ia-debugging SKILL.md skillA
ia-debugging from iliaal/whetstone is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add iliaal/whetstone/ia-debugging@git:20260926.c89983bPins git:20260926.c89983b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- iliaal/whetstone
- Path
plugins/whetstone/skills/ia-debugging/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20260926.c89983b, committed Sep 26, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 29, 2026
- Size
- 7,298 bytes
- Repository stars
- 35
- License
- MIT
Systematic root-cause debugging with verification. Use for errors, stack traces, broken tests, flaky tests, regressions, or anything not working as expected. For validating bug reports before fixing, use bug-reproduction-validator agent.
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 Ground permanent repairs in an evidence-backed causal explanation. A hypothesis may justify a bounded reversible experiment; label it as experimental until verified. During an active incident, an authorized rollback or feature disable may restore service before root cause is known. Record remaining uncertainty and keep the repair investigation open: mitigation is not proof of repair. ## Scope and modes For diagnosis-only requests, inspect source/artifacts and run safe read-only checks within caller authority; do not repair or violate a no-build constraint. Diagnosis may finish with an evidenced cause while its proposed repair remains unverified. Use `NEEDS_CONTEXT` only for information blocking the requested work. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add iliaal/whetstone/ia-debugging@sha256:a70d13ca83ae772aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260926.c89983b, 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_l3ha7huaadugrkos)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Aug 29, 2026 and Sep 26, 2026, about one every 6 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260926.c89983b latest | 2026-09-26 | c89983b | 7,298 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.228ec83 | 2026-09-07 | 228ec83 | 6,567 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260906.35b18c4 | 2026-09-06 | 35b18c4 | 20,038 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260906.5eab861 | 2026-09-06 | 5eab861 | 17,983 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260829.ebb4730 | 2026-08-29 | ebb4730 | 17,038 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260829.7a80466 | 2026-08-29 | 7a80466 | 16,943 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 (7298 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
iliaal/whetstone · 35 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_l3ha7huaadugrkos GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=iliaal/whetstone/ia-debugging GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a70d13ca83ae772ae8db071132230f7220d597e45deecb5a4512e5923a1bcdd9
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.