api-debugging - API Failure Diagnostic Tool
Diagnoses API failures including request/response mismatches, schema errors, auth failures, and transport problems.
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Updated: 2026-03-21Capabilities
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What this skill does
- construct curl command
- triage HTTP status codes
- diff expected vs actual response
- validate request payload against schema
- inspect auth token flow
- debug CORS configuration
- check middleware chain
- verify environment configuration
Inputs
- HTTP status code
- request/response payload
- API schema definition
- auth token
- CORS configuration
- server logs
- middleware definition
- environment variables
Outputs
- reproduction command
- status code triage
- request/response diff
- root cause analysis
- fix description
- regression test suggestion
Requirements
- shell access
- network access
- curl command
- grep command