dev-debug SKILL.md skillA
dev-debug from codeaholicguy/ai-devkit is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/dev-debug@git:20261023.3f90d45Pins git:20261023.3f90d45 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- codeaholicguy/ai-devkit
- Path
skills/dev-debug/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261023.3f90d45, committed Oct 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 23, 2026
- Size
- 2,838 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,656
- License
- Apache-2.0
AI DevKit · Guide structured debugging before code changes by clarifying expected behavior, reproducing issues, identifying likely root causes, and agreeing on a fix plan with validation steps. Use when users ask to debug bugs, investigate regressions, triage incidents, diagnose failing behavior, handle failing tests, analyze production incidents, investigate error spikes, or run root cause analysis (RCA).
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Local Debugging Assistant Debug with an evidence-first workflow before changing code. ## Hard Rule - Do not modify code until the user approves a selected fix plan. ## Workflow 1. Clarify - Restate observed vs expected behavior in one concise diff. - Confirm scope and measurable success criteria. - Before investigating, search for similar past incidents: `npx ai-devkit@latest memory search --query "<observed behavior>" --tags "debug,root-cause"` 2. Reproduce - Capture minimal reproduction steps. For user-flow bugs, make the repro a `dev-smoke` check that fails before the fix and passes after. - Capture environment fingerprint: runtime, versions, config flags, data sample, and platform. 3. Hypothesize and Test For each hypothesis, include: - Predicted evidence if true. - Disconfirming evidence if false. - Exact test command or check. - Prefer one-variable-at-a-time tests. 4. Plan - Present fix options with risks and verification steps. - Recommend one option and request approval. ## Validation - Confirm a pre-fix failing signal exists. - Confirm post-fix success using the `verify` skill — including regression verification for bug fixes. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/dev-debug@sha256:abdbd8562d645344The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.3f90d45, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_32qfyzhjbzewmb6v)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, all committed on Oct 23, 2026.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261023.3f90d45 latest | 2026-10-23 | 3f90d45 | 2,838 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261023.fdbfb3a | 2026-10-23 | fdbfb3a | 2,766 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261023.29155fd | 2026-10-23 | 29155fd | 2,667 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2838 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
codeaholicguy/ai-devkit · 1,656 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_32qfyzhjbzewmb6v GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/dev-debug GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/abdbd8562d6453448b7904e83a7b24270f07920498c79ddcc493c63033c590a6
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