debug-methodology SKILL.md skillA
debug-methodology from amethystluna/embedded-workbench is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add amethystluna/embedded-workbench/debug-methodology@git:20260625.b058c1cPins git:20260625.b058c1c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- amethystluna/embedded-workbench
- Path
skills/debug-methodology/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260625.b058c1c, committed Jun 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 22, 2026
- Size
- 5,407 bytes
- Repository stars
- 32
- License
- MIT
Use when debugging embedded firmware issues — analyzing crash logs, investigating state machine lockups, tracing sensor/signal anomalies, or performing structured root-cause analysis after a crash has been located. For fault-register and stack-frame triage, load hardfault-triage first.
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 Methodology
Debug by tracing values, not symptoms. These patterns come from real debugging sessions where surface-level fixes failed and root-cause analysis succeeded.
**REQUIRED BACKGROUND:** If the issue involves state machines or protocol timeouts, load `Skill("state-machine-design")` first. If the issue involves FreeRTOS tasks, ISRs, or NVM storage, load `Skill("embedded-firmware-dev")` first. Understand the domain rules before applying debugging methodology.
## Red Flags
| You think | Reality |
|-----------|---------|
| "I know where the bug is, let me fix it" | You know the symptom location. The root cause is often 3 layers away in a different module. |
| "One more round of trial fixes and I'll get it" | After 2 failed attempts, you need methodology, not persistence. |
| "I'll just add a bounds check and call it done" | You're masking a symptom. The real fix is at the data source, not at every consumer. |
| "The logs look normal, it must be a hardware glitch" | If you haven't correlated timestamps to code branches, you haven't actually read the logs. |
## Iron Rules
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add amethystluna/embedded-workbench/debug-methodology@sha256:62c479087cdd7952The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260625.b058c1c, 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 Jun 22, 2026 and Jun 25, 2026, about one every 3 days.
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| git:20260625.b058c1c latest | 2026-06-25 | b058c1c | 5,407 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260622.0ec72ae | 2026-06-22 | 0ec72ae | 4,378 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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Source
amethystluna/embedded-workbench · 32 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vurmtxtq3r7al6oj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=amethystluna/embedded-workbench/debug-methodology GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/62c479087cdd79521c2de80b4070e08a33b92aecebaff0698773d9ba2e647eb5
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