vastai-incident-runbook
Execute Vast.ai incident response for GPU instance failures and outages. Use when responding to instance failures, investigating training crashes, or handling spot preemption emergencies. Trigger with phrases like "vastai incident", "vastai outage", "vastai down", "vastai emergency", "vastai instance failed". '
Profile →npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill vastai-incident-runbook --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Vast.ai Incident Runbook ## Overview Rapid incident response procedures for Vast.ai GPU instance failures. Covers triage, mitigation, recovery, and postmortem for common incident types: spot preemption, instance crashes, GPU failures, and billing issues. ## Prerequisites - Vast.ai CLI access - SSH access to instances (if still running) - Checkpoint storage accessible (S3/GCS) ## Instructions ### Triage: Assess Impact (< 2 minutes) ```bash #!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail echo "=== INCIDENT TRIAGE ===" echo "Time: $(date -u)" # 1. Check all instances echo -e "\n--- Instance Status ---" vastai show instances --raw | python3 -c " import sys, json for inst in json.load(sys.stdin): status = inst.get('actual_status', '?') flag = 'ALERT' if status in ('error', 'exited', 'offline') else 'OK' print(f' [{flag}] ID:{inst[\"id\"]} Status:{status} ' f'GPU:{inst.get(\"gpu_name\",\"?\")} \${inst.get(\"dph_total\",0):.3f}/hr') " # 2. Check if affected instance has recent logs echo -e "\n--- Recent Logs (last 20 lines) ---" vastai logs ${INSTANCE_ID:-0} --tail 20 2>/dev/null || echo "No logs available" # 3. Check account balance echo -e "\n--- Account ---" vastai show user --raw | python3 -c "import
- Overview
- Prerequisites
- Instructions
- Triage: Assess Impact (< 2 minutes)
- Incident Type 1: Spot Preemption
- Incident Type 2: Training Job Crash
- Incident Type 3: GPU Hardware Failure
- Incident Type 4: Billing Emergency
- Postmortem Template
- Output
- Error Handling
- Resources
- Next Steps
- Examples
set -euo pipefail
echo "=== INCIDENT TRIAGE ==="
echo "Time: $(date -u)"
echo -e "\n--- Instance Status ---"
vastai show instances --raw | python3 -c "
import sys, json
for inst in json.load(sys.stdin):
status = inst.get('actual_status', '?')
flag = 'ALERT' if status in ('error', 'exited', 'offline') else 'OK'
echo -e "\n--- Recent Logs (last 20 lines) ---"What does the vastai-incident-runbook skill do?
Execute Vast.ai incident response for GPU instance failures and outages. Use when responding to instance failures, investigating training crashes, or handling spot preemption emergencies. Trigger with phrases like "vastai incident", "vastai outage", "vastai down", "vastai emergency", "vastai instance failed". '
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill vastai-incident-runbook --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills, a repository with 2,630 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.