What does this skill do?

The Risk Register skill helps an agent produce comprehensive risk registers for projects, programmes, and products, following standard risk-management practice.

It scores each risk by likelihood and impact, assigns a RAG status, and plots a heat map, then documents active mitigations and contingency responses suitable for project boards and steering committees.

It assigns a named owner to every risk, distinguishes risks from materialized issues, archives closed risks rather than deleting them, and produces an executive summary of the top risks.

  • Scores risks by likelihood × impact with RAG thresholds

  • Plots a 5×5 risk heat map

  • Assigns a named owner and active mitigation to each risk

  • Summarizes the top risks and decisions needed from steering

How it works

1

Set the context

The agent gathers the project or product, stage, objectives, known concerns, key dependencies, deadline sensitivity, and intended audience.

2

Score the risks

It applies 1–5 likelihood and impact scales, computes a combined score, and assigns RAG status against defined thresholds.

3

Assign owners and mitigations

It records each risk with a named owner, an active mitigation, and a contingency for all critical and high risks.

4

Summarize and review

It produces a heat map, an executive summary of the top five risks, a changes log, and closure criteria with review cadence.

Best use cases for this skill

  • Project boards: Produce a risk register and top-risk summary for a steering committee.

  • Delivery planning: Identify and score delivery risks for a quarter or phase.

  • Programme governance: Maintain a programme-level register with review cadence and changes log.

  • Launch readiness: Document risks and contingencies ahead of a launch.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Risk Register skill do?

It builds and maintains a project or product risk register with likelihood/impact scoring, RAG status, a risk heat map, named ownership, and prioritized mitigations.

When should an agent use it?

Use it to create a risk register, identify project risks, build a risk matrix, or document risks and mitigations for a programme or steering committee.

How does it keep risks accountable?

Every risk has a specific named owner rather than 'the team' or 'TBD', with active mitigations and contingencies for critical and high risks.

How does it treat closed risks?

It archives closed risks with reasoning rather than deleting them, keeping an audit trail, and it separates risks (potential) from issues (realized).

Use from source

Ask your Buda agent to install this community skill.

Copy this prompt into your own Buda agent. It includes the source repository and install command so the agent can complete the setup in natural language.

Prompt to send to your Buda agent
Please install the "Risk Register Skill" skill into this Buda agent.

Source repository: https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills
Install command: npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill risk-register -y -a universal

Please run the install command, verify the skill is available, and tell me any setup notes or follow-up steps from the source repository.
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Install workflow

  1. 1Copy the prompt
  2. 2Send it to your Buda agent
  3. 3Done