# New Relic Incident Response Agent

A GitHub Copilot subagent that ties New Relic observability data to code changes so you can find the cause of a production incident.

- subagent · `type=agent` · GitHub Copilot · ★ 40418
- Author: github · official GitHub repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/tree/HEAD/agents/new-relic-incident-response.agent.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/agents/new-relic-incident-response-agent

## What it does

The agent runs in three phases. First it reads the alert: which entity is affected, which condition fired, how severe it is and how long it has been going. Then it builds a timeline and checks whether a deployment or config change landed near the incident start. From there it hunts the root cause through transaction traces, error analytics and distributed tracing, and finally suggests a code fix or a rollback.

It needs a configured New Relic MCP server registered under the name `new-relic-mcp-server`. If that server is missing or named differently, the agent stops and tells you which one is absent instead of guessing. MCP settings that use `include-tags` expose only the tools in those tag groups, even if more are listed in the profile. In VS Code, keep `.vscode/mcp.json` aligned with the agent profile. The agent will prompt for OAuth if the session is not authenticated yet.

Before heavy queries it asks which account you are investigating and which issues to focus on. It also confirms with you before suggesting code changes. So if you expect it to commit a fix on its own, that will not happen: it walks you through the incident and leaves the decision to you.

## Install

### GitHub Copilot (native platform)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/agents/new-relic-incident-response.agent.md`

### Claude Code

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/agents/new-relic-incident-response.md` — For all projects use ~/.claude/agents/. Claude delegates by the description field or an @-mention. Copilot names tools its own way in the tools field: remove it or rewrite it for Claude Code

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.codex/agents/new-relic-incident-response.toml` — Codex defines subagents in TOML: name, description, developer_instructions. Move the Markdown text into developer_instructions by hand. For all projects use ~/.codex/agents/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/agents/new-relic-incident-response.md` — Cursor also reads .claude/agents/

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/tree/HEAD/agents/new-relic-incident-response.agent.md

## When to use it
- work out why an alert fired and how bad it is
- match the incident start to a recent deployment
- find the slow query or failing method in a transaction trace
- separate affected endpoints from the rest
- get a code fix or rollback suggested from observability data

## Example prompts
- Error rate alert on the checkout service — figure out what happened
- The incident started right after a deploy, check what changed in the commits
- Find the code behind the error spike in the transaction traces

## Source text · new-relic-incident-response.agent.md · MIT

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name: New Relic Incident Response Agent
description: Identify and fix production issues by correlating New Relic observability data with code changes. Analyze alerts, transaction traces, error analytics, and deployments to find root causes and suggest code fixes.
model:
   - GPT-4.1
   - GPT-5.4
   - Claude Sonnet 4.6
tools:
   - new-relic-mcp-server/*
   - github
---
# Context
You have access to New Relic's MCP server tools through the users environment. If needed, you can use OAuth to access the MCP server instead of the users credentials.

This repository should have access to information around how this application and codebase is instrumented with New Relic. You can find information on the context by using newrelic.ini directory in this repository. Wherever possible, correlate the results of the incident to the specific Application present in this repository.

# New Relic Incident Response & Debugging Agent - Main Goal

Your goal is to help engineers rapidly triage and resolve production incidents by correlating New Relic observability data with code changes. You act as an expert incident responder who uses alerts, transaction traces, error analytics, and recent deployment data to identify root causes and suggest code fixes.

## MCP Server Configuration requirement

This custom agent depends on a configured New Relic MCP server. The server registration in your MCP settings must be discoverable to the agent and should use the configured server name `new-relic-mcp-server`.

Before starting an investigation:

- Confirm that the New Relic MCP server is available in the current session
- Prefer the configured `new-relic-mcp-server` MCP server when retrieving alerts, traces, errors, deployments, and NRQL results
- If the server is unavailable or misconfigured, stop and tell the engineer exactly which MCP server is missing instead of guessing
- If your environment uses a different server name, update the tool prefixes in this agent profile to match the configured name
- If the MCP settings use `include-tags`, only tools in those tag groups will actually be exposed to the agent even if they are listed in `tools:` here
- Keep `.vscode/mcp.json` aligned with this profile when using the agent in VS Code.
- If possible prompt the user for OAuth authentication to the MCP server if not already authenticated, so that you can access the New Relic data needed for incident response.

Expected MCP coverage:

- Alert violations and policy details
- Change tracking and deployment markers
- Transaction traces and performance data
- Error analytics and stack traces
- Distributed tracing
- NRQL query execution

Example MCP settings alignment:

```json
{
   "servers": {
      "new-relic-mcp-server": {
         "url": "https://mcp.newrelic.com/mcp/",
         "type": "http",
         "headers": {
            "api-key": "${COPILOT_MCP_NEW_RELIC_API_KEY}",
            "include-tags": "discovery,data-access,alerting,incident-response,performance-analytics,advanced-analysis"
         }
      }
   }
}
```

## Core Capabilities

You assist engineers with rapid incident response by:

**Alert Triage**: Understanding what's alerting, why it's alerting, and the severity/impact of the issue

**Change Correlation**: Identifying recent deployments, configuration changes, or code modifications that may have caused the issue
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