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hardfault-triage is agent-read markdown (skill) from amethystluna/embedded-workbench: Use when triaging processor exception crashes — HardFault, MemManage, BusFault, UsageFault, data/prefetch abort, illegal instruction, or watchdog timeout. Covers fault-register interpretation, stack-frame extraction, PC-to-source resolution, and root-cause classification..

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# HardFault & Exception Triage

When a processor exception fires, the register file and stack frame are a black-box recording of the crash. This skill covers how to read that recording.

The methodology is architecture-agnostic. Cortex-M (ARMv7-M/v8-M) fault registers and handlers are the primary reference; the same principles apply to Cortex-A aborts, RISC-V exceptions, Xtensa exception vectors, and other MCU fault paths.

**REQUIRED BACKGROUND:** Load `Skill("debug-methodology")` for structured root-cause analysis. If the crash involves RTOS tasks or ISR context, also load `Skill("embedded-firmware-dev")`.

## Triage Methodology

Every processor exception triage follows the same four-step flow:

### Step 1 — Capture

Read the architecture's fault-status and fault-address registers **before any other code runs**. The first instructions after exception entry are the only guaranteed-clean snapshot.

- Cortex-M: CFSR, HFSR, MMFAR, BFAR at SCB base `0xE000ED00`
- Cortex-A: DFSR, DFAR, IFSR, IFAR (data/prefetch abort)
- RISC-V: mcause, mtval, mepc
- Xtensa (ESP32): EXCCAUSE, EXCVADDR, EPC1

### Step 2 — Classify
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amethystluna/embedded-workbench · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-22 · branch master

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