debugging SKILL.md skillA

debugging from tamnguyendinh/anvien is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add tamnguyendinh/anvien/debugging@v2.0.0

Pins v2.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: tamnguyendinh/anvien
Path: internal/aicontext/skills/debugging/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: v2.0.0, committed Jun 6, 2026
First version recorded: Jun 5, 2026
Size: 7,665 bytes
Repository stars: 12
License: MIT

Use when the user asks to debug.

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 With Anvien

Use this skill to debug from symptom to verified fix in repositories where Anvien rules or Anvien evidence apply. The workflow is continuous: capture the failure, reproduce it, locate the owner, trace the root cause, write a plan, check impact, fix the source, add defenses when needed, and verify with fresh evidence.

## Iron Laws

- MUST understand the root cause before fixing.
- MUST write a plan before fixing.
- MUST run a full build before testing when active repository rules require it.
- MUST verify with fresh evidence before claiming completion.
- MUST follow active repository rules, including Anvien rules when present.

## Phase 1: Capture The Symptom

Record the failing command, log, stack trace, screenshot, test, route, input, output, or runtime behavior.

Do not propose a fix yet.

## Phase 2: Reproduce

Reproduce the failure consistently.

If the failure is not reproducible, gather more evidence instead of guessing:
- run the failing command again
- isolate the input
- capture logs
- add temporary diagnostic instrumentation when appropriate
- compare local, CI, browser, runtime, and environment differences

## Phase 3: Locate Candidate Owner
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add tamnguyendinh/anvien/debugging@sha256:9d3abaa21bb059e0

The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.0.0, 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](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_hanhsbfekzi3veqo.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_hanhsbfekzi3veqo)

5 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jun 5, 2026 and Jun 6, 2026, about one every day.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
v2.0.0 latest	2026-06-06	793d49b	7,665 B	A	view · diff
v2.0.0	2026-06-05	6f76f90	7,668 B	A	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 (7665 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

tamnguyendinh/anvien · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hanhsbfekzi3veqo
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tamnguyendinh/anvien/debugging
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9d3abaa21bb059e082800fb607ed3e343798ea7f71aa3c19c8ddc1b2bc2b83b9

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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