monte-carlo-proactive-monitoring

Monte Carlo Proactive Monitoring Workflow

This workflow guides users through improving their monitoring coverage by sequencing existing Monte Carlo skills. It does not contain coverage analysis or monitor creation logic itself — each step loads the relevant skill's SKILL.md which has the actual instructions.

When to activate this workflow

Activate when:

• Context detection routes here (coverage intent + data project detected)
• User invokes /mc-proactive-monitoring
• User asks "what should I monitor?", "where are my gaps?", "improve coverage"
• User wants a systematic approach to monitoring — not just creating one specific monitor

When NOT to activate this workflow

• User already knows exactly what monitor to create (e.g., "create a freshness monitor on X") — route to monitoring-advisor directly
• User is responding to an active incident — use incident response workflow
• User is editing a dbt model — defer to prevent skill (auto-activates via hooks)
• A skill is already active and handling the user's request

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Workflow Steps

Step 1 (conditional): Assess current state — when user has specific tables in mind
Step 2: Identify gaps — the core of this workflow
Step 3: Create monitors — act on identified gaps

Determine entry point

Before starting, determine which step to enter based on the user's context:

• User mentions specific tables ("what monitoring do I have on stg_payments?", "check my orders tables") → Start at Step 1: Assess Current State
• User has a model file open with a specific table → Start at Step 1: Assess Current State
• User wants estate-wide coverage ("where are my gaps?", "what should I monitor?") → Skip to Step 2: Identify Gaps
• Ambiguous → Ask: "Would you like to check specific tables first, or look at coverage across your estate?"

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Step 1: Assess Current State (conditional)

Skill: Read and follow ../asset-health/SKILL.md

Goal: Check health of the specific tables the user cares about — freshness, alerts, existing monitoring coverage, importance score, upstream dependencies.