Investigate Blocker

Systematic investigation of a technical blocker using tools to verify assumptions, document evidence, and create escalation artifacts for external teams.

When to Run

When a feature is blocked by an external dependency (AWS service limitation, SDK capability gap, third-party API issue) and you need to:

1. Verify the blocker is real (not a configuration issue)
2. Document evidence for escalation
3. Create artifacts for external teams (GitHub issue, support ticket, team doc)

Input

• Description of the blocker
• What you've tried so far
• Which external team(s) to escalate to

Output