During an incident, responders jump between alerts, logs, service history and documentation. Important evidence is easy to miss, handoffs take time and a general-purpose AI assistant cannot reliably determine which changes are safe for production.
Incident workspace
SERVICE INVESTIGATIONAI response delaysIn review
Service signalsRecent changesPlaybook
Evidence before action.
Review the recent release and compare capacity with incoming demand.
Sources linked for the responder
Production changeHuman approval required
Workflow design
A practical delivery approach
Connect the evidence
Bring relevant service metrics, traces, recent releases and owned playbooks into a scoped investigation view. Use access-controlled connectors, including MCP where appropriate, to retrieve the information the responder is permitted to see.
Make recommendations reviewable
Have the assistant assemble an incident summary, cite its evidence and suggest next checks. Show uncertainty and missing information so the responder can judge the recommendation.
Keep consequential actions under human control
Separate read-only investigation from execution. Require explicit approval, scoped permissions and an audit trail for production actions, with recovery steps agreed in advance. Test the assistant against past incident scenarios before a live pilot.
Business value
Built to make a business difference.
Connect delivery decisions to growth, operating efficiency and customer trust.
Less time gathering context
Help responders find relevant evidence and owners sooner.
More consistent decisions
Keep the proposed action, supporting evidence and approval together.
Learning that stays with the team
Turn reviewed incident findings into better playbooks and service improvements.
Evidence over assumptions
Define how progress will be measured.
Track progress against a shared baseline.
Investigation time
Compare time to a useful diagnosis with a historical baseline.
Recommendation quality
Review evidence accuracy, unsupported claims and responder acceptance.
Operating control
Track approval coverage, inappropriate action attempts and audit completeness.
A controlled path to scale
Replay
Evaluate previous incidents using approved, sanitized examples.
Assist
Pilot read-only investigations alongside the on-call team.
Govern
Add tightly scoped actions only after quality and approval controls are validated.
The supporting technology
Selected around the workload, existing systems and agreed operating responsibilities.
MCP tool connectionsOpenTelemetry signalsRetrieval with source referencesHuman approvalsAction audit trail