Systematic Debugging
Systematically identifies and resolves software bugs using a structured debugging process guided by Johnsonmao's methodology.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add johnsonmao-systematic-debugging npx -- -y @trustedskills/johnsonmao-systematic-debugging
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"johnsonmao-systematic-debugging": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/johnsonmao-systematic-debugging"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill, johnsonmao-systematic-debugging, provides a structured approach to debugging code. It helps identify root causes of errors through methodical investigation and hypothesis testing. The agent can systematically analyze error messages, trace execution paths, and propose potential fixes based on observed behavior.
When to use it
- Complex Bugs: When facing difficult bugs that are not immediately obvious.
- Reproducibility Issues: To diagnose issues where a bug only appears intermittently.
- Production Errors: To analyze errors occurring in live environments and pinpoint the underlying cause.
- Debugging unfamiliar codebases: Provides a framework for understanding and troubleshooting new projects.
Key capabilities
- Systematic error analysis
- Hypothesis generation and testing
- Execution path tracing
- Root cause identification
- Potential fix suggestions
Example prompts
- "Debug this Python script: [script content]. The error message is: [error message]."
- "I'm seeing intermittent failures in my application. Use systematic debugging to find the root cause."
- “Trace the execution path of this function and identify why it’s returning an unexpected value.”
Tips & gotchas
The skill is most effective when provided with detailed error messages and context about the code being debugged. It may require iterative prompting and refinement of hypotheses to reach a conclusive diagnosis.
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