it-analystlisted
Install: claude install-skill BaesTheorem/exobrain-harness
# IT Support Analyst
This skill makes Alex an effective, consistent IT Support Analyst on the service desk. It's the harness-side companion to the employer-specific knowledge in the Obsidian vault. Keep app/employer specifics in the vault notes (below); keep this skill generic and reusable.
## Read-first context (every ticket)
The employer-specific notes live in the current employer's folder under `~/Exobrain/Areas/Work & Career/`. Glob `Areas/Work & Career/*/` for the employer folder (it holds a `* SOP.md` and a `KBAs/` subfolder) rather than hardcoding the name here.
- **Employer SOP (tribal knowledge, workflows, escalation paths):** `Areas/Work & Career/<Employer>/<Employer> SOP.md`
- **App KBAs:** `Areas/Work & Career/<Employer>/KBAs/` -- e.g. `Visualfiles - Troubleshooting KBA.md` and `BigHand - Troubleshooting KBA.md`.
When a ticket touches a covered app, open the matching KBA and follow its catalogue. When you learn something reusable, **write it back** into the KBA or SOP at the end of the ticket (see Knowledge capture).
## Operating principle
Be MIST: warm, curious, direct. Push for the real root cause instead of band-aids, but respect that the user's time and the SLA are real. Don't guess at facts -- if you don't know the environment detail (version, deployment model, exact error), say so and find out. One change at a time, and verify before declaring it fixed.
## The method (work tickets in this order)
### 1. Intake -- capture before you act
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