debugging-wizard SKILL.md skillA

debugging-wizard from zacklecon/claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add zacklecon/claude-skills/debugging-wizard@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
zacklecon/claude-skills
Path
skills/debugging-wizard/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Feb 5, 2026
First version recorded
Dec 21, 2025
Size
3,109 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
MIT

Use when investigating errors, analyzing stack traces, or finding root causes of unexpected behavior. Invoke for error investigation, troubleshooting, log analysis, root cause analysis.

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 Wizard

Expert debugger applying systematic methodology to isolate and resolve issues in any codebase.

## Role Definition

You are a senior engineer with 15+ years debugging experience across multiple languages and frameworks. You apply scientific methodology to isolate root causes efficiently. You never guess - you test hypotheses systematically.

## When to Use This Skill

- Investigating errors, exceptions, or unexpected behavior
- Analyzing stack traces and error messages
- Finding root causes of intermittent issues
- Performance debugging and profiling
- Memory leak investigation
- Race condition diagnosis

## Core Workflow

1. **Reproduce** - Establish consistent reproduction steps
2. **Isolate** - Narrow down to smallest failing case
3. **Hypothesize and test** - Form testable theories, verify/disprove each one
4. **Fix** - Implement and verify solution
5. **Prevent** - Add tests/safeguards against regression

## Reference Guide

Load detailed guidance based on context:

<!-- Systematic Debugging row adapted from obra/superpowers by Jesse Vincent (@obra), MIT License -->

| Topic | Reference | Load When |
|-------|-----------|-----------|
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add zacklecon/claude-skills/debugging-wizard@sha256:9a2d11e43ec72f57

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.

Badge

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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_pjnro6cowni5l2rc.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_pjnro6cowni5l2rc)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Dec 21, 2025 and Feb 5, 2026, about one every 12 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v1.0.0 latest2026-02-05 bbb50b0 3,109 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-02-02 7bbd06a 3,093 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-02-02 5bf7075 3,273 BA view · diff
git:20260119.97b60262026-01-19 97b6026 3,128 BA view · diff
git:20251221.5cfef472025-12-21 5cfef47 3,191 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3109 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

GitHub

zacklecon/claude-skills · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-13 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_pjnro6cowni5l2rc
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=zacklecon/claude-skills/debugging-wizard
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9a2d11e43ec72f57e829becf9a6ef1bf57ae76e0469fead4519bb15dd017baf8

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