- name
- knowledge-raptor
- description
- Search the RAPTOR knowledge base for runbooks, past incidents, service dependencies, and accumulated team knowledge. Use BEFORE Confluence when investigating incidents — this contains curated, structured knowledge that the system has learned from past investigations.
- allowed-tools
- Bash(python *)
# Knowledge Base - RAPTOR Integration
## Authentication
**No credentials needed.** The RAPTOR service is an internal Kubernetes service. Requests go directly via ClusterIP — no proxy, no tokens. Just run the scripts.
---
## Why RAPTOR Matters During Incidents
The RAPTOR knowledge base contains **learned knowledge** from past investigations, taught runbooks, service dependency graphs, and incident patterns. Check it **before** Confluence:
- **Is there a known fix?** Search for runbooks matching the symptoms
- **Has this happened before?** Find similar past incidents and their resolutions
- **What's the blast radius?** Query the service dependency graph
- **What should I know?** Search for relevant team knowledge
## Available Scripts
All scripts are in `.claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/`
### search.py - General Knowledge Search
Search across all knowledge (runbooks, docs, past learnings) using semantic search.
```bash
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/search.py --query SEARCH_QUERY [--tree TREE] [--top-k N]
# Examples:
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/search.py --query "how to debug OOMKilled pods"
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/search.py --query "database connection pool exhaustion" --top-k 10
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/search.py --query "Redis cache eviction" --tree mega_ultra_v2
```
### search_incident.py - Incident-Aware Search
Find runbooks and past incidents matching specific symptoms. Optimized for incident investigation.
```bash
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/search_incident.py --symptoms DESCRIPTION [--service SERVICE] [--top-k N]
# Examples:
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/search_incident.py --symptoms "pods keep crashing with OOMKilled"
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/search_incident.py --symptoms "high latency on API endpoints" --service payment-gateway
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/search_incident.py --symptoms "503 errors, connection timeouts" --service auth-service --top-k 10
```
### query_graph.py - Service Dependency Graph
Query the knowledge graph for service dependencies, ownership, blast radius, and related runbooks.
```bash
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/query_graph.py --entity ENTITY --query-type TYPE [--max-hops N]
# Query types: dependencies, dependents, owner, runbooks, incidents, blast_radius
# Examples:
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/query_graph.py --entity payment-gateway --query-type blast_radius
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/query_graph.py --entity redis-cache --query-type dependents
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/query_graph.py --entity auth-service --query-type owner
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/query_graph.py --entity postgres-primary --query-type dependencies --max-hops 3
```
### find_similar.py - Find Similar Past Incidents
Find past incidents with similar symptoms to identify patterns and known resolutions.
```bash
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/find_similar.py --symptoms DESCRIPTION [--service SERVICE] [--limit N]
# Examples:
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/find_similar.py --symptoms "connection timeouts to database"
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/find_similar.py --symptoms "high memory usage, pods restarting" --service checkout-service
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/find_similar.py --symptoms "kafka consumer lag increasing" --limit 10
```
### teach.py - Teach New Knowledge
Teach the knowledge base something new learned during an investigation. The system detects duplicates and contradictions automatically.
```bash
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/teach.py --content KNOWLEDGE [--type TYPE] [--entities ENTITY1,ENTITY2] [--confidence N] [--source SOURCE] [--context CONTEXT]
# Knowledge types: procedural, factual, temporal, relational, contextual, policy, social, meta
# Examples:
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/teach.py \
--content "When payment-gateway shows OOMKilled, check the Redis connection pool first — stale connections accumulate during traffic spikes" \
--type procedural \
--entities payment-gateway,redis-cache \
--source "incident_INC-2024-0456"
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/teach.py \
--content "The auth-service fallback to database sessions adds ~200ms latency per request when Redis is down" \
--type factual \
--entities auth-service,redis-cache \
--confidence 0.9
```
---
## Common Workflows
### 1. Investigate an Incident
```bash
# Step 1: Search for matching runbooks and past incidents
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/search_incident.py --symptoms "503 errors, high latency" --service payment-gateway
# Step 2: Check blast radius
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/query_graph.py --entity payment-gateway --query-type blast_radius
# Step 3: Find similar past incidents
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/find_similar.py --symptoms "503 errors on payment service"
# Step 4: After resolving, teach what you learned
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/teach.py \
--content "payment-gateway 503s were caused by connection pool exhaustion after Redis failover" \
--type procedural \
--entities payment-gateway,redis-cache
```
### 2. Understand Service Dependencies
```bash
# What does this service depend on?
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/query_graph.py --entity checkout-service --query-type dependencies
# Who owns it?
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/query_graph.py --entity checkout-service --query-type owner
# What breaks if it goes down?
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/query_graph.py --entity checkout-service --query-type blast_radius
```
### 3. Learn from History
```bash
# Search for past learnings about a topic
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/search.py --query "kafka consumer rebalance storms"
# Find similar incidents
python .claude/skills/knowledge-raptor/scripts/find_similar.py --symptoms "kafka consumer group rebalancing frequently"
```
---
## Quick Commands Reference
| Goal | Command |
|------|---------|
| Find runbook | `search_incident.py --symptoms "..." --service SVC` |
| General search | `search.py --query "..."` |
| Service dependencies | `query_graph.py --entity SVC --query-type dependencies` |
| Blast radius | `query_graph.py --entity SVC --query-type blast_radius` |
| Who owns service | `query_graph.py --entity SVC --query-type owner` |
| Past incidents | `find_similar.py --symptoms "..."` |
| Teach knowledge | `teach.py --content "..." --type procedural` |
---
## Best Practices
### When to Use RAPTOR vs Confluence
1. **Start with RAPTOR** — it has structured, learned knowledge from past investigations
2. **Fall back to Confluence** — for detailed documentation, architecture docs, or team wikis
3. **Teach back to RAPTOR** — after resolving, teach what you learned so future investigations benefit
### Investigation Flow
1. **Start with incident search** — match symptoms to known patterns
2. **Check dependencies** — understand the blast radius before making changes
3. **Search broadly** — if incident search doesn't match, try general search
4. **Look at history** — find similar past incidents for resolution patterns
5. **Teach what you learn** — close the loop for future investigators
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