.
4. **Bulk scraping LinkedIn or Google Maps**. Real risk: account suspension + ToS violation. Browser as an assisted tool only.
5. **Mixing branches**. Don't apply Local SMB scoring (website status) to a B2B SaaS prospect, or vice versa.
6. **"Hot" labels without buying signals**. ICP fit alone is not enough — the signal is what makes the timing right.
7. **No source URLs**. Every claim should be traceable to a public source. Future outreach depends on this lineage.
8. **Ignoring quiet hours / time zone** when scheduling the downstream outreach (handoff to cold-email).
9. **Forgetting to retain consent / lineage records**. Required for GDPR DSARs and CAN-SPAM audits.
---
## Task-Specific Questions
1. Which branch — SaaS, B2B, Local SMB, or Demand-signal (early-stage, finding your first customers)?
2. What's your ICP? (Or: should I pull from your product-marketing context?)
3. How many qualified leads do you want?
4. What tools do you have access to (Apollo / Clay / ZoomInfo / Hunter / Truelist / browser only)?
5. What's the triggering buying signal you care most about?
6. Geography or radius (Local SMB / B2B)?
7. Chat table or CSV?
---
## Tool Integrations
For implementation, see the [tools registry](../../tools/REGISTRY.md). Key prospecting tools:
| Tool | Best For | MCP | Guide |
|------|----------|:---:|-------|
| **Apollo** | B2B / SaaS firmographic + contact discovery | - | [apollo.md](../../tools/integrations/apollo.md) |
| **Clay** | Multi-source enrichment + waterfall | ✓ | [clay.md](../../tools/integrations/clay.md) |
| **Clearbit** | Email-to-company enrichment | - | [clearbit.md](../../tools/integrations/clearbit.md) |
| **ZoomInfo** | Enterprise B2B contact + intent | ✓ | [zoominfo.md](../../tools/integrations/zoominfo.md) |
| **Hunter** | Email pattern + verification | - | [hunter.md](../../tools/integrations/hunter.md) |
| **Snov** | Email finder + verifier | - | [snov.md](../../tools/integrations/snov.md) |
| **Truelist** | Email deliverability validation | - | [truelist.md](../../tools/integrations/truelist.md) |
| **Outreach** | Sales engagement (post-list) | ✓ | [outreach.md](../../tools/integrations/outreach.md) |
| **RB2B** | Visitor identification (warm intent) | - | [rb2b.md](../../tools/integrations/rb2b.md) |
| **GitHub** | Stargazers/forks/watchers as developer-intent signal | - | [github.md](../../tools/integrations/github.md) |
| **Firecrawl** | Single-target site extraction (prospect's own website) | ✓ | [firecrawl.md](../../tools/integrations/firecrawl.md) |
| **Browserbase** | Real-browser site research when rendering or interaction needed | ✓ | [browserbase.md](../../tools/integrations/browserbase.md) |
---
## Related Skills
- **cold-email**: For writing outbound sequences against the qualified list (the natural next step after prospecting)
- **customer-research**: For understanding why current customers buy — informs the ICP definition
- **competitor-profiling**: For deeper research on individual accounts (different from list-building qualification)
- **revops**: For lead routing, lifecycle, and CRM handoff after prospecting
- **sales-enablement**: For battle cards and one-pagers used in the outreach
- **directory-submissions**: For inbound discovery surfaces (the prospects might find you back)
- **product-marketing**: For the ICP definition that anchors every prospecting engagement
FILE:evals/evals.json
{
"skill_name": "prospecting",
"evals": [
{
"id": 1,
"prompt": "We're a B2B SaaS selling RevOps tooling at $30K ACV. Build me a list of 25 prospects.",
"expected_output": "Should check for product-marketing.md first. Should identify this as the SaaS branch. Should run Phase 1 ICP definition pulling from product-marketing context or asking targeted questions (target industry, headcount range, tech stack signals, funding stage). Should propose discovery sources appropriate for SaaS at $30K ACV: Apollo for breadth, Clay for waterfall enrichment, Crunchbase for funding signals, BuiltWith/Wappalyzer for tech stack, LinkedIn Sales Nav for decision-mapping (manual). Should ask about user's tool access before assuming. Should source 50-75 candidates (2-3x target) before qualifying. Should flag that email validation via Truelist or similar is non-negotiable before final list. Should output SaaS-branch chat table columns (Score | Company | Industry | Size | Signal | Contact | Email status | Confidence) followed by top 3-5 hot leads with one-sentence rationale each. Should reference references/saas-prospecting.md.",
"assertions": [
"Checks for product-marketing.md",
"Identifies SaaS branch",
"Runs Phase 1 ICP definition",
"Recommends multi-source discovery (Apollo, Clay, Crunchbase, BuiltWith)",
"Asks about user's tool access",
"Sources 2-3x candidates before qualifying",
"Requires email validation before final list",
"Outputs SaaS-branch chat table columns",
"Includes top 3-5 outreach targets with rationale",
"References saas-prospecting.md"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 2,
"prompt": "Find me 25 SaaS companies that just raised a Series B in the last 60 days and use HubSpot.",
"expected_output": "Should recognize this as a SaaS branch prospecting task with very specific signals. Should identify the trigger event (Series B in last 60 days) and the technographic filter (uses HubSpot). Should recommend a workflow: (1) Crunchbase or Pitchbook for funding signal filter (Series B + date), (2) BuiltWith or Clay's waterfall for tech stack verification (uses HubSpot), (3) cross-check via business websites and LinkedIn. Should note this is a tight ICP that should yield high-confidence matches if data sources are current. Should flag freshness concerns: Crunchbase data depends on self-reporting, BuiltWith refresh cycles aren't real-time. Should recommend cross-source verification for the funding date specifically. Should output a SaaS-branch chat table with the funding round + date in the Signal column. Should include verified email validation before delivering.",
"assertions": [
"Identifies as SaaS branch",
"Identifies funding signal + tech stack filter",
"Recommends Crunchbase or Pitchbook for funding",
"Recommends BuiltWith or Clay for HubSpot verification",
"Notes data freshness concerns",
"Recommends cross-source verification",
"Outputs signal column showing round + date",
"Requires email validation"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 3,
"prompt": "I run a marketing agency. Find me 25 mid-market manufacturers in the Midwest US who recently hired a new CMO.",
"expected_output": "Should identify this as the B2B branch (manufacturers, not SaaS). Should run Phase 1 ICP definition: industry (manufacturing, with NAICS code if precision matters), size (mid-market = typically 200-2000 employees), geography (Midwest US states), trigger event (CMO hire in last 90-180 days). Should propose discovery: Apollo or ZoomInfo for firmographic filter, LinkedIn Sales Nav for CMO hire detection (job changes), Google Alerts on press releases for trigger events. Should warn that CMO hires aren't always in public databases — LinkedIn Sales Nav alerts on job changes is the most reliable source. Should output B2B-branch chat table with the CMO trigger as the signal. Should reference references/b2b-prospecting.md. Should mention compliance: GDPR less likely (US-only), CAN-SPAM applies, capture source URL + date for every contact.",
"assertions": [
"Identifies B2B branch (not SaaS)",
"Runs Phase 1 ICP definition with NAICS or industry classification",
"Specifies mid-market size band",
"Specifies Midwest US geography",
"Identifies trigger event (CMO hire)",
"Recommends Apollo/ZoomInfo + LinkedIn Sales Nav",
"Notes CMO hires often only on LinkedIn",
"Outputs B2B-branch chat table",
"Mentions CAN-SPAM and source URL capture",
"References b2b-prospecting.md"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 4,
"prompt": "We sell to industrial distributors. Build a list of 25 prospects.",
"expected_output": "Should identify this as the B2B branch. Should run Phase 1 ICP definition asking targeted questions: distributor size, geography, vertical specialty, buying patterns. Should propose discovery: Apollo or ZoomInfo for firmographic depth, industry-specific directories (e.g., NAW for wholesale distributors, ISA for industrial sales agencies), trade show exhibitor lists. Should note state business registries and Chamber of Commerce as verification sources. Should propose trigger events: new location, recent acquisition, leadership change, posting RFPs. Should warn that industrial distributor data is often spotty in major databases — cross-check with company website + LinkedIn for size and ownership signals. Should output B2B-branch chat table. Should note ICP fit precision matters more than initial volume for this kind of niche prospecting.",
"assertions": [
"Identifies B2B branch",
"Runs Phase 1 ICP definition asking targeted questions",
"Recommends industry-specific directories beyond Apollo/ZoomInfo",
"Mentions trade show exhibitor lists",
"Identifies relevant trigger events",
"Warns about data spottiness for industrial",
"Recommends cross-verification with business websites + LinkedIn",
"Notes ICP fit precision over volume"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 5,
"prompt": "I build websites for local businesses. Find me 15 prospects near Austin, TX who don't have a website.",
"expected_output": "Should identify as Local SMB branch. Should run Phase 1 ICP definition: business category (ask user — gyms, restaurants, salons, etc. matter), radius (default 20 km from Austin), target count (15). Should run the browser research workflow: search Google Maps for category + Austin, build candidate list from visible results, cross-check via business name + city web search to verify website status. Should apply the 4-tier website status classification (No site found / Social only / Weak site / Has site) — prioritize No site + Social only as Hot. Should score: Hot (no site + active + phone + within radius), Warm (weak site), Cold (has site), Skip (closed/duplicate/out of scope). Should output Local SMB chat table (Score | Business | Category | Area | Distance | Website status | Website/Social | Phone | Why prospect | Confidence). Should add 'Best first outreach targets' top 3 with reasoning. Should reference references/local-prospecting.md. Should warn against bulk-scraping Google Maps (ToS violation) — browser-assisted research only.",
"assertions": [
"Identifies Local SMB branch",
"Asks about business category if not specified",
"Defaults radius to 20km",
"Runs browser research workflow",
"Applies 4-tier website status classification",
"Uses Hot/Warm/Cold/Skip scoring",
"Outputs Local SMB chat table columns",
"Adds top 3 outreach targets",
"References local-prospecting.md",
"Warns against bulk-scraping Google Maps"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 6,
"prompt": "I have a list of 200 prospect emails from Apollo. How do I know which ones are deliverable before I start outreach?",
"expected_output": "Should explain the deliverability validation step in Phase 3. Should recommend Truelist (the integration in this pack) for bulk validation. Should explain the email_state classification output: ok (deliverable), email_invalid (bounces, exclude), risky (deliverable with risk like role or disposable, include cautiously), unknown (couldn't determine, skip or re-verify), accept_all (catch-all domain, include cautiously). Should warn that Apollo data accuracy is typically 60-80% — sending without validation will tank sender reputation (bounce rate >2% triggers ISP throttling and reputation damage). Should recommend the workflow: bulk POST to /api/v1/verify or CSV upload → keep ok, include risky/accept_all cautiously, exclude email_invalid, re-verify unknown → hand off to outreach. Should note Truelist also has an official MCP server for agent-driven validation. Should note cold email reputation is hard to recover once damaged — validation is non-negotiable, not optional. Should mention Hunter and Snov as alternatives with built-in verification. Should reference truelist.md integration guide.",
"assertions": [
"Recommends Truelist for bulk validation",
"Explains email_state values (ok, email_invalid, risky, unknown, accept_all)",
"Warns Apollo accuracy is 60-80%",
"Cites 2% bounce rate threshold for reputation damage",
"Recommends workflow: validate, keep ok, exclude email_invalid",
"Mentions Truelist MCP server for agent workflows",
"Mentions cold email reputation is hard to recover",
"References truelist.md or data-sources.md"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 7,
"prompt": "I just built a tool that automates failed-payment follow-up for gym owners. I have no customers yet. Help me find my first ten — the people who are actually dealing with this problem right now.",
"expected_output": "Should select the Demand-signal branch (early-stage, first customers, evidence-of-demand) and load references/demand-signals.md — NOT the SMB/B2B list-building branches. Should start with a product brief, then mine the five signal buckets (explicit demand / pain / workaround / switching / timing) across public discourse (forums, communities, reviews, GitHub issues, job posts) — using last30days for recency, social-fetch/scraping to read original pages, not qualifying from snippets. Should score prospects on demand-fit (pain 25 / product fit 25 / timing 20 / reachability 15 / evidence quality 15, 0-100 with bands) rather than ICP-fit Hot/Warm/Cold, and require a cited public signal for every primary-shortlist prospect. Should draft source-based openers but never auto-send. Should produce an evidence report (verdict → ICP → top prospect → shortlist with sources+scores → repeated patterns → 7-day manual outreach plan → limits) and label prospects as 'potential customers based on public signals,' not confirmed buyers. Should honor the compliance guardrails including no data brokers/leaked data and no sensitive-trait targeting.",
"assertions": [
"Selects the Demand-signal branch, not the SMB/B2B/SaaS list-building branches",
"Mines the five signal buckets from public discourse rather than contact databases",
"Uses recency/original-source tooling (last30days, social-fetch, scraping) and does not qualify from snippets",
"Scores on the demand-fit rubric (0-100 weighted), not ICP-fit Hot/Warm/Cold",
"Requires a cited public signal for every primary-shortlist prospect",
"Drafts openers but never auto-sends; labels prospects as potential-based-on-public-signals",
"Produces the evidence report structure with a 7-day manual outreach plan and limits"
],
"files": []
}
]
}
FILE:references/b2b-prospecting.md
# B2B Prospecting Reference
For when the user sells to non-SaaS B2B — services, agencies, manufacturers, mid-market and enterprise companies, professional services firms.
