recipe-post-mortem-setup
Lets your agent create a document to analyze what happened, schedule a review, and notify the team. It helps improve processes.
What it does
This tool helps organize a 'post-mortem,' which is a meeting to analyze what went wrong in a project or incident. It creates a document for notes, schedules a meeting to discuss the problem, and notifies the team.
When to use it
- ✓After a project has issues.
- ✓When a technical incident occurs.
- ✓To review and learn from failures.
Example of what to ask your AI
“I want to organize a post-mortem for the 'Login Failure' incident.”
Want more? Open the sections below.
How to use
The easiest way: copy the message below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI. It reads the skill and follows the instructions.
Skill link
Ready-to-paste message
How it works
The tool uses other Google tools (Docs, Calendar, and Chat) to perform the tasks. It creates a document in Google Docs, schedules an event in Google Calendar, and sends a message in Google Chat.
Installation
Easiest way: copy the skill link and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor asking it to follow the instructions.
In the terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), in your project folder:
npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-post-mortem-setupOr download just the file:
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleworkspace/cli/main/skills/recipe-post-mortem-setup/SKILL.md -o SKILL.mdTechnical content (original SKILL.md)
Original text by the author, straight from GitHub.
Set Up Post-Mortem
PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe:
gws-docs,gws-calendar,gws-chat
Create a Google Docs post-mortem, schedule a Google Calendar review, and notify via Chat.
Steps
- Create post-mortem doc:
gws docs +write --title 'Post-Mortem: [Incident]' --body '## Summary\n\n## Timeline\n\n## Root Cause\n\n## Action Items' - Schedule review meeting:
gws calendar +insert --summary 'Post-Mortem Review: [Incident]' --attendee team@company.com --start '2026-03-16T14:00:00' --end '2026-03-16T15:00:00' - Notify in Chat:
gws chat +send --space spaces/ENG_SPACE --text '🔍 Post-mortem scheduled for [Incident].'
FAQ
What is a 'post-mortem'?
It's a meeting to analyze a problem or failure, understand what happened, and how to prevent it from happening again.
What tools does 'Set Up Post-Mortem' use?
It uses Google Docs to create the document, Google Calendar to schedule the meeting, and Google Chat to notify the team.
Do I need to have the other Google tools installed?
Yes, for this tool to work, you need to have the 'gws-docs', 'gws-calendar', and 'gws-chat' skills loaded.
Details
Original description by the author
Create a Google Docs post-mortem, schedule a Google Calendar review, and notify via Chat.
repo: googleworkspace/cli
Popularity
- GitHub stars
- 32k
- Ranking position
- #6332
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- 10/6/2026
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