Automation playbooks: how we name rollback stories now

Rollback stories used to read like poetry drafts. We now require a verb-led title, a verification hook line, and a single activity log anchor. Automation owners resisted at first because YAML comments felt cramped. The compromise is a companion markdown snippet stored beside the playbook, linked once from the change ticket. Overnight operators reported fewer mistaken reruns once the anchor line matched their console search habits. We published the full pattern inside the automation rollback storytelling bulletin—this post is only the headline rationale.