debugging-and-error-recovery

github:addyosmani/agent-skills · first committed 2026-02-15 · installs 66.4K · source · badge

Guides systematic root-cause debugging. Use when tests fail, builds break, something that worked yesterday broke, behavior doesn't match expectations, or you encounter any unexpected error. Use when you need to figure out what broke and why — a systematic approach to finding and fixing the root cause rather than guessing.

Works with

test-driven-development
Shares fixing, bug, reproduce, tests0.21
azure-diagnostics
Shares systematic, triage, cause, stopped0.15
browser-testing-with-devtools
Shares debugging, guessing, console, logs0.15
diagnosing-bugs
Shares failing, bug, bugs, something0.14
using-agent-skills
Shares broke, encounter, debugging, recovery0.14

Used with

test-driven-development
Shares fixing, bug, reproduce, tests0.21
browser-testing-with-devtools
Shares debugging, guessing, console, logs0.15
diagnosing-bugs
Shares failing, bug, bugs, something0.14
observability-and-instrumentation
Shares adding, debugging, recovery, logging0.13

Skill Health 100 (freshness and quality) estimated by backskills

Listed, not yet scored. This skill has no public model test yet. It is in the scoring queue; submitted skills go first, then the most-installed.

Freshness 100 · Quality 100 · Efficacy not yet tested

Version history

9 commits to this file on GitHub (newest first).

2026-10-19 · commit 60b218f · fix(debugging-and-error-recovery): isolate a test file in a way Jest 30 still accepts
2026-09-07 · commit cda4542 · fix(skills): close description-vocabulary gaps, raise rank-1 floor to 95
2026-07-22 · commit 45ccfb6 · docs(skills): extend ecosystem-neutral commands catalog-wide (#404 Phase 2)
2026-06-16 · commit ea12d4d · docs: fix step range in debugging skill (Steps 4-10 → 4-6)
2026-03-31 · commit fea75b1 · Align skill descriptions with Anthropic best practices
2026-03-31 · commit 702a894 · Soften prescriptive language for Claude 4.6 compatibility
2026-03-28 · commit 3da834d · Expand non-reproducible bug strategies in debugging skill
2026-03-28 · commit 8e1fe9d · Add untrusted error output security guidance to debugging skill
2026-02-15 · commit 45942b0 · add debugging and errors recovery

Archived snapshots

archived 2026-10-30T20:36:17 · sha256 01cff31fbd87