root-cause-analysis SKILL.md skillA
root-cause-analysis from naodeng/awesome-qa-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add naodeng/awesome-qa-skills/root-cause-analysis@git:20260829.175e380Pins git:20260829.175e380 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- naodeng/awesome-qa-skills
- Path
skills/en/testing-types/root-cause-analysis/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260829.175e380, committed Aug 29, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 29, 2026
- Size
- 3,302 bytes
- Repository stars
- 301
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Use this skill when you need to form and verify evidence-based root-cause hypotheses; triggers include 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
# Root Cause Analysis ## When to Use - Use this skill when you need to identify systemic root causes and contributing factors using evidence, hypotheses, and verification experiments. - Use it to review an existing plan, result, or evidence set and produce actionable improvements. - Use it when context is incomplete but a bounded first pass is still valuable. ## Output Format Options - Default to Markdown for review, execution, and incremental refinement. - When the user requests tables, CSV, JSON, or ticket fields, preserve risk, evidence, priority, and boundary information. - For machine-consumed output, confirm the schema, enums, and required fields first. ## How to Use 1. Read and follow `prompts/root-cause-analysis.md`, including its input contract, execution rules, minimum coverage, and output order. 2. Add only context that changes the decision: scope, environment, version, constraints, evidence, and success criteria. 3. Audit the input, then separate confirmed facts, working assumptions, and open questions. 4. Rank by risk and evidence strength, and produce an artifact that can be executed or reviewed directly. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add naodeng/awesome-qa-skills/root-cause-analysis@sha256:0714d558f13b5e0bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260829.175e380, 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_eav7gdwrxsf4wqpq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, all committed on Aug 29, 2026.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260829.175e380 latest | 2026-08-29 | 175e380 | 3,302 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260829.30ae153 | 2026-08-29 | 30ae153 | 335 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 (3302 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
naodeng/awesome-qa-skills · 301 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_eav7gdwrxsf4wqpq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=naodeng/awesome-qa-skills/root-cause-analysis GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0714d558f13b5e0b0b9f064a7fce2febcda92bc77aa2e68991167ecdab8a9d4d
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