SP

A structured workflow for handling emergency hotfixes, ensuring automated tracking and post-mortem creation.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/speckit-hotfix && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/16646" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/speckit-hotfix && rm skill.zip

Installs to .claude/skills/speckit-hotfix

Activation

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Create an emergency hotfix workflow with expedited process and mandatory
72 charsno explicit “when” trigger
Intermediate

Key capabilities

  • →Run `create-hotfix.sh` script
  • →Parse JSON output for hotfix details
  • →Write hotfix incident log to `HOTFIX_FILE`
  • →Assess severity from incident description
  • →Document impact assessment
  • →Report completion with next steps

How it works

The skill executes a bash script to generate hotfix tracking data, then uses a template to write a hotfix incident log based on the provided incident description.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
incident description
You get back
hotfix incident log, hotfix ID, branch name, and next steps

When to use speckit-hotfix

  • →Execute emergency hotfix
  • →Create incident post-mortem
  • →Track hotfix incident timeline
  • →Initialize hotfix directory structure

About speckit-hotfix

Guides developers through a critical hotfix process. It executes automated bash scripts to generate tracking data, creates a hotfix log, and prepares a structured template for the post-mortem incident report.

Create an emergency hotfix workflow with expedited process and mandatory

When not to use it

  • →When the project structure does not have a `.specify/` directory
  • →When the task is not an emergency hotfix workflow
  • →When the user provides an empty incident description

Limitations

  • →The skill requires spec-kit project structure with `.specify/` directory
  • →The skill is an emergency workflow with expedited process
  • →The skill permits a test-after approach due to emergency

How it compares

This skill provides an expedited hotfix workflow with automated script execution and a structured incident log, bypassing normal TDD processes due to emergency nature, unlike standard development.

Compared to similar skills

speckit-hotfix side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.

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speckit-hotfix (this skill)05moNo flagsIntermediate
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