debugging-and-error-recovery SKILL.md skillA
debugging-and-error-recovery from addyosmani/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add addyosmani/agent-skills/debugging-and-error-recovery@git:20261019.60b218fPins git:20261019.60b218f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- addyosmani/agent-skills
- Path
skills/debugging-and-error-recovery/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261019.60b218f, committed Oct 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 31, 2026
- Size
- 10,893 bytes
- Repository stars
- 112,362
- License
- MIT
Guides systematic root-cause debugging. Use when tests fail, builds break, something that worked yesterday broke, behavior doesn't match expectations, or you encounter any unexpected error. Use when you need to figure out what broke and why — a systematic approach to finding and fixing the root cause rather than guessing.
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 and Error Recovery ## Overview Systematic debugging with structured triage. When something breaks, stop adding features, preserve evidence, and follow a structured process to find and fix the root cause. Guessing wastes time. The triage checklist works for test failures, build errors, runtime bugs, and production incidents. ## When to Use - Tests fail after a code change - The build breaks - Runtime behavior doesn't match expectations - A bug report arrives - An error appears in logs or console - Something worked before and stopped working ## The Stop-the-Line Rule When anything unexpected happens: ``` 1. STOP adding features or making changes 2. PRESERVE evidence (error output, logs, repro steps) 3. DIAGNOSE using the triage checklist 4. FIX the root cause 5. GUARD against recurrence 6. RESUME only after verification passes ``` **Don't push past a failing test or broken build to work on the next feature.** Errors compound. A bug in Step 3 that goes unfixed makes Steps 4-6 wrong. ## The Triage Checklist Work through these steps in order. Do not skip steps. ### Step 1: Reproduce …
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How to install
mdr add addyosmani/agent-skills/debugging-and-error-recovery@sha256:01cff31fbd8796b4The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261019.60b218f, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_jpm4vtbvftddj4ba)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Mar 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026, about one every 40 days.
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| git:20261019.60b218f latest | 2026-10-19 | 60b218f | 10,893 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.cda4542 | 2026-09-07 | cda4542 | 10,913 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260722.45ccfb6 | 2026-07-22 | 45ccfb6 | 10,837 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260616.ea12d4d | 2026-06-16 | ea12d4d | 10,603 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260331.fea75b1 | 2026-03-31 | fea75b1 | 10,604 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260331.702a894 | 2026-03-31 | 702a894 | 10,564 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 (10893 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
addyosmani/agent-skills · 112,362 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jpm4vtbvftddj4ba GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=addyosmani/agent-skills/debugging-and-error-recovery GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/01cff31fbd8796b444225f8a8386219792c25cebb5d4d76df664afd1d13ed610
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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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