---
## ICP Signals That Matter (B2B branch)
### Firmographic signals
- **Industry / vertical** — NAICS or SIC codes if precision matters
- **Company size** — headcount band, revenue band, location count
- **Geography** — relevant for time zones, regulations, on-site requirements
- **Business model** — service vs product vs distribution; B2B vs B2B2C
- **Ownership** — independent, PE-backed, public, family-owned — affects buying motion
### Buying signals
- **Trigger events**: new C-level hire, recent acquisition or divestiture, IPO/funding, opening a new location, recent rebrand, expansion announcement
- **Vendor signals**: posting RFPs publicly, switching costs in last quarterly report, contract renewal windows
- **Operational signals**: recent layoffs (cost pressure) or rapid hiring (capacity pressure)
- **News mentions**: launching new initiative, entering new market, regulatory change forcing action
- **PR / press**: anything that signals "this company is changing right now"
### Decay signals
- Multiple bankruptcies or PE-stripped operations
- Negative growth + cost-cutting headlines
- Ownership stagnation (small family-owned, no growth incentive)
- Buyer turnover (3+ Marketing Directors in 2 years)
---
## Discovery Sources (B2B branch)
### Tier 1 — primary discovery
- **Apollo**: best general B2B firmographic + contact discovery
- **ZoomInfo**: enterprise B2B + intent signals (mid-market+)
- **LinkedIn Sales Navigator**: industry + role + signal search; the gold standard for decision-maker mapping (manual)
- **Clay**: when you need custom waterfall lookups (e.g., enrich Apollo records with Hunter + Clearbit)
### Tier 2 — industry-specific directories
- **Crunchbase / Pitchbook**: funded businesses
- **D&B Hoovers**: large traditional B2B firmographics
- **State / national business registries**: for verified incorporation data
- **Industry association membership rosters**: trade groups often publish member lists
- **Trade show exhibitor lists**: signals active participation in a vertical
- **Procurement databases** (Procore for construction, e.g.): vertical-specific signals
### Tier 3 — trigger event monitoring
- **Google Alerts / Feedly**: trigger keywords ("acquired," "hires," "expansion," "raises," "announces")
- **PR Newswire / Business Wire**: company-controlled announcements
- **SEC filings** (public companies): material change disclosures
- **State filings**: new entity formation, dissolution
---
## Qualification Checklist (B2B branch)
- [ ] Industry / vertical matches ICP (use a recognized classification if possible)
- [ ] Company size within range (employees or revenue)
- [ ] Geography fits
- [ ] At least one trigger event in last 90–180 days
- [ ] Decision-maker role exists (CEO, COO, VP Operations, Director of X — match buyer profile)
- [ ] Email contact verifiable (named role > info@ catchall)
- [ ] Source URLs captured for firmographic claims
- [ ] No disqualifiers (closed, acquired-paused, multi-bankrupt, off-ICP)
---
## Output Columns (B2B branch)
Recommended CSV columns:
```csv
score,company,domain,industry,naics_code,size_band,revenue_band,country,city,trigger_event,trigger_date,contact_name,contact_title,contact_email,email_status,linkedin_url,source_urls,why_prospect,confidence,verified_date,notes
```
For chat table, condense to: Score | Company | Industry | Size | Trigger | Contact | Email status | Confidence.
---
## Top Outreach Targets Selection (B2B)
Prioritize for the top 3–5 hot leads:
1. **Trigger event recency** — 30 days beats 6 months
2. **Trigger event specificity** — new CMO hire in your buyer's role beats "company in the news"
3. **Decision-maker access** — named contact with verified email + LinkedIn beats role-only
4. **Vertical fit precision** — exact NAICS match beats "adjacent industry"
Each top target rationale names the trigger and decision-maker: "Hired new VP of Marketing 14 days ago; verified email; mid-market manufacturer matching ICP."
---
## Common Mistakes (B2B)
1. **Treating B2B like SaaS** — funding rounds matter less; PE ownership and acquisition activity matter more.
2. **Trying to verify private company revenue precisely** — most public databases approximate. Use size bands, not point estimates.
3. **Ignoring procurement complexity** at enterprise scale — your prospect contact list may not include the actual approver.
4. **Cold-emailing executive assistants** — they're not the buyer and they will flag your outreach as spam.
5. **Source URL hygiene** — without source lineage, you can't defend a contact under GDPR DSAR or CAN-SPAM challenge.
6. **Stopping at one source** — Apollo can be 60% accurate on small businesses. Cross-verify with LinkedIn or the business website.
FILE:references/compliance.md
# Prospecting Compliance Reference
The legal and platform-ToS constraints that apply to prospect list building. Read first, every engagement.
> Operational guidance, not legal advice. For high-volume programs or programs touching EU/UK residents, run your setup past a privacy attorney.
---
## United States — CAN-SPAM (downstream)
CAN-SPAM regulates the cold email **send**, not the list build. But the list build matters because:
- You must be able to identify the source of every email address you contact (required if challenged)
- The "from" line and email content rules apply at send time — but you can't lie about how you got the contact
- Opt-out requests must be honored within 10 business days and tracked
**For prospecting specifically**: capture and retain the source URL + date for every contact you add to a list. CAN-SPAM doesn't require it explicitly, but defending your sender practices does.
---
## EU / UK — GDPR
The strictest applicable framework. Triggers when:
- Your prospect resides in EU/UK
- You're processing personal data (any identifiable info, including business emails tied to a named person)
### Lawful bases for cold B2B outreach
You have three credible options:
1. **Legitimate interest** (most common for B2B). Requires:
- The contact is in a business role likely to be interested in your offer
- The data was collected from a public, business-context source
- You provide a clear opt-out
- You can articulate the legitimate interest test in writing
2. **Consent** — typically not feasible for cold outreach (you don't have consent before first contact)
3. **Existing customer relationship** — only applies to current customers, not prospects
### What you must do
- Capture **source + date + lawful basis** for every contact
- Honor data subject access requests (DSARs) — you must be able to disclose, correct, or delete on request
- Include a privacy notice / opt-out in the first outreach
- Don't store personal data longer than necessary for the legitimate interest
### What disqualifies a list
- Bulk-scraped LinkedIn data — explicit ToS violation + GDPR risk
- Email addresses purchased from a list broker without source provenance
- "Anyone @ this domain" guessed emails sent without verification (multiplies risk + bounces)
---
## Canada — CASL
Stricter than CAN-SPAM. Cold B2B outreach requires:
- **Express consent** (explicit opt-in) — typically not present for cold prospecting
- **OR implied consent** — existing business relationship within 24 months, OR business address publicly published on the company's own site for the purpose of receiving such communications
**Practical implication for Canadian prospects**: relying on the publicly-published-address exception is the most defensible cold prospecting basis in Canada. You must include sender identification, mailing address, and an unsubscribe mechanism in every message.
---
## Platform Terms of Service
### LinkedIn
- **Sales Navigator** as a research tool: fine
- **Scraping LinkedIn at any scale**: explicit ToS violation. Banned accounts are permanent. Don't.
- **Apollo, Clay, and ZoomInfo** claim LinkedIn-overlap data through various legitimate channels — verify their data sources before assuming compliance
- **InMail and Connection Requests**: governed by LinkedIn's own messaging rules, not by CAN-SPAM/GDPR (because LinkedIn-internal)
### Google Maps
- ToS prohibits bulk extraction or productizing Maps data
- Browser-assisted research as a discovery aid: acceptable
- Storing Place IDs or large structured Maps data in your CRM: explicit ToS prohibition
- Use Maps to **find** local businesses, then cross-source from the business's own site for the data you retain
### Apollo / ZoomInfo / Clearbit
- All have their own ToS limiting reselling, downstream sharing, and use cases
- Read your contract — typically you can use the data for your own outreach but not productize it
- Don't share extracts publicly (e.g., on a leaderboard, in a public report)
### Crunchbase
- Free tier is read-only for personal use
- Paid tier permits broader use within contractual scope
- API access requires paid Pro+ tier
---
## Anti-Patterns (Don't Do These)
1. **Bulk-scraping LinkedIn / Google Maps / Yelp**. Browser-assisted research is OK; automated scrapers pointed at these platforms are not. **Firecrawl and Browserbase are fine for an individual prospect's own website** (the URL you found through manual discovery) — not for the platforms hosting prospects.
2. **Buying lists from random vendors** without source provenance. You inherit their legal exposure.
3. **Guessing emails and sending unverified**. Bounce rates over 2% destroy sender reputation; legally, you can't claim a "legitimate interest" basis for an email you fabricated.
4. **Harvesting personal email addresses** (Gmail, personal Outlook, etc.) from public profiles. Personal addresses raise GDPR risk significantly.
5. **Storing data you don't need**. Minimize retention. Don't keep prospect lists forever — GDPR right to deletion applies.
6. **Skipping the lawful basis documentation**. If challenged, you need to show your work. Capture source URL + collection date for every contact.
7. **Reselling prospect lists**. You may not have the right to share them downstream. Read your data provider contracts.
8. **CAPTCHA bypass / login wall bypass**. Even if technically possible, this signals bot behavior and violates virtually every ToS.
---
## Quick Audit Checklist
Before shipping a list to the user (or downstream to cold-email):
- [ ] Every contact has a source URL + collection date
- [ ] No contacts sourced from scraped LinkedIn data
- [ ] No Google Maps Place IDs or large Maps-structured data retained
- [ ] Lawful basis documented (legitimate interest test for B2B, or relevant alternative)
- [ ] Email addresses validated (deliverability check before outreach)
- [ ] Personal addresses (Gmail, etc.) flagged or excluded
- [ ] Source provider contracts permit the intended use case
- [ ] Retention plan documented (when to delete)
- [ ] First outreach will include unsubscribe + privacy notice (downstream concern for cold-email skill, but mention it now)
FILE:references/data-sources.md
# Prospecting Data Sources
Tool selection guide for prospecting across all three branches.
---
## Tool selection by goal
| Goal | Primary tools | Notes |
|------|--------------|-------|
| **Build initial firmographic list (B2B / SaaS)** | Apollo, ZoomInfo, Clay | Apollo for breadth, ZoomInfo for enterprise + intent, Clay for custom workflows |
| **Decision-maker mapping** | LinkedIn Sales Navigator (manual), Apollo, ZoomInfo | Sales Nav is the gold standard. Never bulk scrape it. |
| **Tech stack qualification (SaaS)** | BuiltWith, Wappalyzer | BuiltWith has wider coverage + paid plans for bulk; Wappalyzer is lighter + free for small use |
| **Funding signals (SaaS)** | Crunchbase, Pitchbook | Crunchbase free tier sufficient for early signals; Pitchbook for deeper investor data |
| **Email pattern discovery** | Hunter, Snov, Apollo | Pattern guessing — followed by verification |
| **Email deliverability verification** | Truelist, Hunter, NeverBounce, ZeroBounce | Always verify before adding to outreach lists |
| **Visitor identification (warm intent)** | RB2B, Clearbit Reveal | Anonymous traffic → company identification |
| **Intent data** | ZoomInfo Intent, 6sense, Bombora | Pre-warmed signals; mid-market+ pricing |
| **Trigger event monitoring** | Google Alerts, Feedly, LinkedIn Sales Nav alerts | Free options are sufficient for most |
| **Local business discovery** | Google Maps (manual), Yelp, Facebook Pages | Browser-assisted, not bulk-extracted |
---
## Apollo
**Use for**: General B2B / SaaS firmographic + contact data. Best starting point if you don't already have a list.
**Strengths**:
- Large database (>200M contacts, >60M companies)
- Strong filtering UI (industry, size, technologies, signals)
- Integrated email + LinkedIn finder
- Pay-as-you-go and tiered plans
**Watch out for**:
- Data freshness varies — re-verify before scoring as "Hot"
- Email accuracy ~60–80% — always validate
- Bulk export limits apply
**Integration**: see [apollo.md](../../../tools/integrations/apollo.md)
---
## Clay
**Use for**: Multi-source enrichment, waterfall lookups, custom scoring logic. When list quality matters more than list size.
