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Debugging Assistant

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peopleforrester·vlatest·testing·MIT

Quickly identifies and suggests fixes for user interface bugs based on PeopleForrester usability data and best practices.

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Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add peopleforrester/claude-dotfiles --skill debugging-assistant -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

peopleforrester

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

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This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned peopleforrester/claude-dotfiles at db7caa0374.

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Commit
db7caa0374
Manifest
skills/development/debugging-assistant/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 229 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The Debugging Assistant skill helps users identify and resolve errors in code. It can analyze error messages, suggest potential causes for bugs, and provide recommendations for fixing them. The assistant is designed to be particularly helpful when dealing with complex or unfamiliar codebases.

When to use it

  • You're stuck on a bug and need help understanding the error message.
  • You want to quickly identify the root cause of an issue in your codebase.
  • You are working with a new programming language or framework and need assistance debugging.
  • You’re looking for suggestions to improve code quality and prevent future bugs.

Key capabilities

  • Error message analysis
  • Root cause identification
  • Code improvement recommendations
  • Debugging suggestions

Example prompts

  • "I'm getting a 'TypeError: Cannot read property of undefined' error in my JavaScript code. Can you help me understand what this means?"
  • "My Python script is crashing with a segmentation fault. What could be causing this?"
  • “Analyze the following stack trace and suggest possible fixes: [paste stack trace here]”

Tips & gotchas

The assistant works best when provided with clear error messages or code snippets related to the issue. While it can provide helpful suggestions, always review and test any proposed changes carefully before deploying them.