systematic-debugging SKILL.md skillA
systematic-debugging from a5c-ai/babysitter is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/systematic-debugging@git:20260605.09bdbf7Pins git:20260605.09bdbf7 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- a5c-ai/babysitter
- Path
library/methodologies/rpikit/skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260605.09bdbf7, committed Jun 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 7, 2026
- Size
- 1,830 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,891
- License
- MIT
Structured debugging methodology using hypothesis-driven investigation, log analysis, and bisection to isolate and resolve defects.
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
- Unexpected behavior discovered during testing - Bug reports require investigation - Performance issues need root cause analysis ## Process 1. **Reproduce** - Confirm the defect with a minimal reproduction 2. **Hypothesize** - Form theories about the root cause 3. **Investigate** - Systematically test hypotheses (logs, breakpoints, bisection) 4. **Isolate** - Narrow to the specific component/line 5. **Fix** - Apply targeted fix addressing root cause 6. **Verify** - Confirm fix resolves the issue without regression ## Key Rules - Never apply fixes without understanding the root cause - For Strike-3/post-instrumentation handoffs, do not apply a source-code fix until you enumerate at least 3 candidate root-cause hypotheses, give each hypothesis a falsifying log line or observation, and cite concrete log evidence for the selected fix. Use seq number when present; otherwise cite timestamp, log-id, or artifact path plus the exact log line. If no proposed fix cites a specific log line or log record, mark `needs-more-data`. - Use web-researcher agent for unfamiliar error patterns - Document the investigation path for future reference …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/systematic-debugging@sha256:c502e5497ab7d6deThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260605.09bdbf7, 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 5 versions of this file, between May 7, 2026 and Jun 5, 2026, about one every 7 days.
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| git:20260605.09bdbf7 latest | 2026-06-05 | 09bdbf7 | 1,830 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260601.da7723a | 2026-06-01 | da7723a | 1,378 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260507.9f5be95 | 2026-05-07 | 9f5be95 | 1,405 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260507.8dfdcb4 | 2026-05-07 | 8dfdcb4 | 1,400 B | C | view · diff |
| git:20260507.56f011d | 2026-05-07 | 56f011d | 1,442 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1830 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
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Source
a5c-ai/babysitter · 1,891 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xikrhzjngqvmcldz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=a5c-ai/babysitter/systematic-debugging GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c502e5497ab7d6def4a0a79d9e6baaedf5456a6f0b544a46bce79fc87bb2981e
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