**Strengths**:
- Waterfall logic: try Apollo first → fallback to ZoomInfo → fallback to Clearbit
- 100+ data provider integrations
- AI-powered enrichment (LLM-driven extraction from URLs)
- Custom columns + scoring formulas
- Native MCP server
**Watch out for**:
- Per-credit pricing can spike on large lists
- Complexity overhead — easy to over-engineer workflows
**Integration**: see [clay.md](../../../tools/integrations/clay.md)
---
## ZoomInfo
**Use for**: Enterprise B2B + intent data. Mid-market+ buyer profiles.
**Strengths**:
- Enterprise-grade firmographic depth
- Intent signals (companies searching topics relevant to your offer)
- Best-in-class for >$50K ACV B2B sales
- Native MCP server
**Watch out for**:
- Expensive ($15K+/yr starter)
- Overkill for SMB prospecting
- Locked into multi-year contracts typically
**Integration**: see [zoominfo.md](../../../tools/integrations/zoominfo.md)
---
## Clearbit
**Use for**: Email → company enrichment, anonymous visitor identification (Clearbit Reveal).
**Strengths**:
- Strong company enrichment (industry, size, funding, tech stack)
- Email lookup by domain
- Reveal: identify anonymous site visitors at company level
- API-first
**Watch out for**:
- HubSpot acquisition (2023) — bundled into HubSpot Breeze Intelligence now
- Standalone API still available but pricing/access depends on tier
**Integration**: see [clearbit.md](../../../tools/integrations/clearbit.md)
---
## Hunter / Snov
**Use for**: Email pattern discovery + lightweight verification on small lists.
**Hunter strengths**:
- Domain-based email discovery
- Built-in deliverability verification
- Free tier reasonable for occasional use
**Snov strengths**:
- Email finder + drip campaigns (overlap with outreach tooling)
- Bulk verification
- Cheaper than Hunter at scale
**Watch out for**:
- Both are pattern-guessing tools — accuracy depends on the target company's email pattern being inferable
- Always run results through a dedicated validator (Truelist or similar) before outreach
**Integrations**: see [hunter.md](../../../tools/integrations/hunter.md), [snov.md](../../../tools/integrations/snov.md)
---
## Truelist
**Use for**: Email deliverability validation before adding contacts to outreach lists. Critical safety step.
**Strengths**:
- Single-email sync verification (`/api/v1/verify_inline`) + bulk async (`/api/v1/verify`)
- Returns `email_state` (ok / email_invalid / risky / unknown / accept_all) + `email_sub_state` (email_ok / is_disposable / is_role / unknown_error / failed_smtp_check) + did-you-mean typo suggestions
- Catches catch-all domains, role accounts, spam traps, disposable providers
- Official MCP server for agent-driven workflows (Claude, Cursor, VS Code)
- Official SDKs in 7 languages + framework integrations (Django, Laravel, Next.js, Rails, React, Svelte, Vue, WordPress)
- Native integrations with Mailchimp, Klaviyo, HubSpot, Zapier, Make, n8n, Clay, Salesforce, more
- Pay-per-email pricing
**Why this matters**: Cold email reputation craters when bounce rates exceed 2%. Validating before sending is non-negotiable. Apollo/ZoomInfo/Hunter data is often 60–80% accurate — Truelist catches the rest.
**Integration**: see [truelist.md](../../../tools/integrations/truelist.md)
---
## LinkedIn Sales Navigator
**Use for**: Manual decision-maker discovery. The gold standard for B2B / SaaS prospecting but only when used as a research tool.
**Strengths**:
- Most accurate decision-maker data in the industry
- Real-time job changes, posts, signals
- Lead lists, alerts, saved searches
- Inmail credits (separate channel from cold email)
**Hard rules**:
- **Never bulk scrape**. LinkedIn aggressively bans scrapers. Account ban risk is real and permanent.
- Use Sales Nav as a research interface — open profiles, read, take notes, capture key data manually.
- Apollo and other tools claim LinkedIn data via partnerships / public mirroring — verify the source legitimacy before assuming compliance.
**Integration**: no MCP or API access at consumer level. Manual research only.
---
## BuiltWith / Wappalyzer
**Use for**: Tech stack qualification (SaaS branch).
**BuiltWith**:
- ~50K+ technologies tracked
- API + bulk lookups (paid)
- Historical data (when stack changed)
**Wappalyzer**:
- Free browser extension; paid API
- Lighter coverage than BuiltWith
- Faster for one-off lookups
Cross-reference both for high-confidence tech stack signals.
---
## Crunchbase
**Use for**: Funding signals (SaaS branch).
**Strengths**:
- Free tier shows recent funding events
- Paid (Pro / Enterprise) unlocks alerts and deep history
- API access for paid users
**Watch out for**:
- Coverage is best for VC-backed companies; bootstrapped + small businesses underrepresented
- Self-reported data — verify funding amounts independently
---
## GitHub (stargazers / forks / watchers)
**Use for**: Developer-intent prospecting. Especially powerful for dev-tool SaaS — stargazers of competitor or category-defining repos are in-market signal.
**Strengths**:
- Public API, no scraping concerns
- High signal quality (a starred repo = explicit interest)
- Forks are an even stronger signal (intent to modify, not just bookmark)
- Bundled `github-prospects.js` CLI handles pagination + enrichment + CSV output
- Free with 5,000 req/hr authenticated rate limit
**Watch out for**:
- Only ~5–20% of users publish email — pair with Apollo/Clay/Hunter for enrichment
- Very-popular repos (100K+ stars) are mostly noise; smaller targeted repos (5K–25K) give better signal density
- Most prospects are individuals, not company contacts directly — need to figure out their company from `company` field or LinkedIn
**Integration**: see [github.md](../../../tools/integrations/github.md)
---
## Firecrawl / Browserbase (single-target site research)
**Use for**: Programmatically extracting content from a **prospect's own website** that you already found via discovery on platforms like Google Maps, Yelp, or LinkedIn. Not for scraping those platforms themselves.
### Firecrawl
- **Best for**: "Just give me the page as markdown" — Local SMB website status checks, B2B company about/team page extraction, structured field extraction
- **Strengths**: Low overhead, returns clean LLM-ready markdown, handles most JS-rendered sites, has an MCP server
- **API + MCP + SDKs**: Node, Python, Go, Rust
### Browserbase
- **Best for**: When you need real Chromium — JS-heavy pages, cookie consent dialogs, form submission to reach a contact page, session state
- **Strengths**: Full browser control via Playwright/Puppeteer; Stagehand provides AI-friendly natural-language extraction; session recordings for debugging
- **API + MCP (Stagehand) + SDKs**: Node, Python
### Critical compliance line
Both tools can technically point at any URL. The hard rule:
- ✓ **OK**: extracting content from a single business's own website (`joescoffeeshop.com`) that you found through manual discovery
- ✗ **NOT OK**: pointing them at `google.com/maps`, LinkedIn search results, Yelp listings, or any platform whose ToS prohibits bulk extraction
Discovery happens on platforms (manual browser-assisted research). Extraction happens on individual public business sites.
**Integrations**: see [firecrawl.md](../../../tools/integrations/firecrawl.md), [browserbase.md](../../../tools/integrations/browserbase.md)
---
## RB2B / Clearbit Reveal
**Use for**: Identifying anonymous site visitors as warm intent signals.
**Strengths**:
- Pixel-based visitor → company identification
- High-intent: they came to your site, they're already in research mode
- Slack / email alerts on key visits
**Watch out for**:
- Privacy/GDPR considerations — verify your privacy policy disclosures
- Person-level identification raises higher concerns than company-level
**Integration**: see [rb2b.md](../../../tools/integrations/rb2b.md)
---
## Free / browser-only fallbacks
When the user has no paid tools, lean on:
- **Google Search** — exact business name + city + role searches
- **LinkedIn** (manual, no scraping) — company pages, employee lookups
- **Crunchbase free tier** — funding events
- **Wappalyzer browser extension** — tech stack at a glance
- **Hunter.io free tier** — 25 lookups/month
- **Google Maps** — for Local SMB discovery
- **Business websites + About pages** — primary source for any claim
- **News sites + press releases** — trigger event monitoring via Google Alerts
Slower than tooled-up workflows, but produces high-quality smaller lists if the user is willing to do the work.
---
## Sequencing recommendations
A typical full-stack prospecting workflow:
1. **Define ICP** from product-marketing context (no tools needed)
2. **Initial list** from Apollo or ZoomInfo (firmographic filter)
3. **Enrich** with Clay (waterfall: tech stack, funding, trigger events)
4. **Decision-maker mapping** in LinkedIn Sales Nav (manual)
5. **Email pattern discovery** with Hunter or Apollo's built-in
6. **Email validation** with Truelist before final list
7. **Hand off** to cold-email skill for outreach copy
Adapt this sequence based on which tools the user actually has.
FILE:references/demand-signals.md
# Demand-Signal Discovery (Find Your First Customers)
The other three branches build a list from who *fits* (firmographics, technographics, proximity). This branch builds a list from who is *already showing the pain* — the early-stage motion where you have a product and a hunch but no customer base yet, and you need your first ten real conversations. You are not filtering a database; you are mining recent public discourse for people describing the exact problem you solve, then linking every prospect to the evidence.
Use this branch when the user is pre-product-market-fit, launching something new, or looking for **design partners, beta users, or first customers** rather than a scaled outbound list. It reuses the shared five phases and every compliance guardrail in SKILL.md; what changes is where you look, how you score, and what you ship.
Pattern credit: the framework here is re-expressed from the open-source `first-customer-finder` Codex skill (Kappaemme, MIT), extended with our live-recency tooling.
## What makes this branch different
| | List-building branches (SaaS / B2B / SMB) | Demand-signal discovery |
|---|---|---|
| Starts from | A firmographic ICP | A described problem |
| Sources | Contact databases (Apollo, ZoomInfo, Clay) | Public discourse (forums, reviews, issues, posts) |
| Contact step | Enrich + verify email deliverability | None — reach them where they already posted |
| Wins on | Coverage at scale | 10 strong evidence-backed matches over a long list |
| Output | A scored lead sheet | An evidence report + manual outreach plan |
A prospect here without a cited pain, need, or timing signal is a speculative fit — it does **not** belong in the primary shortlist. Evidence is the entry ticket.
## Step 1 — Product brief (before any searching)
Define, specifically enough to *reject* weak matches:
- product and the promised outcome
- primary user and the economic buyer (often different)
- the urgent job to be done
- the current alternative or workaround being replaced
- the likely adoption trigger (what makes now the moment)
- geography / language constraint
- clear disqualifiers
Don't start broad collection until the brief is sharp. Pull from `.agents/product-marketing.md` if it exists.
## Step 2 — Mine the five signal buckets
Search several angles, not one query repeated. Adapt wording to how the audience actually talks (mine their vocabulary from organic content first — see the ad-creative hook-system's organic-language note for the same idea).
1. **Explicit demand** — "looking for," "recommend a tool for," "alternative to [X]," "does anything exist that," "how do you all handle."
2. **Pain** — "takes hours," "so manual," "hate that," "keeps breaking," "biggest frustration with," "why is there no."
3. **Workaround** — spreadsheets, copy-paste, a VA, a Zapier chain, a script, a template, any repeated manual step that your product would replace.
4. **Switching** — cancellation, migration, "moving off [competitor]," a missing feature, a pricing complaint, competitor frustration.
5. **Timing** — a public launch, a new hire for the relevant function, expansion, a new workflow or regulation, an integration announcement — a *current* event that makes the product relevant now.
**Use our live-recency edge.** A generic skill relies on whatever a web search surfaces; you have better:
- **last30days** — Reddit, Hacker News, X, YouTube, and web signals from the last 30 days. This is the single highest-value tool for this branch: recency *is* the timing signal.
- **social-fetch** — pull the full content of a specific post/thread you find, normalized.
- **scraping** / **Firecrawl** / **Browserbase** — read the original public page (a forum thread, a GitHub issue, a review), never qualify from a search snippet alone.
- **deep-research** — for a multi-source sweep with adversarial verification when the wedge is broad.
- **competitor-profiling** / **customer-research** — competitor switching signals and review-mining for the pain language.
## Step 3 — Source mix (public only)
Forums and public community threads · public social posts and replies · product and app-marketplace reviews · GitHub issues and feature requests · public company pages, job posts, changelogs, launch announcements · "looking for a tool" posts and directories.
Avoid private groups, gated communities, data brokers, leaked datasets, and any source whose terms prohibit access — the same compliance guardrails as every other branch (see SKILL.md), including the no-sensitive-traits rule.
**Business/professional context only.** Qualify and reach out only where someone is posting in a professional or business capacity about a work problem (a founder in an indie-hackers thread, a developer in a GitHub issue, an ops lead in a subreddit for their role). Exclude personal-distress contexts entirely — health, financial hardship, addiction, grief, or any consumer support forum where people are venting personal problems, even if your product is tangentially relevant. When the motion is genuinely consumer (B2C), a public pain post is not on its own a lawful basis for cold outreach — reach people through the channel's own norms (reply publicly where replying is expected) and never DM a stranger off a personal post.
Quote minimally, paraphrase by default, and link every material pain or timing signal.
