An automated assistant for reliability engineers to conduct structured, SAE JA1011-compliant Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) analyses and generate CMMS-ready task drafts.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install rcm-analysis-worksheet
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install rcm-analysis-worksheet using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is RCM Analysis Worksheet?
The RCM Analysis Worksheet is a specialized agent workflow designed for reliability engineers, maintenance planners, and asset integrity leads. Powered by the open-source library of Openclaw Skills, this tool guides users through a highly structured, phase-by-phase Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) analysis compliant with international standards such as SAE JA1011 and MSG-3.
By leveraging this agent skill, industrial teams can systematically identify system functions, analyze functional failures, execute detailed FMECA (Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis), and classify Maintenance Significant Items (MSIs). The final output is a complete, draft maintenance task list ready for CMMS import and engineering review, reducing the manual overhead of safety compliance and lifecycle optimization.
RCM Analysis Worksheet Use Cases
- Structuring a new Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) analysis for highly critical industrial process systems or machinery.
- Performing a Failure Mode and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA) to prioritize high-severity assets and failure modes.
- Evaluating maintenance task types (on-condition, scheduled restoration, scheduled discard, or failure-finding) for safety-critical systems.
- Drafting standardized maintenance tasks and intervals to optimize existing Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) strategies.
- Identifying information gaps and failure rate uncertainties during operational readiness reviews.
How RCM Analysis Worksheet Works
- Context Definition: The agent prompts the user step-by-step for the asset name, tag number, system boundaries, operating environment, criticality, and baseline strategy.
- Function Analysis: Users specify the system's primary functions and performance standards, mapping out functional failure conditions.
- FMECA Execution: The system generates a failure mode registry, assigning Nowlan & Heap failure patterns (A-F) and calculating Risk Priority Numbers (RPN).
- MSI Classification: The assistant applies a structured decision screen to classify safety, operational, and hidden functions.
- Task Selection: It steps through the SAE JA1011 logic tree to assign cost-effective and safety-compliant tasks (e.g., predictive vs. preventive).
- Draft Output Generation: A copy-paste-ready draft maintenance task list is produced alongside redesign flags and a mandatory review block.
RCM Analysis Worksheet Setup
To leverage this asset integrity workflow, install the package using your favorite agent manager or command-line interface. For instance, integrate it into your local environment with Openclaw Skills:
# Install the RCM worksheet skill via the skill manager
openclaw install rcm-analysis-worksheet
# Or clone the skill directly into your project directory
git clone https://github.com/archlab-space/Open-Skill-Hub.git
Ensure your agent runtime configuration allows interactive terminal stepping, as this skill prompts for information phase-by-phase to ensure data accuracy.
RCM Analysis Worksheet Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill processes and produces structured tabular data compliant with reliability engineering standards. Below is the layout of the primary outputs generated by this workflow:
FMECA Schema
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Failure Mode |
String | Detailed description of the mechanical or electrical failure cause. |
Failure Effect |
String | Impact categorized by local, system, and plant levels. |
Failure Pattern |
String (A-F) | Classical Nowlan & Heap failure curve designation. |
Severity |
Integer (1-10) | Severity score (values >= 8 are flagged as High Priority). |
Probability |
Integer (1-10) | Likelihood of occurrence over the operating lifetime. |
RPN |
Integer | Risk Priority Number (calculated as Severity x Probability). |
Draft Maintenance Task Schema
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
Item / Component |
Target sub-system or physical asset tag. |
Task Type |
On-condition, Scheduled Restoration, Scheduled Discard, or Failure-Finding. |
Task Description |
Actionable work instructions (e.g., dynamic vibration analysis, thermography). |
Frequency / Interval |
Recommended operational interval based on MTBF calculations. |
CMMS Action |
Planned update action for the maintenance management system. |
RCM Analysis Worksheet Advanced Features
- SAE JA1011 & MSG-3 Decision Tree: Built-in logic that enforces standard maintenance hierarchy, prioritizing predictive on-condition tasks over scheduled discard.
- Automatic High-Severity Guardrails: Instantly flags any failure mode with a Severity score of 8 or higher, bypassing standard RPN calculations to ensure safety compliance.
- Failure-Finding Interval (FFI) Calculator: Automates interval estimation for hidden function MSIs using mean time between failures (MTBF) and target availability metrics.
- Interactive Step-by-Step Prompting: Prevents conversational cognitive overload by systematically querying users block-by-block instead of all at once.
- Engineering Review & Safety Gates: Appends specialized review blocks demanding licensed engineer sign-offs for safety-critical task alterations, ensuring alignment with professional standards inside the catalog of Openclaw Skills.
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