/health-check

name: health-check
description: Create health check scripts to verify service and infrastructure availability.

Create health check scripts to verify service and infrastructure availability.

Steps

1. Identify what needs to be checked: 2. Design the health check suite: 3. Implement each check: 4. Set up response format: 5. Configure alerting thresholds: 6. Schedule periodic execution (cron, Kubernetes probe, monitoring tool). 7. Document the health check endpoints and their meanings.

Format

Health Check: <service name>
Status: <healthy|degraded|unhealthy>
Checks:
  - <check name>: <pass|fail> (<latency>ms)

Rules

• Health checks must complete within 5 seconds.
• Do not perform destructive operations in health checks.
• Cache results for short periods to avoid overloading dependencies.