ops-complete Quickstart

Prompt-first procedure: Describe the outcome you want in your agent conversation. The agent should select and load the appropriate AIWG assets, explain material changes, request any needed approval, and report verification evidence. Exact commands and flags appear only in the CLI reference.

First time using AIWG? Begin with Install, Connect, and Verify. This guide assumes AIWG is already installed, `all` is deployed for your provider, and the agent-owned context regeneration procedure has connected the agent to this project.

Deploy the ops-complete framework and write your first validated runbook in about 10 minutes.

Before You Start

ops-complete is for repositories that contain operational procedures — runbooks, fleet inventory, incident reports, CI/CD definitions. If you are working on an application codebase managed with the SDLC framework, you do not need ops-complete.

Installation

Use AIWG to complete this documented outcome: Installation
Have it inspect the current state, explain the plan, ask before material
changes, and report the result with verification evidence.

After installation, verify what was deployed:

Use AIWG to complete this documented outcome: After installation, verify what was deployed
Have it inspect the current state, explain the plan, ask before material
changes, and report the result with verification evidence.

You should see `ops-complete` (and any extensions) listed as installed frameworks.

Extension Selection Guide

If your repo contains...	Install these extensions
Per-host docs, hardware specs	`sys`
Asset inventory, DR runbooks, service deployments	`it`
CI/CD pipelines, build scripts	`dev`
Streaming services, transcoders	`stream`

Extensions are additive. The base `ops` framework is always required; extensions cannot run standalone.

Your First Runbook

Create a new runbook using the template:

mkdir -p ops/runbooks

Then create `ops/runbooks/restart-api-service.yaml`:

apiVersion: ops.aiwg.io/v1
kind: OpsPlaybook
metadata:
  name: restart-api-service
  namespace: production
  labels:
    tier: web
    domain: api
spec:
  inventory: production-fleet
  targets:
    hosts:
      - web-01
  vars:
    service_name: api-gateway
    health_endpoint: "http://localhost:8080/health"
  steps:
    - id: pre-flight-check
      capability: service-health
      inputs:
        - name: service
          from: vars.service_name
        - name: expected_state
          value: active
    - id: restart-service
      capability: service-restart
      depends_on: [pre-flight-check]
      inputs:
        - name: service
          from: vars.service_name
    - id: wait-for-ready
      capability: http-health
      depends_on: [restart-service]
      inputs:
        - name: endpoint
          from: vars.health_endpoint
        - name: attempts
          value: 10

Execute a Runbook

With the `ops-runbook-executor` agent deployed, you can run:

Execute the restart-api-service runbook against host web-01

The agent will: 1. Read the playbook 2. Resolve variables (framework defaults → inventory group → instance) 3. Execute each step, verifying the `verify:` condition before proceeding 4. Prepare minimum sufficient, redacted evidence through the governance boundary 5. Trigger rollback if a step fails

Run a Fleet Inventory Collection

Collect fleet inventory for the web tier

The `ops-inventory` agent scans the configured host groups and produces an `OpsInventory` document with discovered hosts, their roles, and current state.

Enable the Audit Trail

The `ops-audit-trail` skill tracks everything the executor touches. To review what changed during a runbook execution:

Show me the audit trail for the last runbook run

Output includes: files modified, backups created, command/result correlation, exit codes, bounded redacted excerpts, policy identity, and disposition deadlines. Full raw output is a separate short-lived tier and requires an explicit reason.

Before any generated artifact or collected output is written or posted, run the agent-owned ops operation (or use the `aiwg/governance` API). Start from `templates/governance-policy.yaml` when the project needs custom classes, detectors, sinks, or retention rules.

Common Patterns

Check a Runbook Before Running It

Validate the restart-api-service runbook for safety issues

The `ops-safety` rule checks for:

• Interactive commands that block automation (`read`, `pause`)
• Destructive operations without rollback steps
• Missing verification after state-changing commands

Create an Incident Report

Create an incident report for the API outage that started at 14:30

Uses the `incident.md` template. The agent fills in the timeline, impact, and creates placeholders for the root cause analysis to be completed after resolution.

Create a Troubleshooting Tree

Create a troubleshooting guide for API 5xx errors

Uses the `troubleshooting.md` template with symptom-driven diagnosis branches.

Next Steps

• Read the extensions guide to enable domain-specific capabilities: `@$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/frameworks/ops-complete/docs/extensions-guide.md`
• Review the YAML metalanguage spec for full kind vocabulary: `@$AIWG_ROOT/docs/yaml-metalanguage.md`
• Check the rules index for all enforcement rules: `@$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/frameworks/ops-complete/rules/RULES-INDEX.md`
• Review evidence governance and sink policy: `@$AIWG_ROOT/docs/ops-evidence-governance.md`