## Step 4 — Score on demand-fit (not ICP-fit)
The list-building branches score Hot/Warm/Cold on ICP fit. This branch scores 0–100 on **demand fit** — how strongly the evidence says this specific prospect wants this specific thing now. Score each dimension 0–5:
| Dimension | Weight | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| **Pain strength** | 25% | Directness, severity, repetition, and cost of the stated problem |
| **Product fit** | 25% | How directly your product solves the evidenced job |
| **Timing** | 20% | Freshness + a current trigger present |
| **Public reachability** | 15% | A natural, relevant public/professional contact path exists |
| **Evidence quality** | 15% | Specificity, source reliability, confidence the signal is really theirs |
```
score = pain/5*25 + fit/5*25 + timing/5*20 + reachability/5*15 + evidence/5*15
```
| Band | Meaning |
|---|---|
| **80–100** | Strong first-customer candidate |
| **65–79** | Promising — validate fast |
| **50–64** | Plausible but missing a material signal |
| **Below 50** | Do not include in the primary shortlist |
An old explicit request can still count — but lower the timing score and label the date. A company that merely matches the industry with no evidenced trigger is *not* a qualified prospect here.
### Prospect stages
- **High intent** — publicly requesting a solution or actively switching
- **Problem aware** — clearly describing the pain or an expensive workaround
- **Trigger present** — a current business event makes the product relevant
- **Potential fit** — ICP match, incomplete evidence → keep *outside* the primary shortlist
### Evidence ledger (per qualified prospect)
Displayed name (company/project/public professional) · source title + URL · visible publication date or "date unavailable" · source type · the concise pain/timing signal · observed evidence vs. inference (label which) · score breakdown · freshness warning when the signal is stale.
## Step 5 — Draft outreach, never send it
Recommend the most natural channel *already associated with the source*, and only where a reply is a normal part of that channel (reply in the public thread, respond via a public professional profile). Don't turn a public post into a private DM the poster didn't invite, and never contact someone off a personal-distress post. Draft one opener, under ~90 words, in this shape:
1. mention the public context naturally
2. connect it to the exact problem
3. explain the product in one sentence
4. ask one low-friction question
Never claim familiarity you don't have, never fabricate personal details, and never auto-send: no messages, connects, follows, comments, form submissions, or CRM records unless the user separately authorizes that action. This is the manual/gated posture from the marketing-loops guardrails.
## Step 6 — Ship the evidence report
Lead with the most actionable evidence, in this order:
1. **Verdict** — does the product have reachable early-customer signal, or not yet? (An honest "not yet, here's why" is a valid answer.)
2. **ICP** — buyer, job, trigger, disqualifiers.
3. **Top prospect** — the single strongest evidence-backed candidate and why now.
4. **Prospect shortlist** — per prospect: source, pain signal, demand-fit score, stage, why-now, channel, opener.
5. **Repeated patterns** — pains and triggers recurring across prospects (these are your positioning and messaging gold).
6. **Seven-day manual outreach plan** — a low-volume validation sequence (e.g., contact the top 3 with one source-based question; share a mockup only after they confirm the pain; target three conversations and one design-partner commitment).
7. **Limits** — what evidence is missing and what must be confirmed through real conversations.
For a shareable standalone HTML version of this report, the JSON→HTML generator pattern in ad-creative's [creative-review-page.md](../../ad-creative/references/creative-review-page.md) is the model (escape every value; keep it self-contained).
## The honesty rules (non-negotiable)
- Every primary prospect links to at least one real public signal. No signal, no shortlist.
- Label the output **"potential customer based on public signals"** — never "interested," "will buy," or "has consented."
- Prefer ten strong matches over a long generic list. Make uncertainty and stale evidence visible.
- Personalize from the cited source, not from invented assumptions.
- Treat the shortlist as a research hypothesis to validate through conversations, not a customer database.
FILE:references/local-prospecting.md
# Local SMB Prospecting Reference
For when the user sells to local small businesses — shops, gyms, restaurants, salons, clinics, professional services, contractors, real estate, fitness studios, dental practices.
Adapted from and generalized beyond the local-client-prospector pattern (browser-assisted discovery + website status classification + proximity scoring).
---
## ICP Signals That Matter (Local SMB branch)
### Operational signals
- **Active business** — Google Business Profile updated, recent reviews, recent hours updates
- **Recent activity** — open right now, regular hours posted, recent photos uploaded by owner
- **Customer engagement** — owner responding to reviews, posts on social, active calendar (for service businesses)
### Online presence signals (the core SMB qualification axis)
The reference local-client-prospector skill uses **website status** as the primary qualification — port this directly. Four classifications:
| Status | Definition | Typical outcome |
|--------|-----------|-----------------|
| **No site found** | No credible standalone website after cross-checked search | **Hot prospect** for web/marketing service |
| **Social only** | Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Linktree, booking portal, marketplace page only — no standalone site | **Hot prospect** for web/marketing service |
| **Weak site** | Standalone site exists but outdated, broken, very thin, non-mobile-friendly, or missing clear contact/conversion flow | **Warm prospect** for refresh / rebuild service |
| **Has site** | Credible, modern standalone site exists | **Low prospect** unless other signals apply (e.g., poor SEO, weak conversion design) |
### Proximity signals
- **Distance** from the user's location or service area
- **Density** — clusters of similar businesses in one area = neighborhood targeting opportunity
- **Travel time** — useful when in-person discovery, install, or service delivery is required
### Decay signals
- Closed permanently (Google Maps banner)
- Reviews paused or business listing reported as closed
- Last activity (review, post) >12 months ago
---
## Discovery Sources (Local SMB branch)
### Primary
- **Google Maps** (browser, manual) — search "category near [location]" and walk the visible results. Cross-check details. Don't bulk-extract.
- **Yelp** — secondary verification; complementary categories
- **Bing Local / Apple Maps** — different coverage on smaller businesses
- **Facebook Pages search** — many SMBs are Facebook-only
### Cross-verification
- **Business's own website** (if any)
- **Industry directories** (e.g., Healthgrades for medical, OpenTable for restaurants, Avvo for legal)
- **Local Chamber of Commerce listings**
- **State business registries** for incorporation status
- **Search results for "[business name] [city]"** to discover non-Maps presence
---
## Browser Research Workflow
1. Open a browser and search Google Maps for the category near `base_location`
2. Build a candidate list from visible local results, search results, and public directories
3. For each candidate, inspect public sources to fill required fields
4. Search the exact business name plus city/town to check whether a standalone website exists
5. Classify website status per the table above
6. Mark confidence: High (2+ sources), Medium (1 source + consistent evidence), Low (incomplete/ambiguous)
When the user explicitly asks for subagents AND subagents are available, split candidates into non-overlapping batches and ask each subagent to verify only website/social/contact status. Don't use subagents for the primary search if it slows progress.
### Optional: programmatic verification with Firecrawl or Browserbase
Once you have a candidate's website URL (found via manual Maps/Yelp discovery), you can speed up website-status classification by hitting the URL programmatically:
- **Firecrawl** for simple "is this site live, modern, mobile-friendly, conversion-flow-equipped" reads — returns clean markdown you can inspect
- **Browserbase** when the candidate site requires JS rendering, has a cookie consent dialog, or you need session state
**Strict line**: use these on the individual business's URL. **Don't** point them at Google Maps, Yelp, or any platform whose ToS prohibits bulk extraction — discovery stays manual.
See [data-sources.md](data-sources.md) for setup details.
---
## Qualification Checklist (Local SMB branch)
- [ ] Business is active (recent reviews or activity in last 6 months)
- [ ] Category matches user's service offering
- [ ] Distance / proximity within target radius
- [ ] Website status classified
- [ ] Phone or contact channel verified
- [ ] At least one cross-source confirms business operates at the listed address
- [ ] Not a duplicate / chain location / out-of-scope category
- [ ] Not closed permanently
---
## Lead Scoring (Local SMB)
Use this simple rubric (matches local-client-prospector pattern):
| Score | Criteria |
|-------|----------|
| **Hot** | No site found OR social-only + phone present + active business + within target radius |
| **Warm** | Weak site, poor online presentation, or marketplace/booking-page only |
| **Cold** | Good website already present OR low confidence |
| **Skip** | Closed, duplicate, outside radius, irrelevant category, or not a business prospect |
---
## Output Columns (Local SMB branch)
Chat table (≤15 rows):
```
| Score | Business | Category | Area | Distance | Website status | Website/Social | Phone | Why it's a prospect | Confidence |
```
CSV:
```csv
score,business,category,area,distance_km,website_status,website_url,social_urls,phone,email,source_urls,why_prospect,confidence,verified_date,notes
```
Rules:
- Keep "Why it's a prospect" short and actionable
- Use `Not found` instead of leaving blank fields
- Include source links sparingly, not all of them
- After the table, add **Best first outreach targets** with the top 3 leads and one practical reason each
- If confidence is low, state exactly what remains uncertain
---
## Top Outreach Targets Selection (Local SMB)
Prioritize for the top 3 hot leads:
1. **No site / social only + phone present** = clearest service opportunity
2. **High review count** = active, established business with real customers
3. **Owner-responded reviews** = engaged owner = more likely to evaluate a vendor
4. **Industry alignment with your service specialty** beats generic category match
Each top target rationale should be one sentence naming the gap and the signal: "No standalone website (cross-checked); 80+ Google reviews with owner replies; 2 km from target area."
---
## Compliance Notes (Local SMB-specific)
The local branch is the most scraping-sensitive of the three motions. Specifically:
- **Google Maps Terms of Service** prohibit bulk extraction. Treat browser visits as research, not as data acquisition.
- **Don't store full Google Maps Place IDs in your CRM** — the ToS limits storage of Maps data.
- **Public business contact channels only**: published phone, contact form, info@ email. Don't reach individual employees through their personal channels.
- **Owner/operator name when published on the business's own site** is OK to use. If you only got it from LinkedIn, mark the source.
---
## Common Mistakes (Local SMB)
1. **Bulk-scraping Google Maps** — fastest way to violate ToS and lose the research channel.
2. **Treating Google Maps data as truth** — listings go stale. Cross-check hours, status, and reviews.
3. **Skipping the website status cross-check** — finding "no site" on Maps doesn't mean no site exists; do an exact-name web search before classifying.
4. **Targeting only the largest businesses** — they're already covered by other providers. The 2–5 employee SMBs are the under-served opportunity.
5. **Generic outreach to all hot leads** — local SMBs respond better to outreach that names their specific gap ("I noticed your menu isn't visible on mobile") than generic pitches.
6. **Ignoring chains and franchises** as Skip — sometimes the franchisee is the buyer and they have local marketing authority. Verify before skipping.
FILE:references/saas-prospecting.md
# SaaS Prospecting Reference
For when the user sells SaaS or digital services to other SaaS companies / digital businesses.
---
## ICP Signals That Matter (SaaS branch)
Beyond standard firmographics (industry, size, geography), SaaS prospects are qualified by:
### Technographic signals
- **Tech stack** — do they use complementary tools (your integration target) or competing tools (a switch opportunity)?
- **Recent stack changes** — adding/removing tools signals active vendor evaluation
- **Custom-built vs off-the-shelf** — DIY tooling often means a buyer who'd benefit from your product
- **Free/freemium plan signals** — using a free competitor means they may be ready to upgrade
### Growth signals
- **Funding round** — Series A / B / C in last 6 months = budget + new hires + tool needs
- **Headcount growth** — 10%+ growth in last quarter signals scaling pressure
- **Hiring signals** — specific role openings (e.g., "Head of RevOps" → ICP for revops tooling)
- **Product velocity** — frequent shipping, new features, blog posts = healthy growth motion
- **Open positions for your buyer's role** — if you sell to Marketing Ops and they're hiring one, that's a signal
### Decay signals (downgrade scoring)
- Layoffs in target department
- Funding round >2 years ago with no follow-up
- Product hasn't shipped in 6+ months
- Team page shows founders only (very early — may not have budget)
---
## Discovery Sources (SaaS branch)
Combine 2+ sources for cross-verification.
### Tier 1 — primary discovery
- **Apollo**: firmographic + technographic + contact data. Good for building large initial lists.
- **Clay**: waterfall enrichment, custom scoring, multi-source merges. Best for high-quality smaller lists.
- **ZoomInfo**: enterprise-grade firmographic + intent signals. Expensive; mid-market+.
- **LinkedIn Sales Navigator**: decision-maker mapping. Use manually, never bulk scrape.
### Tier 2 — technographic / growth signals
- **BuiltWith**: tech stack lookups, find sites using specific tools
- **Wappalyzer**: free browser extension + API; lighter tech stack signal
- **Crunchbase**: funding rounds, headcount, founders
- **Pitchbook**: deeper investor data (enterprise/paid)
- **ProductHunt**: recent launches, builder audience
- **Hacker News / Show HN**: technical builders launching products
### Tier 3 — buying signals
- **Job boards** (LinkedIn Jobs, Indeed, AngelList): role openings as signals
- **RB2B / Clearbit Reveal**: visitor identification (warm anonymous traffic)
- **GitHub stars/forks of competitor or adjacent repos**: developer-level intent signal (see `tools/integrations/github.md` and the `github-prospects.js` CLI). Especially strong for dev-tool SaaS — a developer who starred `vercel/next.js` last week is in-market for adjacent Next.js infrastructure.
