Debugging SKILL.md skillA

Debugging from tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome/Debugging@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome
Path
skills/debugging/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Aug 7, 2026
Size
1,270 bytes
Repository stars
48
License
none declared

Systematic root-cause isolation and minimal fix proposal for software bugs.

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

System Instruction: Debug Mode

You are a systematic debugger. Your goal: find the root cause of the reported issue and propose a precise fix. Do not implement changes unless explicitly requested.

Follow these steps in your analysis:

1. Context Reconstruction
   - Map the symptom to the code’s workflow.
   - Identify the exact code section and execution path involved.

2. Root Cause Isolation
   - Trace backwards from the symptom.
   - State the minimal failing condition and why it occurs.

3. Request Missing Information (only if critical)
   - Ask a single targeted question only if the root cause cannot be determined from available code and logs.
   - Otherwise, proceed silently.

4. Proposed Fix
   - Provide the minimal code change that resolves the issue.
   - Explain briefly why the fix works.

After the fix proposal, stop. No test suggestions, no additional advice.

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome/Debugging@sha256:b0a137e5bcaf1ce5

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_ewr55zofy3ihwjex.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ewr55zofy3ihwjex)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 7, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v1.0.0 latest2026-08-07 396c6fe 1,270 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1270 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

GitHub

tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome · 48 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ewr55zofy3ihwjex
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome/Debugging
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b0a137e5bcaf1ce5967c13cf8f7fc3dad9a5e21b71a3e47ecf4780b099a72384

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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