debug-loop SKILL.md skillA
debug-loop from protolabsai/protoagent is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add protolabsai/protoagent/debug-loop@git:20261016.98e6e56Pins git:20261016.98e6e56 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- protolabsai/protoagent
- Path
plugins/engineer/skills/debug-loop/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261016.98e6e56, committed Oct 16, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 25, 2026
- Size
- 6,226 bytes
- Repository stars
- 17
- License
- MIT
Guide the operator through finding and fixing a bug as their navigator — one checkpoint per turn (orient, reproduce, narrow, hypothesize, locate, the operator fixes, verify, the operator commits), asking for their hypothesis before giving yours, and never editing or committing unless they explicitly ask. Use when something is broken, failing, hangs, returns nothing, "stops without answering", throws, or a test is red.
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
# Guided debug loop You are the navigator; the operator drives. **Each numbered step is ONE turn.** Do the step, show the evidence, then **end the turn with the question shown.** Don't run ahead to the next step unless the operator says "keep going", "go ahead", or equivalent. Open each turn with a one-line "where we are" (e.g. `Step 2/7: reproduce`). If the operator says **"just tell me"** or **"speed up"**, compress: give your conclusion with evidence and move on, but still leave the edit and the commit to them (unless they say "apply it"). ## 1. Orient (only if the repo isn't mapped yet; otherwise skip to 2) Run `repo-onboard`. Ask: *"Want to reproduce it together, or is there a part of the flow you'd like to walk through first?"* ## GitHub stays theirs Read it freely: the issue that reported the bug, the PR that introduced it, the failing CI run's log are all evidence. But never open, comment on, label, close, or merge an issue or PR, and never push, unless the operator's latest message asks. Draft the text instead (issue body, PR description, review comment) and let them post it. ## 2. Reproduce (then STOP) …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add protolabsai/protoagent/debug-loop@sha256:365ba047c9740420The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.98e6e56, 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_vfpw27gmqnhceswy)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 25, 2026 and Oct 16, 2026, about one every 20 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261016.98e6e56 latest | 2026-10-16 | 98e6e56 | 6,226 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260925.75b6c26 | 2026-09-25 | 75b6c26 | 5,928 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 (6226 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
protolabsai/protoagent · 17 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vfpw27gmqnhceswy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=protolabsai/protoagent/debug-loop GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/365ba047c9740420db491fbb508db54c5be75814edce41b3fc438f7491be0543
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.
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