debug-error SKILL.md skillA
debug-error from henrigrimm/minnow is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add henrigrimm/minnow/debug-error@git:20261007.306e7f0Pins git:20261007.306e7f0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- henrigrimm/minnow
- Path
src/skills/debug-error/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261007.306e7f0, committed Oct 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 19, 2026
- Size
- 1,370 bytes
- Repository stars
- 25
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Trace tool failures and Error messages systematically. Use when tools fail or the user pastes a stack trace.
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
# Debug errors ## When to use - Tool result starts with `Error:` or HTTP failure - User pastes stack trace, test failure, or "it doesn't work" ## Steps 1. **Reproduce** — identify the exact command, tool call, or user action. 2. **Read the full error** — include stderr, status code, and tool name. 3. **Hypothesis** — one sentence: most likely cause (path, permissions, missing dep, wrong args). 4. **Verify** — use minimal read-only checks (`read_file`, `list_directory`, `get_file_metadata`, `git_status`). 5. **Fix** — smallest change that addresses root cause; explain why. 6. **Confirm** — re-run the same tool or test command. ## Tool-loop patterns - Path errors → check `resolveSafePath` / project root; use relative paths from repo root - `git_*` failures → run from project root; check clean/staged state - `execute_command` timeout → shorten command or increase scope clarity - Sub-agent errors → check `spawn_sub_agent` args and parent turn id ## Output - Root cause (factual) - Fix applied or steps for the user - How to avoid recurrence (one line) ## Tools `read_file`, `execute_command`, `git_status`, `list_directory`, `search_in_file`
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add henrigrimm/minnow/debug-error@sha256:4d38c8a48ce2251cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.306e7f0, 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_ukn4ojijyv3hprxx)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 19, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 140 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261007.306e7f0 latest | 2026-10-07 | 306e7f0 | 1,370 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260519.c82c3bc | 2026-05-19 | c82c3bc | 1,369 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1370 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
henrigrimm/minnow · 25 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ukn4ojijyv3hprxx GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=henrigrimm/minnow/debug-error GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4d38c8a48ce2251cac03c5cab0a28cf962745a15a615479242800f1630d29243
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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