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Incident Response Lifecycle

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Incident response process management following the NIST 800-61 lifecycle. Covers severity classification, escalation matrices, role assignment, communication management, phased recovery coordination, blameless post-mortem facilitation, and 5-whys root cause analysis. Scoped to the process and coordination layer — for network-level evidence collection and forensic analysis, use incident-response-network instead.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Incident Response Lifecycle includes a dedicated installation section; pricing or quota commentary; at least one code block. At roughly 2,679 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Source
myclaw.ai
License
MIT
Original author
ndesv21
Indexed lastmod
Catalog position
General · operations
Indexed related skills
10

How Incident Response Lifecycle fits the catalog

Incident Response Lifecycle sits in the General category under the operations sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Structured process management for network incidents from detection through post-incident review. This skill covers the organizational coordination layer: severity classification, escalation, role assignment, stakeholder communication, recovery coordination, and root cause analysis. It does not cover technical evidence collection, device forensics, or containment execution — use the incident-response-network skill for network-level evidence gathering and forensic analysis.

What this skill does

Incident Response Lifecycle is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the operations sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/incident-response-lifecycle/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Incident Response Lifecycle Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/incident-response-lifecycle
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/incident-response-lifecycle/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/incident-response-lifecycle/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/incident-response-lifecycle/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/incident-response-lifecycle/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\incident-response-lifecycle\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Incident Response Lifecycle Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/incident-response-lifecycle/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Incident Response Lifecycle skill do?
Incident response process management following the NIST 800-61 lifecycle. Covers severity classification, escalation matrices, role assignment, communication management, phased recovery coordination, blameless post-mortem facilitation, and 5-whys root cause analysis. Scoped to the process and coordination layer — for network-level evidence collection and forensic analysis, use incident-response-network instead.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Incident Response Lifecycle skill?
Use Incident Response Lifecycle when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the operations area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Incident Response Lifecycle" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Incident Response Lifecycle skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Incident Response Lifecycle is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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APA
ndesv21. (2026). Incident Response Lifecycle [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/incident-response-lifecycle/
BibTeX
@misc{incident-response-lifecycle-2026,
  author    = {ndesv21},
  title     = {Incident Response Lifecycle [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/incident-response-lifecycle/}
}

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