systematic-debugging - Systematic Debugging for Root Cause Finding
Debug technical issues by investigating root causes before proposing fixes
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Updated: 2026-06-15Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- read error messages
- reproduce issues
- check recent changes
- gather evidence
- trace data flow
- find working examples
- compare against references
- identify differences
- form hypothesis
- test minimally
- create failing test
- implement single fix
- verify fix
- question architecture
Inputs
- error messages
- stack traces
- test failures
- code repository
- recent changes
- environment variables
- configuration files
- build logs
- dependencies
- reference implementations
Outputs
- root cause report
- test case
- fix implementation
- verification results
- debugging evidence
- failure analysis
Requirements
- test framework
- debugging tools
- code repository access
- configuration access
- reproducible test environment