hw-debug-loop SKILL.md skillA
hw-debug-loop from vibeic/vibe-ic is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add vibeic/vibe-ic/hw-debug-loop@git:20260717.8addf0ePins git:20260717.8addf0e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- vibeic/vibe-ic
- Path
vibe-ic-marketplace/plugins/vibe-ic/skills/hw-debug-loop/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260717.8addf0e, committed Jul 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 13, 2026
- Size
- 11,179 bytes
- Repository stars
- 32
- License
- Apache-2.0
Closed-loop hardware debug methodology for half-duplex protocol ICs when BFM passes but real-silicon connect_test FAILs (Category B/C from the A/B/C extraction-gap analysis). Use after spec-to-rtl + flow_compliance_check have all PASSed, the SOF has been burned to FPGA, and the host-side acceptance test (e.g., <half-duplex-tester> byte[6]=0x02) is FAILing. The skill drives a deterministic bisect using scope capture + oracle bytewise dump + controlled wrapper-flip experiments until byte[6]=0xF2…
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
<!-- WAVE_76_CHIP_AGNOSTIC_BANNER --> > **Case-study notation.** This skill cites the <chip-class> / <half-duplex-tester> / > MDV-A1101 <benchmark> reference project as concrete evidence for the > rules below. The rules themselves are chip-AGNOSTIC and apply to > any IC of the matching `ic_class` (see > `vibe-ic-marketplace/plugins/vibe-ic/programs/ic_class_profile.py`). > When you adopt this skill on a different IC, swap `<chip-class>` → > `<your IC name>` and `<half-duplex-tester>` → `<your host-tester name>`; the > structural gates and rule bodies do not depend on those SKUs. > See `docs/design/CASE_STUDIES/AS3616_*.md` for the full <benchmark> > regression history. # Closed Hardware Debug Loop Phase 2c, post-burn: the plugin's structural gates have all PASSed, the project's BFM is 12/12 byte-exact, the SOF is burned, but the host acceptance test (the project's `<host_tester>` verdict — e.g. byte[6] on a half-duplex protocol IC, or the equivalent rig verdict for the target IC class) FAILs. This skill is the methodology that drives the fix without an indefinite trial-and-error loop. ## Why This Skill Exists …
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How to install
mdr add vibeic/vibe-ic/hw-debug-loop@sha256:ba20bfaa9df87b92The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260717.8addf0e, 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 2 versions of this file, between Jun 13, 2026 and Jul 17, 2026, about one every 33 days.
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| git:20260717.8addf0e latest | 2026-07-17 | 8addf0e | 11,179 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260613.86cacb4 | 2026-06-13 | 86cacb4 | 11,179 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 (11179 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
vibeic/vibe-ic · 32 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lqd3sxpu5bjlqiv6 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vibeic/vibe-ic/hw-debug-loop GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ba20bfaa9df87b9218ab14958f4a4ee8f7b518383ac82171138e8be8019e8dc8
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