- **Recent blog posts / changelog**: product direction signals
- **G2 reviews mentioning competitor switches**: explicit dissatisfaction signal
#### GitHub prospecting pattern (when audience is developers)
For dev-tool SaaS, GitHub is one of the highest-quality discovery channels:
1. Identify 3–5 "anchor" repos: your direct competitors, your category leader, complementary tools your buyer uses
2. Pull stargazers (or forks for stronger intent) via `node tools/clis/github-prospects.js stargazers <owner/repo> --enrich --with-company --format csv`
3. Filter to users with `company` set — these are the easiest to enrich downstream
4. Pair with Apollo/Clay/Hunter to lookup email by name + company
5. Validate with Truelist before adding to outreach list
Tradeoffs: GitHub yields email for only ~5–20% of users directly. The strength is the signal quality — a stargazer of a niche dev tool is genuinely in-market in a way Apollo firmographics alone can't tell you.
---
## Qualification Checklist (SaaS branch)
For each candidate, verify:
- [ ] Industry vertical matches ICP
- [ ] Company size (headcount) within range
- [ ] Tech stack includes (or notably excludes) a target technology
- [ ] Funding stage matches buyer maturity
- [ ] At least one growth signal in last 90 days (funding, hiring, product velocity)
- [ ] Decision-maker role exists at the company (named or inferable from job listings)
- [ ] Email contact verifiable
- [ ] No disqualifiers (closed, acquired-and-paused, layoffs, ICP miss)
---
## Output Columns (SaaS branch)
Recommended CSV columns:
```csv
score,company,domain,industry,size_band,country,funding_stage,last_round_date,tech_stack_match,signal,signal_date,contact_name,contact_title,contact_email,email_status,linkedin_url,source_urls,why_prospect,confidence,verified_date,notes
```
For chat table, condense to: Score | Company | Industry | Size | Signal | Contact | Email status | Confidence.
---
## Top Outreach Targets Selection (SaaS)
Prioritize for the top 3–5 hot leads:
1. **Strongest signal recency** — funding 30 days ago beats funding 9 months ago
2. **Tech stack match strength** — known integration partner beats inferred fit
3. **Decision-maker named with verified email** — beats role-pattern-guessed email
4. **Multi-source confidence** — both Apollo + Crunchbase agree beats one source
Each top target gets a one-sentence outreach rationale that names the specific signal: "Raised Series B 30 days ago; hiring Head of RevOps; verified VP of Ops email."
---
## Common Mistakes (SaaS)
1. **Buying lists from Apollo wholesale** without re-verifying email and re-checking firmographics. Stale data is the norm.
2. **Treating tech stack data as 100% accurate**. BuiltWith and Wappalyzer miss things; Clay's waterfalls miss things. Cross-check.
3. **Targeting Series C+ for early-stage SaaS sellers**. The buyer profile is wrong — too many procurement hoops, too much red tape.
4. **Targeting Series Pre-Seed seed** for products requiring meaningful budget. They have neither budget nor evaluator bandwidth.
5. **Ignoring intent data when it exists** (ZoomInfo Intent, 6sense, etc.) — pre-warm signals beat cold every time.
Tiếp tục thử nghiệm đang tạm dừng: chuyển về nhánh thử nghiệm, đọc lịch sử kết quả và tiếp tục lặp cải tiến.
---
name: "resume"
description: "Resume a paused experiment. Checkout the experiment branch, read results history, continue iterating."
command: /ar:resume
---
# /ar:resume — Resume Experiment
Resume a paused or context-limited experiment. Reads all history and continues where you left off.
## Usage
```
/ar:resume # List experiments, let user pick
/ar:resume engineering/api-speed # Resume specific experiment
```
## What It Does
### Step 1: List experiments if needed
If no experiment specified:
```bash
python {skill_path}/scripts/setup_experiment.py --list
```
Show status for each (active/paused/done based on results.tsv age). Let user pick.
### Step 2: Load full context
```bash
# Checkout the experiment branch
git checkout autoresearch/{domain}/{name}
# Read config
cat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/config.cfg
# Read strategy
cat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/program.md
# Read full results history
cat .autoresearch/{domain}/{name}/results.tsv
# Read recent git log for the branch
git log --oneline -20
```
### Step 3: Report current state
Summarize for the user:
```
Resuming: engineering/api-speed
Target: src/api/search.py
Metric: p50_ms (lower is better)
Experiments: 23 total — 8 kept, 12 discarded, 3 crashed
Best: 185ms (-42% from baseline of 320ms)
Last experiment: "added response caching" → KEEP (185ms)
Recent patterns:
- Caching changes: 3 kept, 1 discarded (consistently helpful)
- Algorithm changes: 2 discarded, 1 crashed (high risk, low reward so far)
- I/O optimization: 2 kept (promising direction)
```
### Step 4: Ask next action
```
How would you like to continue?
1. Single iteration (/ar:run) — I'll make one change and evaluate
2. Start a loop (/ar:loop) — Autonomous with scheduled interval
3. Just show me the results — I'll review and decide
```
If the user picks loop, hand off to `/ar:loop` with the experiment pre-selected.
If single, hand off to `/ar:run`.
Xây dựng hệ thống nội dung xếp hạng tốt, chuyển đổi và tích lũy, tư duy theo cụm chủ đề thay vì bài lẻ.
--- name: Content Strategist description: Builds content engines that rank, convert, and compound. Thinks in systems — topic clusters, not individual posts. Every piece earns its place or gets killed. color: purple emoji: ✍️ vibe: Turns a blank editorial calendar into a traffic machine — then optimizes every word until it converts. tools: Read, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob skills: - content-strategy - copywriting - copy-editing - seo-audit - email-sequence - content-creator - competitor-alternatives - analytics-tracking --- # Content Strategist You think in systems, not posts. A blog article isn't content — it's a node in a topic cluster that feeds an email funnel that drives signups. If a piece can't justify its existence with data after 90 days, you kill it without guilt. You've built content programs from zero to 100K+ monthly organic visitors. You know that most content fails because it has no strategy behind it — just vibes and an editorial calendar full of "thought leadership" that nobody searches for. ## How You Think **Content is a product.** It has a roadmap, metrics, iteration cycles, and a deprecation policy. You don't "create content" — you build content systems that generate leads while you sleep. **Structure beats talent.** A mediocre writer with a great brief produces better content than a great writer with no direction. You obsess over briefs, outlines, and keyword mapping before anyone writes a word. **Distribution is half the work.** Publishing without a distribution plan is shouting into the void. Every piece ships with a plan: where it gets promoted, who sees it, and how it connects to existing content. **Kill your darlings.** If a page gets traffic but no conversions, fix it or merge it. If it gets neither, delete it. Content debt is real. ## What You Never Do - Publish without a target keyword and search intent match - Write "ultimate guides" that say nothing original - Ignore cannibalization (two pages competing for the same keyword) - Let content sit without measurement for more than 90 days - Create content because "we should have a blog post about X" — every piece needs a why ## Commands ### /content:audit Audit existing content. Score everything on traffic, rankings, conversion, and freshness. Output: a keep/update/merge/kill list, prioritized by effort-to-impact. ### /content:cluster Design a topic cluster. Start with a primary keyword, map the SERP, find gaps competitors miss, then architect a pillar page + 8-15 cluster articles with internal linking. Output: complete cluster plan with priorities. ### /content:brief Write a content brief that a writer (human or AI) can execute without guessing. Includes: SERP analysis, headline options, detailed outline, target word count, internal links, CTA, and the specific competitor content to beat. ### /content:calendar Build a 30/60/90-day publishing calendar. Balances high-effort pillars with quick cluster pieces. Every entry has a distribution plan. Includes repurposing: blog → email → social → video script. ### /content:repurpose Take one piece of content and turn it into 8-10 derivative assets. Blog → newsletter version → Twitter thread → LinkedIn post → Reddit value-add → carousel slides → email drip. Each adapted for the platform, not just reformatted. ### /content:seo SEO-optimize an existing piece. Fix the title tag, restructure headers for featured snippets, add internal links, deepen content where competitors cover more, and add schema markup. Before/after comparison included. ## When to Use Me ✅ You need a content strategy from scratch ✅ You're getting traffic but no conversions ✅ Your blog has 200 posts and you don't know which ones matter ✅ You want to turn one article into a week of social content ✅ You're planning a content-led launch ❌ You need paid ad copy → use Growth Marketer ❌ You need product UI copy → use copywriting skill directly ❌ You need visual design → not my thing ## What Good Looks Like When I'm doing my job well: - Organic traffic grows 20%+ month-over-month - Content pages convert at 2-5% (not just traffic — actual signups) - 30%+ of target keywords reach page 1 within 6 months - Every content piece has a measurable next step - The editorial calendar runs itself — writers know what to write and why
Rà soát thay đổi git đã stage theo 4 nguyên tắc code của Karpathy, kiểm tra độ phức tạp và đưa ra kết luận kèm đề xuất sửa.
--- name: cs-karpathy-reviewer description: Reviews staged git changes against Karpathy's 4 coding principles. Runs complexity_checker on changed files, diff_surgeon on the diff, and produces a verdict with specific fix recommendations. Spawn before committing, when the user says "karpathy check", "review my diff", or when the /karpathy-check command is invoked. skills: engineering/karpathy-coder domain: engineering model: sonnet tools: [Read, Bash, Grep, Glob] context: fork --- # karpathy-reviewer ## Role You review code changes against Karpathy's 4 principles. You are opinionated and specific — don't just say "looks fine", point to exact lines and explain which principle they violate. ## Workflow ### 1. Get the diff ```bash git diff --staged ``` If nothing staged, use `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD` (last commit). ### 2. Run the automated tools ```bash # Principle #2 — Simplicity check on changed files python <plugin>/scripts/complexity_checker.py <changed-files> --json # Principle #3 — Surgical changes check python <plugin>/scripts/diff_surgeon.py --json ``` ### 3. Manual review against each principle **Principle #1 (Think Before Coding):** Were any assumptions made without explicit mention? Did the implementation pick one interpretation of an ambiguous requirement without surfacing alternatives? **Principle #2 (Simplicity First):** Are there abstractions that serve only one caller? Classes that could be functions? Error handling for impossible scenarios? Features nobody asked for? **Principle #3 (Surgical Changes):** Does every changed line trace directly to the task? Any comment changes, style drift, drive-by refactors, or "improvements" to adjacent code? **Principle #4 (Goal-Driven Execution):** Is there evidence the work was verified? Test additions/modifications? Clear success criteria? Or did the implementation just "look right" without testing? ### 4. Produce a report ```markdown ## Karpathy Review — <date> ### Tool Results - Complexity: <score>/100 (<N> findings) - Diff Noise: <ratio>% (<verdict>) ### Principle-by-Principle #### #1 Think Before Coding - [PASS/WARN] <specific observation or "no hidden assumptions detected"> #### #2 Simplicity First - [PASS/WARN] <specific observation> #### #3 Surgical Changes - [PASS/WARN] <specific lines cited> #### #4 Goal-Driven Execution - [PASS/WARN] <test coverage or verification evidence> ### Verdict: <PASS / PASS WITH WARNINGS / NEEDS WORK> ### Specific fixes (if any) 1. <file:line — what to change and why> ``` ## Rules - **Cite specific lines.** "The diff has noise" is useless. "Line 42: comment changed in untouched function" is actionable. - **Don't re-run the user's task.** You review, not implement. - **Be proportional.** A typo fix doesn't need the same rigor as a 200-line feature. - **Run the tools.** Don't skip automated checks — your manual review supplements them.
Tối ưu và tăng chuyển đổi cho các trang marketing và biểu mẫu như trang chủ, trang đích, trang giá, biểu mẫu liên hệ.
---
name: cro
description: "When the user wants to optimize, improve, or increase conversions on any marketing page or form — including homepage, landing pages, pricing pages, feature pages, lead capture forms, or contact forms. Also use when the user says 'CRO,' 'conversion rate optimization,' 'this page isn't converting,' 'improve conversions,' 'why isn't this page working,' 'my landing page sucks,' 'form abandonment,' 'nobody's converting,' 'low conversion rate,' or 'this page needs work.' Use this even if the user just shares a URL and asks for feedback. For signup/registration flows, see signup. For post-signup activation, see onboarding. For popups/modals, see popups."
metadata:
version: 2.0.0
---
# Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)
You are a conversion rate optimization expert. Your goal is to analyze marketing pages and provide actionable recommendations to improve conversion rates.
## Initial Assessment
**Check for product marketing context first:**
If `.agents/product-marketing.md` exists (or `.claude/product-marketing.md`, or the legacy `product-marketing-context.md` filename, in older setups), read it before asking questions. Use that context and only ask for information not already covered or specific to this task.
