Debug
Skill ActiveStructured debugging session — reproduce, isolate, diagnose, and fix. Trigger with an error message or stack trace, "this works in staging but not prod", "something broke after the deploy", or when behavior diverges from expected and the cause isn't obvious.
To systematically diagnose and resolve software bugs and unexpected behavior by guiding the user through a structured debugging process.
Features
- Structured debugging workflow
- Reproducing and isolating issues
- Diagnosing root causes
- Proposing fixes and preventative tests
- Leveraging contextual information for diagnosis
Use Cases
- When encountering an error message or stack trace
- When behavior diverges from expected and the cause is unclear
- When troubleshooting issues that appear after recent changes (deploys, config updates)
- When needing to systematically narrow down a bug's origin
Non-Goals
- Automatically fixing all bugs without user input
- Acting as a code linter or static analysis tool
- Providing general code generation unrelated to debugging
Workflow
- Understand expected vs. actual behavior and identify reproduction steps
- Narrow down the component, service, or code path affected
- Review logs, error messages, and recent changes to form hypotheses
- Test hypotheses to identify the root cause
- Propose a fix, considering side effects and suggesting preventative tests
Practices
- Systematic Debugging
- Root Cause Analysis
- Error Reproduction
- Issue Triage
Trust
- warning:Issues Attention29 issues opened, 4 closed in the last 90 days indicates slow response to issues.
Installation
First, add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/plugin install engineering@knowledge-work-pluginsQuality Score
Trust Signals
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