conops-template

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Concept of Operations document creation — executive summary, threat actor profiling, attack narrative, kill chain design, communication plan, deconfliction.

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Concept of Operations (CONOPS) Generator

The CONOPS bridges the legal RoE and the tactical OPPLAN. It must be readable by a CEO while containing enough detail for operators.

When to Use

After plan/roe.json exists
User says "create CONOPS", "design the operation", "build threat model"
Before OPPLAN can be generated

Prerequisites

Read plan/roe.json first — scope and boundaries constrain the CONOPS.

See ../references/schema-quick-reference.md for the CONOPS, ThreatActor, KillChainPhase, and DeconflictionPlan schema fields.

Workflow

Step 1: Interview the User

Round 1 — Threat Model:

Which threat actor to emulate? (Use threat-profile skill for detailed profiling)
- a) Opportunistic external attacker (low)
- b) Targeted cybercriminal (medium)
- c) APT / nation-state (high)
- d) Insider threat
- e) Custom — describe
What is the attacker's motivation? (financial, espionage, disruption, hacktivism)
What initial access vector would this actor use?

Round 2 — Operations: 4. Attack narrative — 2-3 sentence scenario description 5. Ultimate objectives — what does the attacker want to achieve? 6. Communication plan — how does the red team communicate internally and with client? 7. Deconfliction method — how to distinguish red team from real attacks? 8. Success criteria — what constitutes engagement success?

Step 2: Design Kill Chain

Based on RoE scope + threat profile, select applicable phases. See references/kill-chain-templates.md.

Key rule: Don't include phases outside RoE scope. Recon-only engagement → only recon phase.

Step 3: Generate Documents

plan/conops.json — matching CONOPS schema
plan/deconfliction.json — matching DeconflictionPlan schema

Step 4: Validate

Executive summary contains no jargon or tool names
Kill chain phases align with RoE scope
All MITRE ATT&CK technique IDs are valid
Timeline has concrete date ranges
At least 2 success criteria defined

Generation Rules

Executive summary = non-technical — no tool names, no jargon
Threat actor TTPs must reference MITRE ATT&CK IDs
Kill chain scoped to RoE — no exploitation phase in recon-only engagement
Timeline uses absolute dates — never relative
Communication plan specifies frequency + channel