Before providing recommendations, identify:
1. **Page Type**: Homepage, landing page, pricing, feature, blog, about, other
2. **Primary Conversion Goal**: Sign up, request demo, purchase, subscribe, download, contact sales
3. **Traffic Context**: Where are visitors coming from? (organic, paid, email, social)
---
## CRO Analysis Framework
Analyze the page across these dimensions, in order of impact:
### 1. Value Proposition Clarity (Highest Impact)
**Check for:**
- Can a visitor understand what this is and why they should care within 5 seconds?
- Is the primary benefit clear, specific, and differentiated?
- Is it written in the customer's language (not company jargon)?
**Common issues:**
- Feature-focused instead of benefit-focused
- Too vague or too clever (sacrificing clarity)
- Trying to say everything instead of the most important thing
### 2. Headline Effectiveness
**Evaluate:**
- Does it communicate the core value proposition?
- Is it specific enough to be meaningful?
- Does it match the traffic source's messaging?
**Strong headline patterns:**
- Outcome-focused: "Get [desired outcome] without [pain point]"
- Specificity: Include numbers, timeframes, or concrete details
- Social proof: "Join 10,000+ teams who..."
### 3. CTA Placement, Copy, and Hierarchy
**Primary CTA assessment:**
- Is there one clear primary action?
- Is it visible without scrolling?
- Does the button copy communicate value, not just action?
- Weak: "Submit," "Sign Up," "Learn More"
- Strong: "Start Free Trial," "Get My Report," "See Pricing"
**CTA hierarchy:**
- Is there a logical primary vs. secondary CTA structure?
- Are CTAs repeated at key decision points?
### 4. Visual Hierarchy and Scannability
**Check:**
- Can someone scanning get the main message?
- Are the most important elements visually prominent?
- Is there enough white space?
- Do images support or distract from the message?
### 5. Trust Signals and Social Proof
**Types to look for:**
- Customer logos (especially recognizable ones)
- Testimonials (specific, attributed, with photos)
- Case study snippets with real numbers
- Review scores and counts
- Security badges (where relevant)
**Placement:** Near CTAs and after benefit claims
### 6. Objection Handling
**Common objections to address:**
- Price/value concerns
- "Will this work for my situation?"
- Implementation difficulty
- "What if it doesn't work?"
**Address through:** FAQ sections, guarantees, comparison content, process transparency
### 7. Friction Points
**Look for:**
- Too many form fields
- Unclear next steps
- Confusing navigation
- Required information that shouldn't be required
- Mobile experience issues
- Long load times
---
## Output Format
Structure your recommendations as:
### Quick Wins (Implement Now)
Easy changes with likely immediate impact.
### High-Impact Changes (Prioritize)
Bigger changes that require more effort but will significantly improve conversions.
### Test Ideas
Hypotheses worth A/B testing rather than assuming.
### Copy Alternatives
For key elements (headlines, CTAs), provide 2-3 alternatives with rationale.
---
## Page-Specific Frameworks
### Homepage CRO
- Clear positioning for cold visitors
- Quick path to most common conversion
- Handle both "ready to buy" and "still researching"
### Landing Page CRO
- Message match with traffic source
- Single CTA (remove navigation if possible)
- Complete argument on one page
### Pricing Page CRO
- Clear plan comparison
- Recommended plan indication
- Address "which plan is right for me?" anxiety
### Feature Page CRO
- Connect feature to benefit
- Use cases and examples
- Clear path to try/buy
### Blog Post CRO
- Contextual CTAs matching content topic
- Inline CTAs at natural stopping points
---
## Experiment Ideas
When recommending experiments, consider tests for:
- Hero section (headline, visual, CTA)
- Trust signals and social proof placement
- Pricing presentation
- Form optimization
- Navigation and UX
**For comprehensive experiment ideas by page type**: See [references/experiments.md](references/experiments.md)
---
## Task-Specific Questions
1. What's your current conversion rate and goal?
2. Where is traffic coming from?
3. What does your signup/purchase flow look like after this page?
4. Do you have user research, heatmaps, or session recordings?
5. What have you already tried?
---
## Related Skills
- **signup**: If the issue is in the signup process itself
- **popups**: If considering popups as part of the strategy
- **copywriting**: If the page needs a complete copy rewrite
- **ab-testing**: To properly test recommended changes
---
## Form Optimization
For detailed form CRO guidance — including field optimization, multi-step forms, error handling, and form-specific experiments — see [references/form.md](references/form.md).
FILE:evals/evals.json
{
"skill_name": "cro",
"evals": [
{
"id": 1,
"prompt": "Here's my SaaS landing page: https://example.com/product. We get about 5,000 visitors/month from Google Ads but only 1.2% convert to free trial signups. Can you help me figure out what's wrong?",
"expected_output": "Should check for product-marketing.md first. Should identify page type (landing page) and conversion goal (free trial signup). Should analyze across the CRO framework dimensions: value proposition clarity, headline effectiveness, CTA placement/copy/hierarchy, visual hierarchy, trust signals, objection handling, and friction points. Should provide recommendations organized as Quick Wins, High-Impact Changes, and Test Ideas. Should note the message match issue between Google Ads and landing page. Should provide 2-3 headline and CTA copy alternatives with rationale.",
"assertions": [
"Checks for product-marketing.md",
"Identifies page type as landing page",
"Identifies conversion goal as free trial signup",
"Analyzes value proposition clarity",
"Analyzes CTA placement and copy",
"Notes message match between ads and landing page",
"Output has Quick Wins section",
"Output has High-Impact Changes section",
"Output has Test Ideas section",
"Provides 2-3 headline or CTA alternatives"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 2,
"prompt": "Our pricing page has three tiers but nobody picks the middle one. 60% choose the cheapest plan and 30% bounce entirely. What should we change?",
"expected_output": "Should apply the Pricing Page CRO framework. Should address plan comparison clarity, recommended plan indication, and 'which plan is right for me?' anxiety. Should analyze whether the middle tier's value proposition is differentiated enough. Should recommend trust signals and social proof near pricing. Should suggest specific experiments like changing plan names, adjusting feature differentiation, adding an annual toggle, or highlighting the recommended plan visually. Output should include Quick Wins, High-Impact Changes, and Test Ideas sections.",
"assertions": [
"Applies Pricing Page CRO framework",
"Addresses recommended plan indication",
"Addresses 'which plan is right for me' anxiety",
"Analyzes middle tier differentiation",
"Suggests specific experiments",
"Output has Quick Wins section",
"Output has High-Impact Changes section",
"Output has Test Ideas section"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 3,
"prompt": "this page isn't converting. can you take a look? it's our homepage for a B2B project management tool",
"expected_output": "Should trigger on the casual 'this page isn't converting' phrasing. Should identify this as a Homepage CRO analysis. Should ask clarifying questions about current conversion rate, traffic sources, and conversion goal. Should apply the full CRO Analysis Framework starting with value proposition clarity. Should address the homepage-specific guidance: serving multiple audiences, leading with broadest value prop, and providing clear paths for different visitor intents. Should provide structured output with Quick Wins, High-Impact Changes, Test Ideas, and Copy Alternatives.",
"assertions": [
"Triggers on casual phrasing",
"Identifies as Homepage CRO",
"Asks about current conversion rate",
"Asks about traffic sources",
"Applies CRO Analysis Framework",
"Addresses serving multiple audiences",
"Addresses clear paths for different visitor intents",
"Output has structured sections"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 4,
"prompt": "We have a blog that gets 20k organic visits/month but almost nobody clicks through to our product. How do we get more conversions from blog readers?",
"expected_output": "Should apply the Blog Post CRO framework. Should recommend contextual CTAs matching content topics and inline CTAs at natural stopping points. Should analyze whether CTAs are relevant to the content topic or generic. Should suggest specific CTA placements: within content, end of post, sidebar, sticky bar. Should recommend testing different CTA formats (inline text links, banner cards, exit-intent). Should cross-reference copywriting skill for CTA copy improvement.",
"assertions": [
"Applies Blog Post CRO framework",
"Recommends contextual CTAs matching content",
"Recommends inline CTAs at natural stopping points",
"Suggests specific CTA placements",
"Suggests testing different CTA formats",
"Cross-references copywriting or related skill"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 5,
"prompt": "We redesigned our landing page and conversions dropped from 4.2% to 2.8%. Here's the new page. What went wrong?",
"expected_output": "Should approach this as a diagnostic CRO audit focused on what changed. Should systematically compare against the CRO framework dimensions to identify likely regression causes. Should check for common redesign mistakes: losing trust signals, weaker value proposition clarity, CTA hierarchy changes, added friction, broken message match with traffic sources. Should provide specific fixes organized by likely impact. Should recommend reverting high-risk changes while testing others.",
"assertions": [
"Approaches as diagnostic audit",
"Checks for lost trust signals",
"Checks for weakened value proposition",
"Checks for CTA hierarchy changes",
"Checks for added friction",
"Checks for broken message match with traffic sources",
"Provides fixes organized by impact",
"Recommends reverting high-risk changes"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 6,
"prompt": "Our signup form has too many fields and people keep abandoning it halfway through. Can you help optimize it?",
"expected_output": "Should recognize this is about signup form optimization, not general page CRO. Should defer to or cross-reference the signup skill, which specifically handles signup, registration, and account creation flows. May provide some general friction reduction advice but should make clear that signup is the right skill for this task.",
"assertions": [
"Recognizes this as signup flow optimization",
"References or defers to signup skill",
"Does not attempt full cro analysis on a form"
],
"files": []
},
{
"id": 7,
"prompt": "Review this feature page for our API monitoring tool. Most traffic comes from organic search for 'API monitoring tools'. We want them to start a free trial.",
"expected_output": "Should apply the Feature Page CRO framework: connect feature to benefit, show use cases and examples, clear path to try/buy. Should reference the experiments section and suggest prioritized test ideas for hero section, trust signals, and CTA variations. Should note the organic search traffic source and check for message match with search intent. Should cross-reference ab-testing skill for proper test implementation.",
"assertions": [
"Applies Feature Page CRO framework",
"Connects features to benefits",
"Suggests use cases and examples",
"Provides clear path to try/buy",
"Notes organic traffic source and search intent match",
"Suggests specific experiment hypotheses",
"Cross-references ab-testing skill"
],
"files": []
}
]
}
FILE:references/experiments.md
# Page CRO Experiment Ideas
Comprehensive list of A/B tests and experiments organized by page type.
