DEVOPS

Axiom Overage Escalation to PagerDuty

Polls Axiom burn rate frequently and, only when the month-end projection crosses a hard overage ceiling with accelerating burn.

CategoryDevOps
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerschedule
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerEvery 30 minutes
  • ActionQuery Axiom burn rate and trendAxiom
  • LogicGate: over ceiling AND accelerating
  • ActionOpen PagerDuty incidentPagerDutyPagerDuty
  • OutputMirror page to on-call Slack channelSlack

What it does

This is the loud, last-resort tier of budget defense. It watches Axiom burn rate on a tight interval and pages the on-call engineer through PagerDuty only when the month-end projection exceeds a hard ceiling AND the burn is still accelerating — so routine bumps stay quiet but a genuine runaway gets a human fast.

When to use it

Use it when a budget overrun has real financial or contractual consequences and silent automated throttling isn't enough. The double condition (ceiling plus acceleration) keeps it from crying wolf.

How it works

  1. 1A schedule fires every 30 minutes.
  2. 2Query Axiom for current burn rate and the trailing burn trend.
  3. 3A logic gate requires both: projected total over the hard ceiling and burn accelerating vs. the prior window.
  4. 4If both hold, open a PagerDuty incident with the projection, dataset breakdown, and recommended action.
  5. 5Mirror the page to the on-call Slack channel so the team has context.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect AxiomLog streams, queries, dashboards.
  2. 2
    Connect PagerDutyIncidents, on-call, escalations.
  3. 3
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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