Risk Assessment
Identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks. Trigger with "what are the risks", "risk assessment", "risk register", "what could go wrong", or when the user is evaluating risks associated with a project, vendor, process, or decision.
$ npx promptcreek add risk-assessmentAuto-detects your installed agents and installs the skill to each one.
What This Skill Does
This skill provides a framework for systematically identifying, assessing, and mitigating operational risks. It helps users create a prioritized risk register with actionable mitigations across various risk categories. It's useful for project managers, operations teams, and anyone needing to manage potential problems.
When to Use
- Identify potential risks in a new project.
- Assess the impact of a potential security breach.
- Develop a mitigation plan for a supply chain disruption.
- Evaluate risks associated with a new product launch.
- Prepare for an audit by identifying compliance risks.
- Manage risks related to staffing shortages.
Key Features
Installation
$ npx promptcreek add risk-assessmentAuto-detects your installed agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, etc.) and installs the skill to each one.
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Risk Assessment
Systematically identify, assess, and plan mitigations for operational risks.
Risk Assessment Matrix
| | Low Impact | Medium Impact | High Impact |
|---|-----------|---------------|-------------|
| High Likelihood | Medium | High | Critical |
| Medium Likelihood | Low | Medium | High |
| Low Likelihood | Low | Low | Medium |
Risk Categories
- Operational: Process failures, staffing gaps, system outages
- Financial: Budget overruns, vendor cost increases, revenue impact
- Compliance: Regulatory violations, audit findings, policy breaches
- Strategic: Market changes, competitive threats, technology shifts
- Reputational: Customer impact, public perception, partner relationships
- Security: Data breaches, access control failures, third-party vulnerabilities
Risk Register Format
For each risk, document:
- Description: What could happen
- Likelihood: High / Medium / Low
- Impact: High / Medium / Low
- Risk Level: Critical / High / Medium / Low
- Mitigation: What we're doing to reduce likelihood or impact
- Owner: Who is responsible for managing this risk
- Status: Open / Mitigated / Accepted / Closed
Output
Produce a prioritized risk register with specific, actionable mitigations. Focus on risks that are controllable and material.
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- License
- MIT
- Source
- admin
- Published
- 3/18/2026
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