diagnosing-bugs - Diagnosis loop for hard bugs and performance regressions
A structured 6-phase diagnosis loop for handling hard bugs and performance regressions.
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Updated: 2026-09-20Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Build tight feedback loops
- Redact sensitive secrets
- Reproduce and minimize bugs
- Generate ranked falsifiable hypotheses
- Instrument targeted debug probes
- Write regression tests
- Clean up debug artifacts
Inputs
- CONTEXT.md file
- Architecture Decision Records
- User bug reports
- Captured traces and logs
Outputs
- Redacted command outputs
- Executable feedback loop command
- Ranked hypotheses list
- Regression tests
- Code fix
Requirements
- Environment variables for credentials
- Command execution capability