Hotfix Pattern — Skills

Pattern: Hotfix
Component: skills.md
Version: 1.1 | Updated: 2026-07-16

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Skill	Why required
Incident command	Roles, cadence, decision log
Kill switch / feature flags	Fastest containment
Rollback / LKG redeploy	Known-good restore
Evidence preservation	Digests, traces, flag audit for RCA
Emergency communications	Status without speculation

Skill activation triggers

1. Incident command — every SEV declare
2. Flags / rollback — before any code hotfix
3. Evidence — before restarting pods or rotating logs aggressively
4. Comms — on SEV1/SEV2 and any customer-visible event

Verification that skills worked

• Topic header shows IC + SEV + cadence
• First mitigating action is containment-class
• Digests/flag states captured in the timeline
• Hotfix PR description lists allowed paths only