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The SRE skill turns AI agents into expert SRE investigators:
  • Investigation methodology: Hypothesis-driven debugging with systematic triage using Golden Signals and USE/RED methods
  • APL query patterns: Reference materials for constructing effective Axiom queries
  • Memory system: Persistent storage that learns from debugging sessions, capturing what works and what doesn’t
  • API helpers: Scripts for querying Axiom directly from the agent

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Prerequisites

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Install SRE skill

Choose one of the following ways to install the SRE skill:
Install all Axiom skills at once for Claude Code, Cursor, and other Claude-compatible agents:
npx skills add axiomhq/skills

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Configure Axiom credentials

All Axiom Skills share the same credential configuration. Create a configuration file at ~/.axiom.toml:
~/.axiom.toml
[deployments.dev]
url = "https://api.axiom.co"
token = "API_TOKEN"
org_id = "ORGANIZATION_ID"
Replace API_TOKEN with the Axiom API token you have generated. For added security, store the API token in an environment variable.Replace ORGANIZATION_ID with your organization ID. For more information, see Determine organization ID.For token creation and scoping guidance, see Token hygiene for AI agents.

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Use SRE skill

The SRE skill activates automatically when you ask your AI agent about:
  • Incident response and debugging
  • Root cause analysis
  • Log investigation
  • Production troubleshooting
Example prompts:
  • “Investigate why API latency increased in the last hour”
  • “Find the root cause of the 500 errors in production”
  • “Analyze error patterns in the logs dataset”

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Memory system

The SRE skill learns from every debugging session. The memory system initializes automatically on first use. Memory persists at ~/.config/amp/memory/axiom-sre/ (global) or .agents/memory/axiom-sre/ (project/local).

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Tell the agent to remember things

  • Remember this for next time.
  • Save this query, it worked.
  • Add to memory: the orders team uses #orders-oncall.

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Learn automatically

The SRE skill automatically captures what works and what doesn’t when:
  • A query or approach finds the root cause.
  • You correct it, and it records what didn’t work and what did.
  • A debugging session completes successfully.

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Customize with your own knowledge

Customize the SRE skill by adding your own knowledge to the knowledge base files:
  • kb/facts.md: Team contacts, Slack channels, conventions.
  • kb/integrations.md: Database connections, API endpoints.
  • kb/patterns.md: Failure patterns you’ve seen before.