debugging-patterns SKILL.md skillA
debugging-patterns from synaptiai/synapti-marketplace is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add synaptiai/synapti-marketplace/debugging-patterns@git:20260914.941bdfbPins git:20260914.941bdfb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- synaptiai/synapti-marketplace
- Path
plugins/flow/skills/debugging-patterns/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20260914.941bdfb, committed Sep 14, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 8, 2026
- Size
- 4,391 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- Apache-2.0
Isolate root causes through structured evidence gathering, pattern analysis, hypothesis testing (max 3 at a time, highest confidence first), and fix validation with a reproducing test before implementation. Use when any verification step fails, tests break, or debugging a reported bug. This skill MUST be consulted because symptom-fixing creates new bugs, and unbounded hypothesis testing causes tunnel vision; root cause must be proven before any fix attempt.
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What the file says
# Debugging Patterns ## Contract Iron law: **find and prove the root cause before attempting any fix; a symptom fix is a failure.** Invoked by `/flow:debug` Phases 1–3 (evidence → hypotheses → fix), by `/flow:start` and `/flow:resolve` on demand whenever a build, test, server-start, smoke, E2E, or visual step fails (no `bug` label required), and by the `error-handler-inspector` agent. Returns the confirmed root cause with evidence, the hypothesis table with each result, a reproducing test that failed before the fix and passes after, and a full-suite run with no regressions. Permitted skips: none — a clear error message shortens the investigation (one or two hypotheses) but never removes the reproducing test. ## Evidence Before Theory Read the full error message and stack trace first — never skim, never start with "let me understand the code." Then `git log --oneline -10` and `git diff HEAD~3..HEAD --stat` for recent changes. Reproduce the failure; if you cannot reproduce it you cannot verify a fix. Trace backward from the error, checking inputs, API responses, and config values at each boundary, and only then read code. ## Hypothesis Discipline …
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How to install
mdr add synaptiai/synapti-marketplace/debugging-patterns@sha256:90c2906ecfce7929The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260914.941bdfb, 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 6 versions of this file, between Mar 8, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026, about one every 38 days.
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| git:20260914.941bdfb latest | 2026-09-14 | 941bdfb | 4,391 B | A | view · diff |
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| git:20260506.b1f0fef | 2026-05-06 | b1f0fef | 6,099 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260311.a793cc4 | 2026-03-11 | a793cc4 | 5,854 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260308.5ca1ba7 | 2026-03-08 | 5ca1ba7 | 5,858 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260308.3ef0c8f | 2026-03-08 | 3ef0c8f | 5,112 B | A | view |
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Source
synaptiai/synapti-marketplace · 7 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
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