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SKILL

debugging-strategies

Primary machine endpointhttps://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/a30778f8c4e6b0a87567941b7cca4f534bf642b6/plugins/developer-essentials/skills/debugging-strategies
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SUMMARY

What it does

This Agent Skill provides systematic debugging strategies, profiling tools, and root cause analysis techniques. It covers the scientific method, debugging mindset, reproduction, information gathering, hypothesis formation, testing, and advanced techniques like binary search, differential debugging, trace debugging, and memory leak detection. Includes language-specific examples for JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and Go, plus patterns for intermittent bugs, performance issues, and production bugs. The skill is designed to be used when investigating bugs, performance issues, or unexpected behavior.

CAPABILITIES

Capabilities and scope

Evidence-backed capability profile

software-development.debuggingweight 100 · confidence 90software-development.profilingweight 80 · confidence 80software-development.root-cause-analysisweight 90 · confidence 85

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ACCESS

Access requirements

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Pricing
model: free
Version
a30778f8c4e6

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