Postmortem Writing Skill for ChatGPT: Draft a Timeline and Action Items
Draft a blameless retrospective from supplied incident times, impact, and recovery facts. Distinguish mitigation, confirmed causes, and remaining investigation.
中文Install in ChatGPT
Use an eligible ChatGPT workspace with permission to create skills and, for uploads, upload permission. The installation path for this text-only adaptation was checked against OpenAI documentation. Workspace runtime verification is pending.
- Download .claude/skills/postmortem-writing/SKILL.md from the pinned GitHub source. Keep the name, description, and instructions for postmortem-writing together as a standalone text skill.
- In a ChatGPT workspace with skills and uploads enabled, open Plugins, Skills, Create, and Upload from your computer. Choose a skill package format accepted by the file picker. You can also choose Create with editor and enter the original name, description, and instructions.
- After the scan completes, check that postmortem-writing appears in Installed. Type @ in a new chat, select the skill, and use the fictional example on this page to check the output.
Example task
A fictional library search service slowed at 09:00, paused an import at 09:10, and recovered at 09:15. The team only confirmed times and is still investigating. Draft an outline.What to check
Keep all three timestamps and leave the time zone open. Treat the import pause as mitigation and include a next evidence check with completion criteria.
Original SKILL.md on GitHub · Updated
Frequently asked question
Does recovery after pausing a task prove the root cause?
Record the sequence and list evidence that could support or refute the hypothesis. Mark the cause confirmed only once the team verifies the chain.