swarm-debug SKILL.md skillA
swarm-debug from etr/groundwork is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add etr/groundwork/swarm-debug@git:20260915.8bb3c0aPins git:20260915.8bb3c0a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- etr/groundwork
- Path
skills/swarm-debug/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260915.8bb3c0a, committed Sep 15, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 12, 2026
- Size
- 14,076 bytes
- Repository stars
- 45
- License
- MIT
Start swarm debugging with parallel hypothesis investigation. Usage /groundwork:swarm-debug [bug description].
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
# Swarm Debugging
## Overview
Parallel adversarial investigation. Multiple teammates test competing hypotheses simultaneously, actively trying to disprove each other. Converges on root cause faster by fighting anchoring bias.
**Core principle:** One investigator anchors on their first theory. A team of investigators who must disprove each other cannot.
This skill extends the `groundwork:debug` workflow. Phases 1-2 and 4-5 follow that skill exactly. Phase 3 (ISOLATE) is replaced by parallel swarm investigation using Claude Code agent teams.
## Pre-flight: Model Recommendation
**Your current effort level is `{{effort_level}}`.**
Skip this step silently if effort is `high`, `xhigh`, or `max` (the scale is `low` < `medium` < `high` < `xhigh` < `max`, so `xhigh` and `max` are already above `high`) AND you are Opus (1M context).
If effort is `low` or `medium` (i.e. below `high`), you MUST show the recommendation prompt — regardless of model.
If you are not Opus (1M context), you MUST show the recommendation prompt - regardless of effort level.
Otherwise → use `AskUserQuestion`:
```json
{
"questions": [{
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add etr/groundwork/swarm-debug@sha256:058826c8868ed9bdThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260915.8bb3c0a, 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_vzeqhllv2yo3dvr4)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Sep 12, 2026 and Sep 15, 2026, more than one a day.
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| git:20260915.8bb3c0a latest | 2026-09-15 | 8bb3c0a | 14,076 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.04b1d3b | 2026-09-13 | 04b1d3b | 13,987 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.4897495 | 2026-09-13 | 4897495 | 13,990 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.3e89f41 | 2026-09-12 | 3e89f41 | 13,831 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.480a145 | 2026-09-12 | 480a145 | 13,530 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 (14076 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
etr/groundwork · 45 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vzeqhllv2yo3dvr4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=etr/groundwork/swarm-debug GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/058826c8868ed9bdc4337aee2cf1e1c6365ca4da27d83ef0bd4a2d58d4cb2b23
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.