Companion Resources — Version 1.0
Book 5 Companion Resources
The Necessary Evil: AI for System Administrators
Professional systems-administration worksheets
These resources help systems administrators frame AI-assisted work without surrendering production authority, technical judgment, validation, or accountability.
Operating model: observe → analyze → recommend → human review → authorized execution → validate → rollback/remediate if needed → document.
Important: Generating a command is not authorizing execution. Producing a plan is not approving a change. Identifying a likely cause is not proving root cause.
Version 1.0 — 12 Resources
- AI-Use Risk-Tier and Boundary Checklist
- Sensitive-Data Redaction Checklist
- Human-Governed Workflow and Gate Map
- Documentation Review Checklist
- Maintenance-Window Planning Worksheet
- Manager / Status Update Template
- Change-Readiness Review Worksheet
- Post-Change Evidence Checklist
- Troubleshooting Hypothesis Worksheet
- Monitoring Summary Worksheet
- Controlled Evidence Organizer
- Team AI Operating Model Worksheet
Use the Companion Packet
Choose the format that works best for you. The PDF is ready to view or print, and the web packet provides the same 12 resources online.
Boundary note: These resources do not authorize production changes, privileged execution, access decisions, incident authority, risk acceptance, compliance certification, root-cause declarations, rollback/restore procedures, or autonomous administration. Official documentation, organizational policy, approved systems, and accountable owners govern.
Companion URL
necessaryevilbooks.com/go/book5-resources