troubleshoot-baw-logs SKILL.md skillB

troubleshoot-baw-logs from ibmbpm/ibm-baw-skills-and-bob-modes is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add ibmbpm/ibm-baw-skills-and-bob-modes/troubleshoot-baw-logs@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
B, 16 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
ibmbpm/ibm-baw-skills-and-bob-modes
Path
skills/administration-operations/troubleshoot-baw-logs/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Oct 17, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 10, 2026
Size
21,251 bytes
Repository stars
6
License
Apache-2.0

Diagnoses IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW) runtime failures by analyzing error logs, stack traces, and FFDC files. Identifies root causes, correlates entries across log types, and provides structured remediation steps. Use when the user: pastes BAW log content (SystemOut.log, messages.log, trace.log, FFDC files, or Liberty log lines); asks about a BAW error code (for example, BPMD0049E, CWTBG0019E, CWWKB*, CWLLG*); mentions a process instance in error or stuck state; says snapshot…

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 BAW Logs

Help developers and administrators diagnose IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW) runtime failures quickly and accurately. The goal is to move from raw log data to a clear root cause with actionable next steps.

## Credentials

Never prompt the user for credentials. Credentials are only needed when making a REST call.
When a REST call is about to be made, read `references/CREDENTIAL_HANDLING.md` and follow it — it will read credentials from `.env` automatically, and only prompt the user if a value is missing from that file. Do this once per session only.

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## Execution mode

At the start of the session, check your tool list once and pick a path:

- If you have `get_exposed_processes` in your tool list → Model Context Protocol (MCP) path. Use the MCP operations described in this skill.
- If `get_exposed_processes` is absent → REST path. Execute all REST calls directly using `execute_command` (curl). Do not ask the user to run curl commands themselves—run them for the user. See `references/baw-rest.md` for endpoint details and the REST fallback section below for the exact call sequence.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add ibmbpm/ibm-baw-skills-and-bob-modes/troubleshoot-baw-logs@sha256:d85dab9d3059da36

The 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 2 versions of this file, between Oct 10, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026, about one every 7 days. Its first recorded version is graded A and its latest B.

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v1.0.02026-10-10 c836c30 20,952 BA view

Audit of the latest version

B  16 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • fail: No instruction to read or print local credentials (matched: read credentials from `.env)
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (21251 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 base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

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Source

GitHub

ibmbpm/ibm-baw-skills-and-bob-modes · 6 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-17 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vqowdkla4zariqt3
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ibmbpm/ibm-baw-skills-and-bob-modes/troubleshoot-baw-logs
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d85dab9d3059da364c0d52baa207b2d29a2a9b0c20dbfd45ea2c21f5877398e9

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