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AWS incident response without a dedicated SRE

AWS incident response for teams where everyone also ships code

Most incident response tooling assumes you have a dedicated SRE team, a runbook library, and 45 minutes to investigate. ConvOps assumes you have none of that — and delivers root cause to your phone before you've opened a single dashboard.

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The 2am incident — before and after ConvOps

Without ConvOps

  • ✕Raw CloudWatch alarm arrives at 2am — no context, no cause
  • ✕Engineer opens 4 dashboards trying to correlate signals
  • ✕Checks CloudTrail manually for recent deploys
  • ✕Digs through CloudWatch Logs looking for the error
  • ✕Guesses at the fix. Tries it. Waits. Tries again.
  • ✕MTTR: 40+ minutes on a good night

With ConvOps

  • CloudWatch alarm fires — ConvOps starts investigating immediately
  • Checks logs, CloudTrail, resource state, and correlated metrics
  • Identifies a deploy at 02:11 UTC matching the alarm onset
  • Diagnosis arrives in WhatsApp: cause, evidence, recommended fix
  • Engineer replies '2' to roll back. Done.
  • MTTR: under 6 minutes, from bed

How ConvOps handles an incident

01

Detection

ConvOps monitors your AWS account proactively — catching anomalies before alarms fire — and reacts instantly when CloudWatch alarms do fire.

02

Investigation

Before sending anything, ConvOps checks CloudWatch Logs, CloudTrail events, resource state, correlated metrics, and recent deploys. The same steps a senior engineer would run.

03

Diagnosis

Claude analyzes the evidence and produces a structured diagnosis: what happened, what was checked, likely cause, confidence level, and the single most important next step.

04

Action

The diagnosis arrives in WhatsApp or Slack with numbered fix options. Reply with a number to execute — restart, roll back, scale — with a confirmation step before anything runs.

What changes when ConvOps handles your on-call

SituationWithout ConvOpsWith ConvOps
Alarm fires at 2amRaw SNS notification, no contextFull diagnosis in WhatsApp in <60s
Engineer woken upHas to investigate from scratchReads root cause on their lock screen
Time to understand the issue20–40 minutesUnder 2 minutes
Taking actionSSH in, check logs, guess, tryReply with a number, ConvOps confirms
Total MTTR40+ minutes averageUnder 6 minutes average
Requires SRE expertiseYes — or a lot of searchingNo — diagnosis is pre-built
Works proactivelyOnly when alarms are configuredCatches anomalies before alarms fire

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an SRE to use ConvOps?
No. ConvOps is designed specifically for teams where the engineer who builds the service is also the one who fixes it. No SRE expertise required — ConvOps handles the investigation automatically.
How is ConvOps different from just setting up CloudWatch alarms?
CloudWatch alarms tell you that something is wrong. ConvOps tells you what is wrong, why, and what to do about it. It checks logs, CloudTrail events, and resource state before sending you anything.
How long does it take to set up?
About 10 minutes. You paste a read-only IAM role ARN into ConvOps, and you're live. No agents to install, no CloudFormation templates to deploy, no professional services engagement.
What happens at 2am when nobody is watching dashboards?
ConvOps runs continuously. When an alarm fires or an anomaly is detected, ConvOps investigates and sends a diagnosis directly to your WhatsApp or Slack — with the action options ready to go.
Can engineers respond to incidents from their phone?
Yes. ConvOps delivers the full diagnosis to WhatsApp or Slack. Reply with a number to restart a service, roll back a deploy, or scale out — ConvOps confirms before taking any action.

Your next incident comes with a diagnosis already written.

10-minute setup. No SRE needed. Free to start.

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