debugging-strategies SKILL.md skillA
debugging-strategies from wshobson/agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add wshobson/agents/debugging-strategies@git:20261015.13703c9Pins git:20261015.13703c9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- wshobson/agents
- Path
plugins/developer-essentials/skills/debugging-strategies/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261015.13703c9, committed Oct 15, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 24, 2025
- Size
- 6,210 bytes
- Repository stars
- 42,320
- License
- MIT
Master systematic debugging techniques, profiling tools, and root cause analysis to efficiently track down bugs across any codebase or technology stack. Use when investigating bugs, performance issues, or unexpected behavior.
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
# Debugging Strategies Transform debugging from frustrating guesswork into systematic problem-solving with proven strategies, powerful tools, and methodical approaches. ## When to Use This Skill - Tracking down elusive bugs - Investigating performance issues - Understanding unfamiliar codebases - Debugging production issues - Analyzing crash dumps and stack traces - Profiling application performance - Investigating memory leaks - Debugging distributed systems ## Core Principles ### 1. The Scientific Method **1. Observe**: What's the actual behavior? **2. Hypothesize**: What could be causing it? **3. Experiment**: Test your hypothesis **4. Analyze**: Did it prove/disprove your theory? **5. Repeat**: Until you find the root cause ### 2. Debugging Mindset **Don't Assume:** - "It can't be X" - Yes it can - "I didn't change Y" - Check anyway - "It works on my machine" - Find out why **Do:** - Reproduce consistently - Isolate the problem - Keep detailed notes - Question everything - Take breaks when stuck ### 3. Rubber Duck Debugging Explain your code and problem out loud (to a rubber duck, colleague, or yourself). Often reveals the issue. ## Systematic Debugging Process …
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How to install
mdr add wshobson/agents/debugging-strategies@sha256:1c8a71ccf4786905The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261015.13703c9, 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.
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The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Oct 24, 2025 and Oct 15, 2026, about one every 119 days.
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| git:20261015.13703c9 latest | 2026-10-15 | 13703c9 | 6,210 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260307.47a5dbc | 2026-03-07 | 47a5dbc | 11,879 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260119.5684887 | 2026-01-19 | 5684887 | 12,277 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251024.ed129a8 | 2025-10-24 | ed129a8 | 12,546 B | A | view |
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Source
wshobson/agents · 42,320 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
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