DawnOps

Context collector

Turn “wait, what does that mean?” into shared context.

Every team has hidden context: acronyms, historical decisions, ownership maps, and “the way we do it here.” Context Collector makes that knowledge easy to capture and easy to retrieve, so onboarding stays fast and incidents rely less on “who knows the system”.

What It Captures

The context that prevents unnecessary escalation.

Small, high-leverage answers that speed up ramp and reduce incident thrash.

Acronyms + terminology

Definitions, examples, and where terms show up in the system and runbooks.

Ownership + escalation

Who owns what, when to page them, and what “good handoff” looks like.

Decision history

Why a system works a certain way and what tradeoffs it was designed for.

Where It Lives

Close to the questions, not buried in docs.

Capture and retrieve context inside your existing workflow.

Messaging integration

Ask for definitions, owners, or runbook links in your messaging platform and get answers instantly.

Runbook + incident linking

Attach context to the exact runbooks, services, and failure modes where it matters.

Structured entries

Keep entries consistent: definition, owner, links, examples, and “when it breaks” guidance.

Searchable by default

Find the answer fast: acronyms, services, owners, and common incident patterns.

Examples

A few entries teams usually need.

Use these as a starter pack to seed the knowledge base.

SLO / SLI / Error budget

What it means for your team, which dashboards matter, and when to escalate.

“Degrade mode”

What we turn off, how we toggle it, and how we verify we’re safe.

Service ownership

Primary owners, backups, vendor contacts, and escalation rules during incidents.

Known gotchas

Common failure patterns, why they happen, and the safest mitigation paths.

Want to speed up ramp and reduce thrash?

Capture acronyms + ownership
Link context to runbooks
Answer questions in the flow of work