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Oncall Irm

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Route alerts, run on-call rotations, and drive incidents in Grafana IRM / OnCall — integrations (Alertmanager / Grafana Alerting / generic webhook / PagerDuty), Jinja2 routing + grouping templates, escalation chains (wait → notify schedule → notify team → webhook → auto-resolve), schedules (web + iCal + Terraform `grafana_oncall_schedule`), Slack chatops with Acknowledge/Resolve/Silence, and the P1-P4 incident lifecycle. Use when wiring Alertmanager to OnCall, deciding which team gets paged, building rotations from a Google Calendar / iCal, hooking up Slack notifications, or declaring an incident from an alert — even when the user says "page the platform team on critical alerts", "send Prometheus alerts to Slack", "set up our on-call rota", "escalation policy", or "auto-resolve when the alert clears" without naming OnCall / IRM. Heads up — OnCall OSS is in maintenance mode (archived March 2026); Grafana Cloud users should use IRM.
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This skill provides guidance for configuring Grafana IRM and OnCall to manage incident response workflows. It covers the setup of alert integrations, Jinja2-based routing templates, escalation chains, and on-call scheduling via web, iCal, or Terraform. It also details how to manage the incident lifecycle from initial alert grouping to resolution, including Slack-based ChatOps and API interactions.

What it does

  • Configures integrations for Alertmanager, Grafana Alerting, and generic webhooks.
  • Defines alert routing and grouping logic using Jinja2 templates.
  • Constructs escalation chains with wait steps, notifications, and automated actions.
  • Manages on-call schedules through calendar imports or infrastructure-as-code.
  • Enables incident management workflows including declaration, severity assignment, and status tracking.
  • Facilitates ChatOps via Slack for acknowledging, resolving, and silencing alerts.

When to use it

  • When connecting monitoring sources like Alertmanager to Grafana IRM.
  • When defining which teams receive alerts based on specific criteria.
  • When setting up automated on-call rotations from external calendars.
  • When configuring Slack notifications for incident response.
  • When automating the incident lifecycle from alert detection to resolution.

Advantages

  • Centralizes alert management and incident response in one platform.
  • Supports flexible routing logic using standard Jinja2 templates.
  • Allows for programmatic schedule management via API and Terraform.
  • Integrates incident tracking directly into communication channels like Slack.
  • Provides structured escalation paths to ensure alerts reach the correct responders.

Usage examples

“How do I route critical alerts to the platform team?”
Use a Jinja2 routing template in the integration settings to match the severity label and assign the corresponding escalation chain.
“Set up an on-call rotation from an iCal URL.”
Use the schedules API to create a new schedule, providing the iCal URL for primary and override shifts.
“How can I auto-resolve alerts when they clear in Alertmanager?”
Ensure the Alertmanager webhook configuration includes send_resolved: true and the integration is mapped to an escalation chain with an auto-resolve step.
“Declare an incident from an alert group.”
Use the IRM interface to select the alert group and trigger the Declare Incident action, or use the Slack command /incident declare.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/grafana/oncall-irm/download
  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip oncall-irm.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Grafana Labs

Grafana OnCall & IRM

OnCall docs: https://grafana.com/docs/oncall/latest/ IRM docs: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/

Grafana OnCall OSS is in maintenance mode (archived March 2026). Cloud users → IRM. Concepts (chains, schedules, integrations) are identical.

Prerequisites

  • Grafana Cloud stack with IRM/OnCall enabled

  • API token (Authorization: <token>)

  • Slack workspace + admin to install the OnCall app (for ChatOps)

Core concepts

ConceptDescription
IntegrationWebhook URL accepting alerts; one per source
RouteJinja2 condition that maps to an escalation chain (first True wins)
Escalation ChainWait / notify schedule / notify team / webhook / auto-resolve steps
ScheduleCalendar-based rotation (web / iCal / Terraform)
Alert GroupRelated alerts collapsed by a Grouping ID template
Notification PolicyPer-user channels — Slack, mobile push, SMS, phone, email

Flow: alert → integration → routing template → escalation chain → notifications → ack / resolve.

Common Workflows

1. Wire Alertmanager → IRM and verify routing
# 1. In IRM: New integration → Alertmanager. Copy the webhook URL.
# 2. alertmanager.yml (see references/integrations.md for full block):
receivers:
  - name: grafana-oncall
    webhook_configs:
      - url: https://<stack>.grafana.net/integrations/v1/alertmanager/<id>/
        send_resolved: true
        max_alerts: 100
# 3. Test the routing template BEFORE going live (UI: Integration → Route → "Preview")
#    Paste a sample payload (use a real Alertmanager test webhook). Expect:
#      Routing result: True
#      Escalation chain selected: <expected chain>
#    If False — your Jinja expression is wrong; fix and re-preview.

# 4. End-to-end test — fire amtool (or any test webhook) at the URL
amtool alert add foo severity=critical team=platform --alertmanager.url http://localhost:9093

# 5. Verify in IRM → Alert Groups (should appear within ~5s) — confirm:
#    - Correct route fired
#    - Correct schedule/user notified
#    - Slack message appeared in the configured channel

Routing template syntax + Jinja helpers: references/templates-schedules.md. Other integrations (Grafana Alerting, generic webhook, Slack): references/integrations.md.

2. Build an escalation chain + verify
1. Notify "Primary On-Call" (Important Notifications)
2. Wait 5 min
3. Notify "Primary On-Call" (Default Notifications)
4. Wait 10 min
5. Notify team "Platform"
6. Trigger outgoing webhook (PagerDuty / ticket)
# Verify: create a test alert (UI → Integration → "Send demo alert"),
# then watch the alert-group timeline tick through steps 1 → 6.
# Use IRM → Escalation Chains → "Test" if available, otherwise the demo alert is the canonical check.
3. Create a schedule from iCal + verify "who is on-call right now"
# 1. Create the schedule
curl -X POST https://<stack>.grafana.net/api/v1/schedules/ \
  -H "Authorization: <token>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Platform On-Call",
       "ical_url_primary":"https://calendar.example.com/platform.ics",
       "slack":{"channel_id":"C123456ABC","user_group_id":"S123456ABC"}}'

# 2. Verify the schedule was created
curl -s https://<stack>.grafana.net/api/v1/schedules/ \
  -H "Authorization: <token>" | jq '.results[] | select(.name=="Platform On-Call")'

# 3. Verify who is on-call right now
curl -s https://<stack>.grafana.net/api/v1/schedules/<schedule_id>/next_shifts/ \
  -H "Authorization: <token>" | jq '.results[0]'
# Expect a shift starting now (or recently) with the right user_id.

Terraform variant + shift block: references/templates-schedules.md.

Best practices

  • Keep chains ≤4 levels with a definitive final step (webhook to PagerDuty or auto-resolve)

  • Always set send_resolved: true in Alertmanager so OnCall auto-resolves

  • Use max_alerts: 100 in Alertmanager webhook config

  • Combine Slack + mobile push for delivery reliability

  • Assign integrations/schedules to teams for RBAC

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