troubleshoot SKILL.md skillA

troubleshoot from pantheon-org/tekhne is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/troubleshoot@git:20261007.83cf275

Pins git:20261007.83cf275 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
pantheon-org/tekhne
Path
skills/software-engineering/troubleshoot/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20261007.83cf275, committed Oct 7, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 11, 2026
Size
9,112 bytes
Repository stars
10
License
MIT

Use when user reports an error, bug, or something not working. Search-first troubleshooting with diagnostic phase. Triggers: debug, error, broken, not working, failing, crash, exception.

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

# Troubleshoot

Search-first diagnostic workflow. Human executes commands.

## ⚠️ AskUserQuestion Guard

**CRITICAL**: After EVERY `AskUserQuestion` call, check if answers are empty/blank. Known harness bug: outside Plan Mode, AskUserQuestion silently returns empty answers without showing UI.

**If answers are empty**: DO NOT proceed with assumptions. Instead:
1. Output: "⚠️ Questions didn't display (known harness bug outside Plan Mode)."
2. Present the options as a **numbered text list** and ask user to reply with their choice number.
3. WAIT for user reply before continuing.

## Workflow

```text
0.Load → 1.Search → 2.Qualify → 3.Diagnose → 4.Investigate → 5.Persist → 6.Learn
```

### 0. Load Learnings

If a project-level learnings file exists (e.g., `learnings.yaml` in the project root or a known location), read it and apply known patterns before searching.

### 1. Search (do first)

80% of bugs solved online.

- WebSearch: `[error] [stack] [framework]` on SO, GitHub, Docs, Reddit

```text
"Type 'string | undefined' is not assignable to type 'string'" typescript
```

- Solution found → skip to 5.Learn

### 2. Qualify (2-3 questions)

AskUserQuestion:
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/troubleshoot@sha256:2c6d047bf95a664e

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.83cf275, 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

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_qzuy5po6apr5oqw4.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_qzuy5po6apr5oqw4)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Apr 11, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 89 days.

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git:20261007.83cf275 latest2026-10-07 83cf275 9,112 BA view · diff
git:20261002.e6369ee2026-10-02 e6369ee 9,126 BA view · diff
git:20260411.33e05462026-04-11 33e0546 7,103 BA view

Audit of the latest version

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  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9112 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

pantheon-org/tekhne · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qzuy5po6apr5oqw4
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pantheon-org/tekhne/troubleshoot
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2c6d047bf95a664ef5cbf53338facb0253da8e466576314502ef1dd8546df858

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