# Incident timeline — prompt for ChatGPT

Combine scattered messages into a timeline, preserving the distinction between observation and hypothesis.

Canonical URL: https://boswidget.ru/en/incident-timeline-prompt-for-chatgpt/

Model: ChatGPT

Category: Analysis

Tags: incident, chronology, observations

![Incident timeline](https://boswidget.ru/assets/images/text-preview-cg-hronologiya-tehnicheskogo-incidenta-1200.a6e39b959593.webp)

Incident timeline

## Prompt

Build a timeline from these records: {records}. Time rules: {time_rules}. Table columns: time, event, record source, fact or assumption, and user impact. Preserve original time zones; convert only if an offset is explicitly supplied. Do not assume message order equals event order. Flag conflicting times, gaps and actions without known results. Then list what is known about recovery and what still needs checking. Do not invent a failure cause.

## Template fields

- `{records}` — Notes. Example input: Messages, log excerpts and source numbers
- `{time_rules}` — Time rules. Example input: Time zones, time format and permitted conversions

## Launch

[Open ChatGPT in YesAI](https://yesai.su/en/chatgpt)