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check-alerts

Identify and analyze firing Grafana alerts on the Kagenti platform.

1|1|Updated Nov 5, 2025
Search Tags:#monitoring#troubleshooting#observability#Prometheus#incident response#alerts#Grafana
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/redhat-et/kagenti-demo-deployment --skill check-alerts
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: check-alerts
Source: https://github.com/redhat-et/kagenti-demo-deployment/tree/main/.claude/skills/check-alerts
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/redhat-et/kagenti-demo-deployment --skill check-alerts

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Manually checking the status of numerous alerts across a complex system can be overwhelming, leading to missed critical issues or delayed responses. This skill provides a streamlined way to instantly check firing Grafana alerts, analyze their status, and investigate underlying configurations, ensuring timely incident awareness and response.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Instant Alert Status: Quickly list all currently firing or pending alerts with their severity and details.
  • Alert Configuration Review: Easily inspect the PromQL queries and settings for any alert rule.
  • Proactive Monitoring: Verify alert states after deployments or during incident investigations.
  • Use Case: You receive a notification that an alert might be firing. Use this skill to get a list of all active alerts, including their severity and a brief description, to quickly understand the situation.

Quick Start

Use the check-alerts skill to list all currently firing alerts in the Kagenti platform.

Frequently Asked Questions about check-alerts

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I check which Grafana alerts are currently firing?▼

Grafana alerts that are firing can be instantly listed with their severity and details. This skill retrieves all active and pending alerts from the Grafana and Alertmanager APIs on the Kagenti platform, enabling quick status assessment during incidents or after deployments.

Can I review the PromQL queries behind my alert rules?▼

Yes. This skill inspects alert rule configurations including the PromQL queries and settings for any firing alert. You can validate query logic and understand what conditions triggered the alert without manual API calls.

What do I need to use this skill to check alerts?▼

You need access to Grafana and Alertmanager APIs on the Kagenti platform, plus kubectl CLI access. The skill parses JSON payloads and executes PromQL validation, so familiarity with alert configurations is helpful but not required.

How can I use alert checking in incident investigations?▼

After receiving an alert notification, retrieve the complete list of firing alerts with severity levels and descriptions to understand the incident scope. The skill provides alert history and rule verification to isolate root causes and validate that deployments resolved issues.

Does this work with complex monitoring setups?▼

Yes. The skill handles numerous alerts across complex systems by parsing structured JSON payloads from Grafana and Alertmanager APIs. It scales to routine alert triage, post-deployment validation, and multi-alert incident scenarios on the Kagenti platform.

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