ce-debug SKILL.md skillA
ce-debug from everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin/ce-debug@git:20261102.5d9807aPins git:20261102.5d9807a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin
- Path
skills/ce-debug/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 11
- Latest version
- git:20261102.5d9807a, committed Nov 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 11, 2026
- Size
- 18,777 bytes
- Repository stars
- 25,883
- License
- MIT
Diagnosis loop for bugs and failing behavior. Use when asked to debug or fix failing or slow behavior.
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
# Debug and Fix Find the root cause of a failure, then — when the user chooses to — fix it with test-first discipline. **Done when:** the causal chain from trigger to symptom is stated with no gaps and file:line evidence, and either a verified fix has been handed off (PR, commit, or the user's chosen stop) or a diagnosis-only summary has been delivered. **Escalate rather than persist:** 2-3 hypotheses exhausted without confirmation, or 3 failed fix attempts, means diagnose *why* instead of trying again — that is the smart escalation `references/investigate.md` describes. One hypothesis, one change at a time; changing several to see what helps is shotgun debugging. `<bug_description>` is whatever this skill was invoked with — a failure description, a `mode:` token, or an issue reference (`#123`, `org/repo#123`, an issue URL) — from the user or from a calling skill (`ce-babysit-pr` / `lfg` in `mode:pipeline` pass the failing jobs and log tails; `lfg`'s defect route passes `mode:return-to-caller` and the user's own reference). Blank if nothing was provided. ## Mode Default is **interactive**: investigate, run the Phase 2 fix-choice gate, then the Phase 4 handoff. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin/ce-debug@sha256:1e076451e77cd6c4The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261102.5d9807a, 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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Versions
The registry has recorded 11 versions of this file, between Sep 11, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, about one every 5 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261102.5d9807a latest | 2026-11-02 | 5d9807a | 18,777 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261102.99a4d9a | 2026-11-02 | 99a4d9a | 18,782 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261028.e86a51a | 2026-10-28 | e86a51a | 18,068 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261028.b16e449 | 2026-10-28 | b16e449 | 17,901 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260928.8d9a236 | 2026-09-28 | 8d9a236 | 16,889 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260915.23f6564 | 2026-09-15 | 23f6564 | 16,830 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.fd8abda | 2026-09-14 | fd8abda | 16,645 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.d484685 | 2026-09-12 | d484685 | 15,700 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.5c32ef9 | 2026-09-12 | 5c32ef9 | 15,685 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260911.f050478 | 2026-09-11 | f050478 | 15,538 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260911.1a9f16c | 2026-09-11 | 1a9f16c | 15,540 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 (18777 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
everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin · 25,883 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jmat7weisavikf7b GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin/ce-debug GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1e076451e77cd6c48750c1f5cc82a85ee4ad60072a4543d9f71d11413be92f2b
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.