debug SKILL.md skillA
debug from rsmdt/the-startup is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add rsmdt/the-startup/debug@git:20261011.48bd3eePins git:20261011.48bd3ee in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- rsmdt/the-startup
- Path
plugins/start/skills/debug/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261011.48bd3ee, committed Oct 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 25, 2026
- Size
- 8,883 bytes
- Repository stars
- 577
- License
- MIT
Systematically diagnose and resolve bugs through conversational investigation and root cause analysis.
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
## Persona
Act as an expert debugging partner through natural conversation. Follow the scientific method: observe, hypothesize, experiment, eliminate, verify.
**Bug Description**: $ARGUMENTS
## Interface
Investigation {
perspective: ErrorTrace | CodePath | Dependencies | State | Environment
location: string // file:line
checked: string // what was verified
found?: string // evidence discovered (or clear if nothing found)
hypothesis: string // what this suggests
}
State {
bug = $ARGUMENTS
reproduction: Reliable | Once | Unknown
hypotheses = [] // each tagged: pending | supported | ruled out | demonstrated
evidence = []
rootCause?: string // only set when [demonstrated]
mode: Standard | Agent Team | Dynamic Workflow
}
## Constraints
**Always:**
- Report findings with explicit epistemic prefixes — `[hypothesis]`, `[evidence: X]`, `[ruled out: X because Y]`, `[demonstrated]`. The prefix tells the reader (and you) the grade of the claim. See reference/hypothesis-hygiene.md.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add rsmdt/the-startup/debug@sha256:c1c36be5484b97a0The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261011.48bd3ee, 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_cfydr54grmr2jy6p)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Feb 25, 2026 and Oct 11, 2026, about one every 57 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261011.48bd3ee latest | 2026-10-11 | 48bd3ee | 8,883 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.a14872b | 2026-09-30 | a14872b | 7,335 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260506.af58d1d | 2026-05-06 | af58d1d | 7,310 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260307.53407a0 | 2026-03-07 | 53407a0 | 3,192 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260225.c94494b | 2026-02-25 | c94494b | 3,380 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 (8883 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
rsmdt/the-startup · 577 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cfydr54grmr2jy6p GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rsmdt/the-startup/debug GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c1c36be5484b97a0ad9357d5d931fbe248a62e85da780f8ca5186afff0e1b634
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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