Common Step: Confirm Action with User

Common Step: Confirm Action with User#

Objective#

Ask the user a follow-up question to confirm whether a specific action should be taken before proceeding.

Scope#

This sub-runbook executes the You may ask follow up question tool with a provided question and optional response options. It returns the user’s response to the calling runbook.

Inputs#

  • ${QUESTION_TEXT}: The specific question to ask the user (e.g., “Isolate endpoint ENDPOINT_ID?”, “Proceed with containment for IOC_VALUE?”).

  • (Optional) ${RESPONSE_OPTIONS}: A list of predefined options for the user to choose from (e.g., [“Yes”, “No”], [“Disable Account”, “Reset Password”, “Monitor Only”]).

Outputs#

  • ${USER_RESPONSE}: The response provided by the user to the question.

Tools#

  • You may ask follow up question

Workflow Steps & Diagram#

  1. Receive Input: Obtain ${QUESTION_TEXT} and optionally ${RESPONSE_OPTIONS} from the calling runbook.

  2. Ask Question: Call You may ask follow up question with question=${QUESTION_TEXT} and options=${RESPONSE_OPTIONS} (if provided).

  3. Return Response: Store the user’s response in ${USER_RESPONSE} and return it to the calling runbook.

        sequenceDiagram
    participant CallingRunbook
    participant ConfirmAction as confirm_action.md (This Runbook)
    participant User

    CallingRunbook->>ConfirmAction: Execute Confirmation\nInput: QUESTION_TEXT, RESPONSE_OPTIONS (opt)

    %% Step 2: Ask Question
    ConfirmAction->>User: Confirm: QUESTION_TEXT (Options: RESPONSE_OPTIONS)
    User-->>ConfirmAction: User Response (USER_RESPONSE)

    %% Step 3: Return Response
    ConfirmAction-->>CallingRunbook: Return Response:\nUSER_RESPONSE

Completion Criteria#

The You may ask follow up question action has been executed. The user’s response (${USER_RESPONSE}) is available.

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