PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Escalate to PagerDuty when a slipped blocker threatens a hard deadline
Evaluates whether a slipped Linear blocker now endangers a fixed launch milestone on the critical path.
How it runs
The automated pipeline, trigger to output.
- TriggerLinear due-date pushed-out webhookLinear
- ActionTrace critical path to launch milestoneLinear
- LogicCompute remaining buffer vs new slip
- ActionOpen PagerDuty incident if buffer is negativePagerDuty
- OutputPost at-risk warning to program Teams channelMicrosoft Teams
What it does
This workflow decides whether a slipped blocker actually matters: it walks the critical path to a fixed launch milestone, and only escalates when the slip has consumed all remaining schedule buffer.
When to use it
Use it for high-stakes programs with an immovable launch date where most slips are absorbable but a few are existential. It cuts noise by escalating only the slips that genuinely put the milestone at risk.
How it works
- 1A Linear webhook fires when an issue's due date is pushed out.
- 2The workflow traces the dependency chain from that issue to the designated launch milestone issue.
- 3It sums the slack along the critical path and subtracts the new slip.
- 4A branch checks whether remaining buffer has gone negative.
- 5If buffer remains, it logs and exits quietly.
- 6If the milestone is now at risk, it opens a PagerDuty incident with the cascade detail and posts an at-risk warning to the program channel in Microsoft Teams.
Set it up
What you configure once, before turning it on.
- 1Connect LinearIssues, projects, cycles, triage.
- 2Connect PagerDutyIncidents, on-call, escalations.
- 3Connect Microsoft TeamsChannels, chats, files.
- 4Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
- 5Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
- 6Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.
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