error-budget-manager

name	error-budget-manager
description	Define and manage error budgets — burn rate alerts, SLO policies, and risk allocation
allowed-tools	["Read","Write","Grep"]
effort	high

When to activate

• Define and manage error budgets — burn rate alerts, SLO policies, and risk allocation
• SRE and reliability engineering workflows

When NOT to use

• For application development tasks
• For security auditing

Instructions

1. Define objectives. What reliability target or improvement are we aiming for?
2. Measure current state. Establish baseline metrics and identify gaps.
3. Design approach. Choose strategy, tools, and implementation plan.
4. Implement. Deploy monitoring, automation, or process changes.
5. Validate. Verify the change improves reliability without regressions.
6. Document. Create runbooks, playbooks, and knowledge base entries.

Example

SRE Initiative: error-budget-manager
Current state: Baseline metrics established
Target: 99.9% availability / 50% toil reduction
Implementation: 4-week rollout
Result: SLO met for 30 consecutive days