# What are runbooks and how do they fit into the incident management picture?

DevFeed: [What are runbooks and how do they fit into the incident management picture?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-are-runbooks-and-how-do-they-fit-into-the-incident-management-picture-12066.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://incident.io/blog/what-are-runbooks>)

Author: incident.io

Published: 2023-06-01T19:13:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The incident.io Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-incident-io-blog.md>)

Topics: [incident management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident-management.md>), [Incident response](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident-response.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>)

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## AI overview

This article explains what incident response runbooks are and how they support incident management. Runbooks are step-by-step guides that consolidate procedures, standard operating practices, best practices, and troubleshooting instructions to help teams resolve incidents efficiently, reduce human error, coordinate under pressure, and achieve consistent outcomes.

## Source excerpt

In this article, we'll dive into the world of runbooks and explain how they fit into incident management workflows.