# Runbook Status: Seedling A runbook is a practical operational guide for handling a known production situation. ## Mental Model A good runbook should help an engineer act under pressure without needing to rediscover context. It should answer: - What is happening? - How do I confirm it? - What commands or dashboards should I use? - What actions are safe? - When should I escalate? ## Why It Matters Runbooks reduce incident response time and help transfer operational knowledge across the team. ## Related - [[Field Notes/Incident Review]] - [[Topics/Production Engineering]] - [[Projects/SRE Terminal Debugger]]