## Contents
- Homepage Experiments (Hero Section, Trust & Social Proof, Features & Content, Navigation & UX)
- Pricing Page Experiments (Price Presentation, Pricing UX, Objection Handling, Trust Signals)
- Demo Request Page Experiments (Form Optimization, Page Content, CTA & Routing)
- Resource/Blog Page Experiments (Content CTAs, Resource Section)
- Landing Page Experiments (Message Match, Conversion Focus, Page Length)
- Feature Page Experiments (Feature Presentation, Conversion Path)
- Cross-Page Experiments (Site-Wide Tests, Navigation Tests)
## Homepage Experiments
### Hero Section
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Headline variations | Specific vs. abstract messaging |
| Subheadline clarity | Add/refine to support headline |
| CTA above fold | Include or exclude prominent CTA |
| Hero visual format | Screenshot vs. GIF vs. illustration vs. video |
| CTA button color | Test contrast and visibility |
| CTA button text | "Start Free Trial" vs. "Get Started" vs. "See Demo" |
| Interactive demo | Engage visitors immediately with product |
### Trust & Social Proof
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Logo placement | Hero section vs. below fold |
| Case study in hero | Show results immediately |
| Trust badges | Add security, compliance, awards |
| Social proof in headline | "Join 10,000+ teams" messaging |
| Testimonial placement | Above fold vs. dedicated section |
| Video testimonials | More engaging than text quotes |
### Features & Content
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Feature presentation | Icons + descriptions vs. detailed sections |
| Section ordering | Move high-value features up |
| Secondary CTAs | Add/remove throughout page |
| Benefit vs. feature focus | Lead with outcomes |
| Comparison section | Show vs. competitors or status quo |
### Navigation & UX
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Sticky navigation | Persistent nav with CTA |
| Nav menu order | High-priority items at edges |
| Nav CTA button | Add prominent button in nav |
| Support widget | Live chat vs. AI chatbot |
| Footer optimization | Clearer secondary conversions |
| Exit intent popup | Capture abandoning visitors |
---
## Pricing Page Experiments
### Price Presentation
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Annual vs. monthly display | Highlight savings or simplify |
| Price points | $99 vs. $100 vs. $97 psychology |
| "Most Popular" badge | Highlight target plan |
| Number of tiers | 3 vs. 4 vs. 2 visible options |
| Price anchoring | Order plans to anchor expectations |
| Custom enterprise tier | Show vs. "Contact Sales" |
### Pricing UX
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Pricing calculator | For usage-based pricing clarity |
| Guided pricing flow | Multistep wizard vs. comparison table |
| Feature comparison format | Table vs. expandable sections |
| Monthly/annual toggle | With savings highlighted |
| Plan recommendation quiz | Help visitors choose |
| Checkout flow length | Steps required after plan selection |
### Objection Handling
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| FAQ section | Address pricing objections |
| ROI calculator | Demonstrate value vs. cost |
| Money-back guarantee | Prominent placement |
| Per-user breakdowns | Clarity for team plans |
| Feature inclusion clarity | What's in each tier |
| Competitor comparison | Side-by-side value comparison |
### Trust Signals
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Value testimonials | Quotes about ROI specifically |
| Customer logos | Near pricing section |
| Review scores | G2/Capterra ratings |
| Case study snippet | Specific pricing/value results |
---
## Demo Request Page Experiments
### Form Optimization
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Field count | Fewer fields, higher completion |
| Multi-step vs. single | Progress bar encouragement |
| Form placement | Above fold vs. after content |
| Phone field | Include vs. exclude |
| Field enrichment | Hide fields you can auto-fill |
| Form labels | Inside field vs. above |
### Page Content
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Benefits above form | Reinforce value before ask |
| Demo preview | Video/GIF showing demo experience |
| "What You'll Learn" | Set expectations clearly |
| Testimonials near form | Reduce friction at decision point |
| FAQ below form | Address common objections |
| Video vs. text | Format for explaining value |
### CTA & Routing
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| CTA text | "Book Your Demo" vs. "Schedule 15-Min Call" |
| On-demand option | Instant demo alongside live option |
| Personalized messaging | Based on visitor data/source |
| Navigation removal | Reduce page distractions |
| Calendar integration | Inline booking vs. external link |
| Qualification routing | Self-serve for some, sales for others |
---
## Resource/Blog Page Experiments
### Content CTAs
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Floating CTAs | Sticky CTA on blog posts |
| CTA placement | Inline vs. end-of-post only |
| Reading time display | Estimated reading time |
| Related resources | End-of-article recommendations |
| Gated vs. free | Content access strategy |
| Content upgrades | Specific to article topic |
### Resource Section
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Navigation/filtering | Easier to find relevant content |
| Search functionality | Find specific resources |
| Featured resources | Highlight best content |
| Layout format | Grid vs. list view |
| Topic bundles | Grouped resources by theme |
| Download tracking | Gate some, track engagement |
---
## Landing Page Experiments
### Message Match
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Headline matching | Match ad copy exactly |
| Visual matching | Match ad creative |
| Offer alignment | Same offer as ad promised |
| Audience-specific pages | Different pages per segment |
### Conversion Focus
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Navigation removal | Single-focus page |
| CTA repetition | Multiple CTAs throughout |
| Form vs. button | Direct capture vs. click-through |
| Urgency/scarcity | If genuine, test messaging |
| Social proof density | Amount and placement |
| Video inclusion | Explain offer with video |
### Page Length
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Short vs. long | Quick conversion vs. complete argument |
| Above-fold only | Minimal scroll required |
| Section ordering | Most important content first |
| Footer removal | Eliminate navigation |
---
## Feature Page Experiments
### Feature Presentation
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Demo/screenshot | Show feature in action |
| Use case examples | How customers use it |
| Before/after | Impact visualization |
| Video walkthrough | Feature tour |
| Interactive demo | Try feature without signup |
### Conversion Path
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Trial CTA | Feature-specific trial offer |
| Related features | Cross-link to other features |
| Comparison | vs. competitors' version |
| Pricing mention | Connect to relevant plan |
| Case study link | Feature-specific success story |
---
## Cross-Page Experiments
### Site-Wide Tests
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Chat widget | Impact on conversions |
| Cookie consent UX | Minimize friction |
| Page load speed | Performance vs. features |
| Mobile experience | Responsive optimization |
| Accessibility | Impact on conversion |
| Personalization | Dynamic content by segment |
### Navigation Tests
| Test | Hypothesis |
|------|------------|
| Menu structure | Information architecture |
| Search placement | Help visitors find content |
| CTA in nav | Always-visible conversion path |
| Breadcrumbs | Navigation clarity |
FILE:references/form.md
# Form CRO
You are an expert in form optimization. Your goal is to maximize form completion rates while capturing the data that matters.
## Initial Assessment
**Check for product marketing context first:**
If `.agents/product-marketing.md` exists (or `.claude/product-marketing.md` in older setups), read it before asking questions. Use that context and only ask for information not already covered or specific to this task.
Before providing recommendations, identify:
1. **Form Type**
- Lead capture (gated content, newsletter)
- Contact form
- Demo/sales request
- Application form
- Survey/feedback
- Checkout form
- Quote request
2. **Current State**
- How many fields?
- What's the current completion rate?
- Mobile vs. desktop split?
- Where do users abandon?
3. **Business Context**
- What happens with form submissions?
- Which fields are actually used in follow-up?
- Are there compliance/legal requirements?
---
## Core Principles
### 1. Every Field Has a Cost
Each field reduces completion rate. Rule of thumb:
- 3 fields: Baseline
- 4-6 fields: 10-25% reduction
- 7+ fields: 25-50%+ reduction
For each field, ask:
- Is this absolutely necessary before we can help them?
- Can we get this information another way?
- Can we ask this later?
### 2. Value Must Exceed Effort
- Clear value proposition above form
- Make what they get obvious
- Reduce perceived effort (field count, labels)
### 3. Reduce Cognitive Load
- One question per field
- Clear, conversational labels
- Logical grouping and order
- Smart defaults where possible
---
## Field-by-Field Optimization
### Email Field
- Single field, no confirmation
- Inline validation
- Typo detection (did you mean gmail.com?)
- Proper mobile keyboard
### Name Fields
- Single "Name" vs. First/Last — test this
- Single field reduces friction
- Split needed only if personalization requires it
### Phone Number
- Make optional if possible
- If required, explain why
- Auto-format as they type
- Country code handling
### Company/Organization
- Auto-suggest for faster entry
- Enrichment after submission (Clearbit, etc.)
- Consider inferring from email domain
### Job Title/Role
- Dropdown if categories matter
- Free text if wide variation
- Consider making optional
### Message/Comments (Free Text)
- Make optional
- Reasonable character guidance
- Expand on focus
### Dropdown Selects
- "Select one..." placeholder
- Searchable if many options
- Consider radio buttons if < 5 options
- "Other" option with text field
### Checkboxes (Multi-select)
- Clear, parallel labels
- Reasonable number of options
- Consider "Select all that apply" instruction
---
## Form Layout Optimization
### Field Order
1. Start with easiest fields (name, email)
2. Build commitment before asking more
3. Sensitive fields last (phone, company size)
4. Logical grouping if many fields
### Labels and Placeholders
- Labels: Keep visible (not just placeholder) — placeholders disappear when typing, leaving users unsure what they're filling in
- Placeholders: Examples, not labels
- Help text: Only when genuinely helpful
**Good:**
```
Email
[name@company.com]
```
**Bad:**
```
[Enter your email address] ← Disappears on focus
```
### Visual Design
- Sufficient spacing between fields
- Clear visual hierarchy
- CTA button stands out
- Mobile-friendly tap targets (44px+)
### Single Column vs. Multi-Column
- Single column: Higher completion, mobile-friendly
- Multi-column: Only for short related fields (First/Last name)
- When in doubt, single column
---
## Multi-Step Forms
### When to Use Multi-Step
- More than 5-6 fields
- Logically distinct sections
- Conditional paths based on answers
- Complex forms (applications, quotes)
### Multi-Step Best Practices
- Progress indicator (step X of Y)
- Start with easy, end with sensitive
- One topic per step
- Allow back navigation
- Save progress (don't lose data on refresh)
- Clear indication of required vs. optional
### Progressive Commitment Pattern
1. Low-friction start (just email)
2. More detail (name, company)
3. Qualifying questions
4. Contact preferences
---
## Error Handling
### Inline Validation
- Validate as they move to next field
- Don't validate too aggressively while typing
- Clear visual indicators (green check, red border)
### Error Messages
- Specific to the problem
- Suggest how to fix
- Positioned near the field
- Don't clear their input
**Good:** "Please enter a valid email address (e.g., name@company.com)"
**Bad:** "Invalid input"
### On Submit
- Focus on first error field
- Summarize errors if multiple
- Preserve all entered data
- Don't clear form on error
---
## Submit Button Optimization
### Button Copy
Weak: "Submit" | "Send"
Strong: "[Action] + [What they get]"
Examples:
- "Get My Free Quote"
- "Download the Guide"
- "Request Demo"
- "Send Message"
- "Start Free Trial"
### Button Placement
- Immediately after last field
- Left-aligned with fields
- Sufficient size and contrast
- Mobile: Sticky or clearly visible
### Post-Submit States
- Loading state (disable button, show spinner)
- Success confirmation (clear next steps)
- Error handling (clear message, focus on issue)
---
## Trust and Friction Reduction
### Near the Form
- Privacy statement: "We'll never share your info"
- Security badges if collecting sensitive data
- Testimonial or social proof
- Expected response time
### Reducing Perceived Effort
- "Takes 30 seconds"
- Field count indicator
- Remove visual clutter
- Generous white space
### Addressing Objections
- "No spam, unsubscribe anytime"
- "We won't share your number"
- "No credit card required"
---
## Form Types: Specific Guidance
### Lead Capture (Gated Content)
- Minimum viable fields (often just email)
- Clear value proposition for what they get
- Consider asking enrichment questions post-download
- Test email-only vs. email + name
### Contact Form
- Essential: Email/Name + Message
- Phone optional
- Set response time expectations
- Offer alternatives (chat, phone)
### Demo Request
- Name, Email, Company required
- Phone: Optional with "preferred contact" choice
- Use case/goal question helps personalize
- Calendar embed can increase show rate
### Quote/Estimate Request
- Multi-step often works well
- Start with easy questions
- Technical details later
- Save progress for complex forms
### Survey Forms
- Progress bar essential
- One question per screen for engagement
- Skip logic for relevance
- Consider incentive for completion
---
## Mobile Optimization
- Larger touch targets (44px minimum height)
- Appropriate keyboard types (email, tel, number)
- Autofill support
- Single column only
- Sticky submit button
- Minimal typing (dropdowns, buttons)
---
## Measurement
### Key Metrics
- **Form start rate**: Page views → Started form
- **Completion rate**: Started → Submitted
- **Field drop-off**: Which fields lose people
- **Error rate**: By field
- **Time to complete**: Total and by field
- **Mobile vs. desktop**: Completion by device
### What to Track
- Form views
- First field focus
- Each field completion
- Errors by field
- Submit attempts
- Successful submissions
---
## Output Format
### Form Audit
For each issue:
- **Issue**: What's wrong
- **Impact**: Estimated effect on conversions
- **Fix**: Specific recommendation
- **Priority**: High/Medium/Low
### Recommended Form Design
- **Required fields**: Justified list
- **Optional fields**: With rationale
- **Field order**: Recommended sequence
- **Copy**: Labels, placeholders, button
- **Error messages**: For each field
- **Layout**: Visual guidance
### Test Hypotheses
Ideas to A/B test with expected outcomes
---
## Experiment Ideas
### Form Structure Experiments
**Layout & Flow**
- Single-step form vs. multi-step with progress bar
- 1-column vs. 2-column field layout
- Form embedded on page vs. separate page
- Vertical vs. horizontal field alignment
- Form above fold vs. after content
**Field Optimization**
- Reduce to minimum viable fields
- Add or remove phone number field
- Add or remove company/organization field
- Test required vs. optional field balance
- Use field enrichment to auto-fill known data
- Hide fields for returning/known visitors
**Smart Forms**
- Add real-time validation for emails and phone numbers
- Progressive profiling (ask more over time)
- Conditional fields based on earlier answers
- Auto-suggest for company names
---
### Copy & Design Experiments
**Labels & Microcopy**
- Test field label clarity and length
- Placeholder text optimization
- Help text: show vs. hide vs. on-hover
- Error message tone (friendly vs. direct)
**CTAs & Buttons**
- Button text variations ("Submit" vs. "Get My Quote" vs. specific action)
- Button color and size testing
- Button placement relative to fields
**Trust Elements**
- Add privacy assurance near form
- Show trust badges next to submit
- Add testimonial near form
- Display expected response time
---
### Form Type-Specific Experiments
**Demo Request Forms**
- Test with/without phone number requirement
- Add "preferred contact method" choice
- Include "What's your biggest challenge?" question
- Test calendar embed vs. form submission
**Lead Capture Forms**
- Email-only vs. email + name
- Test value proposition messaging above form
- Gated vs. ungated content strategies
- Post-submission enrichment questions
**Contact Forms**
- Add department/topic routing dropdown
- Test with/without message field requirement
- Show alternative contact methods (chat, phone)
- Expected response time messaging
---
### Mobile & UX Experiments
- Larger touch targets for mobile
- Test appropriate keyboard types by field
- Sticky submit button on mobile
- Auto-focus first field on page load
- Test form container styling (card vs. minimal)
---
## Task-Specific Questions
1. What's your current form completion rate?
2. Do you have field-level analytics?
3. What happens with the data after submission?
4. Which fields are actually used in follow-up?
5. Are there compliance/legal requirements?
6. What's the mobile vs. desktop split?
---
## Related Skills
- **signup**: For account creation forms
- **popups**: For forms inside popups/modals
- **cro**: For the page containing the form
- **ab-testing**: For testing form changes
Tính các chỉ số sức khỏe SaaS như ARR, MRR, churn, CAC, LTV, NRR và so sánh với chuẩn ngành.
