windbg-kernel-verifier-triage SKILL.md skillA
windbg-kernel-verifier-triage from microsoft/win-dev-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add microsoft/win-dev-skills/windbg-kernel-verifier-triage@git:20261007.790b577Pins git:20261007.790b577 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- microsoft/win-dev-skills
- Path
plugins/windbg/skills/windbg-kernel-verifier-triage/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261007.790b577, committed Oct 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 7, 2026
- Size
- 4,459 bytes
- Repository stars
- 475
- License
- MIT
Use when a kernel dump contains Driver Verifier violations; inspect flags, bugcheck subcodes, and available I/O shadow state. Not for Application Verifier user-mode stops or inferring a violation from enabled flags alone.
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
# Driver Verifier Triage **Load `windbg-diagnostic-method` first** if it is not already loaded in this conversation, and apply it throughout for evidence ranking, hypothesis testing, confidence calibration, independent review, and report validation. This skill adds the bug-family-specific commands and evidence requirements. ## Scope Driver Verifier checks kernel driver contracts. Application Verifier is a different user-mode facility; use `windbg-user-heap-corruption-investigation` for its heap stops. Enabled Driver Verifier flags alone do not prove a contract violation. Use this skill when a verifier-class bugcheck or analysis identifies an actual violation. Examples include `0xC4`, `0xC9`, and `0xE6`; inspect the exact code and parameters rather than treating every stop as the same family. ## Workflow ### 1. Preserve code, subcode, and active configuration ```text !analyze -v .bugcheck !verifier k ``` Record the bugcheck, subtype/subcode, offending operation and driver when reported, enabled checks, target build, and evidence availability. Decode each subcode against its documented contract. Existing output may be incomplete in …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add microsoft/win-dev-skills/windbg-kernel-verifier-triage@sha256:e91fef37757e5627The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.790b577, 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_mg672bi22qo5sv42)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, all committed on Oct 7, 2026.
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| git:20261007.790b577 latest | 2026-10-07 | 790b577 | 4,459 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261007.e1050cd | 2026-10-07 | e1050cd | 4,330 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
microsoft/win-dev-skills · 475 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mg672bi22qo5sv42 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoft/win-dev-skills/windbg-kernel-verifier-triage GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e91fef37757e5627e55cd0f769df92afd4c1258f2da853efb8fda35a94987d14
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