debugging-workflow SKILL.md skillA
debugging-workflow from akaszubski/autonomous-dev is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add akaszubski/autonomous-dev/debugging-workflow@git:20260317.e64d556Pins git:20260317.e64d556 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- akaszubski/autonomous-dev
- Path
plugins/autonomous-dev/skills/debugging-workflow/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260317.e64d556, committed Mar 17, 2026
- Size
- 5,323 bytes
- Repository stars
- 34
- License
- none declared
Systematic debugging methodology — reproduce, isolate, bisect, fix, verify. Use when diagnosing failures, tracing errors, or investigating unexpected behavior. TRIGGER when: debug, error, traceback, stack trace, bisect, breakpoint, failing test, unexpected behavior. DO NOT TRIGGER when: writing new features, code review, documentation, refactoring.
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 Workflow Systematic methodology for diagnosing and fixing bugs. Follow these phases in order — do not skip ahead. ## Phase 1: Reproduce Before anything else, reproduce the failure reliably. ### Steps 1. **Get the exact error** — full traceback, not a summary 2. **Find the minimal reproduction** — smallest input/command that triggers it 3. **Confirm it's consistent** — run 3 times. Flaky? Note the frequency 4. **Record the environment** — Python version, OS, relevant config ### Anti-patterns - FORBIDDEN: Guessing the fix without reproducing first - FORBIDDEN: Reading code and theorizing without running it - FORBIDDEN: "I think I know what's wrong" before seeing the error ```bash # Good: run the failing test with verbose output python -m pytest tests/path/test_file.py::test_name -xvs 2>&1 # Good: reproduce with minimal script python -c "from module import func; func(failing_input)" ``` ## Phase 2: Isolate Narrow down where the failure originates. ### Binary Search (Bisect) - **Code bisect**: Comment out half the logic, does it still fail? - **Git bisect**: `git bisect start`, `git bisect bad`, `git bisect good <known-good-commit>` …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add akaszubski/autonomous-dev/debugging-workflow@sha256:dbbd95dbb529d9b1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260317.e64d556, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 17, 2026.
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Source
akaszubski/autonomous-dev · 34 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-04 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qqwx7rinsilonosy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=akaszubski/autonomous-dev/debugging-workflow GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dbbd95dbb529d9b10c5c20a93c1ef232ca94af50bf3c474b0ffda0d41127ddeb
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