Alerting Rule Creator Skill for Sustained Queue Backlog

Create a rule with a metric, threshold, duration, and actionable summary, then exercise it with synthetic data.

Install in Claude Code

Use your local monitor configuration and synthetic queue samples. The example uses a Prometheus rule.

Get the complete `plugins/performance/alerting-rule-creator/skills/creating-alerting-rules` directory from the pinned GitHub commit.
Copy it into the target project's `.claude/skills/`. Check `.claude/skills/creating-alerting-rules/SKILL.md`, start Claude Code at the project root, and call `/creating-alerting-rules`.

Example task

Set queue depth above 100 for five minutes. Compare a two-minute breach with one lasting longer than five minutes and inspect pending and firing states.

What to check

The brief breach clears. The sustained breach fires and identifies the queue with a useful investigation note.

Original SKILL.md on GitHub · Updated 2026-11-13

Frequently asked question

How long should the for duration be?

Choose it from acceptable backlog duration, sample intervals, and service throughput, then check it against sample data.