Operational Runbooks
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🔑 Key Takeaway: Treat these runbooks as templates. Customize addresses, channels, and policy before the first production operation.
These are example runbooks for common multisig operations. Review and customize them for your protocol before use.
What this framework covers
- Token Transfer Runbook - Send tokens from a multisig to another address using standard verification and execution steps.
- Signer Rotation Runbook - Add, remove, or replace signers while preserving signer-count and threshold requirements.
- Threshold Change Runbook - Update a multisig threshold while checking policy requirements and post-change verification.
- Emergency Pause Runbook - Execute urgent pause transactions with streamlined verification and backup infrastructure.
Further Reading
- Multisig for Protocols overview: how the pages of this framework fit together
- Registration & Documentation: record changes and maintain audit trails
- Emergency Procedures: coordinate incidents and recovery actions
- Backup Signing & Infrastructure: use backup interfaces when primary systems are unavailable