High-Fidelity Technical Incident Theatre for SREs and Platform Engineers.
SMOKESCREEN is an advanced simulation suite designed to generate hyper-realistic, hyper-technical "evidence" of catastrophic system failures. It provides convincing visual and auditory cover for engineers during unnecessary meetings, or simply when a distraction-free "deep work" environment is required.
A unified state management architecture that synchronizes global preferences (Theme, Eco Mode, Audio) with incident-specific parameters (Severity, Stack).
Share your exact simulation configuration. Every parameter—from active observability panes to threat levels and UI themes—is serialized into the URL for instant session recovery or cross-device coordination.
A Slack-fidelity chat experience featuring:
- Smart Unread Indicators: Tracks user attention via
IntersectionObserver. - Dwell Verification: Messages mark as read only after 3 seconds of active view.
- Dynamic Identities: User avatars and technical bios generated on-the-fly.
- Visual Grouping: Precise message indentation and grouping for maximum authenticity.
- BIOS Boot Sequence: Loads technical modules based on URL parameters.
- CRT Aesthetics: Phosphor warm-up animations and simulation jitter during P0 alerts.
- Eco Mode: High-performance toggle to disable expensive CSS filters for older hardware.
A global audio system that generates authentic server room ambient noise and fan hums that scale with incident severity. Features a single-point global mute for instant silence.
- Enter Operator Name: Identify yourself at the Secure Gateway.
- Configure Environment: Select your Stack (AWS, GCP, etc.) and set a Severity level.
- Declare Incident: Trigger the theatre.
- Deploy Panes: Open Kernel Logs, K8s Status, and the War Room to increase visual data density.
- Sync Mobile: Use the Pager Sync pane to turn your phone into a secondary "Critical Alert" screen.
- Cmd+B / Ctrl+B: Boss Mode (macOS Update Cover)
- ESC: Reset Terminal Input
- 2x ESC: Emergency Extraction (Resolve All)
- ?: View Command Registry
Disclaimer: For educational and entertainment purposes only. Please use SMOKESCREEN responsibly.