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Bug Diagnosis

Listed under Software DevelopmentBug Fixing

diagnosing-bugs Unverified MIT

Summary

Drive hard-to-reproduce bugs and performance regressions with a tight feedback loop: establish a red signal first, then bisect and hypothesis-test. Input is the failure symptom; output is repro steps, evidence, and root cause. Suited to reproduce-and-locate work.

Why we picked it Why recommended

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  1. T14.s1Reproduce & locate

    Requires a stable repro, evidence, and a grounded root cause.

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Boundaries Known limitations

Strip secrets and auth headers first; do not speculate on root cause without a feedback loop. Human click-loops are a last resort.

Identity and license

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Curation review date
Reviewed on 2026-10-28
Agent compatibility claim
Unverified: Agent compatibility stated by upstream has not been empirically verified by SkillPouch.
License (SPDX)
MIT
Repository & subpath
mattpocock/skills / skills/engineering/diagnosing-bugs
Pinned commit (revision)
5beb35b040e3de97e54fa9e386d7e42d15c295c2
Stable identifier (skillId)
skill:mattpocock--skills--diagnosing-bugs