Debug Failures With Root Cause Discipline
Bug fixes often fail when agents patch symptoms before understanding causes. This skill guides Claude, Codex, and Claude Code through structured investigation and verification.
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Using "debugging". A test fails only in CI after a dependency update.
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Using "debugging". An API returns empty results even though the database has records.
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Using "debugging". Two previous fixes did not resolve a flaky issue.
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The static backtick and reconnaissance alerts are false positives caused by Markdown fences, read-only diagnostic examples, and normal debugging checklist text. No prompt injection or malicious exfiltration intent was found, but the skill grants broad tool access with allowed-tools '*'.
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title = {debugging security audit report (audit version 8)},
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year = {2026},
number = {8},
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title: "debugging security audit report (audit version 8)"
version: "unspecified"
type: report
authors:
- name: "ArcadeAI"
date-released: "2026-07-05"
url: "https://skillstore.io/skills/arcadeai-debugging/audits/8"
identifiers:
- type: other
value: "skillstore:arcadeai-debugging:audit:8"
description: "Skillstore immutable audit report identifier"
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Why this variant is first
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Use the framework to collect full errors, reproduce the failure, and verify the fix with focused tests.
Follow data across API, service, and database layers to find where bad input or state appears.
Stop repeated patching, review each failed attempt, and decide whether the design needs a deeper change.
Use the debugging skill to investigate this error. Read the full error, identify missing information, and do not propose a fix until you have a root cause.
Use the debugging skill on this failing behavior. Help me reproduce it consistently, then compare the broken path with similar working code.
Use the debugging skill to trace this API-to-service-to-database failure. Add minimal boundary observations, identify where data changes, and state one hypothesis.
Use the debugging skill after these failed fixes. Reassess the architecture, explain why each fix failed, and recommend whether to refactor or continue.
Author
ArcadeAILicense
MIT
Skillstore revision
r1
Version notice
The author did not declare a version.
Ref
6eec4a59f63ff83440a84c18d1aef79743bc714e
Maintenance freshness
7/18/2026
Usage
11 downloads · 207 views
File structure
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