systematic-debugging SKILL.md skillA
systematic-debugging from taracodlabs/aiden is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add taracodlabs/aiden/systematic-debugging@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- taracodlabs/aiden
- Path
workspace-templates/skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed May 3, 2026
- Size
- 4,828 bytes
- Repository stars
- 875
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Four-phase root cause investigation process for diagnosing bugs, errors, and unexpected behavior.
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
# Systematic Debugging A structured four-phase process for diagnosing software bugs: **Reproduce → Isolate → Hypothesize → Verify**. Prevents guessing and ensures you find the root cause, not just a workaround. ## When to Use - User reports a bug or unexpected behavior without an obvious cause - An error message appears but the source is unclear - A fix was applied but the problem persists - Tests are failing intermittently (flaky tests) - Production behavior differs from local behavior ## How to Use ### Phase 1: Reproduce reliably A bug you can reproduce consistently is halfway solved. ``` 1. Get the exact error message, stack trace, and environment 2. Identify exact steps to trigger the bug 3. Confirm the bug happens in a clean environment (not just local state) 4. Record: OS, runtime version, dependencies, config values 5. Try: does it fail on every run, or only sometimes? ``` If intermittent: add timing, logging, or retry logic to isolate the trigger. ### Phase 2: Isolate the failure Narrow the failure to the smallest possible unit. ``` 1. Add logging before/after suspected areas to find where state diverges …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add taracodlabs/aiden/systematic-debugging@sha256:53acdb9c0cd5b524The 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 3, 2026.
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- 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
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
taracodlabs/aiden · 875 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_trjwnym4adae3nlc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=taracodlabs/aiden/systematic-debugging GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/53acdb9c0cd5b5242abc2d6b0580dcc21e2f72eb46bb022f20277a271a126087
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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