Systematic Debugging
JKHeadley/instarStructured 4-phase debugging methodology that prevents blind probing and guesswork. Forces root cause identification before any fix attempt. Use when encountering bugs, errors, unexpected behavior, test failures, or when something "just stopped working." Trigger words: debug, bug, error, broken, not working, fix this, something's wrong, investigate, root cause, why is this failing, trace the issue.
At a glance
This skill is for Coding and helps you debug a failing test, identify the root cause of an error, and trace unexpected behavior in code.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JKHeadley/instar
cp -r instar/skills/systematic-debugging ~/.claude/skills/systematic-debugging
Setup, runtime and requirements describe JKHeadley/instar, the repo this skill ships in.
debuggingtroubleshootingRoot Cause Analysistestingmethodology
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