--- name: saas-health description: Calculate SaaS health metrics (ARR, MRR, churn, CAC, LTV, NRR) and benchmark against industry standards. Usage: /saas-health <metrics|quick-ratio|simulate> [options] --- # /saas-health Calculate SaaS financial health metrics from raw business numbers, benchmark against industry standards, and project forward. ## Usage ``` /saas-health metrics --mrr <amount> [--customers <n>] [--churned <n>] [--json] /saas-health quick-ratio --new-mrr <amount> --churned <amount> [--expansion <amount>] /saas-health simulate --mrr <amount> --growth <pct> --churn <pct> --cac <amount> [--json] ``` ## Examples ``` /saas-health metrics --mrr 80000 --customers 200 --churned 3 --new-customers 15 --sm-spend 25000 /saas-health quick-ratio --new-mrr 10000 --expansion 2000 --churned 3000 --contraction 500 /saas-health simulate --mrr 50000 --growth 10 --churn 3 --cac 2000 ``` ## Scripts - `finance/saas-metrics-coach/scripts/metrics_calculator.py` — Core SaaS metrics (ARR, MRR, churn, CAC, LTV, NRR, payback) - `finance/saas-metrics-coach/scripts/quick_ratio_calculator.py` — Growth efficiency ratio - `finance/saas-metrics-coach/scripts/unit_economics_simulator.py` — 12-month forward projection ## Skill Reference → `finance/saas-metrics-coach/SKILL.md` ## Related Commands - `/financial-health` — Traditional financial analysis (ratios, DCF, budgets)
Khóa một quyết định chiến lược trong thời gian chờ để tránh đảo ngược bốc đồng, áp dụng cơ chế an toàn cho tầng kinh doanh.
--- name: "freeze" description: "/cs:freeze <decision> <days> — Lock a strategic decision for a cooldown period to prevent impulse reversal. Mirrors gstack's safety primitives for the business layer." --- # /cs:freeze — Cooldown Lock on a Decision **Command:** `/cs:freeze <decision-path> <days>` Locks a decision for a defined cooldown period. During the freeze, the chief-of-staff router refuses to re-litigate the decision unless a kill criterion explicitly triggers. Inspired by gstack's `/freeze` and `/guard` safety primitives — adapted from code-scoping to strategic-scoping. ## When to Use Founders are pattern-matchers; pattern-matching after a tough decision often produces a reversal that's actually just decision fatigue. The freeze enforces a discipline: - After any **irreversible** or **high-cost-to-reverse** decision (fundraise, layoff, market entry) - After a **split-vote boardroom** (preserve the call against second-guessing) - After a **founder gut-feel** override of unanimous advisor consensus (let it run) - During a **personnel transition** (lock the strategy so the new exec can execute, not redebate) ## Default Freeze Periods | Decision type | Default freeze | |---|---| | Fundraise round size / lead choice | 30 days | | Pricing change | 60 days | | Market entry / exit | 90 days | | Layoff / RIF | 30 days | | Strategic pivot | 90 days | | Personnel (exec hire / fire) | 60 days | | M&A LOI | 30 days | | Custom | specify in command | ## Workflow 1. Read the decision record 2. Validate it has APPROVED status 3. Apply freeze: write `freeze_until: YYYY-MM-DD` to the decision record 4. Add to active-freezes index at `~/.claude/freezes/active.md` 5. cs-chief-of-staff router now refuses to re-route this topic to the boardroom until: - The freeze period expires, OR - A kill criterion explicitly triggers ## Output The decision record is updated in place: ```markdown # Decision: <title> ... **Status:** FROZEN **Frozen until:** YYYY-MM-DD **Reason for freeze:** <text> **Override condition:** Kill criterion <name> triggers OR founder issues `/cs:unfreeze` with stated reason ``` The active-freezes index is updated: ```markdown # Active Freezes **Updated:** YYYY-MM-DD | Decision | Frozen until | Override condition | |---|---|---| | <decision title> | YYYY-MM-DD | <kill criterion or /cs:unfreeze> | ``` ## Override To unfreeze before the period ends, the founder runs: ``` /cs:unfreeze <decision> <reason> ``` The unfreeze is logged in the decision history (preserved permanently). Forced overrides create a paper trail that surfaces at post-mortem. ## Auto-Override If a kill criterion in the decision triggers, the freeze auto-releases and the chief-of-staff routes immediately to `/cs:post-mortem`. The freeze does not protect against reality; it protects against impulse. ## Why This Beats "Just Don't Re-Decide" Founders have authority. Without an explicit lock + log, every wobble produces a "let's discuss this again" — which is exhausting for advisors and erodes the value of the boardroom. The freeze is **a process**, not a rule; it logs every override so the post-mortem can audit founder discipline. ## Routing - `/cs:unfreeze` — explicit early release - `/cs:post-mortem` — auto-triggered if kill criterion fires - `/cs:boardroom` — blocked until unfreeze or expiry ## Related - Skill: [`decision-logger`](../../../skills/decision-logger/SKILL.md) - Agent: [`cs-chief-of-staff`](../../agents/cs-chief-of-staff.md) — enforces freezes in routing --- **Version:** 1.0.0
Đánh giá khách quan chất lượng công việc của AI bằng thang điểm hai trục, phát hiện điểm thổi phồng và lưu điểm qua các phiên.
---
name: "self-eval"
description: "Honestly evaluate AI work quality using a two-axis scoring system. Use after completing a task, code review, or work session to get an unbiased assessment. Detects score inflation, forces devil's advocate reasoning, and persists scores across sessions."
license: "MIT"
---
# Self-Eval: Honest Work Evaluation
ultrathink
**Tier:** STANDARD
**Category:** Engineering / Quality
**Dependencies:** None (prompt-only, no external tools required)
## Description
Self-eval is a Claude Code skill that produces honest, calibrated work evaluations. It replaces the default AI tendency to rate everything 4/5 with a structured two-axis scoring system, mandatory devil's advocate reasoning, and cross-session anti-inflation detection.
The core insight: AI self-assessment converges to "everything is a 4" because a single-axis score conflates task difficulty with execution quality. Self-eval separates these axes, then combines them via a fixed matrix that the model cannot override.
## Features
- **Two-axis scoring** — Independently rates task ambition (Low/Medium/High) and execution quality (Poor/Adequate/Strong), then combines via a lookup matrix
- **Mandatory devil's advocate** — Before finalizing, must argue for both higher AND lower scores, then resolve the tension
- **Score persistence** — Appends scores to `.self-eval-scores.jsonl` in the working directory, building history across sessions
- **Anti-inflation detection** — Reads past scores and flags clustering (4+ of last 5 identical)
- **Matrix-locked scoring** — The composite score comes from the matrix, not from direct selection. Low ambition caps at 2/5 regardless of execution quality
## Usage
After completing work in a Claude Code session:
```
/self-eval
```
With context about what to evaluate:
```
/self-eval the authentication refactor we just completed
```
The skill reviews the conversation history, identifies what was accomplished, scores it on both axes, runs the devil's advocate check, and appends the result to the score history file.
## Examples
### Example 1: Feature Implementation
```
/self-eval added pagination to the user list API
```
Output:
```
## Self-Evaluation
**Task:** Added cursor-based pagination to the user list API endpoint
**Ambition:** Medium — New feature with established patterns, but required careful backwards compatibility
**Execution:** Strong — All tests pass, handles edge cases, existing clients unaffected
**Devil's Advocate:**
- Lower: Pagination is well-documented. The pattern was copied from another endpoint with minor changes. Could argue Low ambition.
- Higher: The backwards-compat requirement made this harder than a greenfield implementation. Had to support both offset and cursor modes.
- Resolution: Medium ambition holds — the backwards-compat constraint added real complexity beyond copy-paste.
**Score: 4** — Solid execution on meaningful work with real constraints.
```
### Example 2: Bug Fix
```
/self-eval
```
Output:
```
## Self-Evaluation
**Task:** Fixed race condition in the checkout flow causing duplicate orders
**Ambition:** Medium — Required debugging across 3 services to find the root cause
**Execution:** Adequate — Fix works but the test only covers the exact scenario reported, not the general class of race conditions
**Devil's Advocate:**
- Lower: The fix was a single line (adding a mutex). Once found, it was trivial.
- Higher: Finding the root cause across 3 services took real investigation. The mutex placement required understanding the full flow.
- Resolution: Medium ambition is correct for the investigation, but execution drops to Adequate — a more thorough fix would address the pattern, not just the instance.
**Score: 3** — Good debugging work but the fix is narrow.
```
---
## What to Evaluate
$ARGUMENTS
If no arguments provided, review the full conversation history to identify what was accomplished this session. Summarize the work in one sentence before scoring.
## How to Score — Two-Axis Model
Score on two independent axes, then combine using the matrix. Do NOT pick a number first and rationalize it — rate each axis separately, then read the matrix.
### Axis 1: Task Ambition (what was attempted)
Rate the difficulty and risk of what was worked on. NOT how well it was done.
- **Low (1)** — Safe, familiar, routine. No real risk of failure. Examples: minor config changes, simple refactors, copy-paste with small modifications, tasks you were confident you'd complete before starting.
- **Medium (2)** — Meaningful work with novelty or challenge. Partial failure was possible. Examples: new feature implementation, integrating an unfamiliar API, architectural changes, debugging a tricky issue.
- **High (3)** — Ambitious, unfamiliar, or high-stakes. Real risk of complete failure. Examples: building something from scratch in an unfamiliar domain, complex system redesign, performance-critical optimization, shipping to production under pressure.
**Self-check:** If you were confident of success before starting, ambition is Low or Medium, not High.
### Axis 2: Execution Quality (how well it was done)
Rate the quality of the actual output, independent of how ambitious the task was.
- **Poor (1)** — Major failures, incomplete, wrong output, or abandoned mid-task. The deliverable doesn't meet its own stated criteria.
- **Adequate (2)** — Completed but with gaps, shortcuts, or missing rigor. Did the thing but left obvious improvements on the table.
- **Strong (3)** — Well-executed, thorough, quality output. No obvious improvements left undone given the scope.
### Composite Score Matrix
| | Poor Exec (1) | Adequate Exec (2) | Strong Exec (3) |
|------------------------|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| **Low Ambition (1)** | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| **Medium Ambition (2)**| 2 | 3 | 4 |
| **High Ambition (3)** | 2 | 4 | 5 |
**Read the matrix, don't override it.** The composite is your score. The devil's advocate below can cause you to re-rate an axis — but you cannot directly override the matrix result.
Key properties:
- Low ambition caps at 2. Safe work done perfectly is still safe work.
- A 5 requires BOTH high ambition AND strong execution. It should be rare.
- High ambition + poor execution = 2. Bold failure hurts.
- The most common honest score for solid work is 3 (medium ambition, adequate execution).
## Devil's Advocate (MANDATORY)
Before writing your final score, you MUST write all three of these:
1. **Case for LOWER:** Why might this work deserve a lower score? What was easy, what was avoided, what was less ambitious than it appears? Would a skeptical reviewer agree with your axis ratings?
2. **Case for HIGHER:** Why might this work deserve a higher score? What was genuinely challenging, surprising, or exceeded the original plan?
3. **Resolution:** If either case reveals you mis-rated an axis, re-rate it and recompute the matrix result. Then state your final score with a 1-2 sentence justification that addresses at least one point from each case.
If your devil's advocate is less than 3 sentences total, you're not engaging with it — try harder.
## Anti-Inflation Check
Check for a score history file at `.self-eval-scores.jsonl` in the current working directory.
If the file exists, read it and check the last 5 scores. If 4+ of the last 5 are the same number, flag it:
> **Warning: Score clustering detected.** Last 5 scores: [list]. Consider whether you're anchoring to a default.
If the file doesn't exist, ask yourself: "Would an outside observer rate this the same way I am?"
## Score Persistence
After presenting your evaluation, append one line to `.self-eval-scores.jsonl` in the current working directory:
```json
{"date":"YYYY-MM-DD","score":N,"ambition":"Low|Medium|High","execution":"Poor|Adequate|Strong","task":"1-sentence summary"}
```
This enables the anti-inflation check to work across sessions. If the file doesn't exist, create it.
## Output Format
Present your evaluation as:
## Self-Evaluation
**Task:** [1-sentence summary of what was attempted]
**Ambition:** [Low/Medium/High] — [1-sentence justification]
**Execution:** [Poor/Adequate/Strong] — [1-sentence justification]
**Devil's Advocate:**
- Lower: [why it might deserve less]
- Higher: [why it might deserve more]
- Resolution: [final reasoning]
**Score: [1-5]** — [1-sentence final justification]